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Close-up of green frog on green lily pad.
Albanian green frog, Skadar Lake.
© Borut Rubinič

Inclusion of the Local Community in Protecting and Improving the Habitat of the Endangered Skadar Frog in the Bojana Delta, Montenegro

Grantee Name: Crnogorsko Društvo Ekologa - Montenegrin Ecologists Society

Hotspot
Mediterranean Basin
Location
Montenegro
Amount
$39,936
Dates
Feb 2019 – Sep 2021
Keywords
Awareness, Community-based conservation, Habitat conservation and management, Species Conservation, Youth

Raise awareness of the rare and threatened Skadar frog (Albanian water frog). The project will work with local communities, children, students, decision makers and other stakeholders in one of the strongholds for the amphibian species – Bojana/Buna river Delta in Montenegro. They will establish monitoring of the species, create conservation guidelines and organize the first Montenegrin “Frog Day.”

Strategic Direction :

1 Support civil society to engage stakeholders in demonstrating integrated approaches for the conservation of biodiversity in coastal areas

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