The Amani Butterfly Project
Grantee Name: Tanzania Forest Conservation Group
- Hotspot
- Eastern Afromontane, Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa
- Location
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Amount
- $9,880
- Dates
- Oct 2005 – Oct 2006
- Keywords
- Community-based conservation, Livelihoods
Expand the current operations of the Amani butterfly project to enable more communities to engage in butterfly farming as an income-generating activity, in so doing defining the link between livelihoods and maintaining healthy, intact forest cover.
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
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