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Concrete cookstoves.
Improved cookstoves at Kibira Key Biodiversity Area, Burundi.
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Conserving the Biodiversity of Kibira National Park by Raising Awareness About its Importance and Promoting Improved Stoves

Grantee Name: Action Ceinture Verte pour l'Environnement

Hotspot
Eastern Afromontane
Location
Burundi
Amount
$16,000
Dates
Dec 2013 – Dec 2014
Keywords
Awareness, Capacity building, Community-based conservation, Protected Areas

Train 60 local community representatives, of which 32 are women, in the production and marketing of fuel-efficient stoves in Burundi; these representatives will then train others within their communities. Raise awareness of biodiversity conservation and sustainable natural resource management in and around the Kibira National Park Key Biodiversity Area for 600 people around the park.

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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