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Facilitating the Compensation Payments for the Derema Forest Reserve, East Usambara Mountains

Grantee Name: World Wide Fund for Nature

Hotspot
Location
Tanzania, United Republic of
Amount
$137,762
Dates
Jun 2005 – Apr 2010
Keywords
Conservation finance
Secure one of the most important biodiversity sites in Africa, the Derema corridor, linking the Amani Nature Reserve in the East Usambara Mountains to several other forest reserves. This grant will establish the working mechanisms for a compensation scheme capitalized by the governments of Tanzania and Finland, the Global Conservation Fund, and other donors.
Strategic Direction : 2 Restore and increase connectivity among fragmented forest patches in the hotspot, especially in Lower Tana River Forests; Taita Hills; East Usambaras/Tanga; and Udzungwas

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