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Implementing Adaptive Conservation Strategies at Mt Chiperone KBA, Mozambique

Grantee Name: Verde Azul

Hotspot
Eastern Afromontane
Location
Mozambique
Amount
$15,664
Dates
Jul 2016 – Jun 2017
Keywords
Agriculture, Agroforestry, Buffer zones, Capacity building, Livelihoods

Verde Azul (VA) is working with local communities located in Mount Chiperone KBA in order to reduce pressure on natural resources and ecosystems by supporting the development of agro-forestry systems on the slope of the inselberg and mainstreaming conservation agriculture practices among local farmers in the flatlands. Ultimately, VA aims to develop a sustainable model of agriculture in the area that will support local livelihoods and enable community members not to further degrade the inselberg's fragile ecosystem.

Strategic Direction :

1 Mainstream biodiversity into wider development policies, plans and projects to deliver the co-benefits of biodiversity conservation, improved local livelihoods and economic development in priority corridors.

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