There are 214 projects that match your search.
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Botswana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2020
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49,950.00
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OP6 - Y5 (Jul 19-Jun 20)
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP6/Y5/CORE/CC/2020/25 |
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Botswana is known to be a semi-arid region; it is hot and dry most of the year with erratic, most unpredictable and regional rainfall. Global changes in climatic conditions have worsened the conditions. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ( ... )
?s (IPCC) special report published on 10 October 2018, reported that the 1.5? global warming above pre- industrial levels lead to Botswana?s average temperature increase above industrial baseline by 2.2 Celsius thus 2.8 Celsius warming experience. Projections has also shown Botswana having 10 more dry days per year and expect roughly 50 more days of heatwaves. Comprehending that the different
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Botswana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2020
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35,000.00
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OP6 - Y5 (Jul 19-Jun 20)
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP6/Y5/CORE/CC/2020/01 |
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The Tsodilo Village is located 67km from Shakawe, 35km away from Nxamasere village. The village which is consisted of two tribes of Hambukushu and Ju/?hoasi (San) has been an informal (ungazetted) settlement for decades until 2013, when the village ( ... )
rmal given village status. However the Community continues to depend largely on Trust for their basic needs such as safe drinking water and income generating activities such as selling of handicrafts to tourist, tour guides around Tsodilo Hills and gate takings and camping charges. The available government services to the village include mobile health care, education at boarding school in
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Botswana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2020
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42,882.46
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OP6 - Y5 (Jul 19-Jun 20)
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP6/Y5/CORE/CC/2020/11 |
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Problem
Botswana like other sub-Saharan countries have been experiencing energy shortages. Botswana portion of electricity have gone down placing pressure on local production. The price of connection to the national grid is at a flat rate charge ( ... )
000, this amount is still too high for those living in rural impoverished areas where energy is needed to sufficiently and efficiently improve their standard of living.
b. Solution
Biogas ?With a cattle population of 2,220,000 in 2008 (statistics Botswana, 2012), the volume of cow dung may be enough to run a number of stand-alone power plants in hybrid arrangement farms.
This is an
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Botswana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2020
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47,500.00
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OP6 - Y5 (Jul 19-Jun 20)
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP6/Y5/CORE/CC/2020/13 |
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1.1. Project Summary:
This project seeks to contribute to one focus area of the GEF/SGP Country Programme Strategy for (OP) 6 namely; climate smart innovative agro-ecology.
1.1.1 Climate smart innovative agro-ecology
About five years ago, the ( ... )
ment of Botswana invested heavily in backyard gardens as a means of reducing poverty in villages and settlements. Upon introduction of the gardens, the beneficiaries` water bills shot up leading to the abandonment of the otherwise good project.
To address the above problem and also to adapt to climate change, we intend to set up 28 New Earth Gardens for poor households, in 4 settlements
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Botswana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2020
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50,000.00
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OP6 - Y5 (Jul 19-Jun 20)
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP6/Y5/CORE/CC/2020/18 |
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Through the ?Subsistence Communities as Custodians of the Okavango Panhandle project Pabalelo Trust proposes a pilot project that would trial solutions for the difficulties, to establish a replicable and hope-giving model for government policy ( ... )
, subsistence farmers and stakeholders of conservation of this pristine and biodiverse World Heritage Site. The ecologically sound methods for food production promoted through CA (which includes organic, water wise backyard vegetable gardening) have been adopted all across Africa to counter lack of rural food security, therefore mitigation is proposed by a few infrastructural changes coupled
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Botswana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2020
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50,000.00
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OP6 - Y5 (Jul 19-Jun 20)
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP6/Y5/CORE/CC/2020/08 |
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Climate change and variability exacerbate the already limited availability of water resources in Botswana. These undesirable phenomena present significant challenges to the rural communities whose livelihoods are highly reliant on agricultural ( ... )
ties such as irrigated crop production. About 70% of rural households derive their livelihoods from agriculture through subsistence farming (Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security, 2012). These communities are therefore a significant constituent of those that are most vulnerable to climate change and variability related disasters. Amongst these bigger communities are the
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Botswana
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CapDev
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2019
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10,000.00
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OP6 - Y5 (Jul 19-Jun 20)
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP6/Y5/CORE/CPS/2019/01 |
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This proposal is by BirdLife Botswana to help SGP undertake a preparatory process to develop its strategy for OP7. This will involve multi-stakeholder consultations, development of baseline assessment(s) of priority identified landscape(s) and ( ... )
ation of the Country Programme Strategy (CPS) for OP7 in close coordination with the SGP National Coordinator, the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) and National Steering Committee (NSC) in Botswana. The main key 3-steps in this preparatory process and the key deliverables expected are described in detail below: Step 1. OP7 Country Programme Strategy consultations and Scoping exercise; Step 2.
