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Increasing the Network of Protected Areas in the Bahian Portion of the Central Corridor of the Atlantic Forest - Phase I
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Associação Flora Brasil
HOTSPOT
Atlantic Forest
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$20,000
DATES
May 2005
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Mar 2006
KEYWORDS
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CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Atlantic Forest
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$20,000
DATES
May 2005
-
Mar 2006
KEYWORDS

Implement the first phase of the strategy to effectively protect the last remnants of the Atlantic Forest in the extreme south of Bahia, including helping finalize the proposal to expand two national parks and one biological reserve as well as create new protected areas totaling 312,893 hectares. This would represent an increase of 400 percent in the number of hectares under protection in the area.

Strategic Direction: 2 Improve management of existing and future public protected areas through targeted civil society efforts