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8 ostriches and 2 cows in a field.
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Innovate in Cerrado Supply-Chain through Municipal-scale Planning, Policy and Capacity Building, Brazil

Grantee Name: Fundo Mundial para a Natureza

Hotspot
Cerrado
Location
Brazil
Amount
$281,870
Dates
Jun 2017 – Mar 2020
Keywords
Agriculture, Biodiversity mainstreaming, Capacity building, Community-based conservation, Education, Geographic Information Systems, Habitat conservation and management, Indigenous People, Land use planning, Livelihoods, Livestock, Policy/law, Restoration
Promote environmentally and socially responsible rural supply chains that strengthen conservation and restoration efforts by improving economic returns and environmental benefits from dairy farming and beef-cattle rearing traditional rural activities, by strengthening municipal environmental policy, and by creating novel economic opportunities for rural communities participating in ecological restoration activities.
Strategic Direction : 3 Promote and strengthen supply chains associated with the sustainable use of natural resources and ecological restoration in the hotspot

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