There are 140 projects that match your search.
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Jamaica
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Community Based Adaptation
Community Based Adaptation
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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: CBA/JAM/SPA/09/07 |
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This project is geared at reducing the risks of landslides and flooding from heavy rain as well as lessening the effects of extreme drought conditions on crop production. This will be done realising four outputs:
-contour farming
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-fruit tree production
- and drought mitigation, all incorporating training of farmers and
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Jamaica
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Land Degradation
Land Degradation
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2010
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2,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: JAM/OP4/3/CORE/09/06 |
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St. Mary Peace Farm is an agro-tourist community based organisation which is moving towards organic agriculture and other sustainable practices for the betterment of the community. Land Degradation, specifically, soil erosion affects the community ( ... )
eral ways. Water infrastructure is spotty in this area and so people are dependent on the streams for bathing, drinking, washing, farming and other purposes. At the same time, several members of the community have felt forced to engage in deforestation because their lack of knowledge of other sustainable options. Finally, children are not exposed to new and interesting ways of protecting and
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Jamaica
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Community Based Adaptation
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2010
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48,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: CBA/JAM/SPA/09/06 |
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The Portland Bight Protected Area (PBPA) includes some of the best remaining coastal dry forest and longest continous mangroves coastline in Jamaica. Due to Climate Change and the increasing threat to this coastal region for flooding which has cost ( ... )
ives in recent past, and its biodiversity and ecological services being threatened. This project will seek to embark of an educational drive to engage stakeholders in the communities to work together to take action to minimise risks and reduce impacts associated with this phenonmenon. A rainwater harvesting project is also to be
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Jamaica
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Land Degradation
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2010
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38,400.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: JAM/OP4/3/CORE/09/09 |
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Rainfall at times becomes limited and very irregular. During good years, agriculture in these areas produces satisfactory yields. However reduced rainfall or prolonged dry spells are leading immediately to crop failure. This has significantly ( ... )
ed the school in increasing production and sustaining production levels. Both crop production and livestock production have been hampered, The wider community of Knockalva has been suffering from the same problem and the school is coming under pressure from inside and outside to come up with workable solutions to alleviate the problem.
During periods of heavy rainfall the school community
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Jamaica
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2010
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28,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: JAM/OP4/3/CORE/10/12 |
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The problem existing in Mafoota area is the emission of pollutants in the atmosphere as a result of the usage of gasoline and diesel pumps to operate the irrigation systems. This project will introduce the use of solar energy to drive these systems ( ... )
e recently constructed greenhouses. This is expected to avoid some 6 tons of Co2 emission. The project will be implemented under Climate Change Mitigation ? OP 6.
? Objective
The objective of the project is to introduce a technology that of solar energy that can be used to drive the irrigation and fertigation systems of the recently constructed greenhouses that is environmentally
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Jamaica
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2010
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16,854.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: JAM/OP4/3/CORE/10/13 |
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The Sweetwater area has a history of vegetable production as they have a contract to produce and supply fresh vegetables to the Super clubs. As a result, irrigation has to be used on a continuous basis for production. Recently with the construction ( ... )
reenhouses to enhance production, consistency of supply and good quality vegetables it has increased the need for more irrigation to sustain the production in these greenhouses. The production is driven by the continuous use non renewable sources of energy for driving the irrigation systems. This has now increased the pollution of the atmosphere resulting in poor air quality.
The problem
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Jamaica
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Land Degradation
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2010
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2,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: JAM/OP4/3/CORE/09/07 |
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Rowlandsfield is a mountainous area one that has a section of the Blue and John Crow Mountains forming a section of its expanse. The main problem for the community is that a telecommunication provider has erected a mega tower in the mountains, ( ... )
ing in negative outcomes of denuding a vast area of the forest floor of trees and jeopardising the water catchment area of the community. The RCDCBS is in the process of implementing a rehabilitation of the water supply. The shaded area that should protect the entombment of the water has been removed and this is to the detriment of the water supply, as there is now a rapid evaporation of the
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Jamaica
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Land Degradation
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2010
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17,646.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: JAM/OP4/3/CORE/10/14 |
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The parish of St. Thomas is particularly susceptible to slope instability because of its geology, steep slopes, chemical weathering and the high volume of rainfall which it receives. The Trinityville area is located in the southern end of the Blue ( ... )
in range. In an attempt to address this problem the Trinityville Sustainable Land Management Programme is designed to:
? Mitigate damages to local agricultural practices.
