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Civil Society Engagement in and around Cyamudongo Forest and Nyungwe National Park in Rwanda
Grantee Name: 
Resilience Now
HOTSPOT
Eastern Afromontane
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$148,750
DATES
Jul 2015
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Jul 2018
Stats
Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Eastern Afromontane
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$148,750
DATES
Jul 2015
-
Jul 2018

Work with communities living next to Burundi's Kibira National Park to reduce their impact on the park by providing training in business practices that leads to less intensive use of natural resources. Strengthen 15 community-based organizations to be able to function as business associations.

Strategic Direction: 1 Mainstream biodiversity into wider development policies, plans and projects to deliver the co-benefits of biodiversity conservation, improved local livelihoods and economic development in priority corridors.