There are 21 projects that match your search.
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2021
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18,000.00
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OP7 - Y1 (Jul 20-Jun 21)
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Project Number: BZE/OAK-PHASEII/2020/13 |
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The Turneffe Atoll Sustainability Association’s (TASA) primary goal is to promote the sustainable use and conservation of the marine ecosystems at the Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve (TAMR) through: management of natural resources, education and ( ... )
ch, and science for adaptive management. The Turneffe Atoll is the most developed of the three atolls within Belize’s territorial waters and broader Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System. The atoll is a complex assemblage of different ecosystems, comprising coral reef crest fringes encircling shallow central lagoons, raised cayes and extensive seagrass and mangrove wetlands; mangroves cover some
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2021
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50,000.00
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OP7 - Y1 (Jul 20-Jun 21)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP7/Y1/CORE/BD/2020/11 |
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The Turneffe Atoll Sustainability Association’s (TASA) primary goal is to promote the sustainable use and conservation of the marine ecosystems at the Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve (TAMR) through: management of natural resources, education and ( ... )
ch, and science for adaptive management. The Turneffe Atoll is the most developed of the three atolls within Belize’s territorial waters and broader Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System. The atoll is a complex assemblage of different ecosystems, comprising coral reef crest fringes encircling shallow central lagoons, raised cayes and extensive seagrass and mangrove wetlands; mangroves cover some
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2021
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50,000.00
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OP7 - Y1 (Jul 20-Jun 21)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP7/Y1/ICCA-GSI-COVID/2021/04 |
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Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) and illegal wildlife traffic (IWT) are major threats to biodiversity, and stressors on indigenous and local populations access to and management of their natural resources. HWC and IWT are often perpetuated by a lack of ( ... )
ss in local population, and lack of capacity in law enforcement. Through the Wildlife Ambassador Program (WAP), the lack of awareness and capacity will be addressed by providing training and resources to law enforcement entities and community Ambassadors from indigenous and local communities. This will be further supported through advice and veterinary services provided by BWRC, thereby
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Belize
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CapDev
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2021
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50,000.00
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OP7 - Y1 (Jul 20-Jun 21)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP7/Y1/CORE/CD/2020/10 |
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The proposed project is to contribute to safeguarding Belize’s biodiversity through empowering Indigenous peoples and local communities for effective forest fire management. Each year in Belize, thousands of acres of forests are destroyed by ( ... )
res; compounded by climate change impacts, the resulting consequences pose severe negative impacts to biodiversity and the livelihoods of local and indigenous communities. This project is a continuation of TIDE’s fire management program and will build capacities in indigenous communities in Toledo to address the threat of wild fires through physical fire management training and improve public
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2021
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50,000.00
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OP7 - Y1 (Jul 20-Jun 21)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP7/Y1/CORE/BD/2021/02 |
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This project will serve as a supporting project toward the larger objectives of the coalition to influence livelihood practices to become more biodiversity-positive among the agriculture, tourism, forestry, and wildlife sectors. The ongoing ( ... )
ility studies by the coalition will occur in tandem with this smaller community-focused project, which will address community attitudes and capacity, while the feasibility studies inform the factors that affect the livelihood sectors.
The project will equip community members and youth with basic avian identification skills that will initiate community natural resource monitoring, through data
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Belize
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CapDev
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2021
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100,000.00
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OP7 - Y1 (Jul 20-Jun 21)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP7/Y1/ICCA-GSI-COVID/2021/06 |
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This project will assist 11 cooperative organizations through direct investments enabling their members to adapt to the changes in climate that have caused recurring floods which have decimated their agricultural production. It will enable them to ( ... )
ish the health protocols and safety equipment required to operate in the Covid 19 environment. The approach to be used will have cooperative members directly involved in securing estimates for the purchase of the equipment and the services to be acquired for their sub-projects. This will transform the project into a capacity building action.