? Promote self sufficiency, resilience and a resistant approach to natural and man-made disasters in 6 districts in the Trinityville Area.
? Focus on the most vulnerable, such as women and young farmers.
? Expose the
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Jamaica
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Community Based Adaptation
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2009
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20,500.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: CBA/JAM/SPA/09/05 |
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Several studies and pilot projects have been done, few have been presented in a way that allow for rigorous peer review from the scientific communty,especially for the Caribbean. This project will allow for the translation of information gathered ( ... )
BA projects, into scientific language to effect policy decisions and to ultimately be included in the Fifth Assessment Report. It will also provide the Caribbean with the knowledge, tools and skills to effectively adapt to climate
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Jamaica
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2009
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40,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: JAM/OP4/2/CORE/09/02 |
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The F.I.S.H. Medical Clinic, a medical NGO, seeks to employ the use of Renewable Energy, namely solar in order to reduce Carbon Emissions. In so doing the Clinic aims to contribute to the reversal of the negative effects of Climate Change and ( ... )
bute to the improvement in air quality thereby boosting general health. Additionally the implementation of a renewable energy system will aid in the containment of spiralling energy cost. In so doing the prospects for the viability of the Clinic will increase tremendously, given the fact that energy costs has been rising consistently over the past 5 (five) years and accounting for a meaningful
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Jamaica
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Land Degradation
Land Degradation
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2009
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22,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: JAM/OP4/2/CORE/09/04 |
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The Upper Rio Cobre Watershed is home to many small farmers, many of whom farm on hillsides. The application of poor farming practices and lack of soil conservation techniques has resulted in loss of soil and crops, subsequent use of larger amounts ( ... )
icides and fertilisers, increased potential for pollution of the rivers within the watershed, downstream flooding and land degradation. Additionally there is a lack of knowledge about available environmentally friendly farming methods such as greenhouse technology, which can provide sustainable farming options. Climate change will also impact on our agriculture: global warming resulting in
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Jamaica
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CapDev
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2009
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15,100.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: JAM/OP4/3/CORE/09/05 |
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Inadequate planning is one of the main reasons why projects fail. Recognizing this fact, ADA will be offering a course in capacity building in project management, namely, ?Basic Proposal writing,? a short course (16 hours). The course is based on ( ... )
rkbook: Capacity Building for Project Cycle Management I ? Basic Proposal Writing.
The course will offer an approach and tools to help plan and design quality projects and prepare "sound" project requests for submission to funding agencies. The short course will focus on project planning and design within the larger context of the full project cycle, namely planning, implementation and
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Jamaica
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Community Based Adaptation
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2009
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2,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: CBA/JAM/SPA/09/03 |
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(No co-financing required for concept)
With the increasing episodes of extreme weather events associated with climate change, there is a likely chance that deforested hillsides will erode tons of soil into the counrty's waterways. These conditions ( ... )
e stage for more frequent landslides, which will devastate rural infrastructure, ruin farmland and threaten life and property.
