
Protecting Threatened and Endemic Species in Cape Verde: A Major Island Restoration Project
Grantee Name: Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves
- Hotspot
- Mediterranean Basin
- Location
- Cabo Verde
- Amount
- $275,309
- Dates
- Dec 2012 – Sep 2015
- Keywords
- Community-based conservation, Conservation planning, Restoration, Species Conservation, Tourism, Invasive alien species
Undertake the planning phase for the rehabilitation of Santa Luzia Island and establish biosecurity protocols with a view to the future translocation of the Critically Endangered Raso lark (Alauda razae). Engage with the Cape Verde protected-area authorities and local fishing communities and explore the potential for ecotourism activities within the Santa Luzia Island Natural Reserve and the Brancos and Raso Islets Integrated Reserve.
1 Promote civil society involvement in Integrated Coastal Zone Management to minimize the negative effects of coastal development in three priority corridors (Southwest Balkans, Cyrenaican Peninsula, and Mountains, Plateau
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