Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Four Touchwood hardcopy books on table (forest image as cover). — © Tim Davenport/WCS

'Touchwood’ – Raising Global Awareness of the Value of Tanzania’s Southern Key Biodiversity Areas

Grantee Name: Wildlife Conservation Society

Hotspot: Eastern Afromontane
Location: Tanzania, United Republic of
Amount: $19,888
Dates: Feb 2017 – Mar 2018
Keywords: Awareness, Communication, Education, Journalism/media

Raise local, national and international awareness of the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot by highlighting the incredible biodiversity of the Southern Highlands KBAs in Tanzania. Focusing on an international audience of policy makers, donors and the general public, WCS will develop high quality communication materials that showcase the beauty of these KBAs, and their ecological, cultural and economic value, through photography, graphics and art, based on existing social and biological data.

Strategic Direction : 1 Mainstream biodiversity into wider development policies, plans and projects to deliver the co-benefits of biodiversity conservation, improved local livelihoods and economic development in priority corridors.