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Group of cranes with yellow feathers on top of their heads walking on ground.
Grey crowned cranes at Lake Ol’ Bolossat, Kenya.
© Fabian Haas

Community Engagement in the Protection of the Grey Crowned Crane at Lake Ol' Bolossat Key Biodiversity Area, Kenya

Grantee Name: Cranes Conservation Volunteers

Hotspot
Eastern Afromontane
Location
Kenya
Amount
$23,160
Dates
Jul 2018 – Sep 2019
Keywords
Awareness, Capacity building, Education, Habitat conservation and management, Species Conservation, Wildlife management, Youth

Engage the local people living around Lake Ol' Bolossat KBA in crane conservation. Through awareness raising, school programmes, and training of local 'observers', this project will contribute to the implementation of a parallel project at this site, implemented by EAWLS, which will facilitate the gazettment of this KBA as a protected area.

Strategic Direction :

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

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