With farmers traditionally dependent on the rainy season for planting, the increase in temperatures associated with climate change, will exacerbated the problem the farmers have. This project will therfore seek to implement a comprenhensive sustainable land
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Jamaica
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Community Based Adaptation
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2009
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2,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: CBA/JAM/SPA/09/01 |
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(No co-financing required for concept)
The Portland Bight Area of a Clarendon is a Coastal Protected Area in Jamaica which, historically, has always been vulnerable to flooding, storm surge, hurricanes, fire and drought. In recent years, the ( ... )
ncy and intensity of these events have increased, making natural disasters an almost annual occurence in the area. This project seeks to increase the resilience of the vulnerable coastal communities and ecosystems in area to Climate
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Jamaica
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Community Based Adaptation
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2009
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45,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: CBA/JAM/SPA/09/04 |
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This project will seek to stabilize and reinforce river bank slopes to protect against the loss of agricultural lands from the threat of cliamte change-driven increases in flood risk, due to stronger hurricanes and higher-intensity rainfall. |
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Jamaica
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Land Degradation
Land Degradation
Land Degradation
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2009
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34,500.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: JAM/OP4/2/CORE/09/01 |
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This project seeks to address and respond to several problematic issues facing the communities
in the upper Rio Grande Valley. Approximately 4,000 citizens reside in this area of buffer zone to
the BJCMNP, and all are considered ?marginalized? due ( ... )
nt decades of failing
agricultural markets and degrading infrastructure. Whereas many households are choosing to
relocate from their ancestral lands, members of BPFA continue in efforts to rebuild and
strengthen natural and cultural resources within these communities. BPFA responds with
progressive, sustainable techniques for reducing costs of living and for protecting the
environment with
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Jamaica
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Land Degradation
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2008
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30,000.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: JAM/OP4/1/CORE/07/01 |
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he Jeffrey Town Farmers Association (JTFA) has identified soil loss and ultimately land degradation as a significant problem in Jeffrey Town and its environs. The farming of steep slopes in Jeffrey Town without appropriate soil conservation and ( ... )
e run-off management techniques has resulted in significant soil loss, reduction in productivity and a concomitant increase in the use of inorganic fertilisers, especially during the last fifteen years.
The reduction in cultivation of tree crops such as breadfruit, pimento, cocoa, citrus and banana, and an emphasis on cash crops such as tomato and peppers, coupled with a serious decline in
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Jamaica
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Biodiversity
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2008
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27,000.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: JAM/OP4/1/RAF/07/10 |
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While Portland is blessed with a rich biological diversity the appreciation of local flora and fauna for its; intrinsic, medicinal and other benefits is remarkably low. The abundance of flora & fauna and the relatively low levels of economic ( ... )
pment have combined to create a generation of Portlanders with little or no regard for the parish?s rich diversity. This is evident in many lifestyle practices observed through-out the parish, the dumping of wetlands, development of ecological sensitive and pristine coastal areas, deforestation, capture and/or sale of endemic/endangered species and un-licensed bird shooting.
Portland is home
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Jamaica
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Biodiversity
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2008
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39,200.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: JAM/OP4/2/RAF/08/04 |
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Poor waste management, and in some instances, the absence of any waste management, results in the destruction of coastal, marine, and freshwater ecosystems. The wholesale burning of garbage leads to soil erosion which causes nutrient rich soil to ( ... )
reely into the river. This ultimately reaches the ocean causing permanent damage to the coral reef. There is an ever increasing accumulation of recyclable materials such as plastic and glass bottles and containers that end up floating in the ocean, resting on the ocean floor, and laying atop coral.
Several species, including the Green and Hawksbill turtles, Elkhorn and Staghorn coral, and
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Jamaica
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Biodiversity
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2008
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40,000.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: JAM/OP4/1/RAF/07/08 |
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Cockpit Country is home to 150 endemic species and several endangered species. Habitat for these endemic, endangered and other traditionally-used species are under threat in communities like Alps from unsustainable livelihood practices and ( ... )
ss exploitation of other natural resources in order to secure an income.
This has resulted from a number of factors, including:
1. Residents are unaware of the importance of conserving endemic/endangered and medicinal species in their area and the methods of utilizing them for sustainable livelihoods.
2. Alps CDC and its partner STEA are under-resourced to complete their present eco-tourism
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