There are 313 projects that match your search.
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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2001
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50,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GHA/01/044 |
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Ghana had over 10 million Ha of forest cover at the beginning of the 20th century which dwindled to about 1.2 million Ha at the close of that century. The main threats to forests are unsustainable slash and burn agriculture or shifting cultivation ( ... )
od and cash crop production, excessive logging, mining and bushfires. The threats are severest on off-reserve forests where forest cover is disappearing at an alarming rate.
This project is located in the Moist Evergreen Forest zone of Western Region of Ghana and has the objective of assessing the abundance and distribution of Thaumatococcus danielli (a non-sugar natural sweetner) and other Non
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Ghana
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Multifocal Area
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2001
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13,450.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GHA/00/052 |
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Afram Plains District falls within the Dry Semi-Deciduous Forest Zone of Ghana. It is part of the transition zone between the forest and the guinea savanna zones and so is very diverse, having species that occur in both zones. However, this area is ( ... )
oosing its forest cover and biodiversity because of large scale crop farming, commercial production of charcoal and commercial animal husbandry of the nomadic type that fuels extensive bush burning for grass production.
The project is working closely with the Local Government (District Assembly), Traditional Authorities and landowners, the commercial charcoal producers and other stakeholders to
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Ghana
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Multifocal Area
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2001
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50,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GHA/00/056 |
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The series of workshops was planned to improve the awareness of the GEF/SGP and to improve the understanding of prospective grantees about the GEF Thematic Areas and Operational Programmes.
The workshops will also disseminate information about the ( ... )
and the revised Country Programme Strategy and train participants on project identification, proposal writing and project implementation. It is designed to cover the whole country so as to give it as wide a participation as
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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2001
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3,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GHA/01/048 |
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The project showcased ecotourism as an alternative use of Ghana’s diverse natural resources for the economic development of the country. Conservation of Biodiversity and its sustainable use as in ecotourism rather than the previous emphasis on ( ... )
g and timber/timber product export was the main focus of the festival that attracted exhibitors and resource persons within the ECOWAS sub-region and
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Ghana
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Multifocal Area
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2001
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3,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GHA/00/058 |
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The Kpeshie Lagoon is situated at La, a peri-urban township just outside Accra. The lagoon is currently heavily silted and polluted. However, in the past it served as a major fishing ground for the local fishermen. The desilting of the lagoon is ( ... )
the scope of GEF/SGP as shown by our experience with a smaller lagoon – the Sango Lagoon (GHA/009).
The CBO plans to gather baseline data that will enhance their chances of scaling up and applying for GEF/MSP
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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2001
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1,600.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GHA/00/057 |
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The NGO was to use PRA to gather baseline socio-economic data and biodiversity baseline data that can be used to develop a project proposal for sustainably managing the natural resources in the Tuluwe area of the Northern Region of Ghana. |
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Ghana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2001
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7,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GHA/00/055 |
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In talking to NGOs/CBOs and the Private Sector, it appeared people were not fully informed about the Kyoto Protocol of the UNFCCC as well as the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
The NGO is giving a series of talks to the Private Sector, Policy ( ... )
and Parliamentarians on the UNFCCC, Joint Implementation (JI) projects, CDM and its implementation modalities. The objective is to improve the understanding of these stakeholders on the mechanism so they can avail themselves to the opportunities so as to reduce Ghana’s emission of greenhouse
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Ghana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2001
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18,982.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GHA/01/050 |
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The city of Accra, like most medium to large human settlements in Ghana, have a big problem with improper disposal of solid waste, particularly plastic waste. The seemingly unmanageable plastic litter, apart from being an eyesore, gets washed into ( ... )
and chokes the latter leading to flooding of parts of Accra. Since the waste does not burn readily, it stays as litter in the drains until it is finally washed into the sea. In the sea, the plastic pose a danger to marine organisms, like sea turtles who mistaken them for jellyfish and feed on them. On land, the plastics are also consumed by domestic animals who get choked on them.
The project
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Ghana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2001
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30,071.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GHA/01/047 |
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The Kassena Nankana District of the Upper East Region of Ghana is a vastly deforested region and currently many families depend on dry cow dung, guinea corn, millet and other crop residue as their source of energy for domestic cooking. Virtually ( ... )
family has livestock, whose waste can be used for producing biogas. The lessons learned from other GEF/SGP project using the brick-lined fixed dome biogas digester showed that the design was too expensive for rural families. The project will be trying out cheaper designs. Unfortunately the large numbers of livestock, which are allowed to graze freely, are the reasons for the failures of most
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Ghana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2001
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27,838.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GHA/01/051 |
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The project aims at re-evaluating the Ahibenso stove design, manufacture and marketing to popularise the stove. The stove has been adjudged as being 39 % more efficient than the traditional coal-pot but users complain about the cost and stove’s ( ... )
lity. The project will study these problems and propose answers to
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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2001
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45,769.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GHA/01/045 |
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The Common Hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius – one of Africa’s large mammals – is globally endangered, according to IUCN. It occurs exclusively in Africa, south of the sahara in a patchy distribution throughout its range. Even though in the ( ... )
was believed to be widely distributed in Ghana, it is now mostly restricted to portions of the Black Volta River, particularly within and just outside the Bui National Park. There are also small populations along this river stretching up to Burkina Faso and possibly in the Kulpawn River. All populations outside the National Park suffer a risk of human predation.
