Strengthening Management and Participatory Planning in Three Key Biodiversity Areas within the Quito Metropolitan District in Ecuador
Grantee Name: CONSORCIO PARA EL DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE DE LA ECORREGION ANDINA
- Hotspot
- Tropical Andes
- Location
- Ecuador
- Amount
- $120,453
- Dates
- Jun 2017 – Aug 2018
- Keywords
- Buffer zones, Conservation finance, Conservation planning, Land use planning, Protected Areas, Ecosystem resilience, Governance
Improve management capacity of three Key Biodiversity Areas within the municipality of Quito: Los Bancos-Milpe, Maquipucuna-Río Guayllabamaba and Mindo. Specifically, the grant supports planning for biodiversity conservation and climate change resilience, governance strengthening, and design of an incentive scheme for farm-level conservation.
1 Improve protection and management of 36 priority KBAs to create and maintain local support for conservation and to mitigate key threats.
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