There are 434 projects that match your search.
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Kenya
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CapDev
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2022
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5,000.00
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OP6 ?Y7 (Jul 21-Jun 22)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y5/STAR/CD/2022/68 |
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Project Summary
The Rabai Cultural Village was registered as a Community Based Organization in February 2013, and has a membership of about 1,500 people majority (80%) of whom are women. The main objective of establishing the cultural group was to ( ... )
ve the cultural heritage of the Rabai community and conserve the adjacent sacred Kaya Mudzi Muvya forest. The group established a cultural village located adjacent to Kaya Mudzi Muvya which showcases the Rabai cultural way of life and practices, it hosts traditional ceremonies, songs, dances of the Rabai community and tourists both domestic and international who pay a fee to enjoy the package of
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2022
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8,246.00
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OP6 ?Y7 (Jul 21-Jun 22)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y5/STAR/BD/2022/71 |
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1.1. Project Summary
Kaya forests are important to biodiversity locally and globally as well as playing a significant role in the conservation of biodiversity and preservation of the local traditional culture and heritage. However, these kayas are ( ... )
ith several challenges that threaten their continued existence. These threats include the declining respect of traditional management systems and practices, limited knowledge of values and importance of Kaya forests, and lack of alternative income to the local communities as envisaged in the Kaya Forest Adaptive Strategy .
The declining respect for the cultural and traditional practices that
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Kenya
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2022
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3,900.00
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OP6 ?Y7 (Jul 21-Jun 22)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y5/STAR/CC/2022/70 |
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1.1. Project Summary
The intervention targets Lelen and Kaplelwo communities in Koibosoi Location, Emining Ward, Mogotio Sub-County. , Baringo County. FSK will work closely with Government line ministries seek to promote pasture establishment and ( ... )
mental conservation. This is aimed to resolve challenges identified in the target area on pasture production and losses. The project proposes to support the communities with brush cutters, hay bailers as well as construction of pasture storage facilities. The intervention is expected to be implemented within four months.
1.2. Summary of 1st project and relevant linkages.
Through support
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2022
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22,000.00
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OP6 ?Y7 (Jul 21-Jun 22)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y5/STAR/BD/2022/73 |
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The 1st project grant was therefore meant to strengthen the foundation for BCCA and subsequently its member conservancies, through 3 objectives that are geared towards (1) strengthening governance structures, (2) improving institutional management ( ... )
ures and internal control processes and (3) strengthen BCCA partnership with Baringo County Government. The target beneficiaries are the BCCA and the conservancies in Baringo County. The implementation phase of this project began in September 2019 having received the 7th August 2019 for the first quarter. The implemented activities in this quarter were actualized on time, the 2nd disbursement on
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Kenya
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2022
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4,153.00
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OP6 ?Y7 (Jul 21-Jun 22)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y5/STAR/CC/2022/71 |
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1.1. Project Summary
This particular project will be undertaken by Children of God Relief Institute ? Nyumbani Village, Kitui funded by GEF, Small Grants Programme. With the previous collaborations and help among other others which has ( ... )
tated the excavation of the water pond, fencing around the pond, pond liners, tanks, tank stands and piping system from the pond to the tanks. During the rainy season, water collects from the greenhouses roof and channeled to the pond. The water is then pumped by solar powered pump into the elevated tanks for use in the greenhouses through the gravity. However, due to high temperatures during the
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2022
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20,811.00
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OP7 - Y1 (Jul 20-Jun 21)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP7/Y1/ICCA-GSI-COVID/2021/11 |
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PROJECT TITLE: BUILDING RESILIENCE OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES BY INTEGRATING TRADITIONAL MEDICINE KNOWLEDGE INTO ONE HEALTH APPROACH AND SUPPORTING CONSERVATION OF INDIGENOUS PLANT SPECIES IN TAITAHILLS ECOSYSTEMS AND ADJACENT RANGELANDS THROUGH ( ... )
OOTS INITIATIVES.
Project Rationale and Approach:
The project aims to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable communities, particularly indigenous people and local communities.
It emphasizes the importance of innovation and the "One Health approach" to mitigate the effects of the pandemic.
