There are 26,002 projects available.
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Zimbabwe
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Biodiversity
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1997
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18,844.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: ZIM/92/G31/17 |
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Situated in a very dry part of Southern Zimbabwe, this project seeks to rejuvinate the local environment though developing environmental activities based on the availability of water in the locality. Its components include a dam, local biodiversity ( ... )
ation, gardening and sustainable cropping (promotion of traditional, small drought resistant grains through environmentally sustainable methods).With the fact that the nearest dam is 7km away and boreholes are shortlived ,this project will help relieve the chronic water shortages experienced in the area.
Objectives
-increase vegetation cover and diversity through replanting and the creation
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Tunisia
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Biodiversity
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1997
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17,000.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: TUN/95/G52/03 |
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Le projet vise à :
- Rehausser le taux des matières organiques dans les sols de l’Oasis par des techniques de l’agroécologie se basant essentiellement sur des pratiques de compostage et de fertilisation organique
- Lutter contre la ( ... )
tification, la dégradation des sols et préserver la diversité biologique:
- Mobiliser la population locale pour la conservation de leur environnement
- Appuyer la recherche, la collecte de données et la préparation d’inventaire:
- Dispenser une formation à l’intention des fellahs:
- Appuyer les échanges d’expérience entre ONG
Activités du projet sont:
- Travaux
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Ecuador
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Biodiversity
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1997
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10,392.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: ECU/97/028 |
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Características biofísicas de la zona:
Altitud: 1300 msnm – 2650 msnm.
Formación ecológica: bosque seco – Montano Bajo
bosque seco - Premontano
Características socio económicas de la población:
La fuente principal ( ... )
esos es la explotación ganadera en la zona alta, y hacia las zona media y baja la agricultura representada por los cultivos de caña de azúcar y frutales como papaya, guineo, naranja y guaba.
Los propietarios de las zonas ganaderas (propietarios del bosque) viven en Celica y su posición económica es alta; en tanto que la población que vive en las comunidades rurales posee una situación
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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1997
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35,353.55
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Phase 1
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Project Number: BZE/97/07 |
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The Barrier Reef is one of Belize’s most important natural resources and the most important resource to the community of San Pedro. Therefore, the recent die-off of coral triggered by high water temperature signals a very serious threat to the ( ... )
ic well being of the people of San Pedro. This project will inform the community of San Pedro about the recent die-off of coral and the potential for further coral losses with increasing global temperatures. It will also involve resource users such as commercial fishermen, tour guides, and dive operators in monitoring the health of the reef and evaluating it’s economic value to the community.
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Brazil
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Biodiversity
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1997
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20,458.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: BRA/97/07 |
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Cerrado medicinal plants will be transformed into medication and studied in the community center built by this project. Potential uses will be explored and disseminated. Traditional use of natural resources will be rescued and promoted. Health will ( ... )
boost in quality in the region affected by the project. The community will co-exist with the environment in a non-destructive manner. These are all objectives of this initiative, which will take place in the Cedro Community, in the municipality of Mineiros, in the state of Goiás. A garden and a laboratory for these plants will be implemented in the community of descendants of slaves, and a
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Ecuador
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Biodiversity
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1997
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20,200.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: ECU/97/006 |
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La población en un inicio se dedicó a actividades agrícolas en el Bosque Tambillo, con la tala de pequeños espacios para dedicar a la ganadería, en la actualidad se dedica a esta actividad en mínima escala únicamente para pastoreo ( ... )
al, no se ha desarrollado otras actividades agrícolas.
El Objetivo del proyecto es incentivar a la conservación del Bosque de Tambillo a través del uso sustentable de las orquídeas, fortaleciendo a la organización y proporcionando un ingreso económico del bosque en pie a la Cooperativa de Desarrollo de la Comunidad Jima.
Los componentes y actividades son:
- Inventario de la
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Ecuador
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Biodiversity
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1997
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10,750.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: ECU/97/001 |
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Son comunidades formadas por familias migrantes de las provincias de Azuay y Cañar. Se dedican a la agricultura familiar y al jornaleo masculino, como actividades económicas básicas. Los cultivos dominantes son la caña de azúcar, cacao, ( ... )
241;os huertos de productos destinados al consumo familiar y ganadería. Se estima que un 70% de la población se encuentra en condiciones precarias de vida y con un deterioro ambiental que aumenta debido al uso inadecuado de los recursos naturales.
