There are 214 projects that match your search.
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Botswana
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Multifocal Area
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2007
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2,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/24 |
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Diloma Mmogo Interim Nature Conservation Trust members, who are largely youth, aim to raise awareness and appreciation on environmental management. Diloma Mmogo Interim Nature Conservation Trust, which comprises of the villages of Dikhukhung, ( ... )
ng, Mmakgori, Mabole, Sekhutlane and Tshedilamolomo have realised there are issues of environmental concern that need to be addressed. The area is gradually being degraded due to indiscriminate harvesting of veld products for medicinal purposes and firewood; over harvesting of certain grass species and poaching. The active involvement of young people in environmental and natural resources
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Botswana
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Land Degradation
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2007
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50,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/30 |
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Ngwao Motheo Theatre Group intends to effectively use performing arts/theatre in community mobilization and creative initiation of serious action against environmental degradation in the Kgatleng district. Botswana is faced by a serious problem of ( ... )
nmental conservation. We depend on our environment for our economy to grow, more specifically and appropriately, we need environment the environment for farming, wildlife and economical purposes. The combination of the three has proved to be a serious problem to laymen, as they cannot combine the three in a sustainable manner of environmental usage. Our country is drifting into a serious
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Botswana
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Chemicals
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2007
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50,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/07/07 |
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The project aims at finding environmentally friendly methods of controlling termites. Termites are some of the most damaging pets in the tropics and can cause considarable problems in Agriculture, forestry and housing. To tackle the termite ( ... )
ms, there is a need to do a basic identification of the termite species or family and that of indigenous plant species avoided by termites. Lack of toxomic understanding of termites has been a major impediment to the study and management of tropical termates. Finally when alternative termites control methods based on indigenous knowledge systems are identified, the project will promote the use of
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2007
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50,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/07/08 |
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The project aims at conducting an ethno-survey of indigenous knowledge practises in Botswana to enhance sustainable utilisation of veld products, encourage product development and marketing. CESRIKI takes cognisance of the fact that Indigenous ( ... )
dge Systems (IKS) are a vital source of knowledge development, innovation and entrepreneurship. Indigenous or local knowledge refers to the complete bodies of knowledge, know-how, practises and representations that have been maintained and developed by generations of Batswana in their interaction with the environment. These IKS represent understandings, interpretations as well as meanings and
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Botswana
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Multifocal Area
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2007
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2,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/27 |
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Milidzani Forest Products and Ornamental Marketing Cooperative aims at developing/enhancing capacity of its members to actively participate in the monitoring and ex-situ conservation of biodiversity through the provision of appropriate training in ( ... )
propagation and nursery management, and also in biodiversity monitoring. The project also aims to improve on the infrastructural capacity of the members of Milidzani through the construction of proper nurseries that will be used for the propagation of indigenous (especially) and other plant species. These nurseries will also be used as focal points for training and education for sustainable
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2007
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50,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/29 |
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Kgetsi ya Tsie Tswapong Hills Women's Resource Enterprise Community Trust (KyT) aims at enhancing the capacity of KyT women in packaging and competitive marketing of veld products especially the morula products. The activities undertaken will ( ... )
bute to improvement of livelihoods in the rural areas, alleviation of poverty, generation of household income, creation of jobs and overall economy of Botswana. Linking the indigenous knowledge base of natural resources such as morula products to the international markets will create incentives for the sustainable use and conservation of natural resources through women participation.
The
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2007
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48,070.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/07/03 |
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The aim of the project is to come up with data and information through a participatory process that can be used to address/mitigate human-carnivore conflict, and hence enhance conservation of large carnivore and improve communal livelihoods through ( ... )
d human-carnivore conflict.This project by the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) intends to look at problem analysis of human-carnivore conflict in the Chobe Enclave communal area of Botswana. The project will come up with a new approach to addressing human-carnivore conflict; a participatory problem analysis and an all stakeholder mitigation strategy. The proposed project will focus on all large
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Botswana
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Multifocal Area
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2007
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50,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/25 |
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Tshole Trust aims at educating the public on environmental and health effects of used oil and its proper disposal as well as providing the public with easily accessible and identifiable means of used oil disposal to safe guard the environment.
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n documented worldwide that where used oil is processed the product has higher energy content than the virgin lubricant oil. Therefore, recycling used oil could protect the environment, save energy and help decrease dependence on foreign oil since Botswana does not mine any crude oil. The project will protect the environment from used oil, and save forests, water resources and disturbance to the
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Botswana
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Multifocal Area
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2007
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2,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/23 |
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Samochima Interim Conservation Trust aims at building consensus on strategies for development of fish industry and ecotourism related enterprises. The project will solve the upsurge in commercial fishing in the Okavango Panhandle and decline of such ( ... )
es is not desirable as it is the livelihood of the people in the Okavango area, especially women. The envisaged legal entity will empower and accord the community (especially women) a chance to fully realise their potential allowing them to fully address issues related to HIV/AIDS, gender, poverty and sustainable use of fishery
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Botswana
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Multifocal Area
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2007
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2,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/28 |
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The project will aloow the Ngamiland CBNRM Forum to meet and fully explore avenues and ways of trnsforming itself into a legally registered entity with a fulltime secretariat. This will allow the forum to access requisite funding that it is unable ( ... )
. The funds will be used for a workshop to build consensus, share ideas and come up with strategies of transforming the forum into a legally registered entity. The project will enable the Ngamiland CBNRM forum to meet and come up with prioritized concrete proposals and initiatives that will need to be undertaken to ensure the CBNRM forum is transformed. The workshop will also enable the CBOs to
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Botswana
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Multifocal Area
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2007
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50,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/07/01 |
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The project aims at rehabilitating and sustainably utilizing Tsaro lodge as a vehicle for community involvement in eco-tourism. Tsaro lodge is an ideal asset that offers the community a chance to further consolidate its involvement in photographic ( ... )
m activities. The tourism venture will provide an opportunity for hands-on, acquisition of the much needed prerequisite skills in the tourism industry, income and benefiting from the spin-off activities.
