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Promoting and Supporting Sustainable Livelihoods in South East Cockpit Country, Jamaica

Grantee Name: South East Cockpit Country Local Forest Management Committee Benevolent Society

Hotspot
Caribbean Islands
Location
Jamaica
Amount
$49,480
Dates
Nov 2023 – Dec 2025
Keywords
Agriculture, Awareness, Capacity building, Livelihoods

Promote the live yam stick concept and diversify income streams through sustainable alternative livelihoods such as bee keeping as a means of reducing the threat of deforestation in the Cockpit Country, Jamaica.

Strategic Direction :

2 Increase landscape-level connectivity and ecosystem resilience in seven priority corridors

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