Accelerating Locally-led Conservation Action at Key Biodiversity Areas in Antigua and Barbuda

Grantee Name: Environmental Awareness Group Inc.

Hotspot: Caribbean Islands
Location: Antigua and Barbuda
Amount: $393,385
Dates: Apr 2023 – Apr 2026
Keywords: Capacity building, Climate adaptation, Community-based conservation, Conservation finance, Habitat conservation and management, Protected Areas, Species Conservation, Tourism, Invasive alien species

Safeguard habitats and their globally threatened species in the North East Marine Management Area and Redonda Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) through community management and sustainable financing. Support the development of sustainable financing mechanisms for KBA management and NGO operations, species conservation action planning and implementation, biosecurity monitoring for invasive alien species, biodiversity monitoring, ecotourism development and institutional strengthening.

Strategic Direction :

1 Improve the protection and management of 33 priority sites for long-term sustainability