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Building Advocacy and Developing a Management Plan for the High Mountains of Ibb Protected Area

Grantee Name: Foundation for Endangered Wildlife (Yemen)

Hotspot
Eastern Afromontane
Location
Yemen
Amount
$108,000
Dates
Sep 2013 – Mar 2016
Keywords
Awareness, Capacity building, Community-based conservation, Ethnobotany, Medicinal plants, Protected Areas
Lead inventories of the largely unknown biodiversity in the High Mountains of Ibb Protected Area and identify the most important sites and the level of threats in order to prepare participatory management plans. An important component of the grant is advocacy and awareness-raising activities with communities, government officials and traditional authorities, preparing the ground for the official protection of the most important parts of this key biodiversity area.
Strategic Direction : 2 Improve the protection and management of the KBA network throughout the hotspot.

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