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Rugezi marsh under a cloudy sky
Rugezi Marsh, Rwanda
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Building Community and National Partners’ Capacity for Sustainable Conservation Financing at Rugezi Marsh KBA, Rwanda
Grantee Name: 
Endangered Wildlife Trust
HOTSPOT
Eastern Afromontane
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$19,159
DATES
Sep 2014
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Oct 2015
Stats
Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Eastern Afromontane
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$19,159
DATES
Sep 2014
-
Oct 2015

Improve the technical skills of community-based groups and partners at Rwanda's Rugezi Marsh Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) in conservation finance to sustain conservation efforts aimed at mitigating human-induced degradation of the wetland. The project will improve technical and management skills, enabling community groups to run viable alternative livelihood projects; develop business plans for ecotourism, beekeeping and craft-making projects; change environmental attitudes and behavior toward the wetland and species of conservation importance; and identify local and regional markets for ecotourism, beekeeping and craft-making businesses.

Strategic Direction: 3 Initiate and support sustainable financing and related actions for the conservation of priority KBAs and corridors.