There are 27,190 projects available.
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Cameroon
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Biodiversity
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2007
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1,226.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: CMR/OP3/Y2/CORE/07/06 |
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L? Arrondissement de Lolodorf est situé dans le département de l?océan, Province du Sud Cameroun. On retrouve dans cet arrondissement, principalement cinq groupes ethniques : les Ngoumba, les Fang, les Ewondos, les Boulus et les Pygmées Bakola. ( ... )
s des autochtones sus cités, on retrouve aussi une poignée d?allogènes.
Si les conditions de vie de populations sont précaires dans l?ensemble, le cas des populations pygmées est dramatique. L?intensité du prélevement des réssources forestières est à sont niveau le plus élévé :
- la coupe anarchique du bois,
- les muliples formes de chasse faite par une population bantu et
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Jordan
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Chemicals
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2007
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50,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: JOR/OP3/Y2/07/10 |
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The Jordanian Society for Organic Farming will implement this project, which aims at raising public awareness in the field of hazardous waste, with special focus on persistent organic pollutants and their impacts on the environment and the human ( ... )
. The project will promote the adoption of alternative approaches to the use of hazardous chemicals in agricultural processes, such as organic farming, integrated pest management and permaculture in order to reduce the use of POPs in agriculture. Project activities will include a revision of all national studies and efforts previously made in this field and inform the public of these efforts
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Nepal
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Biodiversity
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2007
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44,907.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: NEP/OP3/2/07/05 |
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Bharaiya wetland lies at far west of Nepal and occupies 61.82 hectors of area. The wet land is hotspot for biodiversity but due to encroachment and unsustainable use the animal like crocodile has already disappeared and similarly verities of water ( ... )
. The wetland is also the connecting point for migratory water birds from eastern and western karnali river. Apart of that, the indigenous Tharu community depends on wetland for collection of snail and mussels. The main objective of the project is to protect and promote Bahraiya wetland through direct participation of Tharu community residing near by the wetland. The project will focus in
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Argentina
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Biodiversity
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2007
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17,745.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: ARG/OP3-Y2/06/10 |
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El objetivo del proyecto es lograr la conservación de germoplasma de especies forestales nativas y la creación de empleo para personas con capacidades físicas diferentes y jóvenes (profesionales ó futuros profesionales). La explotación ( ... )
al en el NOA es selectiva procurando los mejores ejemplares de madera valiosa conllevando al efecto denominado erosión genética. Sumado al avance de la frontera agrícola, esto conduce a la disminución de los recursos genéticos forestales nativos. En la cuenca Los Pericos-Manantiales, queda un remanente de 35.000 ha de bosques en relativas buenas condiciones, que deben ser conservados ó
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2007
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29,441.86
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BRA/06/40 |
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the Sant?Ana do Caatinga quilombola maroon community has approximately 250 inhabitants. Its economy is based on family farming and a small flow of tourists in search of fishing spots on the Paracatu river. The municipality of João Pinheiro has ( ... )
scale agriculture as the base of its economy, which excludes small farmers.
This project will build a Baru storage and processing facility also used for other Cerrado fruits in the Sant?Ana do Caatinga quilombola maroon community, expanding production and meeting sanitary regulation
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Philippines
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Multifocal Area
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2007
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50,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: PHI/131/06 |
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The project aimed to gather baseline data of the significant and important biodiversity areas in both terrestrial and aquatic environments in the Cebu and contribute to biogeographic zone data in terms of biogeographic history and distribution ( ... )
ns of major groups of biota i.e., vascular plants, arthropods, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and socio-economic pressures affecting them; to consolidate biological, socioeconomic, biophysical and environmental data and program practices that would provide benchmark database to start building the Cebu-Negros-Panay Landscapes and Seascapes (CNPLS) database/MIS; to develop criteria and
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Mongolia
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Land Degradation
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2007
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6,010.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: MON/SGP/OP4/Core/07/01 |
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The project intends to combat desertification and land depletion in the right bank of Tui river near Bayankhongor soum by creating a tree grove of some woody and perennial plants and green house as a community tree nursery. |
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Mongolia
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity
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2007
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13,656.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: MON/06/43 |
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Intends to lay a foundation for raising bees from Queen bees in two places in order to increase bee colonies in Mongolia and based on initial bee raising activities in summer of 2007 to practice a revolving fund for borrow 2-3 bee colonies among ( ... )
sted bee keepers who need to have more colonies.
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Jordan
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Land Degradation
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2007
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50,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: JOR/OP3/Y2/07/11 |
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In Damia, Jordan Valley, the Damia Youth Club will implement this project, which aims to contribute to the conservation of the Jordan Valley unique eco-system through supporting households in Damia to implement income-generating activities that use ( ... )
l resources in a sustainable manner. The activities include bee-keeping and herbal planting in home gardens. All households in Damia have been provided with a water supply network, through support from Care International, which would enable them to undergo the above activities in their home gardens. The Club will also implement part of the activities in the Palm Plantation, which was
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Poland
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Biodiversity
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2007
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2,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: POL/06/OP3/14p |
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Namibia
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Biodiversity
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2007
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48,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: Nam-OP3-1-06-17 |
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The project seeks to conserve plant and animal biodiversity, as well as increase household incomes, in the Omavanda area. This will be done through the introduction and application of sustainable beekeeping techniques.The project will build on the ( ... )
ng knowledge of 30 rural subsistence farmers and train them on apicultural methods that do not harm bee colonies.