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Botswana
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CapDev
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2017
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5,000.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP6/Y3/CORE/CD/17/07 |
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The project intends to register a single CBO that will effectively manage Lake Xau to capacitate the communities on natural resources use, equip board of trustees with CBO governance skills and ensure the availability of an agreed legal document ( ... )
ing the use of Lake Xau resource. A reduction in resource use conflicts for the lake xau by different CBO?s through formation of an agreed governance structure in order to maximize and sustainably manage these resources for the benefit of local
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2017
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5,000.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP6/Y3/CORE/BD/17/09 |
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The project aims to conserve biodiversity by empowering and involving communities in the sustainable utilization and management of natural resources in their areas through community based organisation.
The specific objectives are: 1) to register ( ... )
mmunity trust as a registered legal entity with Registrar of Deed, 2) to capacitate the communities on Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) concept,3) to capacitate board of trustees on governance 4) To promote the image of the trust.
To achieve the above objectives the community are mobilised through Kgotla meetings by the technical advisory committee in order to appreciate and
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2017
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49,952.77
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP6/Y3/CORE/BD/17/10 |
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The Human Wildlife Conflict prevailing in the Boteti Sub district needs urgent intervention. The focus of this proposed project shall be on the Human Elephant Conflict in particular. Participation by the affected communities in the attempt to strike ( ... )
ance of coexistence between man and elephant is indeed crucial to the success of any mitigation strategies to be pursued. Elephants not only cause harm in the form of crop and other projects? destruction, so far two (2) human deaths due to elephant trampling have been recorded in Boteti in the first half of 2017.
The expected results for the proposed project are; an information center
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2017
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45,100.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP6/Y3/CORE/BD/17/12 |
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The project aims to develop a cultural centre in order to promote indigenous knowledge in human wildlife co-existence strategies and preservation of natural resources. The project is aimed at 1.To develop a cultural centre 2.To promote indigenous ( ... )
dge on human wildlife co-existence strategies and conservation of natural resources 3. Preservation of traditional culture through ecotourism. This project is expected to promote indigenous knowledge on human wildlife co-existence strategies. Through the use of questionnaires and other ways of gathering information, the elders in the community of Xere will be requested to contribute in producing
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2017
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38,522.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP6/Y3/CORE/BD/17/14 |
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The project specific objectives are 1. Improve of livelihoods through management and sustainable utilization of natural resources, 2.to provide information on environmental education and effective management.
In order to achieve these objectives ( ... )
ust will develop camping grounds that will in turn create employment and generate sustainable income for the local community. The trust will
also carry out environmental awareness workshops and use of natural resources as per regulations of national
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2017
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31,425.23
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OP5 (Extended Period)
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/STAR/BD/17/02 - recoded |
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1.3.1 The overall objective of NCT is improving the social ?economic livelihoods of people residing in Nata, Sepako, Maposa, Manxotai villages.
This will be achieved through the following specific objectives;
1.3.1.1 To form a consortium on ( ... )
nable management of rangeland and natural resources with key stakeholders
1.3.1.2 Train 12 young people as trainers of trainers on veldt fires, causes, effects, control and prevention and deploy them to reach out 75% of the community members on the same information.
