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Interim Conservation and Forest Management in Zambia's Mafinga Hills Priority Key Biodiversity Area
Grantee Name: 
Wildlife and Environmental Conservation Society of Zambia
HOTSPOT
Eastern Afromontane
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$16,124
DATES
Feb 2019
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Oct 2019
Stats
Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Eastern Afromontane
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$16,124
DATES
Feb 2019
-
Oct 2019

Provide continuity for the Mafinga Hills conservation program until new funding from the Zambian Ministry of Agriculture becomes available in June 2019. WECSZ will continue with the ongoing Forest Reserve boundary marking; they will support the beekeeping group; they will protect the newly established reforested riparian plots; and they will continue to raise additional funding for the conservation of the Key Biodiversity Area.

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.