There are 232 projects that match your search.
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Namibia
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2009
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2,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: NAM/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/09/04 |
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Planning project towards raising awareness on land degradation and the use of solar energy as an alternative technology. The project aims to pilot solar lighting for selected households and piloting solar water pumping for the Aminuis village. The ( ... )
s community is among one of the poorest in Namibia and are in need of initiatives to improve degraded land caused by their needs for shelter and energy and decrease dependency on diesel for water pumping.
The project is located in the Aminuis Constituency , Omaheke
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Namibia
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Land Degradation
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2009
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48,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: NAM/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/09/05 |
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The project aims to combat land degradation and reduce poverty . Mara (a resettlement farm in the south) degraded soils is to be restored through soil rehabilitation processes and seed bank building. Prosopis species invasion will be controlled ( ... )
h harvesting and use the wood for charcoal making or as firewood. As the community is stricken by poverty and through the existing good water supply they could reduce e poverty by starting a Lucerne project to support their livestock and vegetable gardening to ensure sustainable food security.
The project is located in the Hardap region in the Mariental
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Namibia
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
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2009
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48,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: NAM/SGP/OP4/RAF/09/01 |
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Aus fall within the succulent karoo ecosystem which is the most biodiversity- rich desert on earth and identified as one of the 25 riches most threatened world's reservoirs of plants and animals life. Uncontrolled land uses creates pressure on ( ... )
vegetation and causing severe damage. Deforestation is rampant as the inhabitants has limited resources of alternative energy and continue to harvest trees unsustainably. This has been contributed by high unemployment in the area making difficult for them to effort even basic commodities let alone buying electricity stoves of solar heating appliances as an alternative energy source.
The
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Namibia
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Biodiversity
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2009
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48,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: NAM/SGP/OP4/CORE/08/10 |
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The goal of the project is to raise awareness among the resettlement beneficiaries on managing their environment and biodiversity found in their farms through biodiversity inventory and the importance of conserving it for their own benefit as well ( ... )
future generation.
The project will undertake an inventory of fauna and flora in Klein Karas resettlement and establish a baseline for future monitoring system which will guide the conservation management of one of the few farms under group resettlement scheme in the Southern Namibia.
Raise awareness of biodiversity conservation and positive environmental attitude among the community
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Namibia
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Land Degradation
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2009
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2,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: NAM/SGP/OP4/CORE/09/08 |
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The planning project will seek measures to minimize negative environmental impacts, and enhance communities understanding of land degradation, desertification and deforestation.
The Gainachas informal settlement is located +- 20km north of ( ... )
a village in the Karas
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Namibia
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2009
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50,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: NAM/SGP/CORE/09/02 |
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It is estimated that 90% of rural Namibian households do not have access to electricity, and rely on wood as the main cooking fuel. However, the majority of rural households are located in the northern regions where wood fuel resources are becoming ( ... )
carcer. The problem of dwindling wood resources in the northern regions is widely known. Evidence of the problem is the fact that people are walking increasingly longer distances to collect their daily ration of wood.
The wide-scale dependence on wood fuel creates two problems:
? There is localised deforestation in the vicinity of the project areas.
? Most households must purchase their daily
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Namibia
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Land Degradation
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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: NAM/SGP/OP4/CORE/08/09 |
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Planning project to protect and conserve succulent plants and other woody species from over harvesting and preventing usage of the Camelthorn tree( protected species) . And introduce alternative energy efficient methodology?s for domestic ( ... )
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The project is located within the Succulent Karoo eco-system Aus , Karars
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Namibia
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Community Based Adaptation
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2009
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12,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: CBA/NAM/SPA/09/02 |
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This is a planning grant incorporating six concepts, thus six project will be the outcome. The concepts are 1) Water Harvesting,2-3) Agriculture/Sustainable land Management addressing land degradation for food security,4) Flood and drought resistant ( ... )
5) Energy efficient wood stoves and renewable energy in combination with Agro Forestry/general reforestation and improved natural resouce management and 6) Awareness building interventions on Climate Change, coping strategies, global warming and nutrition.
The overall project goal is for communities to pilot the above listed concepts to come up with sustainable CBA coping strategies that can be
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Namibia
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Community Based Adaptation
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2009
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300,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: CBA/NAM/SPA/09/03 |
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This is a full grant incorporating six concepts, thus six projects are an outcome. The concepts are 1)Water Harvesting,2-3) Agriculture/Sustainable land Management addresing land degradation for food security,4)Flood and drought resistant crops, ( ... )
gy efficient wood stoves and renewable energy in combination with Agro Forestry/General Reforestation and improved natural resource management and 6)Awareness building interventions on Climatee Change, coping strategies, global warming and nutrition. The overal project goal is for cmmunities to pilot the above listed concepts to come up with sustainable CBA coping strategies that can be
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Namibia
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Land Degradation
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2009
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2,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: NAM/SGP/OP4/CORE/09/07 |
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Nirwana is a former commercial farm in the Northwestern part of the Namibia ,were five families are resettled through the Government land resettlement programme. Water resources have declined in last years and are suspected that this is due bush ( ... )
chment that could reduce the availability of water through evapotranspiration.
