Expanding Guinea's Protected Area Network Including Important Plant Areas
Grantee Name: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
- Hotspot
- Guinean Forests of West Africa
- Location
- Guinea
- Amount
- $117,772
- Dates
- Feb 2021 – Jul 2022
- Keywords
- Biodiversity mainstreaming, Capacity building, Community-based conservation, Geographic Information Systems, Non-timber Forest Products (incl. fuelwood), Policy/law, Protected Areas, Species Conservation
Influence the national protected area legislation of Guinea by introducing plant-specific data into the management plans of three Tropical Important Plant Areas with existing protection, by designating two other area as Community Protected Areas and by drafting plant-specific conservation management plans for them. Research wild-harvested plant species that could provide alternative income streams for local people.
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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