| Strategic Directions | Investment Priorities |
| 1. Increase the ability of local populations to benefit from and contribute to biodiversity conservation, especially in and around Lower Tana River Forests; Taita Hills; East Usambaras/Tanga; Udzungwas; and Jozani Forest | 1.1 Evaluate community-based forest management initiatives in the hotspot to determine best practices. |
| 1.2 Promote nature-based, sustainable businesses that benefit local populations in the hotspot. |
| 1.3 Explore possibilities for direct payments and easements (Conservation Concessions) for biodiversity conservation in the hotspot and support where appropriate. |
| 1.4 Build the capacity of community-based organizations in the hotspot for advocacy in support of biodiversity conservation at all levels. |
| 1.5 Support cultural practices that benefit biodiversity in the hotspot. |
| 1.6 Research and promote eco-agricultural options for the local populations of the hotspot. |
| 2. Restore and increase connectivity among fragmented forest patches, especially in Lower Tana River Forests; Taita Hills; East Usambaras/Tanga; and Udzungwas | 2.1 Assess potential sites in the hotspot for connectivity interventions. |
| 2.2 Support initiatives that maintain or restore connectivity in the hotspot. |
| 2.3 Monitor and evaluate initiatives that maintain or restore connectivity in the hotspot. |
| 2.4 Support best practices for restoring connectivity in ways that also benefit people. |
| 3. Improve biological knowledge in the hotspot (all 160 sites eligible) | 3.1 Refine and implement a standardized monitoring program across the 160 eligible sites. |
| 3.2 Support research in the less studied of the 160 eligible sites in the hotspot. |
| 3.3 Monitor populations of Critically Endangered and Endangered Species in the hotspot. |
| 3.4 Support research in the hotspot to facilitate Red List assessments and re-assessments for plants, reptiles, invertebrates and other taxa. |
| 3.5 Compile and document indigenous knowledge on hotspot sites and species. |
| 3.6 Support awareness programs that increase public knowledge of biodiversity values of the hotspot. |
| 4. Establish a small grants program in the hotspot (all 160 sites eligible) that focuses on Critically Endangered species and small-scale efforts to increase connectivity of biologically important habitat patches | 4.1 Support targeted efforts to increase connectivity of biologically important habitat patches. |
| 4.2 Support efforts to increase biological knowledge of the sites and to conserve critically endangered species. |
| 5. Develop and support efforts for further fundraising for the hotspot | 5.1 Establish a professional resource mobilization unit, within an appropriate local partner institution, for raising long-term funds and resources for the hotspot. |
| 5.2 Utilize high-level corporate contacts to secure funding from the private sector for the hotspot. |
| 5.3 Train local NGOs and community-based organizations in fundraising and proposal writing. |
Eastern Arc Mountains
