Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

River, tree-covered hills on either side. — Tara River, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

© O. Langrand

Freshwater Key Biodiversity Area refinement: Mediterranean Basin Biodiversity Hotspot.

Grantee Name: International Union for Conservation of Nature

Hotspot: Mediterranean Basin
Location: Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Montenegro, Morocco, Tunisia
Amount: $19,705
Dates: May 2016 – Jan 2017
Keywords: Monitoring and evaluation, Research

Help put freshwater biodiversity on the map through identification and mapping of freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs). KBA boundaries will be refined, and the associated KBA Catchment Management Zones will be defined and mapped. New fact sheets will be prepared for each KBA.

Strategic Direction :

3 Improve the conservation and protection status of 44 priority key biodiversity areas