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Civil Society Alliance for Enhanced Implementation of Environmental Impact Assessments in Key Biodiversity Areas of the Albertine Rift Region

Grantee Name: Albertine Rift Conservation Society

Hotspot
Eastern Afromontane
Location
Burundi, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the, Rwanda
Amount
$57,310
Dates
May 2013 – Dec 2013
Keywords
Awareness, Capacity building, Networks, Policy/law, Pollution

Enhance the capacities of civil society organizations throughout the Albertine Rift Region to improve the transparency of environmental impact assessment (EIA) policies and ensure that the legal participatory processes are well respected. The project will promote networking and alliance-building toward joint advocacy in EIA issues across the region, develop appropriate partnerships within and outside the Central Rift for effective NGO engagement in EIA advocacy, and develop a knowledge resource repository function linked to the ARCOS website and portal.

Strategic Direction :

2 Improve the protection and management of the KBA network throughout the hotspot.

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