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The endangered Barbary macaque (<i>Macaca sylvanus</i>) in Bouhachem Natural Park, Morocco
The endangered Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) in Bouhachem Natural Park, Morocco
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Supporting Traditional Management Practices to Preserve Barbary Macaque and its Habitats in Morocco
Grantee Name: 
Barbary Maccaque Conservation in the Rif
HOTSPOT
Mediterranean Basin
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$172,930
DATES
Feb 2021
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Dec 2023
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Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Mediterranean Basin
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$172,930
DATES
Feb 2021
-
Dec 2023

Support local communities to adopt agro-ecological practices and increase revenues from biodiversity-friendly practices (including ecotourism) in the region of Bouhachem Nature Park. Support a participatory management of natural areas, integrating traditional practices, to reduce threats on montane forest habitats and the barbary macaque population.

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