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Strengthening Indigenous and Community Conservation Areas in the Central High Atlas, Morocco
Grantee Name: 
Association des Enseignants des Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre Maroc
HOTSPOT
Mediterranean Basin
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$215,156
DATES
Jan 2021
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Oct 2022
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Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Mediterranean Basin
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$215,156
DATES
Jan 2021
-
Oct 2022

Support the establishment of a network of communities for piloting Indigenous Community Conservation Areas (ICCA) and promoting this governance model in Morocco. Provide human wellbeing benefits through community-based livelihood activities (agriculture, eco-tourism) and development of land-use plans and governance models for community-based conservation.

Strategic Direction: 3 Promote the maintenance of traditional land-use practices necessary for the conservation of Mediterranean biodiversity in priority corridors of high cultural and biodiversity value