There are 288 projects that match your search.
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Belize
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2008
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2,500.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/08/01 |
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In 2004 the government of Belize, concerned primarily with poverty reduction, donated a solar system to the village of San Benito Poite. However, a recent study conducted by Miller and Palacio, (2008) revealed that there were serious sustainability ( ... )
with the maintenance and replacement of system components. The present situation is such that there are some serious concerns as it relates to the continuity of this project. Since the physical installation of the hardware, there is still no social structure in place that will ensure that components such as batteries, inverters, controllers, etc. will be replaced as needed. This is a major
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2008
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41,288.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: BZE/COMPACT/OP4/Y1/CORE/08/01 |
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The primary goal of this project is to increase appreciation, awareness and stewardship of the natural resources base of the southern Belize Barrier Reef System by marine tour guides. This proposal seeks funding for several advanced training courses ( ... )
ine tour guides, and GPS and computer skills training for up to 20 licensed tour guides working on the Peninsula, equipment and an exchange visit to HolBox, Mexico for participation in the 2nd International Whale Shark Conference.
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2008
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49,357.50
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP4/CORE/07/01 |
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This project will demonstrate that the Flowers Bank Community can, on a sustainable basis, ?secure the integrity of the Community Baboon Sanctuary through training and income generating initiatives for stakeholders of Flowers Bank.?
Formed in ( ... )
the Flowers Bank Community Group was successfully organized to improve their own economic situation and alleviate the poverty impact in their community.
However, the major problem facing the residents of Flowers Bank is that of serious unemployment compounded by burdensome financial demands associated with cost of living expense ? education, health, transportation, and utilities. This
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2008
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30,000.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: BZE/COMPACT/OP4/Y1/CORE/08/04 |
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Sarteneja has long been recognized as one of the major impacting communities on the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System - World Heritage Site, an area of exceptional biodiversity threatened by overfishing. A number of local, national and ( ... )
ational conservation organizations working in Belize, including COMPACT, have focused on mechanisms to provide alternative livelihoods in a community where few have an education beyond primary level, soils are not suited to agriculture, and fishing is a traditional way of life, providing an income for more than 80% of the households. The most successful mechanism to date has been through tour
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Belize
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Community Based Adaptation
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2008
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50,000.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP4/CORE/07/02 |
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The Belize Red Cross Society, one of 186 members of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies with a history going back to 1863, has as its mission to improve the situation of the most vulnerable, without discrimination as ( ... )
onality, race, religious belief, class, gender or political opinion. We have long experience in activities related to disaster preparedness and response, including a current collaboration with the Norwegian Red Cross, funded by DIPECHO, to strengthen the capacity of communities in the South of Belize to prepare for and respond to the negative impacts of natural hazards.
The proposed project
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Belize
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Land Degradation
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2008
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50,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/08/02 |
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In October, 2008, the Village of Santa Familia experienced one of the worst floods in living memory. The floods were accompanied by many weeks of constant rain caused by Tropical Depression 16. Several farms along the Mopan and Belize River ( ... )
ing to cooperative members were flooded for up to twelve days, resulting in loss of grain and vegetable crops. The total estimated value of the losses suffered by the members is BZ$181,600.
The members of the cooperative have realized that they need to take action to secure their livelihood in an environmentally sustainable manner, and to contribute to restoring the ecological integrity of the
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2008
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47,750.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: BZE/COMPACT/OP4/Y1/CORE/08/02 |
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The landfall of Hurricane Dean along the East Coast of the Yucatan Peninsula on 21 August 2007
resulted in extensive damage to northern Belize. Hurricane Dean was ranked a Category Five hurricane
on the Saffir Simpson Scale and registered maximum ( ... )
ned winds of 165 mph with gale force
winds extending up to 60 miles from the centre. Information contained in a Preliminary Report on
Damage Assessment & Needs Analysis, carried out by the National Emergency Management
Organization (NEMO), points to significant damage to the agriculture and fisheries sectors, which
have direct implications on the livelihoods of those persons living in the
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2008
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38,100.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP4/CORE/07/04 |
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The project goal is to conserve the forests and the biodiversity in and around the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Society while creating sustainable livelihood opportunities through the production of ecologically friendly honey. |
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2007
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48,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BZE/OP3/2/06/07 |
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Although the CBS-WCG has had notable achievements in biodiversity, conservation, and sustained community livelihood, it is facing some new challenges which pose a threat to the Community Baboon Sanctuary and the CBS-WCG conservation efforts. ( ... )
sed competition from new tourism resorts has resulted in a 50% decline in visits to the Sanctuary for the first half of 2006. This has negatively impacted the economic livelihood of the communities.
Further negative effects of this downturn include the CBS-WCG inability to pay land tax, provide partial scholarships for children, and conduct environment education outreach activities for the
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Belize
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Land Degradation
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2007
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30,690.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BZE/OP3/2/06/09 |
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This project seeks to improve livelihoods of San Antonio residents by addressing key conservation issues and further develop capacities to offer several tourism products and services.
Benil Oc?Keb Ha (BOH) will develop a strategic plan and ( ... )
l members will receive needed training to enhance their capacities to take advantage of a growing conservation/ecotourism industry.
