
Improving Biodiversity Knowledge and Conservation of Bongolava Key Biodiversity Area, Madagascar
Grantee Name: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
- Hotspot
- Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands
- Location
- Madagascar
- Amount
- $14,574
- Dates
- Oct 2017 – Dec 2020
- Keywords
- Forestry, Habitat conservation and management, Protected Areas, Research, Wildlife management
Improve basic knowledge of the most threatened plants in the Bongolava Forest corridor through a comprehensive inventory and through an assessment of current flora conservation. Establish a conservation plan for the most threatened plants, including the Endangered tree Burttia prunoides, Endangered liana Cissus comosa, Endangered yam Dioscorea analalavensis (not seen since 1909), Endangered shrub Dombeya digyna (likely extinct in Bongolava), Endangered palm Dypsis rivularis and Critically Endangered shrub Eugenia barriei.
2 Enable civil society to mainstream biodiversity and conservation into political and economic decision-making.
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