The objectives of the project
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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2001
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7,200.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GHA/00/053 |
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Ghana is very concerned about the rate of loss of the country’s tropical forests, particularly the off-reserve forests. Whereas at the beginning of the 20th Century, the country had over 10 million Ha of forest cover, this had reduced to about 1.2 ( ... )
Ha at the close of the 20th Century. The 1.2 million Ha of forests are also degraded in places and patchy because extensive small scale subsistence farming leading to serious habitat fragmentation. Until recently, the major perceived usefulness of the tropical forest is the commodity that can be extracted from it. Thus, logging was the number one usefulness of the forest, followed by its
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Ghana
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Multifocal Area
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2000
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50,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GHA/00/040 |
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Following the GEF/SGP sponsored research into Elephant Crop Raiding in the Red Volta River area, - the international biodiversity corridor - by the Elephant Research Group and a Planning Grant($1000) to PAS, Garu, this main project was funded to ( ... )
s the problems of unsustainable landuse practices, forest degradation and agriculture by fringe communities. These problems were identified as the remote factors that underline the human-elephant conflicts in the area. Addressing these problems will also improve the livelihood of the communities since they are basically farmers. The main objectives of the project is to build the capacity of the
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Ghana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2000
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6,700.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GHA/98/039 |
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Observations showed that certain school premises showed daily traffic congestion at the beginning and close of the school day with parents and guardians driving their wards.The NGO first obtained a Planning Grant ($1,000) to conduct studies on the ( ... )
gness of schools, parents and school children to participate in a school bus programme and the modalities for operating such a bus system.The programme successfully demonstrated the use of school buses for picking and dropping children at home. Children and parents who participated stated the service was useful and could reduce the number of vehicles coming to the school compound if more parents
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Ghana
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Multifocal Area
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2000
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32,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GHA/00/041 |
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The Kayoro community is situated on the Ghana-Burkina Faso border, and is one of the fringe communities bordering a network of Government Forest Reserves (FRs) namely Chasi FR, Chiana Hills FR, Sissilli North FR, Sissilli Central FR and Pudo Hills ( ... )
l in Ghana and the Nazinga Game Ranch in south-central Burkina Faso. Running through Nazinga and southward through the network of FRs is the Sissilli River, which joins the Kulpawn River that runs through the Mole National Park – Ghana’s premier Wildlife Park. This network of rivers and fragmented forest reserves form a natural corridor – the Sissilli River Biodiversity Corridor – for the
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Ghana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2000
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12,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: GHA/00/043 |
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Jatropha curcas is a drought resistant plant that grows everywhere in Ghana. The nut has a high content of oil which is being piloted as a bio-fuel for rural industries. The project cultivated the jatropha plant and has designed and constructed ( ... )
extraction presses. The oil that will be produced will be used to power small diesel engines such as grinding mills and also used directly in specially designed lamps. The jatropha oil is far less polluting than diesel and kerosene since it burns with little
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Ghana
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Biodiversity
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1998
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6,520.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: GHA/98/034 |
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The Red Volta River and the forest reserves bordering it serve as the main corridor for the movement of wildlife, particularly elephants, between Ghana and Burkina Faso. Unfortunately, because these forest reserves are degraded, they are unable to ( ... )
t the herds of elephants that lately come out of the reserve and raid the farms of the fringe communities leading to human-elephant conflicts and the killing of the elephants. This study assessed the population size and distribution of the elephants along the river in particular and the Northeastern corner of Ghana in general. It also mapped out the high risk areas for better management of the
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Ghana
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Multifocal Area
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1998
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20,965.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: GHA/98/026 |
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The Gushiegu-Karaga District of the Northern Region of Ghana is of guinea savannah vegetation and suffers severe bushfires that affect biodiversity in the protected areas of the district. The NGO was piloting the reduction of bushfires by addressing ( ... )
the major problems/activities that lead to communities starting the fires. The identified problems are: (i) extensive burning of dry grass and foliage at the onset of the dry season to force early sprouting of fresh green foliage for livestock. (The underlying assumption is that ruminants will not eat dry foliage); (ii) hunting of wild honey using fire in the dry season that accidentally lead to
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Ghana
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Multifocal Area
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1998
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49,840.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: GHA/98/037 |
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Conservation of medicinal plants is of national and international importance as over 60 % of Ghana’s population depend s on these resources and many western allotrophic drugs are also derived from them. Unfortunately, these resources are under ( ... )
s threat particularly in the savanna zones, which experience bushfires, excessive grazing of livestock, conversion of wild ecosystems into farmlands and increases in human habitation.The Centre has 259.2 Ha of land whish forms part of the Chipa Tributary Forest Reserve. Since acquiring the land in the mid 1980s, the Centre had cultivated only 20.25 Ha. With SGP assistance, the Centre worked with
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Ghana
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Multifocal Area
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1998
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20,012.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: GHA/98/023 |
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The Morago and White Volta Rivers occur in the Bawku East District and the northeastern corner of Ghana, which is an arid/semi-arid area. These rivers are bordered by Government designated forest reserves and hence are protected areas. The forest ( ... )
part of an international biodiversity corridor for the movement of wildlife, particularly the African Elephants, Lexodonta africana between Burkina Faso, Ghana and northern Togo. The northeast corner of Ghana has experienced perennial crop raiding by elephants leading to human-elephant conflicts in which elephants have been killed in the past. GEF/SGP identified the basis of the problem as
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