Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Rock face of mountain with two humps. — Mount Namuli Key Biodiversity Area, Mozambique.

© Priscila Borba (EAM RIT)

Lost Mountain Phase III: Scalable Innovative Conservation and Development on Mount Namuli

Grantee Name: Additive Adventure

Hotspot: Eastern Afromontane
Location: Mozambique
Amount: $150,000
Dates: Jan 2015 – Jun 2016
Keywords: Awareness, Community-based conservation, Habitat conservation and management, Research

Promote conservation of Mozambique's Mount Namuli and improved human welfare for local communities with support from Mozambican NGO LUPA; and work with community members and local governments to promote cooperative planning that mainstreams conservation of the Namuli Key Biodiversity Area into local development objectives.

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.