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Promoting Participatory Governance in Intag Toisán for Biodiversity Conservation, Ecuador

Grantee Name: Fondo Ecuatoriano Populorum Progressio

Hotspot
Tropical Andes
Location
Ecuador
Amount
$169,116
Dates
Dec 2024 – Mar 2026
Keywords
Agroforestry, Awareness, Capacity building, Climate adaptation, Community-based conservation, Conservation planning, Fire management, Gender, Habitat conservation and management, Indigenous People, Networks, Protected Areas, Restoration, Species Conservation, Governance

Strengthen management, conservation and stakeholder engagement in Intag Toisán Municipal Conservation Area (ACUSMIT), northwestern Ecuador. Support updating of the ACUSMIT management plan, strengthen the capacity of community fire brigades, support habitat restoration for threatened species, expand agroforestry, strengthen local governance through a watershed management committee, strengthen local ordinances for nature conservation, and strengthen grantee capacity to integrate conservation into its operations.

Strategic Direction :

1 Strengthen protection and management of 52 priority KBAs to foster participatory governance, green recovery from COVID-19, climate change resilience, species conservation, and financial sustainability.

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