Conserving Coastal and Eastern Arc Forests through Community Access to Retail Markets for Good Wood Wood Carvings on the South Coast of Kenya
Grantee Name: Wakuluzu: Friends of the Colobus Trust
- Hotspot
- Eastern Afromontane, Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa
- Location
- Kenya
- Amount
- $19,999
- Dates
- Dec 2004 – Sep 2006
- Keywords
- Awareness, Livelihoods
Alert both tourists and artisans in this popular tourist destination about the threats to indigenous trees favored by craftsmen in meeting the demand for woodcarvings as safari souvenirs, and promote the use of alternative and abundant timber including neem and jacaranda timber as “good woods.”
1 Increase the ability of local populations to benefit from and contribute to biodiversity conservation, especially in and around Lower Tana River Forests; Taita Hills; East Usambaras/Tanga; Udzungwas; and Jozani Forest
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