The Taita Hills region is highlighted for its biodiversity significance and
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Kenya
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CapDev
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2021
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28,500.00
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OP7 - Y1 (Jul 20-Jun 21)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP7/Y1/ICCA-GSI-COVID/2021/07 |
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2021
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30,000.00
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OP7 - Y1 (Jul 20-Jun 21)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP7/Y1/ICCA-GSI-COVID/2021/09 |
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The Ogiek community have a strong attachment to nature, their culture as well as their traditions. Some traditional knowledge aspects of the Ogiek date back to ancient times and have been passed down from generation to generation mainly orally ( ... )
h the use of song, dance or folktales. The Ogiek have been marginalized for a long time and this has led to a situation where some of them including the Ogiek of Mau have not had access to basic social amenities including hospitals. Yet these HG communities have survived these diseases. The Ogiek has been the use of traditional medicines to treat their ailments. A recent study for instance
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Kenya
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CapDev
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2021
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25,060.00
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OP7 - Y1 (Jul 20-Jun 21)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP7/Y1/ICCA-GSI-COVID/2021/01 |
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The Corona Virus pandemic has devastated the world and its effects is being felt in areas occupied by indigenous communities like the El-molo people who are situated on the south eastern shores of Lake Turkana. This proposal aims at increasing ( ... )
edness levels and response capacity of the El-molo people through supporting livelihoods by providing basic foodstuffs and alternative livelihood to cushion this community from the devastating effects of Corona. Moreover, the project also aims at increasing awareness levels to the Elmolo community about the Corona Virus pandemic in the very simple language understood by that community. El-molo
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2021
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18,232.00
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OP7 - Y1 (Jul 20-Jun 21)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP7/Y1/ICCA-GSI-COVID/2021/02 |
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The deaf people classified as persons living with disabilities (PWD), who use sign language as the only means of communication, have rights to seek freedom of access to information in social and economic and cultural developments forums but they ( ... )
ccessibilities to information from mass media through public speakers on impact of COVID -19 pandemic; thus making the deaf people difficult in getting accurate information: this problem needs to change attitude toward these people by providing them special status like COVID-19 response sensitization workshop training for the deaf people on impact of covid-19 pandemic and other topics: i.e.
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2021
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30,000.00
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OP7 - Y1 (Jul 20-Jun 21)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP7/Y1/ICCA-GSI-COVID/2021/03 |
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COVID 19 pandemic being a global problem has threatened the social fabric and livelihoods options of many including Lembus indigenous community with direct and indirect impacts on the sustainability of environment and associated natural resources. ( ... )
gative impacts noted so far include overdependence/overexploitation of the natural resources and upsurge in illegal activities. The proposed project Enhancing sustainability of Lembus Indigenous Community Conserved area for and by stakeholders to address impact of Covid 19 pandemic seeks support community and stakeholders? efforts to put the ICCA on a sustainable footing following impacts of
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2021
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29,936.00
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OP7 - Y1 (Jul 20-Jun 21)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP7/Y1/ICCA-GSI-COVID/2021/08 |
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The use of indigenous plants in human medicine is well documented. Current knowledge on medicinal plants as a source for relief from illness dates back to early civilizations in China, India, and the Near East. Ingredients provided by plants have a ( ... )
ange of medicinal properties. In areas where there is a perceived high cost of medical care, especially in Asia and Africa, medicinal plants have gained more recognition. This stems from the affordability and accessibility of traditional medicine as a source of treatment in the primary healthcare system of resource-poor communities. Therefore, the focus on the knowledge of plants used in herbal
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2021
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27,333.00
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OP7 - Y1 (Jul 20-Jun 21)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP7/Y1/ICCA-GSI-COVID/2021/05 |
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Forests provide vital ecosystem services to indigenous communities living around them, contributing immensely to their livelihoods. Yet, these forests undergo land use changes that threaten the abundance and availability of ecosystem services. These ( ... )
lead to a reduction and loss of ecosystem services such as loss of certain medicinal plants, decline in mushrooms, and habitat destruction. Wildlife and habitat protection and conservation are paramount for attainment of sustainable development goals. Despite its great significance, most regions are plagued with environmental issues of biodiversity loss and land degradation occasioned by
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2021
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30,000.00
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OP7 - Y1 (Jul 20-Jun 21)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP7/Y1/ICCA-GSI-COVID/2021/06 |
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Kitirua conservancy covers an area of approximately 161.8km2 in the Northwest of
Amboseli National Park. It is part of the Olgulului-Oloarrashi Group Ranch (OOGR) and
is the oldest Conservancy in the greater Amboseli Ecosystem. It was established ( ... )
Group Ranch leadership in partnership with tourism investors Ker Downey and Cheli &
Peacock (now Elewana Collection) and the Amboseli Conservation Programme as a
concession area in 1984, it forms an integral corridor for herbivores and carnivores
migrating from Amboseli National Park through Enduiment Wildlife Management
Areas into Kilimanjaro National Park.
