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Mainstreaming Biodiversity into District Development Planning and Improving Livelihoods in Ethiopia
Grantee Name: 
Lem, the Environment & Development Society of Ethiopia
HOTSPOT
Eastern Afromontane
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$149,399
DATES
Mar 2015
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Jun 2017
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Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Eastern Afromontane
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$149,399
DATES
Mar 2015
-
Jun 2017

Train community members in Ethiopia's Aliyu Amba–Dulecha Key Biodiversity Area in the link between agricultural activities and biodiversity conservation; promote better local development policy and planning; rehabilitate 460 hectares of degraded land; and build capacity in alternative livelihood activities.

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.