All the participating cooperatives are located in
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2021
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150,000.00
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OP6 - Y6 (Jul 20-Jun 21)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP6/Y6/CORE/SSC/2020/08 |
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Seaweed Mariculture in Belize was pioneered by Placencia fishers and this coastal community continues to be at the forefront of the development of this industry. Seaweed Mariculture has now expanded to the Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve (TAMR) to ( ... )
ith fishers there. One of GEF SGP’s focus is to address the impacts of climate change and building resilient livelihoods in local communities. This project falls under Operational Phase 7’s (OP7) strategic priority of Community Landscape and Seascape Conservation as it seeks to empower the livelihoods of women. The purpose of this project is three-fold. Firstly, this project will seek to
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Belize
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Chemicals
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2021
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50,000.00
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OP7 –Y2 (Jul 21-Jun 22)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP7/Y2/CORE/2021/08 |
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The proposal's main components (community outreach, plastic collection, plastic transformation, and youth
capacity-building) will be implemented in close collaboration with businesses, schools, community groups, and
government offices. The project ( ... )
rget - with face-to-face activities - residents in Belmopan city and surrounding villages. In parallel, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of face masks, physical distancing, and proper cleaning protocols - is still deficient at markets, businesses, health posts, places of worship, and other high-traffic-locations in rural and underserved areas. will mobilize 5,000 residents to
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Belize
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Land Degradation
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2021
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50,000.00
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OP7 –Y2 (Jul 21-Jun 22)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP7/Y1/ICCA-GSI-COVID/2021/07 |
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This project seeks to address the climate-induced challenges affecting the Belizean Sugar Cane Farmers. The Northern Districts are characterized as SugarCane producing Districts with low women participation and low economic opportunities. The Sugar ( ... )
ry women and youths are the most vulnerable groups in the two northern Districts. The project will build the community’s resilience to withstand environmental shocks and stresses through promoting an integrated approach and long-term commitment to improving the community’s adaptive and transformative capacity against climate change. The project will achieve absorptive capacity for community
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Belize
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CapDev
Climate Change Mitigation
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2021
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150,000.00
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OP7 - Y1 (Jul 20-Jun 21)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP7/Y1/CORE/CC/2020/09 |
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In rural Toledo, several villages lie far from the national electricity grid, and costs of connecting to the national grid are prohibitive. The Government of Belize has committed to a future of 100% renewable energy for these communities by 2030. ( ... )
roject will build on the skills and experience of 1: Three Mayan ladies, Ms. Florentina Choco, Ms. Miriam Choc and Ms. Cristina Choc, who received training from the Barefoot College in India to build and repair small household solar systems; 2: Plenty Belize which has decades of experience in managing projects; 3: Mark Miller with a Masters in Engineering and decades of experience with renewable
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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Land Degradation
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2021
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50,000.00
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OP7 - Y1 (Jul 20-Jun 21)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP7/Y1/CORE/BD/2021/01 |
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The goal of this project is to improve management effectiveness of the Western Maya Mountains landscape through watershed and biodiversity protection. The purpose of this project is to strengthen monitoring, enforcement, extension services and ( ... )
participation inside the Chiquibul Forest and buffer areas at a landscape level to increase wildlife populations and secure fresh safe water. The UNDP-GEF investment would target key hotspot areas of the Chiquibul National Park, Vaca Forest Reserve and private lands buffering the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve. These targeted areas are referred to in the recently launched Sustainable
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2021
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25,000.00
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OP7 - Y1 (Jul 20-Jun 21)
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Project Number: BZE/OAK-PHASEII/2020/14 |
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The Northern Belize Coastal Complex (NBCC) is a river-to-reef seascape of connected protected areas in northern Belize that stretches from the Rio Hondo, New River and the coastal lagoons that flow into the Corozal Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, to the ( ... )
of Bacalar Chico (part of Belize’s World Heritage Site – the BBRRS-WHS), Hol Chan and Caye Caulker Marine Reserves. The area, 397,691 acres of estuarine and reef ecosystems, is important for its reef formations, shallow coastal seagrass beds, extensive inundated mangroves, its importance in maintaining a healthy, viable population of threatened species, and for supporting stakeholder
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2021
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50,000.00
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OP7 - Y1 (Jul 20-Jun 21)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP7/Y1/CORE/BD/2020/12 |
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The Northern Belize Coastal Complex (NBCC) is a river-to-reef seascape of connected protected areas in northern Belize that stretches from the Rio Hondo, New River and the coastal lagoons that flow into the Corozal Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, to the ( ... )
of Bacalar Chico (part of Belize’s World Heritage Site – the BBRRS-WHS), Hol Chan and Caye Caulker Marine Reserves. The area, 397,691 acres of estuarine and reef ecosystems, is important for its reef formations, shallow coastal seagrass beds, extensive inundated mangroves, its importance in maintaining a healthy, viable population of threatened species, and for supporting stakeholder
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2021
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50,000.00
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OP7 - Y1 (Jul 20-Jun 21)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP7/Y1/CORE/BD/2021/03 |
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This project seeks to advance GCFC’s current ICCA model to help shape future governing of their resources and enterprises, allowing the CBO to be more effective conservation stewards, while implementing capacity building workshops to initiate ( ... )
ity-based governance and cacao agroforestry for ACDC will prepare them for adapting an ICCA land governance model in the future. Ya’axché envisions this one-year project to lead to and solidify long-term sustainability of these organizations to effectively manage their own land and resources.
