browsing case studies for: Local conservation enterprise opportunities
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Agro-Ecotourism Project in the Biolley District, Costa Rica, February 2006
Agency: Asociacion de Productores La Amistad (ASOPROLA)
Donor/support agency: German Government; Corporacion Educativa para el Desarrollo Costarricense (CEDECO); The Nature Conservancy; Raleigh International; Others
Conservation goals: Conserve natural resources
Poverty reduction goals: Generate income for the residents of the Biolley community
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Alimentos Nutri-Naturales, Guatemala, 2007
Agency: The Equilibrium Fund
Conservation goals: Protect threatened populations of Maya Nut and facilitate community reforestation with Maya Nut
Poverty reduction goals: Increase family income, nutrition and health by training rural women on the nutrition, processing, recipes and marketing of Maya Nut
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Beekeeping as a tool for conservation and income generation in rural Kenya, 2002
Agency: Honey Care Africa Ltd
Donor/support agency: UNDP; Aga Khan foundation; European Commission
Conservation goals: none
Poverty reduction goals: none
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Berbak-Sembilang Poverty Alleviation and Wetlands (BSPAW) Project, Indonesia, December 2007
Agency: Wetlands International
Donor/support agency: Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS)
Conservation goals: To promote and support increased involvement of local communities in the management of Berbak National Park and its buffer zone and the Merang Kepahyang Peat Swamp Forest (MKPSF)
Poverty reduction goals: To improve the livelihoods of poor and vulnerable communities in the buffer zone of Berbak and Sembilang National Parks through the wise use of wetlands
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Cofan Ecotourism Project in Zabalo, Ecuador, 1998
Conservation goals: Conserve the natural resources
Poverty reduction goals: Provide alternative income generating opportunities that are not harmful for the environment
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Community Based Ecotourism Initiative in Lower Kinabatangan, Malaysia, 2004
Agency: MESCOT, community group
Donor/support agency: WWF Norway; Sabah Forest Department; and others
Conservation goals: Conservation of local habitat and environment
Poverty reduction goals: Establishing alternative sources of income
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Community based reforestation and diversification of agricultural activities in Honduras, 2004
Agency: Comite de Emergencia Garifuna de Honduras
Donor/support agency: American Jewish World Service; WITNESS, an NGO based in New York
Conservation goals: Reforestation of streams and river banks, protection of ancestral lands of this marginalised ethnic group, protection of environment and biodiversity
Poverty reduction goals: To reduce poverty and malnutrition, to improve the economic situation of poor families living off subsistence agriculture and to empower these neglected communities
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Community Co-management of Mohzli Marine Park, Comoros, 2002
Agency: Comoros Government, IUCN, UNDP, UNEP, GEF
Donor/support agency: IUCN; UNDP; UNEP; GEF
Conservation goals: Conservation of the biodiversity of the marine protected area
Poverty reduction goals: Improving the livelihoods of local people
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Community forest management by Ekuri community, 2004
Agency: Ekuri community
Donor/support agency: Ford foundation; IUCN; IROKO foundation; and others
Conservation goals: Conservation and managemnt of community forest in a sustainable manner
Poverty reduction goals: Development and poverty reduction of Ekuri community
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Community Management for Marine Reserves in the Philippines, 2000
Agency: Government of Philippines
Donor/support agency: Self
Conservation goals: Check overexploitation of coral reef fisheries with the help of local communities
Poverty reduction goals: None