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Reducing Threats to Biodiversity from Agricultural Encroachment and Fires, Colombia
Grantee Name: fundacion ecohabitats
- Hotspot
- Location
- Colombia
- Amount
- $150,000
- Dates
- Dec 2024 – Nov 2025
- Keywords
- Agriculture, Agroforestry, Buffer zones, Capacity building, Climate adaptation, Communication, Community-based conservation, Fire management, Gender, Habitat conservation and management, Livelihoods, Protected Areas, Species Conservation, Ecosystem resilience
Build the capacity of 11 local public and civil society institutions in fire prevention and control, sustainable agriculture, women’s empowerment, and biodiversity monitoring to reduce threats in the protected areas of Serrania Pinche, La Envira, and Cuchilla Jardins Tamesis in southwestern Colombia.
Strategic Direction
:
1 Strengthen protection and management of 52 priority KBAs to foster participatory governance, green recovery from COVID-19, climate change resilience, species conservation, and financial sustainability.
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