El objetivo del proyecto es desarrollar actividades de conservación y aprovechamiento sustentable de los recursos naturales renovables del Bosque
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Mauritius
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Climate Change Mitigation
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1997
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1,000.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: MAR/95/G52/9 |
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This project aims at demonstrating the feasibility of making organic compost and its application to growing vegetables. It will imply composting locally available wastes using relatively simple technologies to produce high quality composts that will ( ... )
ied to agricultural land at Belle Mare. It will demonstrate that using composts would lead to a reduction in the use of chemical fertilisers and hence show small-scale approaches to preserving the fertility of land and enhance organic farming methods. The planning grant allocated by the GEF/SGP used for developing a project to be funded by the
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Jordan
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Multifocal Area
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1997
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46,000.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: GEF-JOR-95-G52-05 |
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In close cooperation with the Ministry of Education. The NGO disseminated the information on Pilot Phase projects to students, they were given the task to evaluate projects in their areas & results were disseminated to larger audience within the ( ... )
ity. Through involving students from all over the country in project activities, environmental concepts and GEF focal areas were spread among a large group of the young generation of Jordan.
NGO capacity to manage youth programs and relating them to other global and local initiatives was strengthened, enhancing its capability to achieve its objectives. Male and female youth from all over the
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Thailand
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Climate Change Mitigation
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1997
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20,000.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: THA/97/G05 |
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Witnessing the ever-increasing and wasteful use of energy, the project deemed it necessary to launch campaign to instill conservation awareness aiming to initiate participatory energy conservation , especially amongst youth group both in urban and ( ... )
context.
Objectives:
1.To launch campaign amongst youth on energy conservation awareness and in turn triggering parents
2. To promote urban society to practice energy conservation
3.To promote participation of urban communities consuming energy and rural community adjacent to natural resource
Activities:
1. Conducting stage plays in 35 schools through various stages: audience
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Dominican republic
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Biodiversity
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1997
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20,000.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: DOM/97/06 |
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In this second phase, it emphasizes Cagüey reproduction (the woody cactus unique to the Caribbean) through seeds; determination of its natural distributions to quantify its abundance, growth and its exploitation rate. With this information, a ( ... )
ment program will be implemented that will integrate the local population, who also use the Cagüey wood to make various
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Bolivia
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Biodiversity
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1997
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21,007.00
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Pilot Phase
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Project Number: BOL/23/99 |
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La Jatata es una palmera que habita en el sotobosque de la selva húmeda y es aprovechada especialmente por indígenas Tsimane, para la elaboración de paños utilizados en el techo de las viviendas, logrando con este material condiciones óptimas ( ... )
iene, frescura y durabilidad. El proyecto se orientó al estudio y experimentación del manejo sostenible de la jatata en condiciones naturales del bosque mediante la reproducción y cultivo.
A largo plazo, se han establecido criterios y normas indígenas de aprovechamiento sostenible de la jatata, evitando el uso inadecuado de estas superficies con fines agrícolas, manteniendo la
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Guatemala
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Biodiversity
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1997
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15,936.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: PPS-18-97 |
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Shell farming, basic forestry activities on dry forest coastal ecosystem, environmental education at community schools, community hunting profile and migratory and resident avifauna research on a RAMSAR declared wetland.
Objectives:
1)To ( ... )
e sustainable use options of a native specie of mollusk, Anadara grandis.
2)To establish hunting monitoring activities.3)To provide trees for reforestation purposes of dry forest local species in one community.
3)To provide biological monitoring activities of migratory and native bird species.
4)To provide continuity to environmental education activities in 4 local community
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Ecuador
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Biodiversity
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1997
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2,535.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: ECU/97/023 |
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Características socio económicas de la población:
La comunidad esta constituida por 43 familias que poseen parcelas entre 2 a 4 has., existiendo únicamente 4 familias que tienen alrededor de 60 has. La principal actividad económica es la ( ... )
ría intercalada con agricultura de ciclo corto.
