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