The project proposal was developed through the use of the flip chart proposal format and its objectives are:
1. To increase capacity and create livelihood opportunities for the members and other stakeholders;
2. To decrease the unsustainable farming
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2007
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48,750.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BZE/UNF-GEF/PH2/2/06/07 |
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The goal of this project is to build community linkages and alternative livelihood opportunities with BCNPMR. In order to achieve this goal, the project has three specific objectives which are to increase awareness of the value and unique attributes ( ... )
(BCNPMR), to provide additional alternative livelihood skills to active fishermen who are trained tour guides resident in the targeted communities, and to develop a programme for marketing BCNPMR to eco-tourists and educational institutions in order to enhance the possibility of future opportunities for utilization of such additional alternative livelihood skills.
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2007
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45,900.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BZE/UNF-GEF/PH2/2/06/13 |
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The Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve is a part of the BBRRS-WHS and the effective management of this reserve is dependent on proper enforcement, the collection of quality environmental data and the active participation of community stakeholders. This ( ... )
t will focus on the development of a community researcher program that will be able to assist with the implementation of the SCMR monitoring plan.
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2007
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39,957.50
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BZE/UNF-GEF/PH2/2/06/11 |
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The goal of this project is to build the administrative and financial capacity of the TTGA to enable them to become leaders in Toledo?s tourism industry. This will be accomplished through the development and management of a small tourism based ( ... )
e, becoming a licensed tour operator and marketing the services offered by tour guides and the natural and cultural attractions that Toledo has to offer visitors.
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2007
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21,099.50
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BZE/UNF-GEF/PH2/2/06/06 |
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Riversdale is a traditional fishing community comprised of approximately sixty (60) residents. The Riversdale Fishermen Association was formed in January 2006 and the members of the group harvest lobster, conch and scale fish which are supplied to ( ... )
cal resorts in the area and the fishing cooperatives. This is the group's first project and the goal is to involve residents of Riversdale in sustainably using and protecting the marine resources and biodiversity of the South Water Caye Marine Reserve as a part of the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve World Heritage Site. This will be done by creating awareness and providing training for residents to
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Belize
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Land Degradation
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2007
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35,321.50
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BZE/OP3/2/06/10 |
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Double Head Cabbage is one of seven communities of the Belize River Valley that forms the Community Baboon Sanctuary (CBS), an IUCN Category IV private protected area (12,980.10 acres) established in 1985 to protect one of the few healthy ( ... )
tions of black howler monkey (Alloutta pigra). The sanctuary also contains other endangered and rare species such as the jaguar, ocelot, margay, jaguarindi and the tapir, Belize?s national animal. Based on the results of the Protected Areas System Plan site scoring system, the CBS ranks as a top ten important protected area because of its biophysical values, however, it is not highly regarded in
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2006
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38,275.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BZE/OP3/2/06/06 |
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Communities perceive the laws established to protect and conserve forest resources, which is essential to their survival, as an obstacle to their development. The viability of the protected areas is threatened by the unsustainable survival ( ... )
gies carried out by communities around them. The 2002 Poverty Assessment conducted by National Human Development Advisory Council showed Cayo having 27.4% of its population being poor and this situation arises as a result of the communities? limited capacity to pursue sustainable livelihoods and limited actions to develop capacities and alternatives.
The goal of the proposed project is, ?to
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2006
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39,909.93
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BZE/UNF-GEF/PH2/2/06/02 |
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The goal of this COMPACT project is to increase awareness of the marine environment of the BBRRS-WHS through the engagement of one sector of the Belize general public ? Standard Five students in 75 target primary schools classes in the Belize ( ... )
ct. This goal has been developed from lessons learned during the successful implementation of the Pilot Project (September 2004/ June 2006), as the first phase of a long-term Program that will eventually reach all schools throughout Belize. This will be achieved through the strengthening and further development of the HPFoundation?s ?Marine Science Educational Outreach Program?, which includes a
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Belize
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Land Degradation
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2006
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1,955.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BZE/OP3/2/06/01 |
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The planning grant will facilitate the preparation of the proposal for the Indigenous Community Conservation Area Capacity Building Project by supporting the consultative planning process of the Benil Oc?Keb Ha group. It will be used to provide ( ... )
ical support to the group for obtaining inputs from members and other interested stakeholders in and around the community of San Antonio, Toledo. Planning grant funds will provide for contracting a resource person who will facilitate 4 community stakeholder workshops and guide preparation of a flip chart proposal by members of the Benil Oc?Keb Ha
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2006
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1,997.50
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BZE/OP3/2/06/02 |
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The planning grant will facilitate the preparation of the proposal for Alternative Livelihoods Through Honey Production in the Cayo District by supporting the consultative planning process of the Cayo Quality Honey Producers Cooperative Society Ltd. ( ... )
l be used to provide logistical support to the Cooperative for obtaining inputs from members and other interested stakeholders in participating communities. Consultation meetings will be held in five member communities (San Antonio, Bullet Tree, Seven Miles, Cristo Rey and San Jose Succotz). Planning grant funds will also assist with funding an initial planning workshop with, and a session to
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Belize
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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: BZE/UNF-GEF/PH2/2/06/04 |
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The planning grant will be used to develop a project conceptualized by the Belize National Tour Guide Association that seeks to aid the continual development of tour guides, including women, by giving them the opportunity to attain specialized and ( ... )
ied training in fly fishing and scuba diving in order to meet the continual demand by the Tourism Industry. The project will also simultaneously develop the institutional capacity of the management of the BNTGA.
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