Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Launching an Online Application to Finance Conservation in Four Key Biodiversity Areas, Northwest Pichincha Corridor, Ecuador

Grantee Name: Mindo Cloudforest Foundation

Hotspot: Tropical Andes
Location: Ecuador
Amount: $47,155
Dates: Oct 2019 – Oct 2020
Keywords: Carbon offsets, Climate adaptation, Climate mitigation, Conservation finance, Private reserves, Reforestation, Ecosystem resilience

Develop and launch an online app to monitor and generate funding for reforestation and climate change mitigation conducted by local landowners in four KBAs of northwest Ecuador. Specifically, this grant supports development and capacity building for the app, marketing and communications to attract participants, and strategic planning for grantee.

Strategic Direction :

4 Promote and scale up opportunities to foster private sector approaches for biodiversity conservation to benefit priority KBAs in the seven corridors.

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Launching an Online Application to Finance Conservation in Four Key Biodiversity Areas, Northwest Pichincha Corridor, Ecuador

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