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.

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