Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Accelerating Sustainable Tourism in the Environmental Protection Area and Peruaçu Caves National Park, Brazil

Grantee Name: Instituto Ekos Brasil

Hotspot: Cerrado
Location: Brazil
Amount: $121,079
Dates: Mar 2020 – Aug 2021
Keywords: Capacity building, Networks, Tourism, Employment

Develop, strengthen and accelerate sustainable tourism in the region of Vale do Rio Peruaçu, through the qualification of the technical and management capacities of local community organizations, as a way of promoting employment, generating income, and valuing attributes and conservation of biodiversity.

Strategic Direction : 6 Strengthen the capacity of civil society organizations to promote better management of territories and of natural resources and to support other investment priorities in the hotspot