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Establishing a Management Plan with the Rotokas People for the Kunua Plains and Mount Balbi Key Biodiversity Area, Papua New Guinea
Grantee Name: 
Bat Conservation International
HOTSPOT
East Melanesian Islands
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$83,097
DATES
Jul 2016
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Dec 2018
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Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
East Melanesian Islands
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$83,097
DATES
Jul 2016
-
Dec 2018

Support the Rotokas people of Bougainville Island to develop a management plan that identifies significant threats to biodiversity within Kunua Plains and Mount Balbi Key Biodiversity Area and formulates priority conservation actions for stakeholders to implement. Enhance the breadth and depth of the skills and capacity of the Rotokas people to effectively conserve the site and provide quality low-impact ecotourism.

Strategic Direction: 1 Empower local communities to protect and manage globally significant biodiversity at priority Key Biodiversity Areas under-served by current conservation efforts