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Putting Biodiversity Plans to Work

Grantee Name: Botanical Society of South Africa

Hotspot
Cape Floristic Region
Location
South Africa
Amount
$206,342
Dates
Dec 2003 – Jun 2006
Keywords
Biodiversity mainstreaming, Conservation planning, Geographic Information Systems, Land use planning

Mainstream the use of systematic conservation plans in the land-use planning and decisionmaking system in the Western Cape Province to curtail habitat loss in priority areas for biodiversity conservation. Develop suitable materials and methodologies that interpret the outputs of fine-scale systematic conservation plans and test and apply these in pilot municipal areas. The project aims to lay the basis for the uptake of systematic conservation planning outputs in land-use planning and decisionmaking throughout the Western Cape.

Strategic Direction :

3 Support civil society efforts to create an institutional environment that enables effective conservation action

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