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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