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Strengthen Emerging Conservation Efforts in Mount Guna Through Community-Based Ecotourism and Agroforestry

Grantee Name: University of Gondar

Hotspot
Eastern Afromontane
Location
Ethiopia
Amount
$18,663
Dates
Dec 2014 – Jun 2016
Keywords
Buffer zones, Community-based conservation, Habitat conservation and management, Livelihoods

Preserve the remaining vegetation and begin restoring depleted areas in Mount Guna, Ethiopia, by developing sustainable management alternatives, including community-based ecotourism and agroforestry, that ensure ecosystem conservation and improved livelihoods for local communities.

Strategic Direction :

1 Mainstream biodiversity into wider development policies, plans and projects to deliver the co-benefits of biodiversity conservation, improved local livelihoods and economic development in priority corridors.

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