To manage land use conflict
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Kenya
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CapDev
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2021
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30,000.00
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OP7 - Y1 (Jul 20-Jun 21)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP7/Y1/ICCA-GSI-COVID/2021/12 |
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COVID-19 is a global pandemic that continues to spread worldwide, including Africa, where cases are steadily increasing. The Africa Center for Disease Control leads the pandemic response with the WHO guidelines for critical preparedness, readiness, ( ... )
action. These guidelines lack consideration or nuance for local context and population, with indigenous peoples and pastoralists' unique nature of life, need for mobility, limited access to health and service infrastructure that influence the dynamics of COVID-19.
Human health support often fails to reach indigenous peoples and pastoralists whose inherent mobility and marginalization and
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2021
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30,000.00
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OP7 - Y1 (Jul 20-Jun 21)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP7/Y1/ICCA-GSI-COVID/2021/10 |
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The project intends to cover Middle Ewaso Ngiro basin area in the counties of Laikipia (Mukogodo forest) and Samburu (Kirisia and Mathews range forests) with an estimated population of about 350,000 people. The communities mainly inhabiting the area ( ... )
igenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) comprising of Maasai, Samburu, Turkana and Sieku (Yaaku) that are dependent on rearing livestock and hunter-gatherers. They use their indigenous traditional knowledge in many practices of solving many challenges within their territory.
In the recent years, the community have faced many challenges in maintaining their indigenous traditional knowledge
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2020
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30,000.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y3/STAR/BD/2020/64 |
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This project aims to address increasing poverty levels amongst members of the local community, particularly youth and women, by providing alternative income generating options and reducing the community overdependence on natural resources. The ( ... )
t being proposed will address alternative livelihood sources through promotion of ecotourism, integration of tourism products within shimoni caves and the lowland coastal forests as well as the diversification of ecotourism activities within the historical caves and adjoining forest vegetation. This project will promote the conservation of historical heritage at shimoni slave caves, cultural
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Kenya
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Land Degradation
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2020
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29,991.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y3/STAR/LD/2020/58 |
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Lake Bogoria Sossiche Women Group is a Community Based Organization based at Mochongoi Ward, Maji Ndege Sub-location, and Baringo South Sub-County in Baringo County. The group was founded in January 2017 under the Department Of Social Services As A ( ... )
elp Group for the promotion of community development through pasture production, beekeeping and a merry-go-round. Thereafter Lake Bogoria Sossiche Women Self Help Group CBO has grown in membership and activities to a recognized CBO engaged in different activities with the outstanding ones being the production of pasture in a large scale, breeding and animal fattening. The group has a current
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Kenya
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CapDev
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2020
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45,000.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y3/STAR/CD/2020/68 |
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Nature Kenya is a national CSO that is widely spread in Kenya and has skilled staff. Nature Kenya brings experience drawn from successful implementation of over 100 projects over the last 15 years across the country. Nature Kenya has worked with ( ... )
nda Kaya Forests Management Committees indirectly through partnership with the National Museum through Coastal Forest Conservation Unit (CFCU), Kaya Gandini and Kaya Waa are categorized as Important Biodiversity (Bird) Areas where Nature Kenya have great interest in terms of conservation.
With facilitation by the SGP, Nature Kenya can be of great help in ensuring that the GEF global targets
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2020
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20,000.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y3/STAR/BD/2020/60 |
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Majoreni BMU is a community-based organization, nonprofit, tax-exempt, legally mandated by the ?sheries department to co-manage coastal resources at the local level. The primary activity managed by BMUs to date is ?shing, and the goals of management ( ... )
nature often both ecological (e.g., improve resources, conservation) and social (e.g., improving livelihoods, changing perceptions about the environment). Majoreni BMU maintain multi-stakeholder representation in its membership. Currently, Majoreni BMU members comprise not only ?shers, but also ?sh traders, vessel owners, local gear makers, ?sh processors, and other coastal stakeholders who
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