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Building Local Capacity to Conserve the Blue and John Crow Mountains, Jamaica

Grantee Name: Northumbria University

Hotspot
Caribbean Islands
Location
Jamaica
Amount
$210,708
Dates
Jan 2025 – Jan 2027
Keywords
Capacity building, Climate adaptation, Monitoring and evaluation, Research, Invasive alien species

Build capacity among civil society organizations and government institutions to collect and analyze data on threats and biodiversity status and formulate strategies to reduce the impact of threats to the Blue and John Crow Mountains Key Biodiversity Area. Develop and implement a long-term participatory monitoring framework for the site that can yield up-to-date data on species and forest status, threat impact and threat reduction efforts.

Strategic Direction :

1 Improve the protection and management of 33 priority sites for long-term sustainability

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