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Multi-Stakeholder Management Planning and Governance Strengthening for the San Antonio Key Biodiversity Area in Colombia

Grantee Name: CORPORACIÓN PARA LA GESTIÓN AMBIENTAL BIODIVERSA

Hotspot
Tropical Andes
Location
Colombia
Amount
$75,000
Dates
Jun 2017 – Aug 2018
Keywords
Capacity building, Community-based conservation, Conservation planning, Geographic Information Systems, Habitat conservation and management, Land use planning, Protected Areas

Work with 20 stakeholders in the design of a governance strategy for the Bosque de San Antonio Key Biodiversity Area. More than 4,500 hectares of forest reserves (Cerro-Dapa Carisucio, Cali and Bitaco) will have a strategic and monitoring plan to integrate climate change criteria into their management planning. By the project’s end, strategies for financial sustainability will be agreed upon and in implementation. Key species focused on in biodiversity assessments include the Endangered Strabomantis ruizi and cerulean warbler (Setophaga cerulea).

Strategic Direction :

1 Improve protection and management of 36 priority KBAs to create and maintain local support for conservation and to mitigate key threats.

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