There are 214 projects that match your search.
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2006
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2,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/11 |
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The project aims at having dialogue with stakeholders and building consensus on strategies for conservation and management of endangered snakes of the Kalahari through a workshop. The workshop will bring together various stakeholders for dialogue ( ... )
e eventual formation of a legal entity that will facilitate the implementation of the project. In addition, as the group is largely young women, it will accord them a chance to work and handle snakes which are otherwise considered a nuisance by the general public. The snake park will be the first public enterprise in Botswana save for the army one which is largely used for military purposes.
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Botswana
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Multifocal Area
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2006
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2,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/14 |
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BORAVAST Community Resource Management Trust which comprises of the villages of Bokspits, Rapplespan, Vaalhoek and Struiseindam intends on undertaking a project that aims at having a dialogue and building consensus through a workshop on the ( ... )
fication of the long term system to use on the management and control of Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa). Mesquite is a thorny shrub or tree that has and is continuing to change tje Molopo river basin and surrounding rangelands in Southern Botswana into dense thorn bushes that seriously degrade rangelands and reduce biodiversity. It is allelopathic and as such out-competes species grazed by
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Botswana
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Multifocal Area
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2006
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2,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/02 |
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The project aims at raising environmental awareness and appreciation on the conservation of the Boro and Thamalakane river confluence popularly known as 'the beach' through a series of kgotla meetings and a workshop, and eventually reaching a ( ... )
sus on solutions that will mitigate against uncontrolled littering and destruction of the riverine ecosystem. The dialogue will subsequently lead to the formation of a legal entity that will enable the community to actively acquire and develop 'the beach ' for an eco-tourism venture, accrue benefit thereof and contribute to sustainable management of the ephemeral river basin. Additionally, the
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Botswana
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International Waters
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2006
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2,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/21 |
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The Masingwaneng Community has a farm which has good grass species and low numbers of wildlife species like kudu, steenbok and warthog. The community is aware of opportunities that exist from the farm, more so that the farm is in close proximity to ( ... )
ntly completed Ntibale dam. The community therefore wants to work towards establishing a tourim enterprise to tap on dam recreation, archaeological sites and rock paintings. In addition, due to the presence of water in the dam, the community is interested in doing fishing and irrigated horticultural production as a way to eventually diversifying their product.
The project aims at raising
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Botswana
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Chemicals
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2006
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50,000.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BOT/05/15 |
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The project aims at harnessing indigenous knowledge to offer alternatives to using POPS pesticides, take an inventory of POPS pesticides, their availability and use in Botswana, create a database for POPS pesticides educate and raise awareness ( ... )
olders and the general public about prevalence of POPS, promote public debate as a way of encouraging Botswana to seek alternatives for pesticide control and analyses of potable water for POPS. Competitions and quizzes will be used to enhance the learning skills on POPs for students at both primary and secondary schools. BOTHASTED will through the various organs in the Ministry of Agriculture
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Botswana
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Land Degradation
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2006
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2,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/13 |
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The Mogojwegojwe Development Association (MDA) comprising of the villages of Mogojwegojwe, Lolwana, Gamajaalela, Motsentshe, Mathethe, Diabo and Dipotsana have realised there are environmental issues of concern that need to be addressed. The area is ( ... )
ly being degraded and the scenario is not desirable hence the need for environmental information dissemination geared towards curbing/halting such and putting in place mechanisms to ensure sustainable environmental management.
The project aims at raising awareness and appreciation on environmental management among members of the Mogojwegojwe Youth Development Association through a workshop.
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Botswana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2006
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50,000.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BOT/05/16 |
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The project objectives are to provide renewable energy to hearing aid users in developing countries and to lower the negative impact on the environment created by disposal of millions of batteries every year. This will be achieved by developing a ( ... )
generation solar powered charger for hearing aids that can be offered with hearing aids from any manufacturer that are sold or given in developing countries. The hearing aids that will be used with the Godisa charger will have an operating cost that is 75% lower than conventional ones and will be eco-friendly. The new universal charger will offer an accessible energy source for hearing aids to
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Botswana
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Land Degradation
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2006
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2,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/22 |
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The project aims at raising awareness and appreciation of natural resources conservation by the Changate community with the view to instill ownership so as to police and protect the natural respources in the area. Of particular interest will be the ( ... )
y to motivate the community to have the same commitment to conserve indigenous plants and stoppage of soil mining as they with the drift fence, dam and borehole where they have shown good governance and husbandry practises. The ability to impose and adhere to sanctions with regard to harvesting of veld products is paramount for their existence and sustainability. The possibility of generating
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2006
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2,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/10 |
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The project aims at raising awareness and building consensus on strategies to be adopted in sustainable utilisation of the palm tree (Hyphaene petersiana) and associated veld products used in basket production through a workshop. The workshop will ( ... )
together basket weavers from various parts of Ngamiland for dialogue and the eventual formation of a legal entity that will be a mouth piece and lobby organisation for basket weavers. In addition, it will give the weavers a chance to prioritise on the projects to be undertaken to further enhance basket weaving and ensure appropriate harvesting strategies are adopted to sustain the palm trees as a
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Botswana
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Multifocal Area
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2006
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50,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/06 |
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The Okavango Jakotsha Community Trust (OJCT) is a registered Community Based Organisation (CBO) representing the interests of the villages of of Etsha 1-13, Jao and Ikoga in the management of NG 24 and adjacent western lagoons. These villages were ( ... )
resource user rights to NG 24 by the Tawana land board and became beneficiaries of Jedibe lodge and Makwena lodge which were built and managed by the Okavango Wilderness Safaris and the Drotsky family respectively.
