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Conservation and Sustainable Development of Muyuni Forest Key Biodiversity Area, Zanzibar

Grantee Name: The Jane Goodall Institute Tanzania

Hotspot
Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa
Location
Tanzania, United Republic of
Amount
$124,000
Dates
Feb 2025 – Feb 2027
Keywords
Access and Benefit Sharing, Awareness, Biodiversity mainstreaming, Buffer zones, Community-based conservation, Livelihoods, Protected Areas, Youth, Governance
Work with the communities surrounding Muyuni Forest Reserve on Unguja Island to help them to better understand their rights to forest resources while also beginning a youth education program in the area. Support the creation of village savings and loans schemes, and train reserve managers in ecological monitoring.
Strategic Direction : 1 Empower communities and civil society to implement actions to improve the resilience of species, ecosystems, and human populations to climate change in priority KBAs

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