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Sustainable Financing of Biodiversity Conservation in Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve through the Establishment of Motagua/Polochic Water Fund

Grantee Name: Fundación Defensores de la Naturaleza

Hotspot
Mesoamerica
Location
Guatemala
Amount
$352,068
Dates
Aug 2005 – Jun 2008
Keywords
Capacity building, Conservation finance, Water management

Establish a fund to enable downstream water users in the Motagua Polochic watershed to support conservation activities in the upper watershed where the Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve is located. Key outputs include strengthening capacity of local conservation committees.

Strategic Direction :

3 Support priority conservation actions in three priority key biodiversity areas

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