There are 29,070 projects available.
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Poland
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Biodiversity
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1998
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6,987.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: POL/98/01 |
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Protection of local white stork population (42 nests in one village),the highest density in Europe in one village of white stork population. Renovation of very old nests destroying roofs (one old nest can have a weight of 1 ton!) done by the ( ... )
d, construction of watch-tower by the Voivodship Fund, renovation of a village meeting place for green schools meetings and lecture done by GEF/SGP. GEF/SGP sponsored also summer-camp for photographers,results of this event was used in an exibition, which was later moving from town to town, set of 6 post-cards was produced.Project aimed also in fostering the cooperation with local authority
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Pakistan
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Multifocal Area
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1998
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6,422.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: PAK/98/24 |
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To establish forum for creating awareness among different stakeholders on land degradation issues.
Project goals or objectives are to exert pressure on government for land development, to promote awareness on land degradation, To network with ( ... )
zations for promoting land development or to collect data and literature on land use and to sensitize the issue of land degradation.
Activities to be carried out under project include Media Campaigns, Workshops, Meetings with farmers, dialogue with policy decision makers, distribution of briefs reports and high profile conferences.
Aniticpated results of the project are to produce a model
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Trinidad and tobago
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Multifocal Area
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1998
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9,000.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: TRI/95/G52/2101/wshop |
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The Toco convocation for building sustainable Caribbean communities was convened in the rural village of Toco in north-eastern Trinidad from 24-26 April, 1998. The objective of the convocation was the adoption of a common vision and strategy ( ... )
ed at the level of civil society, governments anmd international agencies for building sustainable Caribbean communities as an immediate and continuing developmental policy priority.
The convocation was jointly coordinated by the Toco Foundation and the Trinidad and Tobago Citizens Agenda Network and attended by representatives of the local community, national NGOs, regional NGOs,
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Indonesia
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Biodiversity
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1998
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1,000.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: INS95/G52/YBUL-0044 |
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Project goal:
Conduct a training and workshop on organic farming for the farmers in the Molluca island who have limited area of cultivation.
Project objective :
1. To transfer of knowledge on environmentally friendly farming;
2. To ( ... )
better land management to farmers for efficient utilization of limited fields;
3. To reduce the practices of moving cultivation;
4. To reduce the usage of inorganic fertilizer in cultivation
5. To utilize local and available resource for farming purposes.
Activities to be carried out under the project :
1. Preparation.
a) Training module preparation;
b) Land preparation;
c) Local
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Bolivia
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Biodiversity
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1998
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21,587.85
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: BOL/01/99 |
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En la localidad de Corocoro, primera sección de la Provincia Pacajes del Departamento de La Paz, ubicada en la región del Altiplano Norte, con el propósito de revertir procesos erosivos de suelos y degradación de praderas se ha realizado ( ... )
os de recuperación en 274 has. mediante la construcción de 14.533 mt. de canales para riego temporal, en beneficio de 46 familias pertenecientes a 13 comunidades
El proyecto apoyó la implementación de 15 has demostrativas destinadas a difundir las tecnologías para la recuperación de praderas, a través de la cosecha de agua de lluvia, desarrollada en anos anteriores en la localidad de
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Egypt
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Biodiversity
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1998
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20,166.60
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Phase 1
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Project Number: EG-OP1-08 |
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1- to reduce the teperature in the erea.
2- to devlope the awarness of the villagers towards the danger that can accuer as a result of the environmental pollution
3- to plant and grow several kinds of the locally known trees which are known as ( ... )
eans to reduse CO2
4- to increase the size of the green area
5- Mobilizing Nubian Commities, NGOs, agriculture cooperatives, Youth, in this environment project and developing environmental awarness in the process
6- Training the Youth in agricultural methods which are in harmony with and destrucive to the
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Egypt
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Biodiversity
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1998
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28,908.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: EG-OP1-04 |
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Establishing a nursery of different types of trees to provide the city with the transplants of trees to be planted in schools, parks, streets. Planting 18,200 tree.
Environmental awareness through different activities. A model for environmental ( ... )
ipation and cooperation was established. Cooperation between NGOs was established, networking with NGOs started.. Tree planting.
decrease the amount of evolved CO2 continuosly by transport vehciles
involve young people -especially environmetal protection groups in schools- practically in protection and bettering thier environment.
- to devlope the awarness of the villagers towards the danger
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Egypt
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Climate Change Mitigation
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1998
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13,534.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: EG-OP1-10 |
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1- to reduce the temperature in the erea.
2- to devlope the awarness of the villagers towards the danger that can accuer as a result of the environmental pollution
3- to plant and grow several kinds of the locally known trees which are known as ( ... )
eans to reduse CO2
4- to increase the size of the green
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Philippines
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Biodiversity
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1998
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31,934.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: OP-20.98-L |
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The project aims to conserve and restore the Philippine biodiversity through capacity building of tribal communities as the rightful stewards to care, develop, and protect the forest ecosystems they occupy. Its strategies also aim to alleviate the ( ... )
condition of the indigenous people.
It aims to achieve the following: establishment of community nurseries of at least 50,000 seedlings; production and outplanting of at least 50,000 forest and fruit seedlings to at least 50 farmers; conduct skills training and organizational development; and awareness building of indigenous communities on environmental protection and biodiversity
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Sri lanka
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Biodiversity
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1998
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24,368.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: SRL/95/G52/014 |
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Rationale
All species of turtles considered endangered use the beaches along the Bundala National Park as breeding grounds.
Objectives
Conserve turtles nesting in its own natural environment and to reasearch and collect data to provide a base ( ... )
omprehensive turtle conservation plan for Sri Lanka drawn up by the Dept. of Wildlife Conservation
Study the raiding of nests by non human predators.
