There are 184 projects that match your search.
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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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Phase 3
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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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Phase 3
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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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Phase 3
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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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Phase 3
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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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Phase 3
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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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Phase 3
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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 ( ... )
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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Phase 3
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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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Phase 3
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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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Phase 3
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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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Botswana
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Land Degradation
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2005
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2,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOT/05/05 |
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The project aims to 1) raise envrionmental awareness and appreciation of natural resources 2) enable the community and stakeholders to reach a consensus on th environmental project to implement to mitigate against environmental concerns 3) ( ... )
tate the process of registration of a legal recognised entity
The presence of gullies and dongas in the village made the community to realise the need for dialogue and consenus to mitigate against
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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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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOT/05/13 |
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The presence of gullies and dongas in Moroka has disfigured the environment, and there is bare landscape as a result of excessive vegetation loss. Wild ornamental fruits have disappeared, and destruction of archaelogical ruins has lead to an ( ... )
active environment.
The project aims at raising awareness in the art of sustainable utilisation of natural resources, mobilising the community into taking responsibility to rehabilitate their degraded land, creation of Danangombe Park to preserve archaelogical ruins through the involvement of all stakeholders.
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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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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOT/05/08 |
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The Tagango area in Ramokgwebana has diverse vegetation and rock art. However, some of the community members have been de-phasing the rock art and destroying some of the artefacts. Additionally, the removal of vegetation through unsustainable ( ... )
ting has lead to soil exposure making the area susceptible to erosion and/or degradation. The result of such activities makes the range unproductive and gullies and dongas become eminent. The intention is to raise awareness and generate interest for the community members to conceptualise the park development project through dialogue and consensus.
The project aims at raising awareness and
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2005
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20,617.31
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BOT/98/G52/05/02 |
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The purpose of the project will be to i) compile an inventory of dung bettles from each of the major climatic and edaphic regions in Botswana; ii) provide the National Museum of Botswana with in identified reference collection of all species ( ... )
ted during the survey; iii) assess ecological species rechnicess and abundance of the dung bettle species assemblages in major conservation areas in order to provide a baseline of ecological data on their populations and interactions; iv) analyse biogeographical patterns and to determine regional of high dung bettle endemicity in Botswana and v) forge links with other stakeholders such as
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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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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOT/05/10 |
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Bathoen Dam Nature Sanctuary Management Trust (BDNSMT) was legally registered in 2001 and is in the process of being given a lease for the Bathoen Sanctuary by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks. The rights conferred thereof will allow ( ... )
mmunity to sustainably utilise the natural resources therein and accrue benefits. In a quest to equip themselves with skills that will be much needed during the full project implementation, the community wants to learn from their peers who are already in the CBNRM system.
This project aims for community members to undertake a look-and-learn tour to established communities. The look-and-learn
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2005
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2,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOT/05/07 |
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The project intends to address environmental challenges like unsustainable community harvesting of natural resources entailing excessive removal of vegetation (ie medicinal plants, wild fruits and thatching grass), destruction of archaelogical ( ... )
cts, threatened rock rabbit species and soil mining. The above mentioned challenges have resulted in loss of envirionmental beauty in the area.
The project aims to addrees the above challenges through conservation of existing vegetation, wild animals and soil, introduction of indigenous species of vegetation types and rehabilitation of archaelogical artefacts by developing a park. In the long
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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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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOT/05/12 |
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Deep and very dangerous dongas have formed in the village and the soil is easily carried away by wind as a result of bare ground. The area has lost a lot of vegetation cover and consequently has lost its scenic and natural beauty. In addition the ( ... )
s endowed with archaelogical artefacts which are being ruined due to vandalism. The community wishes to mobilise itself through dialogoue and interaction to find ways of managing their natural resources in a sustainable manner and eventually benefit from such management.
Through dialogue and interaction the community and stakeholders will collectively find ways of mitigating against land
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Botswana
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Land Degradation
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2005
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2,000.00
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Phase 3
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Project Number: BOT/05/11 |
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Land in Nlapkhwane village is degraded, rendering some parts unproductive due to the presence of dongas and gullies. The area has also lost its scenic and natural beauty. The gullies and dongas continue to develop to such an extent that they are ( ... )
nvading the homesteads. There is an urgent need to rehabilitate the land, and control further development of such. The community has an interest of actively engaging in finding solutions to the degradation through dialogue and involvement of government extension agents who have expertise to impart skills to them for such.
The Nlapkhwane Public Advisory Committee in conjuction with the
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2004
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50,484.38
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BOT/98/G52/03/06 |
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This project seeks to create a monitoring framework for birds in Botswana and an information-sharing network. Starting off with twelve important bird areas in Botswana and thirteen bird species, this programme will collect and collate abudance and ( ... )
bution data, document threats, as well as design, prioritise and implement strategies to reverse bird population declines where thay occur. So called"site support groups" will be formed to ensure continuity of the programme, over and above promoting community poarticipation and sustainable use of Botswana's
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Botswana
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Biodiversity
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2003
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9,569.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BOT/98/G52/03/04 |
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The project seeks to carry out a survey to assess the status and distribution of the cheetah (acinonyx jubatus), focussing on their role in livestock/predator conflicts. The initial community mobilization component will create an environment ( ... )
ive for community participation in defining the problem, analysing it, and identifying appropriate intervention
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