
Wof Washa Community-Based Ecotourism Project
Grantee Name: Sustainable Natural Resource Management Association
- Hotspot
- Eastern Afromontane
- Location
- Ethiopia
- Amount
- $164,584
- Dates
- Dec 2013 – Sep 2017
- Keywords
- Capacity building, Community-based conservation, Livelihoods, Tourism
Develop five tourism cooperatives in the Wof Washa villages of Ethiopia and support training for eco-guides and identification of trails for wildlife watching. An umbrella organization, the Wof Washa Ecotourism Union is in charge of administration, quality standards enforcement and awareness activities with tour operators and the expatriate community of Addis Ababa, with a goal to attract 150 tourists each year.
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.
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