Non-invasive monitoring of the nests to gather information on the conditions needed for successful nesting ground.
To ascertain the area used by the adult turtles and their migrations off shore, by the use of radio tracking equipment.
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Sri lanka
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Biodiversity
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1998
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20,405.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: SRL/95/G52/015 |
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Rationale
Removal of forest cover in this area in the hilly dry zone has caused drying up of natural water bodies,
soil erosion and associated land degradation,
excessive use of chemical fertilizer and pesticides,
the natural forest reserves in ( ... )
a are exploited by the farmers who practice chena cultivation, in effect reducing the bio diversity.
Main activities of the project are:
Increase forest cover in barren hill slopes and catchment areas, introduce environmental friendly sustainable agricultural practices, reduce chemical fertilizer and pesticide usage, increase herbal and indigenous tree plant coverage in home gardens
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Uganda
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Multifocal Area
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1998
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21,414.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: UGA/95/G52/003 |
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Under the Uganda Wildlife Society (UWS), the Darwin Publishing Unit (DPU) plays an important role of Environmental Advocacy. The project came
in to strengthen the Capacity of UWS. The DPU?s prime function is to design and print low-cost ( ... )
ersity education, information and public awareness-raising materials to help conserve protected areas and endangered species. The unit produces Nature Watch, a popular four page environmental magazine inserted on the last Friday of every month in the New Vision (circulation 36,000) ? Uganda Leading Daily Newspaper. Additional 10,000 copies are circulated to secondary and tertiary institutes,
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Indonesia
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Multifocal Area
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1998
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16,821.90
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Phase 1
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Project Number: GEF INS/YBUL/97-050 |
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Project goal:
Improving urban environmental quality through increasing community awareness and participation in environmental management.
Project objective :
1.To raise the awareness and participation of the target audience (community and ( ... )
e sectors) on environment management effort;
2.To empower the target audience with best practice environmental options knowledge which they will implement them to prevent environmental problems in their community;
3.To demonstrate the utilization of appropriate technology of domestic wastes treatment.
Activities to be carried out under the project :
1.
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Turkiye
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Climate Change Mitigation
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1998
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29,900.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: TUR-98-09 |
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The goal of the project is to prove the validity of the utilization of renewable sources of energy through demonstration project in a village of Kirikkale (central anatolia). The project will be implemented at three stages:
·1st Phase; involved ( ... )
tting up and running of renewable energy plants at the eco-village site.
·2nd Phase; involved the setting up and running of renewable energy plants at the pilot houses of the Hasandede town,
·3rd Phase;l involved the education and spread information achieved as a result of the proven efficiency of plants. Monitoring meeting is organized in co-operation with the local people and information
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Kenya
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Multifocal Area
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1998
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40,077.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: KEN-GEF-98-011 |
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In this project the Girardinia Self Help Group received funds from GEF Small Grants to explore alternative uses of the stinging nettle, Giradinia diversifolia. Two community women's groups in Njoro, Mau Narok and Nyeri were involved in growing the ( ... )
, extracting it's fibres and developing items like paper, fibre, insecticide from the leaves and manufactured items for
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Egypt
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Climate Change Mitigation
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1998
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11,184.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: EG-OP1-06 |
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1. To protect the environment through minimize the negative impacts from using traditional methods and energy sources.
2. To remove the barriers and facilitate the use of new & renewable energy and reduce the cost of the units for the ( ... )
ciaries.
2. To install 30 solar heaters .
3. To raise the environmental awareness of the local community in the target area.
4.To provide the necessary technicians to ensure sustainability of the project. To encourage local community to utilize renewable
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Thailand
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International Waters
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1998
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9,884.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: THA/98/G30 |
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At present, the environment of villages and communities has changed a lot. Forest areas
have been devastated. The water in natural sources ,especially the Moon River which drains in to Mekhong River ,is so polluted that a number of water species ( ... )
fected. The water from rain and from other indigenous sources are not suitable for drinking.
Agricultural product such as rice and other vegetable and fruit are stained with chemical fertilizer and pesticide. The chemical application is so persistent that an average farmer cannot manage his plantation without it. All these situations cause the living in rural society more financially
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Sri lanka
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Biodiversity
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1998
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4,750.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: SRL/95/G52/048 |
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Rationale
Streams and other water bodies in the area have dried up due to deforestation.
River banks have eroded as a result of the soil being exposed.
Objectives, activities, groups involved
Plant trees along the dried up water streams in the ( ... )
s that have been destroyed in order to minimize soil errosion and restore the lost green cover, encourage the people to grow fuelwood trees and use energy saving alternatives for cooking.
Restoration of the natural springs in the forest reserves,
Re plantation of Bamboo, Kumbuk, Kithul etc. in the river banks in order to protect watersheds.
50 poorest families have been identified as
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Thailand
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International Waters
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1998
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10,526.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: THA/98/G08 |
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A community effort to stop deforestation in and rehabilitate the watershed area of the Mae Suay River-one of a major tributary of the Mekhong River by providing alternative agricultural practice in conjunction with building capacity of community by ( ... )
ing training on community self- sufficient financial system and environment & natural resources
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Uganda
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Biodiversity
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1998
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33,463.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: UGA/95/G52/002 |
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A joint Forest Department and Community Conservation project. Promoting collaborative management systems that conserve biodiversity, strengthen local institutiions, empower women, support small businesses and address social and environmental needs ( ... )
y. The project is managed by West Bugwe Forest Conservation Project an adult member of wildlife clubs of Uganda. It?s located in eastern part of Uganda in Busia District. The reserve is home to rare and endangered species of plants and animals such as the De Brazza monkey. It represents the last remaining fragment of a vegetation type Braza chlorophora that is of limited distribution in Uganda.
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