Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Protecting Biodiversity Through Conservation Agriculture in Lake Niassa, Mozambique

Grantee Name: Manda Wilderness Agricultural Project

Hotspot: Eastern Afromontane
Location: Mozambique
Amount: $19,995
Dates: Sep 2013 – Nov 2014
Keywords: Agriculture, Agroforestry, Freshwater

Train community members from 15 villages on the shores of Lake Malawi/Niassa, a freshwater key biodiversity area, in biodiversity-friendly agricultural and agroforestry methods and techniques to increase the provision of habitat for endemic species that are crucial to the success and sustainability of ecological agriculture.

Strategic Direction : 1 Mainstream biodiversity into wider development policies, plans and projects to deliver the co-benefits of biodiversity conservation, improved local livelihoods and economic development in priority corridors.