
Integrating conservation, tourism and local community development on Boa Vista Island
Grantee Name: Bios Cabo Verde
- Hotspot
- Mediterranean Basin
- Location
- Cabo Verde
- Amount
- $19,660
- Dates
- Mar 2016 – Dec 2016
- Keywords
- Community-based conservation, Livelihoods, Species Conservation, Tourism, Landscape Resilience
Facilitate the understanding and participation of local communities on Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde, in marine turtle conservation work by developing a set of strategies showing that sustainable use and management of the turtles improves community living conditions. The project will advance the management framework for turtle tours and create income-generating initiatives derived from turtle conservation and tourist activities.
1 Promote civil society involvement in Integrated Coastal Zone Management to minimize the negative effects of coastal development in three priority corridors (Southwest Balkans, Cyrenaican Peninsula, and Mountains, Plateau
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