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A Landscape Management Model for Biodiversity Conservation in the Comoros

Grantee Name: Dahari

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Location
Comoros
Amount
$214,828
Dates
Mar 2017 – Dec 2020
Keywords
Agroforestry, Climate adaptation, Climate mitigation, Community-based conservation, Habitat conservation and management, Protected Areas, Reforestation, Restoration, Species Conservation, Water management, Ecosystem resilience
Establish sustainable management practices for 400 hectares of water catchment in the Moya Forest area in Anjouan. Local communities will be supported for land restoration, including the planting of 20,000 trees. Conservation activities will be implemented with local stakeholders on the highest biodiversity spots of the Moya Forest, including roosting sites of the Critically Endangered Livingstone's fruit bat.
Strategic Direction : 1 Empower local communities to protect and manage biodiversity in priority key biodiversity areas.

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