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Beekeeping trainees with their completion certificates, Mafinga District.
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Conservation and Forest Management in the Mafinga Hills Priority Key Biodiversity Area of Zambia

Grantee Name: Wildlife and Environmental Conservation Society of Zambia

Hotspot
Eastern Afromontane
Location
Zambia
Amount
$130,000
Dates
Aug 2016 – Dec 2018
Keywords
Agroforestry, Community-based conservation, Forestry

WECSZ will work to help implement the initial stages of the Conservation Action Plan for the Mafinga Hills. This will include informing local communities of prohibitions against slash-and-burn within protected landscapes, cultivation and planting of native tree species on 400 hectares of riparian corridor, training of 45 residents from three villages in beekeeping, and facilitation of sales agreements between the communities and purchasers of honey.

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.

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