Community Awareness of Threatened Aquatic Species among the River Islands of the Paraíba do Sul River
Grantee Name: Associacao Dos Pescadores E Amigos Do Rio Paraiba Do Sul
- Hotspot
- Atlantic Forest
- Location
- Brazil
- Amount
- $20,000
- Dates
- Sep 2005 – Sep 2006
- Keywords
- Awareness, Community-based conservation
Bring conservation awareness to and mobilize action among the communities living around and using the lower-middle portion of the Paraiba do Sul River where extremely diverse fluvial islands are found. Ultimately, create and implement a protected area to conserve these very unique fluvial islands.
2 Improve management of existing and future public protected areas through targeted civil society efforts
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