Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Lagoon vista. — Patok Lagoon

© Borut Rubinič

Conservation of Biodiversity in Patoku Lagoon and Ishmi River Outlet Through Integrated River Basin Management

Grantee Name: Urban Research Institute

Hotspot: Mediterranean Basin
Location: Albania
Amount: $180,000
Dates: Dec 2013 – Jun 2015
Keywords: Awareness, Monitoring and evaluation, Policy/law, Tourism, Water management, Landscape Resilience

Conduct biodiversity and threat assessments, and review institutional and legal frameworks, for the Patoku Lagoon and Patok-Fushe-Kuqe-Ishmi Nature Managed Reserve, Albania. Prepare an Integrated Water Management Plan for the area, and promote best practices for sustainable management of the reserve, including clean-up, ecotourism, improvement of nesting sites for waterbirds and awareness about the reserve's hunting ban.

Strategic Direction : 2 Establish the sustainable management of water catchments and the wise use of water resources with a focus on the priority corridors of the (1) Atlas Mountains, (2) Taurus Mountains, (3) Orontes Valley and Lebanon Mountai