There are 288 projects that match your search.
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2010
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45,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: BZE/COMPACT/OP4/Y3/CORE/10/01 |
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This project addresses two related problems: the decline of commercial fishing stocks in and around the Southern Belize Barrier Reef System World Heritage Site and the reduced productivity of the Placencia Producers Co-operative. The dual goals of ( ... )
oject are to reduce fishing pressure in and around the BBRRS-WHS (Gladden Spit & Silk Cayes Marine Reserve and Laughing Bird Caye National Park) sites near Placencia Village and revitalize the Placencia Cooperative.
This will be accomplished by completing the first objective, which is to establish ten renewable, sustainable seaweed farms near Placencia. This project is directly inline with the
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2010
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40,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: BZE/COMPACT/OP4/Y3/CORE/09/03 |
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It is widely recognised that the BBRRS-WHS faces increasing levels of threats from mangrove clearance, dredging and development, urban growth, land run-off from agriculture, aquaculture effluents, uncontrolled tourism growth, over fishing, illegal ( ... )
g, shipping pollution and waste, physical impacts (boats, anchors, snorkellers/divers), climate change and disease. However there is little understanding of these concerns at a local level, concerns that do and will further impact communities and livelihoods. The unfortunate fact is that most Belizeans have never even seen their world-famous Barrier Reef and have no experiential connection with
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2010
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19,022.50
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: BZE/COMPACT/OP4/Y3/CORE/10/02 |
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The Community Stewards Project Next Steps Initiative will continue to empower and support 12 Community Stewards and 8 community members by increasing their knowledge and skills so they continue to participate in the management of the Port Honduras ( ... )
Reserve and minimize threats that affect the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System enlisted by the UN Foundation in the 'Danger ' list. It is also intended to increase knowledge and appreciation of the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve Sytem among 20 high school students. Participants of this project, will be involved in dive training, fish indentification, master class on 'Catch Shares' and exchange
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Belize
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2009
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47,497.50
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/08/03 |
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This project aims to assist in mitigating emissions of Green House Gasses as the village of San Benito Poite adds IT services to the other services offered in their library. San Benito Poite is a Mayan village in the Moho River Watershed, and ( ... )
tly has no access to internet services for the 200 primary school children, 22 high school students, or any of the other persons in this village of over 700 indigenous people.
Plenty Belize is a registered Belizean NGO that has been working out of offices in Punta Gorda since 1997. Its mission is to promote the well-being of the people, the communities, and the environment we share in the
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2009
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5,761.50
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: BZE/COMPACT/OP4/Y2/CORE/09/03 |
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This proposal focuses on raising awareness of issues related to the traditional fishing sector and the marine environment, and has arisen following a series of related activities in the largest of Belize?s coastal fishing communities, Sarteneja. ( ... )
ity participants, all from families that are reliant on the marine resources, are collaborating as part of this project, providing their perceptions of the Belize reef. The reef ecosystem of Belize is not only important for their income, but has been highlighted as a priority in regional conservation planning initiatives, and at the global scale, through its designation as a UNESCO World
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2009
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6,250.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/08/07 |
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The Belize Audubon Society (BAS) is the oldest environmental non-governmental organization in Belize. BAS is a membership organization dedicated to the sustainable management of Belize?s natural resources through leadership and strategic ( ... )
rships with stakeholders in order to create a balance between people and the environment. BAS manages seven terrestrial protected areas.
The goal of the project is to coordinate and promote the Green Wave in Belize raising awareness about biodiversity in general, and contributes to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) programme of work on Communication, Education and Public
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2009
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6,250.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/08/04 |
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Belize (SHI ? Belize) came into existence in 1999, following the expansion of its mother organization, Sustainable Harvest International, a non-governmental organization based in Maine, USA. The organization?s focus is to provide sustainable ( ... )
atives to the destructive practices of slash and burn and migratory agriculture which have depleted local tropical and subtropical forests. SHI ? Belize provides both families and communities who seek assistance with hands-on technical support and training, advice, and tools and resources during a five-year period.
Since its initiation, SHI ? Belize has planted more than 444,113 trees and
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2009
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5,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: BZE/COMPACT/OP4/Y3/CORE/09/02 |
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The purpose of the planning grant is to complete a preliminary market study, research workshop costs and trainers, and price equipment needed for an accurate budget.
The market study will be conducted by Belicana Consulting and Developing Ltd., ( ... )
t is Shaun Finnetty. His group will review existing secondary literature and data and undertake several key informant interviews with known purchasers and vendors. This will give an overview of the existing market and some survey questions will be added regarding the processed product, to get an idea of any potential market. The project coordinator and co-op members will be responsible for
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2009
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44,729.50
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: BZE/COMPACT/OP4/Y2/CORE/09/01 |
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The Sarteneja Fishermen Association (SFA) is a community-based membership organization, with a membership of over 110 artisanal fishermen, based from the fishing community of Sarteneja, in Corozal District. The SFA was registered on 19th September ( ... )
and seeks to provide alternatives for fishermen who wish to leave fishing, reducing the dependence of the community on the declining lobster and conch resources of the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System - World Heritage Site.
Sarteneja has long been recognized as one of the major impacting communities on the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System World Heritage Site, an area of exceptional
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2009
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46,845.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: BZE/COMPACT/OP4/Y2/CORE/09/02 |
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An important part of SEA?s mission is to create stewardship and improve the management of the three marine protected areas that it co-manages. In order to ensure stewardship and support management activities, SEA must develop a comprehensive ( ... )
tanding amongst stakeholders of all ages about the importance of conservation and the realities of MPA management. Over the years there has been a growing incorporation of environmental education and conservation principles into the yearly curriculum for all elementary and high school students. Teachers are frequently looking to organizations like SEA to offer courses or activities that will
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2009
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6,250.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/08/05 |
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Friends for Conservation and Development is a non-profit, non-governmental organization in Belize, dedicated to motivate the public to protect the environment through conservation awareness while enhancing the development of the human resources. In ( ... )
he organization began an active co-management program with the Forest Department for the protection of Belize's largest protected area, the Chiquibul National Park comprised of 264,003 acres of tropical forest.
