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Mitigating Pressure on Natural Resources and Biodiversity in Earthquake Reconstruction in Muisne, Ecuador

Grantee Name: ECOCIENCIA ECUADOR

Hotspot
Tropical Andes
Location
Ecuador
Amount
$77,000
Dates
Jan 2017 – Jun 2018
Keywords
Conservation planning, Geographic Information Systems, Land use planning, Protected Areas
Promote forest and biodiversity conservation as part of earthquake reconstruction in coastal Ecuador. Grant supports multi-sectoral governmental cooperation to promote sustainable development for Muisne, development of a strategy to monitor and control illegal logging in coastal forests, and participatory action plan development to conserve sites of high priority for donor funding.
Strategic Direction : 3 Promote local stakeholder engagement and the integration of social and environmental safeguards into infrastructure, mining and agriculture projects to mitigate potential threats to the KBAs in the seven priority corrido

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