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Primate survey in Kwabre Forest.
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Demonstrate How Economic Development Can Boost Community-Based Trans-Border Conservation in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana

Grantee Name: Man and Nature

Hotspot
Guinean Forests of West Africa
Location
Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana
Amount
$428,000
Dates
Jul 2017 – Dec 2021
Keywords
Capacity building, Community-based conservation, Livelihoods, Non-timber Forest Products (incl. fuelwood), Private sector

Demonstrate the efficiency of the community‐based conservation model and illustrate that synergies can be, and need to be, created between conservation and economic development of communities in the Tanoé and Kwabre swamp forests of Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana. Develop green value chains that adapt global best practices to the local context in partnership with private companies, local communities and government bodies.

Strategic Direction :

2 Mainstream biodiversity conservation into public policy and private sector practice in the nine conservation corridors, at local, sub-national and national levels

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