OJCT aims at refurbishing Makwena Lodge (a tourism enterprise handed to the community by the government) as a viable eco-tourism venture to improve the lives of the NG 24
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2006
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43,735.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/07 |
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Gaing-O Community Trust (GCT) aims at running a viable Lekhubu eco-tourism venture for the benefit of Mmatshumo village and surrounding localities through diversification of the product on offer to attract a wider clientele base, undertake a ( ... )
ted and sustained marketing programme, produce outreach materials and capacity building for staff to equip them with skills to enable them to perform their interpretive and law enforcement efficiently.
The support given to Lekhubu eco-tourism venture is part of a project co-funded by various implementing partners in the development of the eco-tourism venture infrasture to increase the tourism
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Botswana
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Multifocal Area
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2006
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2,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/05 |
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Gaing-O Community Trust (GCT) developed Kubu campsite (at Kubu Island) and Thithaba campsite by the edge of Ntwetwe pan, twenty kilometres west of Kubu Island. The campsites started operating in December 1999. Initially, the campsites were accepting ( ... )
for free as a way of testing the marketability of the tourism venture and getting the much-needed hands on skills from the tourism industry. Kubu and Thithaba campsites are using environmentally suitable toilets and showers that will facilitate effective management of waste. A new campsite named Mokumojena is currently under construction and will comprise three chalets, communal place (a place
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Botswana
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International Waters
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2006
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2,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/08 |
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The Boiteko Fishermen Syndicate comprises of fishermen who are affiliates of Okavango Fishermen Association. The fishermen run an enterprise from Samochina and subsist from the proceeds of the fishing expeditions. Through the consultations that have ( ... )
ne through the Okavango Delta Management Plan with regard to fish resources, it has been realised that there is limited baseline data on fish stocks and abundance within the study area, which is compounded by lack of capacity in terms of personnel and the vastness of the delta, leading to limited coverage. The fishers are widespread and could therefore help to collect some of the data that the
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2006
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27,436.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/05/19 |
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The project intends to bring on board and allow contribution of communities living adjacent to rhino habitats to participate in the management of rhinos under the roaming rhino operation currently implemented by the Department of Wildlife and ( ... )
al Parks (DWNP) Anti Poaching Unit. To realise the goal of community participation in rhino management, the project will mobilise and educate the communities living in areas adjacent the habit on the value of rhinos as they are a rare and endangered species under the CITES listings, contribution to the economy through tourism and the need for active policing to ensure their existence. In
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Botswana
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International Waters
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2006
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50,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/20 |
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Centre for African Resorces: Animals, Communities and Land Use (CARACAL) aims at utilising the ecosystem approach and partipatory techniques including GIS to identify key resources essential to community livelihoods with emphasis on gender specific ( ... )
and to identify needs, opportunities and threats to these resources in the international waterways of Chobe, Linyanti and Kwando. The involvement of communities through participatory techniques and engagement of other stakeholders through a proactive forum will provide the basis for a wetland inventory leading to the development of an integrated wetland plan for Chobe, Linyanti and Kwando
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Botswana
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Chemicals
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2005
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50,000.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BOT/98/G52/05/04 |
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Background
The project area comprises mainly the Okavango River Basin catchment area in Botswana. The Okavango River Basin (ORB) is shared by three Southern Africa nations- Angola, Botswana, and Namibia. The Okavango wetland is one of the world?s ( ... )
t inland Deltas and still has near pristine aquatic ecosystem. The extraordinarily rich biodiversity and scenic beauty of the Delta and its component ecosystems have made it a major international tourist attraction with widespread national and international concern about the future of the unique system. The government of Botswana?s listing of the Okavango Delta (including a wide area of
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Botswana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2005
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2,000.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BOT/98/G52/05/01 |
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Request for a planning grant to carry out a market survey to check availability of clients and the appropriateness and acceptance of the technology. |
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2005
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50,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BOT/98/G52/05/03 |
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This project seeks to re-introduce a black make rhino in Khama Rhino Sanctuary, as there is already a female black rhino that was brought into the sactuary by the Government. The re-introduction will establish a breeding pair in the sanctuary that ( ... )
ick start a breeding programme as currently there are only five black rhinos in Botswana with four of them being in Mombo, Moremi Game Reserve. Black rhinos are under the threat of extenction worldwide. The bush clearing exercise will increase visibility of the rhinos during game drives and also ensure participation by the surrounding communities in the upkeep of the sanctuary. The cultural
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Botswana
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Multifocal Area
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2005
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27,744.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BOT/05/06 |
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The project aims at building capacity for potential and existing project proponents to implement sustainable SGP projects as a meanss of creating great impact and increasing visibility of the programme as it has been running since 1992. In addition, ( ... )
introduce the new shifts in Operational Phase Three (OP III) of GEF/SGP and its linkage to an impact oriented Country Programme Strategy (CPS) to stakeholders. Through the exchange and sharing of information on best practices and lessons learnt from previous projects, the project will inform the implementation of OP III and the impacts oriented CPS. Finally, the project will ensure that avenues
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Botswana
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Multifocal Area
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2005
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2,000.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BOT/05/09 |
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Mekgatshi Conservation Trust intends to undertake a look-and-learn tour which will enable the Mekgatshi communities to link conservation based natural resources management within their area to improvement of their livelihoods and development. ( ... )
h exchange and sharing of information and ideas with other CBOs, they will be able to learn about tourism ventures activities and the required business skills to run/manage such business enterprises. This will promote the feeling of ownership of the resources and the project as they will see the development projects and tangible benefits emanating from the sustainable utilisation of natural
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