The project is located in the Kunene region north of Opuwo covering Omavanda and Omuhiva in Epupa and opuwo constituencies
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Belize
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Land Degradation
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2007
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30,690.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BZE/OP3/2/06/09 |
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This project seeks to improve livelihoods of San Antonio residents by addressing key conservation issues and further develop capacities to offer several tourism products and services.
Benil Oc?Keb Ha (BOH) will develop a strategic plan and ( ... )
l members will receive needed training to enhance their capacities to take advantage of a growing conservation/ecotourism industry.
The project proposal was developed through the use of the flip chart proposal format and its objectives are:
1. To increase capacity and create livelihood opportunities for the members and other stakeholders;
2. To decrease the unsustainable farming
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Bulgaria
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Chemicals
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2007
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34,124.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BUL/OP3/3/07/23 |
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The general aim of the project is to contribute for raising public awareness, information and engagement about the environmental and human health problems, caused by POPs (generated in the process of incineration), through a national information ( ... )
gn ?Stop the Silent Invaders? and through creating of a potential for multiplying the effect of the campaign as a result of the trainings and capacity building in this area for strategic target groups (NGOs, media, local authorities).
Concrete aims of the project
1) Creating conditions for multiplying the effect of the information campaign for Persistent organic Polluters (POPs) among the
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Namibia
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2007
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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/07/07 |
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The project goal is to work with relevant stakeholders to encourage a modal shift from motorised transportation to non-motorised transportation. Objectives include improving infrastructure for cyclists and pedestrians in partnership with the City of ( ... )
k, educating drivers about cyclist and pedestrian safety issues, educating potential cyclists about the personal, environmental and social benefits of cycling, creating a favourable legislative framework to protect cyclists' and pedestrians' rights, improving the image of cycling and walking, and providing affordable access to non-motorised transportation for low income earners.
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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2007
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20,300.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: BRA/OP4/Y1/07/25 |
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Project aimed at organization and marketing of bio-jewelry production in a quilombola maroon community. Capacity-building courses are planned in bio-jewelry production, participation in shows and events at the reigonal level for sales of produced ( ... )
. Courses in production of sweets using native Cerrado fruits are also
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Albania
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Biodiversity
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2007
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20,957.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: ALB/SGP/OP4/Y1/CORE/07/02 |
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The region of Prespa lakes is an internationally recognized hot spot of biodiversity with a full size GEF project being implemented transboundary to the three countries sharing the area. Ideally such FSP create an enabling environment into which ( ... )
smaller initiatives rise and develop complementing the activities of the big project. This project will complement the water-quality monitoring programme with biological indicators. Biological monitoring relatively recently has been adopted as suitable for the quality monitoring of water bodies since organisms act as integrators over time of the environmental parameters that otherwise could be
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity
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2007
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25,500.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: GHA/SGP/OP4/Y1/CORE/2007/002 |
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1. PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND INTENDED RESULTS
1.1 Background to Project Area:
Gomoa Adam is a farming community in Gomoa District in the Central Region, about five (5) kilometers of Apam ? Cape Coast road near Kyirem Junction. The population of the ( ... )
ity is about 2,100 people. The major occupation of the people in and around of the community is farming; including maize, cassava, plantain vegetables, trading and gari production.
Historical account, according to the elders of the community, has it that the people of Gomoa Adam migrated from Tekyiman in Brong Ahafo Region and have lived this land for so many year. The people lived peacefully
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Romania
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Biodiversity
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2007
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47,159.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: ROM/SGP/OP4/CORE/07/06 |
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From the oldest times, fishing has been the main occupation of the people living in the Danube Delta. Although nowadays the fish resource has significantly declined, fishing continues to be practiced at industrial scale in this protected area of ( ... )
ational interest.
The fish population of the Danube Delta is affected both by the decline of biodiversity and by an unprecedented decrease in numbers. The situation is caused by the destruction of the water ecosystems through human activities (dyking, channeling and chamfering), pollution and electric poaching. Given the circumstances, the negative impact of the industrial fishing out of
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India
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Biodiversity
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2007
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2,469.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: SGP/GEF/IND/OP3/03/07/MEG 01 |
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The objective of the project is to motivate village communities to conserve their forests and use the rich microbial bio-diversity of the forest for enhancing livelihood options and train selected village communities in the collection and culturing ( ... )
igenous Micro Organism (IMO) from community forest and to use them for sustainable organic farming and piggery
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Bulgaria
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
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2007
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46,689.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BUL/OP3/2/06/27 |
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Justification
Kostinbrod is one of the municipalities of Sofia district which is in a first group of municipalities with high level of adaptation toward the constantly changing economical conditions. Some of the biggest companies in Sofia districr ( ... )
tuated in Konstinbrod municipalities. At the same time, natural resources and their sustainable use are not studied enough. There are not any Protected areas and Protected Zones at the municipality.
All of the partners on this project consider the biodiversity as an important and still unused resource at the municipality for economical and educational activities. The field inventory in 2006
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