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Land Governance in Ecuador's Cotacachi Cayapas Ecological Reserve

Grantee Name: Universidad San Francisco de Quito

Hotspot
Tropical Andes
Location
Ecuador
Amount
$21,943
Dates
Jun 2020 – Nov 2020
Keywords
Capacity building, Conservation planning, Governance

Develop a model in Cotacachi Cayapas National Park as a path finder of alternatives for solving land tenure problems in the National Protected Area System of Ecuador, providing protected area directors with tools for land management capacities. The project seeks to analyze and identify a set of strategies that can promote responsible land tenure governance and provide the Ministry of Environment with a model to be replicated in other areas of its national system.

Strategic Direction :

6 Strengthen civil society capacity, stakeholder alliances and communications to achieve CEPF conservation outcomes, focusing on indigenous, Afro-descendent and mestizo groups.

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