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Building Capacity of Civil Society for the Conservation of Biodiversity with Special Focus on Livelihood, Sanitation and Health Development in Kanchanjunga-Singalila Areas of Sikkim State

Grantee Name: Voluntary Health Association of Sikkim

Hotspot
Himalaya
Location
India
Amount
$74,614
Dates
Dec 2007 – Dec 2010
Keywords
Capacity building, Ethnobotany, Ex situ conservation, Medicinal plants

Increase participation of civil society groups in conservation and management of locally important and threatened medicinal plants in the Varsay key biodiversity area of Kanchenjunga Landscape. Promote collaboration and partnerships at the state and local levels, and with local communities, especially for in situ and ex situ conservation of medicinal plants.

Strategic Direction :

3 Leverage partnerships among donor agencies, civil society, and government institutions to achieve priority biodiversity conservation outcomes over the long term

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