1.3.1.3 To procure ten (10) enviro-loos toilets and make them available to campers at Nata Bird Sanctuary, CT-5, Nata Central
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Botswana
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Chemicals
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2016
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44,068.00
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OP5 (Extended Period)
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/STAR/PP/16/10 - recoded |
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The project aims to mitigate mismanagement of used oil with potential to harm human beings and the environment negatively. The project will entail the rehabilitation of the used oil tank in Serowe and installation of used oil tanks in Kasane (1) and ( ... )
town (2).
Francistown and Kasane has been selected as project sites by virtue of their impoartance in the economy. Francistown is the second city of the country and it has recently experienced a boom of industries and major economic activities which comes with excessive used oil generation. Kasane is one of the key tourism destinations in Botswana, and the tourism activities conducted there
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Botswana
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Land Degradation
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2016
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26,894.49
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OP6 - Y2 (Jul 16-Jun 17)
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP6/Y1/CORE/LD/16/04 |
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The project aims to address land degradation resulting from a number of factors through development and implementation of scientifically sound systems of natural resources management, including land and ecosystems management practices. The land to ( ... )
laimed falls within 4 hectares fenced plot belonging to Bokamano Conservation Trust. Three 4m gabions structures will be constructed across water ways within the plot with technical expertise provided by the Department of Forestry and Range Resources, the Ministry of Agriculture (land husbandry) and North East District Council. 200 tree seedlings (mostly indigenous) will be planted over a period
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Botswana
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Land Degradation
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2016
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5,000.00
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OP6 - Y2 (Jul 16-Jun 17)
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP6/Y1/CORE/LD/16/13 |
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The projectintends to legally register Chadibe Mmaubama Trust as a Community Based Organisation leading to the establishment of Chadibe Heritage Park.
The Chadibe Heritage Park?s main resources are the rich land with evergreen assorted tree ( ... )
s and water springs. The Chadibe community recognized the need to conserve the resources currently used communally for grazing and water harvesting for spiritual purposes. The area presents an opportunity to venture into water purification, sustainable harvesting of herbs (eg: gala-latshwene), rock climbing, bird watching, archeological sites (ruins), fish farming, Letsoku and conversational
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Botswana
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CapDev
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2015
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50,000.00
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OP5 – Y4 (Jul 14 – Jun 15)
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/STAR/CD/15/11 |
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The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme (SGP) provides Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in developing countries with grants to enable them to tackle biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation, international waters ( ... )
tion, reduction of the impact of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), and prevention of land degradation. This proposal therefore, seeks to address the capacity building objective of the programme and the knowledge needs of SGP grantees and other Civil Society Organizations.
The capacity building will be in the form of capacity building dialogue workshops which will provide a unique
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Botswana
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2015
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50,000.00
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OP5 (Extended Period)
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/STAR/CC/15/02 |
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The project aims at reducing the impact of climate change on small holder farmers by strengthening their adaptive capacity to make their livelihoods more resilient. The overall goal is to build diversified and resilient livelihoods for dryland ( ... )
s in the Southern and Kgalagadi South Districts through effective management of land and water resources.
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Botswana
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Land Degradation
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2015
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19,586.00
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OP5 (Extended Period)
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/STAR/LD/15/15 |
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The project aims at educating, informing and sensitising people in the communities on the dangers of veld fires through performing arts/theatre. It will raise awareness and distribute fire fighting equipment in the villages of Artesia, Leshibitse, ( ... )
abaki, Oliphant Drift and Dikgonnye in Kgatleng
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Botswana
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Land Degradation
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2014
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150,000.00
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: BOT/SGP/OP5/STAR/LD/14/02 |
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The Makgadikgadi ecosystem lies towards northeast Botswana, and the planning area of the Makgadikgadi Framework Management Plan (MFMP , which document constitutes the overarching ecosystem-level planning guide for this project) covers an area of 36, ( ... )
of richly endowed rangelands and wetlands. The MFMP boundary, delineated through a consultative process over several years, is meant to include ?the core pan and its villages?, also basing on contour lines and physical boundaries such as roads and veterinary fences; this area is much smaller than the Makgadikgadi Wetlands System (MWS), which is delineated by the watershed boundary of the river
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