The Khwai Development Trust (KDT) of Khwai is amongst the first CBOs to embrace nad adopt the community based natural resources management (CBNRM) programme. The Khwai settlement has a small
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Botswana
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International Waters
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2007
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50,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/19 |
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The Okavango Fishers Association is an organisation that was formed in 1999 with the objective of furthering the interests of fishers in discussions with governments and other stakeholders in the area. The association is composed of individuals and ( ... )
ates that fish within the waters of the Okavango delta. The most prominent and active member of this association are the Boiteko Syndicate, whose membership are derived mainly from Samochima and surrounding settlements.
There have been so many developments in the fishing industry over the past few years, which have impacted on the livelihoods of the fishers in general. Some of these
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Botswana
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Multifocal Area
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2007
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43,934.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/18 |
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Somarelang Tikologo (ST), has designed an urban agriculture project that is intended to create community economic empowerment, food security, improve nutrional intake for low income families, whislt increasing environmental awreness and improvement ( ... )
urban environment. The Urban agriculture for Community Empowerment Project (UCEP) includes a thorough community assessment phase followed by general training on environmental issues, organic gardening, harvesting and selling produce, and nutrition. ST will advise and monitor the progress of the UCEP including educational awareness, yield of crops, improvement of nutrition, income generation or
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Botswana
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Multifocal Area
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2007
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2,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/07/04 |
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Madandume is renowned as the socio-economic and centre of what has since emerged to be known as Tutume village, a Sub-District headquarters that provides a myriad of cultural and government services. It is part of a community that has evolved within ( ... )
ume river and its catchment. These natural features are important in influencing the socio-economic, cultural and environmental heritage of the community.
The project aims to enhance /develop the socio-economic, environmental and cultural heritage of the Madandume community and their capacity to actively participate in the socio-economic, environmental and cultural heritage initiatives through
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Botswana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2006
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45,630.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/01 |
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The project aims at reducing environmental pressure and green house gas emissions by introducing solar battery charging services that will reduce the use of paraffin, disposable batteries and small petrol generators. Furthermore, the project will ( ... )
n the dissemination of information on renewable energy by promoting a renewable energy technology that up to now has little exposure in Botswana, which if proved to be successful may be replicated in other villages. Moreover, it will support activities to lower perception barriers of the operators and users, and reduce technical barriers. Twelve Solar Battery Charging Stations (SBCS) will be made
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Botswana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2006
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45,456.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BOT/05/17 |
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The project aims at addressing growing firewood concerns in Otse and Botswana by producing fuel briquettes from waste paper, saw dust and other waste. The machine to be used willl be purchased and installed and the Botlhale Jwa Phala members will be ( ... )
in its use, testing and efficient use of briquettes from various raw materials. Fifty families will be involved to switch from fire wood to briquettes and provide feed back, baseline study and subsequent monitoring and evaluation will assess impact. The briquettes will be sold at the factory in Otse and eventually retail outlets in Gaborone and Lobatse.
The project facilitates the removal of
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Botswana
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Multifocal Area
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2006
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43,134.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/03 |
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The project aims at conserving and rehabilitating signinificant biodiversity in Kweneng North through halting land degradation and developing sustainable management systems for communities of Lephephe, Leologane, Boatlaname, Shadi Shadi and Sojwe. ( ... )
the rangeland area lie two important biodiversity areas of Thotayamarula (renowned for its richness in flora and active regeneration of tree species), and Dithopo Game Ranch (a game domestication demonstration ranch with relatively large composition of game animals due to the protection that it has been accorded by government). The community members will be actively involved in the planning
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Botswana
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Land Degradation
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2006
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42,729.00
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OP3 - Y1 (Mar 05 - Feb 06)
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Project Number: BOT/05/14 |
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The project aims at producing a land use and rangeland resource management plans that will guide the process of developing community based management systems. It is critical that community based sustainable range management and/or land use systems ( ... )
eloped and this could be achieved by empowering the resource users (communities) to control and manage the resources. This will assist the community to rehabilitate their degraded rangelands and diversify livelihood options. Alternative livelihoods will be exploited with activities to improve livestock production and marketing, and community based tourism.
The project will conserve and
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2006
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49,853.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: BOT/OP3/2/06/04 |
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The proposed project aims at promoting human/predator coexistence by fostering and developing more enlightened attitudes towards predators in young and the old alike with the goal of securing the long term survival of the cheetah within the rich ( ... )
ersity of Botswana. The objectives of the project are to maintain in coexistence with human populations a viable population of cheetahs with a strong gene pool as an integral part of the ecosystems of Botswana, understand behaviour and the habitat requirements of Botswana's cheetah population, promote appropriate methods of livestock management, encourage their wider adoption and integration into
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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/OP3/2/06/12 |
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The Mantenge area in Kalakamati comprises a chain of hills with diverse vegetation, rock art and a sacred well in the rock. The well is estimated to be 30 metres deep and never dries up. However, some of the community members especially religious ( ... )
from all over Botswana have been de-phasing the rock art, destroying some of the artefacts and ferrying large amounts of water for use in religious rituals. The rock art is mostly dephased by smoke from fires that are made by the religious groups that hold night vigils at the well. Large volumes of water are ferried by cars and this threatens the existence of the well. In addition, some groups
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