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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
Zambia
Amount
$16,124
Dates
Jan 2019 – Oct 2019
Keywords
Community-based conservation, Conservation finance, Fire management, Habitat conservation and management, Livelihoods
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.

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