The planning project aims to improve the quality of rangeland and availability of water by controlled de-bushing
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Namibia
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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: NAM/SGP/OP4/RAF/08/02 |
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The project seeks to improve the standard of living by contributing to reducing food insecurity, enhancing the nutrition of, and alleviating the effects of HIV/AIDS on Namibia?s rural and peri- urban communities through promotion and adoption of ( ... )
reneurial and technology interventions for the cultivation, processing and marketing of the medicinal mushroom and its products. The project will use community participatory research mythologies: where science and communities will interface to generate knowledge on Garnoderma value addition.
The University of Namibia, Faculty of Science and Natural Science will work in collaboration with the
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Namibia
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Multifocal Area
Multifocal Area
Multifocal Area
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2009
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50,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: NAM/SGP/OP4/Y1/CORE/09/01 |
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The goal of the project is to start up local sustainable vegetable production and improve the profitability and sustainability of farming as a practice by smallholder producers by introducing soil improvements techniques such as composting and ( ... )
manure, conservation tillage, and drip irrigation from flood water dams on a two hector plot to start with. The plot would include 1 ha vegetables and 1 ha dry land crops.
The project is located in the Onyaanya constituency, 35 km outh of Ondangwa , in the Oshikoto
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Namibia
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Biodiversity
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2009
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2,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: NAM/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/09/03 |
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Mushroom farming is an environmentally friendly activity, which utilizes organic wastes emanating from agricultural and agro-industrial activities. The planning project aims to investigate methods to produce mushrooms using the ZERI principles, ( ... )
ing recycling of wastes to produce value added products such as mushrooms and compost.
The project is located in the Karas region , Luderitz.
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Namibia
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2009
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42,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: NAM/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/09/09 |
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The project aims to educated and create awareness on energy efficient technologies, climate change. This project will enable six community groups from the Hardap and Karas Region to participate in a NaDEET Centre programme on the NamibRand Nature ( ... )
e. Participants will take part in activities that will help them to directly implement changes to their current household energy practices. Project participants will make their own fuel-efficient stoves and will receive solar cooking appliances as part of their training.
This project will enable six community groups from the Hardap and Karas Region to participate in a NaDEET Centre programme
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Namibia
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Climate Change Mitigation
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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: NAM/SGP/OP4/CORE/08/08 |
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The project aims to promote the use of alternative energy sources for household energy needs through marketing of fuel efficiency stoves and biogas digesters and establishing space for production and storing of fuel efficiency stoves;
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tion of the stoves and biodigesters will be located in Onayena in the Oshikoto Region. Whilst the marketing and the promotion of the stoves will be carried out in the rest of the country. Project activities will be concentrated in Windhoek , Gobabis, Otjinene , Onayene and
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Namibia
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2009
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2,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: NAM/SGP/OP4/CORE/09/06 |
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Approximately 50% of Namibia's population is located in the northern regions, and most households depend on subsistence farming for a modest income and food security.The planning project seeks to address challenges of soil degradation, drought, ( ... )
icient resources, skills shortage, diversified crop base and lack of value edition opportunities.
The project is located in the Oshikoto region, Onnayena Constituency, Onamutenya
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Namibia
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Community Based Adaptation
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2008
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2,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: CBA-NAM-SPA-08-O1 |
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The project aims to increase community-level capacity to be able to adapt to climate changes through implementation of sustainable agricultural practices at four project sides targeting communities in the Onkani arid land and the surrounding. The ( ... )
t will reduce the vulnerability of the communities from increased climate change driven water scarcity , soil erosion, soil infertility , decreasing of unique tree species and other environmental hardships that decrease community livelihoods.;
The project is located in the North central , in the Omusati region in the following villages: Onkani ; Okaankaa; Onakapya and
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Namibia
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2008
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2,000.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: NAM/SGP/OP4/CORE/08/01 |
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planning phase of a project to increase communities and schools waste management awareness and training. It will help with the diversification of waste waste from landfills and increase the environmnetal awareness and conservation efforts in ( ... )
fied communities.The project location will be determined by the outcomes of the planning phase . Initially the project was earmarked for the central and the nort-west regions of the
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Namibia
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Multifocal Area
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2008
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48,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: NAM/SGP/OP4/CORE/08/02 |
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The main aim of the project is to facilitate biodiversity protection and energy conservation through establishing a recycling program with local partners and through empowering students and residents to take an active interest in waste management ( ... )
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The intention of the project is two fold: capacity building and promoting environmental awareness. These two intentions will be developed simultaneously.
Environment Awareness: Residents and the school community will develop a broader understanding of the value in preseving the environment and the importance of individual commitment and action in order for the recycling programme to be
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Namibia
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Biodiversity
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2008
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2,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: NAM/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/08/05 |
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This is a planning phase grant which seeks to address the unsustainable land use practice of the community through establishing an inventory of biodiversity in the area for educational purposes and putting in place mechanism of protecting the fauna ( ... )
ra (succulents- an endangered species). The project is located in the Karas region, 60 km from Grunau town and near the Fish River Canyon.
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