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Development of Ecotourism Infrastructure in the Shirvan and Hyrcan National Parks of Azerbaijan
Grantee Name: 
World Wide Fund for Nature
HOTSPOT
Caucasus
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$100,000
DATES
Jun 2008
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Jun 2009
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Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Caucasus
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$100,000
DATES
Jun 2008
-
Jun 2009

Support the development of tourism infrastructure in Shirvan and Hyrcan national parks, which are easily accessible and increasingly visited by tourists. Both protect several CEPF priority species in the Caspian and Hyrcan biodiversity conservation corridors. The grantee will work with the local population to establish alternative livelihoods to help counteract the poverty that threatens the local biodiversity.

Strategic Direction: 1 Support civil society efforts to promote transboundary cooperation and improve protected area systems in five target corridors