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Awareness of the Local Communities and Hunters About the Importance of Wetlands and Waterbirds
Grantee Name: 
Libyan Society for Birds
HOTSPOT
Mediterranean Basin
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$19,960
DATES
Oct 2013
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Dec 2015
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CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Mediterranean Basin
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$19,960
DATES
Oct 2013
-
Dec 2015

Raise awareness about the importance of key biodiversity areas (KBAs) and their protection, particularly around Ain Alghazalah and Toubrouk in Libya. The target groups include hunters, Imams, relevant stakeholders and an environmental club that will be created in two schools around the KBAs.

Strategic Direction: 1 Promote civil society involvement in Integrated Coastal Zone Management to minimize the negative effects of coastal development in three priority corridors (Southwest Balkans, Cyrenaican Peninsula, and Mountains, Plateau