Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Strengthening Protection and Improving Food Security in the Mount Maetambe-Kolombangara River Key Biodiversity Area in the Solomon Islands

Grantee Name: Ecological Solutions, Solomon Islands

Hotspot: East Melanesian Islands
Location: Solomon Islands
Amount: $55,347
Dates: Sep 2017 – Sep 2019
Keywords: Aquaculture, Capacity building, Community-based conservation, Habitat conservation and management, Indigenous People, Protected Areas

Complete land registration and support community capacity building to achieve legal protection of Mount Maetambe-Kolombangara River Key Biodiversity Area on Choiseul Island. Support the delineation of the new protected area, community-awareness building, the establishment and training of executive committee and protected areas staff, and the establishment of demonstration aquaculture-agriculture farming system to support alternative sources of food security and livelihoods.

Strategic Direction :

1 Empower local communities to protect and manage globally significant biodiversity at priority Key Biodiversity Areas under-served by current conservation efforts