This project is rooted in the same philosophy the GEF Small Grants Programme operates under, and
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Belize
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Biodiversity
CapDev
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2021
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49,912.50
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OP7 - Y1 (Jul 20-Jun 21)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP7/Y1/ICCA-GSI-COVID/2021/05 |
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Customary indigenous modes of living operate upon an ethos of community-driven conservation and stewardship toward the natural world. In Belize the indigenous peoples that BENIC represents live and are custodians of the remaining forests and ( ... )
ersity rich areas. The landscape and seascape strategy of the GEFSGP to biodiversity protection and landscape stewardship speaks directly to these forests and critical landscapes where the Indigenous Peoples of Belize are found. In this context the overall goal of this project is to support the local efforts of the indigenous peoples in being stewards for forests, lands and waterways from the
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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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: BZE/ICCA-GSI/2020/04 |
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The overall initiative is to revive and restore Five Blues Lake National Park (FBLNP) guided by a management plan, to make it an alluring tourist destination that can contribute to local livelihoods and generate income to help maintain and protect ( ... )
rk. The primary initiative of the GEF SGP funding is to rehabilitate the basic access to and facilities within FBLNP in order to enhance its use, increase presence in the park, and reduce illegal activities, and promote the park to eco-tourists and researchers. Strong indicators of success shall be an increase in park visitors, increase in tourism to the local communities, and reduction in
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Belize
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International Waters
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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: BZE/SGP/OP6/Y5/CORE/IWBE/2020/01 |
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Placencia is one of several thriving unique tourism destinations in Belize that has experienced rapid economic growth over the years. Generally, there is a positive perception of the community’s growth; however, locally there are several issues ( ... )
he community faces. In stakeholder discussions, it was agreed that poor participation of local stakeholders in resource management is the main problem in the community. This problem has resulted in several other issues that also affect the community.
The project aims to address the main problem and several other issues by contributing to an effective protected areas system in Belize.
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2020
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25,000.00
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OP6 - Y5 (Jul 19-Jun 20)
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Project Number: BZE/ICCA-GSI/2020/03 |
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The project will contribute significantly to the fulfillment of the National Protected Areas System Plan (NPASP). For example, Objective 1 that aims to strengthen the governance, institutional and operational capacities of community based protected ( ... )
management organizations in order to effectively and efficiently manage their protected areas, addresses Policy 10 of the NPASP which states that the “management of Belize’s protected areas shall be accountable and transparent”. Furthermore, the NPASP calls for “Strengthening co- and participatory management, thus increasing human resources… through capacity building and support
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Belize
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CapDev
International Waters
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2020
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25,000.00
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OP6 - Y5 (Jul 19-Jun 20)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP6/Y5/CORE/IWBE/2020/02 |
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The project will contribute significantly to the fulfillment of the National Protected Areas System Plan (NPASP). For example, Objective 1 that aims to strengthen the governance, institutional and operational capacities of community based protected ( ... )
management organizations in order to effectively and efficiently manage their protected areas, addresses Policy 10 of the NPASP which states that the “management of Belize’s protected areas shall be accountable and transparent”. Furthermore, the NPASP calls for “Strengthening co- and participatory management, thus increasing human resources… through capacity building and support
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Belize
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Biodiversity
International Waters
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2019
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24,999.50
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OP6 - Y5 (Jul 19-Jun 20)
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP6/Y5/CORE/IWBE/2019/03 |
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The overall goal of this project is to prepare the southern coastal communities to actively participate in the national and regional solid waste management plans and the moratorium on Styrofoam, single use plastic bags and straws.
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d to be a bi-partite complimentary initiative that aims at supporting the blue economy by bringing proper solid waste management and the phasing out of single use plastics from a national to the local level. This will ensure a proactive and appropriate response to change by the communities. The project will involve a series of educational outreach activities focused on solid waste management in
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