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Traditional Knowledge, Customary Stewardship and Strengthening Practical Approaches to Conservation Management Projects in Kwaio

Grantee Name: JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY

Hotspot
East Melanesian Islands
Location
Solomon Islands
Amount
$19,985
Dates
Jun 2014 – Jun 2015
Keywords
Awareness, Community-based conservation, Ethnobotany, Indigenous People, Medicinal plants
Support the Kwaio people in the Solomon Islands through an action-based 'learn by doing' approach targeted at traditional leaders and community representatives to develop project and financial management and governance structures for a medicinal plant and bush foods project, ultimately preserving traditional ecological knowledge and strengthening conservation skills of the Kwaio.
Strategic Direction : 4 Increase local, national and regional capacity to conserve biodiversity through catalyzing civil society partnerships

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