On Wednesday I travel to South Africa for the second Governance Reference Group meeting of the year.
AWARD's RESILIM helps with GEF5 Protected Area Effectiveness Programme preparations
AWARD's RESILIM helps with GEF5 Protected Area Effectiveness Programme preparations
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Association for Water and Rural Development (AWARD) is a highly
regarded Non-Governmental Organization in the K2C area. AWARD is also
the lead agency for USAID's RESILIM-O Programme (Building of resilience
in the Limpopo Basin). The Biodiversity leg of this programme is helping
to reinforce and optimize K2C protected area partner networks in
preparation for the GEF 5 Protected Area Effectiveness programme, which
is set to start in 2015. Currently, also in support of Maruleng
Municipalities' Spatial Development Framework, the boundaries and
conservation status of the protected area network are being investigated
and mapped on GIS. GEF5 will help to ensure that the correct reserve
proclamations or biodiversity agreements will be enabled, and that the
reserves meet their management effectiveness targets. For more
information, please contact Dr Marisa Coetzee: coetzeemarisa@gmail.com or visit AWARD's Website: www.award.org.za
Source: Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Region Quarterly Newsletter - Sept 2014 Vol 6, # 3
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