Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Registration of Accompong Maroons as a Legal Entity to Undertake Conservation Initiatives and Actions to Protect a Key Biodiversity Area – The Cockpit Country in Jamaica

Grantee Name: Dispute Resolution Foundation

Hotspot: Caribbean Islands
Location: Jamaica
Amount: $4,724
Dates: Nov 2013 – May 2014
Keywords: Legal support

Register the Accompong Maroons, a traditional community in Cockpit Country, Jamaica, as a legal entity to increase their capacity to access opportunities to undertake conservation actions and initiatives in the Cockpit Country Key Biodiversity Area.

Strategic Direction :

3 Support Caribbean civil society to achieve biodiversity conservation by building local and regional institutional capacity and by fostering stakeholder collaboration

Project Resources:

Registration of Accompong Maroons as a Legal Entity to Undertake Conservation Initiatives and Actions to Protect a Key Biodiversity Area – The Cockpit Country in Jamaica

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