Protecting Cypress Trees Indigenous to the Kawagebo Area of Deqin County
Grantee Name: Kawagebo Culture Society
- Hotspot
- Mountains of Southwest China
- Location
- China
- Amount
- $9,500
- Dates
- Sep 2003 – Sep 2004
- Keywords
- Awareness, Indigenous People, Logging, Species Conservation
Bring together local communities and Tibetan religious groups to promote conservation of endemic cypress, which has been over-collected for use in religious ceremonies and as a souvenir. Engage prestigious Tibetan reincarnated Buddha with local community people, schools, and government officials to promote culture and nature conservation and to take measures to protect the cypress.
2 Support site-related projects led by civil society to mitigate key threats to natural areas and species populations
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