Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Supporting Innovation and Sustainable Financing of the SKEP Bioregional Program

Grantee Name: Conservation International

Hotspot: Succulent Karoo
Location: Namibia, South Africa
Amount: $76,737
Dates: Jun 2005 – Dec 2006
Keywords: Communication, Conservation finance

Provide strategic and communications support to the Succulent Karoo Ecosystem Program (SKEP) Coordination Unit during its transition to the South African National Biodiversity Institute. Develop and fundraise for a small grants facility that will support projects linking poverty alleviation with conservation outcomes in the Northern and Western Cape provinces and develop an anchor project linking priority areas.

Strategic Direction :

6 Create the capacity to catalyze the SKEP program