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The Wildcoast Tree Seed Oils and Dune Forest Rehabilitation Project
Grantee Name: 
Eco-logic Consulting
HOTSPOT
Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$20,000
DATES
Feb 2014
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Feb 2015
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CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$20,000
DATES
Feb 2014
-
Feb 2015

Assess the economic feasibility and ecological sustainability of a commercial harvesting enterprise focusing on two forest-occurring wild tree seed oils, Cape chestnut (Calodendrum capense) and red milkwood (Mimusops caffra). Initiate the rehabilitation of the Red Milkwood Dune Forest at Mdumbi, Eastern Cape, with the aim of improving rural livelihoods and incentivizing forest conservation in South Africa.

Strategic Direction: 3 Maintain and restore ecosystem function and integrity in the Highland Grasslands and Pondoland corridors