Today FCD is already familiar with the schools and adult groups. Most of the people are likewise aware of FCD and the Chiquibul Maya Mountains.
The project objective is to involve
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2009
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50,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/09/05 |
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The goal of the ?Strengthening of the Beekeeping Industry in Toledo? project is to conserve biodiversity in the Toledo District through the practice of ecologically friendly apiculture (Output 2 ? Annex 2, Logical Framework for the CPS, GEF SGP). ( ... )
t activities fall in line directly with 3 of GEF SGP?s lines of intervention, namely: ?a) Production, marketing, and certification of agricultural and apicultural produce in and adjacent to ecologically sensitive areas. (BD, LD), e) Promotion of community forestry initiatives targeting the sustainable exploitation of timber and non-timber forest products. (BD, LD, CC), and g) Promote viable
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2009
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49,864.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: BZE/COMPACT/OP4/Y2/CORE/09/04 |
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This project focuses on developing coordinated strategies, mechanisms, and collaborative partnerships towards the control of the lionfish, an invasive species with the potential to cause devastating impacts to the reef system of Belize if not ( ... )
sed urgently. In the Bahamas the first lionfish was observed in 2004, by 2007 they developed a Draft National Response Plan, and by 2008 the lionfish population exploded throughout the shallow tropical waters of the Bahamas and now they are found on reefs, on seagrass beds and in mangroves. Interestingly, the response plans of several countries call for eradication of the lionfish, but this
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2009
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6,250.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/08/06 |
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The Programme for Belize (PfB), established in 1988, is a well-established non-profit, non-governmental conservation dedicated to the conservation of biodiversity and the promotion of the sustainable management of Belize?s natural resources. Since ( ... )
ception, Programme for Belize has been protecting representative biodiversity areas in Belize and has acquired 260,000 acres of tropical moist forest known as the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area, the RBCMA.
The specific objective of this project is to create awareness on biodiversity conservation, the convention of biological diversity and the importance of protecting the Rio
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2008
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30,962.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: BZE/COMPACT/OP4/Y1/CORE/07/04 |
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Although the Port Honduras Marine Reserve (PHMR) is not currently a part of the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System World Heritage Site (BBRRS-WHS), the reserve has been recommended for inclusion in the BRRRS-WHS. The PHMR which was declared in ( ... )
is recognized as an area with high biodiversity and contains a robust belt of mangroves on the coast that provide the critical link between terrestrial and marine environments. The area serves as habitat for various endangered species including the West Indian Manatee, the American saltwater crocodile and the Morelet's crocodile. The Port Honduras Marine Reserve is home to one of the most
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Belize
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International Waters
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2008
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35,642.50
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP4/Y1/CORE/07/05 |
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The goal of the project is ?to contribute to the protection and sustainable use of biodiversity resources of Amatique Bay adjacent to the Sarstoon Temash National Park in the Gulf of Honduras?. Amatique Bay in the Gulf of Honduras is a shared ( ... )
oundary water body in the Caribbean Sea and is part of the broader Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (LME). The goal of the project fits within the global geographic focus of the GEF SGP for Operational Phase 4 under the International Waters Focal Area and within the thematic focus of ?coastal area management and biodiversity?.
Funding from the GEF SGP will be used to train and assist community
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2008
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7,121.20
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: BZE/UNF-CORE/PH2/2/07/1 |
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This project is designed to enable the World Heritage Site Sub-Committee/COMPACT Local Consultative Body to organize and function in an efficient and effective manner through the provision of logistical and administrative support services. |
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2008
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1,900.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP4/CORE/07/03 |
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Rural communities perceive the laws established to protect and conserve forest resources, essential to their survival, as a barrier to their development. The viability of the protected areas is threatened by the unsustainable survival strategies ( ... )
d out by communities surrounding them. Government of Belize, 2002 Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) shows the Stann Creek District having 34.8% of its population being poor and this situation arises as a result of the communities? limited capacity to pursue sustainable livelihoods and limited actions to develop capacities and alternatives.
The goal of the proposed project is, ?to
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2008
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1,600.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: BZE/COMPACT/OP4/Y2/CORE/08/02 |
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The Sarteneja Fishermen Association (SFA) wishes to apply for a grant to assist in the development of their COMPACT proposal towards a providing a mechanism for fishermen of Sarteneja village, Corozal District to develop alternative livelihood ( ... )
s, as per the submitted concept paper. The project will focus on developing the capacity and infrastructure of the SFA to assist its members in developing alternative incomes from cooperative pig-rearing.
A Research Grant has been received from PACT, providing funding for meetings with the fishermen in Sarteneja, and with relevant technical advisors, and initial investigations into the
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2008
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1,200.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: BZE/COMPACT/OP4/Y2/CORE/08/01 |
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Sarteneja Tour Guide Association wishes to apply for a grant to assist in the development of their COMPACT proposal towards a framework for tourism as an alternative livelihood for the reef fishermen of Sarteneja village, Corozal District, as per ( ... )
bmitted concept paper. The project will focus on developing the capacity and infrastructure of the organization to assist its members and Sarteneja in moving forwards towards a future in tourism, providing an alternative to fishing, and reducing pressure on the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System World Heritage Site.
The planning grant is required to allow STGA to employ a consultant to assist
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