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Ensuring the Conservation of Biodiversity in Sierra de Bahoruco National Park Through Strategic and Participatory Management Plan Actions
Grantee Name: 
Sociedad Ornitológica de la Hispaniola Inc
HOTSPOT
Caribbean Islands
AMOUNT
US$244,000
DATES
May 2013
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Oct 2015
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Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Caribbean Islands
AMOUNT
US$244,000
DATES
May 2013
-
Oct 2015

Implement key provisions of Sierra de Bahoruco National Park's management plan to create local incentives for conservation, improve local governance and binational relations, and reduce threats to biodiversity conservation. In particular, this grant supports ecotourism development through infrastructure development, capacity building, and marketing; creation of a local stakeholder alliance to engage in park management; park guard training; environmental education and community outreach; and donor support diversification.

Strategic Direction: 1 Improve protection and management of 45 priority key biodiversity areas