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Bushmanland Conservation Initiative (BCI) Preparation Phase

Grantee Name: Botanical Society of South Africa

Hotspot
Succulent Karoo
Location
South Africa
Amount
$212,700
Dates
Mar 2004 – Mar 2006
Keywords
Capacity building, Protected Areas, Landscape Resilience
Establish a multi-owned protected area through a variety of innovative interventions and mechanisms that draw in local landowners. The protected area will achieve the SKEP conservation targets for this geographic priority area (60,000 hectares), and will be nested within a multi-use landscape. This project will develop local conservation management capacity through training of community members as conservators within the project management team. No final report available for this project.
Strategic Direction : 1 Expand protected area corridors through public-private-communal partnerships in the priority areas of Bushmanland-Inselbergs, Central Namaqualand Coast, Namaqualand Uplands, Knersvlakte, Hantam-Roggeveld, Central Little

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