La comunidad se encuentra a 5 km. de la carretera Alamor – Machala, la vía es de segundo orden cuentan con luz eléctrica, agua entubada, escuela, capilla e instalaciones de infraestructura para turismo en el bosque.
Area intervenida:
250 has.
Recurso manejado:
El área de bosque y vegetación protectora Puyango, declarado como
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Pakistan
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Biodiversity
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1997
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49,875.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: PAK/97/14 |
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To promote wise use of water resources and adopt watershed management techniques to recharge the groud water resources.
Project goals or objectives (including GEF problem-area addressed by projects) are to demonstrate potentially successful ( ... )
gies for organizing village level
Communities; Federate the village level communities into an area organization to address
and prioritize complex issues related to combating desertification;
Acquisition of information of groundwater resources and efficient utilization
of irrigation water and development of interventions through active
participation of communities and local experts; and
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Pakistan
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Biodiversity
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1997
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2,475.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: PAK/97/15 |
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To develop proposal to promote eco-tourism in Potohar region and train locals as tourists.
Developing proposal on Society for GEF-Small Grants members, communities around agencies. Pakistan Ex-servicemen in consultation with its sites and other ( ... )
n specific the consultant shall take up the following activities:
Briefing and orientation of members of Pakistan Ex-Servicemen
Society. Review' of available literature. Visit to the four potential sites and meeting with the communities. Consultation with the concerned government agencies. Identification of training needs for the beneficiaries.
Draft proposal and consultation. Submission of
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Pakistan
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Biodiversity
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1997
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41,855.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: PAK/96/04 |
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To mobilize community to protect wildlife and promote sustainable use of wildlife resources. The project aims to conserve the flora and fauna of Torghar valley in district Killa Siafullah, Balochistan by sustainable use. The conservation work is ( ... )
d out through community participation to promote the trophy hunting as an incentive to protect Suleman Markhor and Afghan Urial in the valley. It is the largest known population of Suleman Markhor in the world and is being conserved by the efforts of local tribal people. The project activities include: regulating grazing pattern of local domestic livestock on the principal of range management
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Ecuador
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Biodiversity
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1997
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42,660.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: ECU/97/019 |
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Características biofísicas de la zona:
El Bosque de Los Arrayanes, ubicado a 7 Km de la Ciudad de San Gabriel, Cabecera Cantonal de Montúfar, se encuentra en las coordenadas 77grados 45’ W y 00 grados 29’ N a una altitud de 2830 mnnm. ( ... )
ece a la zona de vida Bosque Húmedo Montano Bajo (BHmb), con precipitaciones que no sobrepasan los 1200 mm anuales. El área de Monteverde presenta suelos con características muy peculiares: son de reciente formación y derivados de material volcánico, depositados en un ambiente acuoso. Se los clasifica como andisoles (suelos negros). Son de textura franca de fácil preparación y con
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Botswana
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International Waters
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1997
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41,759.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: BOT/98/G52/97/12 |
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Accoprding to the National Water Master Plan, Botswana will have exhausted all its national water resources by 2020. However presently only .01% of the water is recycled.
The Tlokweng College of Education project aims at promoting water ( ... )
vation through education and practical experience. It entails establishing water recycling/re-use systems and water quality monitoring programmes The project will use natral wetland system for cleaning the water. The project will be usaed to lobby for authorities to incorporate water conservation in development
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Senegal
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Biodiversity
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1997
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26,917.00
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Phase 1
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Project Number: SEN/97/03 |
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Avec l'avénement des barrages sur le fleuve Sénégal et le développement des mauvaises pratiques de pêche, le risque était grand pour certaines espèces de poissons ( lates niloticus, heteritis niloticus et gymnarchus niloticus).et la ( ... )
tion devenait de plus en plus faible.Les pêcheurs de Richard Toll ont bénéficié d'un 1er projet PMF qui leur a permis d'acquérir des connaissances en pisciculture, de changer leurs pratiques de pêche et de contribuer au repeuplement de la rivière Taouey avec des espèces en voie de disparition.Avec ce nouveau projet de consolidation, il s'agit d'approfondir les
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