There are 296 projects that match your search.
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2002
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49,798.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BZE/02/01 |
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The project is aimed at supporting community-based biodiversity conservation through human and technical capacity building for the BFCA and its member cooperatives. Specifically the project will provide for:
1. Information and Communication ( ... )
logy (ICT) infrastructure and staff development,
2. Increasing public awareness and knowledge on the vale, conservation and sustainable use of coastal marine biodiversity,
3. Strengthening international collaboration on community based approaches to coastal marine biodiversity co-management,
4. Establishing a surveillance enforcement & assessment supports (SEAS) programme, support
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2002
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49,611.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BZE/UNF-GEF/02/04 |
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Friends of Nature (FoN) grew out of the Community-Based Organization (CBO) known as Friends of Laughing Bird Caye (FOLBC), which came into existence in 1991. The organization is made up of representatives of five communities: Hopkins, Seine Bight, ( ... )
ndence, Monkey River and Placencia, all located in the central/southern region of Belize. Several individuals started FOLBC; including fishermen, tour guides, and hotel owners, particularly from the Placencia Peninsula area, who became concerned about certain occurrences taking place in the area. Firstly, that Laughing Bird Caye, a traditional site for fishing camps for fishermen from the
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2002
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49,775.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BZE/02/03 |
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The Antillean or West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) is native to the western tropical atlantic, but primarily found along the southern coast of Florida and along the eastern coast of Central America. Belizean waters are believed to ( ... )
e habitat for 300 - 700 Manatees, the largest population in Central America and the Caribbean. Manatees are endangered throughout its range and are protected internationally under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
Green Reef Environmental Institute is seeking to execute a national Manatee awareness campaign following the award-winning Promoting Protection
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2002
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40,492.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BZE/UNF-GEF/02/07 |
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Watersheds play an important role in the formation of biological corridors, survival of endangered species, and help determine the health of the barrier reef. Everything that flows out of the watersheds in Belize affects the reef in some way or ( ... )
r. The North Stann Creek River (NSCR) watershed is one that is being threatened by both agricultural effluent and sedimentation due to agricultural land developments. It is not only being threatened, but because of the activities occurring within its watershed region, the watershed itself threatens the barrier reef. This threat results from the run-off of agrochemicals and heavy flow of
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2002
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1,263.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BZE/02/04 |
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Planning grant to develop a proposal to strengthen the institutional capacity of Itzamna Society to effectively co-manage the Don Elijio Panti National Park. |
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2002
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505.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BZE/UNF/02/01 |
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Planning grant to develop a proposal to provide traps, shades, and training to the active members of the Rio Grande Fishermen Cooperative as a means of attaining an alternative source of income; given their current displacement from the enactment of ( ... )
ions on the SCMR, which has traditionally been used as fishing ground.
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2002
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646.46
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BZE/UNF-GEF/02/01 |
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Planning grant to develop a proposal that seeks to collect baseline data on changes in numbers and sizes of commercially important species within the Bacalar Chico Marine Reserve to be used in evaluation the success of soning, protection, and ( ... )
nability of the commercial
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2002
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934.34
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BZE/UNF/02/04 |
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Planning grant to develop a project to demonstrate to the traditional users of the Belize Barrier Reef World Heritage Site (BBRWHS) the viability of alternative self-sustaining marine-based commercial activities and at the same time maintain the ( ... )
ity and global significance of the Belize Barrier Reef System. The primary beneficiaries will be fishers and tourism service providers that use the South Water Caye Marine Reserve to generate their livelihood. Their primary concern is how to maintain that livelihood with less risk or more profit. The project will develop and market Irish Moss (seaweed) products, which can be produced by
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2002
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1,263.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BZE/UNF/02/03 |
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Planning grant to develop a proposal that proposes to train fifteen (15) fishermen from the five communities to becoming Dive Masters. Surveys have shown consistent erosion in take home income of fishermen as the fishery resource continues to ( ... )
e. As traditional fishery is decreasing, there is a vital need to seek out other economic alternatives that will help to alleviate the stress placed on income earners as their income lessens. Given their knowledge of boat handling and good dive sites, it is felt that local fishermen will more easily accept activities that can make use of these already earned qualification. In consultation with
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2002
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50,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BZE/UNF-GEF/02/02 |
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The main objective of this project is to provide fisher folks and tour guides with the knowledge, skills and attitudes that will assist them to become efficient tour guides. This goal is in tandem with COMPACT’s Programme Strategy, which seeks to ( ... )
improved training for existing tour guides, as well as provide guide training to fishers who have traditionally used the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (BBRRS) to earn their
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2002
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50,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BZE/UNF-GEF/02/03 |
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The "Promoting Long-term Sustainable Fisheries Management through Education and Training of Lighthouse Reef Atoll Stakeholders” Program aims to empower local stakeholders of HMCNM and BHNM to participate in the sustainable management of the ( ... )
ouse Reef Atoll. This Program will complement the "Conservation of the Lighthouse Reef Atoll (ConLiR)" Project, which aims to conserve the globally significant biodiversity on Lighthouse Reef Atoll, in order to sustain multiple uses including tourism, fishing, research, education, and public appreciation. ConLiR’s marine education program is developed to reach several target groups.
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2002
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1,010.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BZE/02/05 |
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Planning grant to develop a proposal to enhance on-going work to 1) co-manage Spanish Creek Wildlife Sanctuary and protect the biodiversity of the creek and surrounding tropical forest, 2) to stimulate economic development of the village and ( ... )
te income with emphasis on community-based eco-tourism, and 3) to continue to coordinate and deliver environmental education to the community and school.
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2002
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30,964.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BZE/UNF/02/05 |
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The Zoo proposes a program of school visits, including the presentation of a specially developed program on the reef and its resources, and an end-of-the-year marine environmental science fair, to achieve this goal. By the end of the project, 30 ( ... )
y school teachers from all over Belize would have been educated on marine conservation topics by participating in the Zoo’s annual study tour for primary school teachers and Zoo Educators would have made an estimated 60 presentations in 20 schools from 12 coastal communities to 6,000 students and teachers in the two southern most districts; an additional 800 students and teachers from three of
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2002
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33,851.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BZE/02/02 |
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During the community consultations carried out with the GEF/SGP planning grant it was observed that community members had little knowledge of the SCMR, both in terms of conservation and management. Communities requested greater contact and follow ( ... )
TASTE, and also simple presentation of environmental issues through communication and outreach materials. There was complete support for the GEF/SGP project activities proposed by TASTE/SCMR.
GOAL: The goal of the project, therefore is:
To build the capacity of TASTE to co-manage the Sapodilla Caye Marine Reserve through appropriate staffing and training, institutional strengthening
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2002
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46,972.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BZE/UNF/02/06 |
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The project is aimed at developing the capacity of TASTE in its role as co-manager of the SCMR. Throughout the project timeline, TASTE will strive to ensure continued and increased community involvement working through participants in the outreach ( ... )
mmes. Participation will be built through additional visits to communities. The project will have an ongoing evaluation/monitoring component.
It is expected that at the completion of this project, 80% of its targeted population (Students in Standard 5 to 6 in Primary Education and first to fourth form high school students) will be better able to understand the value of marine natural
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2002
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50,000.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BZE/UNF-GEF/02/05 |
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The Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve (SCMR) consists of 14 named cayes and two unnamed ephemeral islands. The SCMR is a site of great geological importance, with a unique J-formation that contains numerous channels and large shoal patches, and ( ... )
es the second most important nesting site for the Hawksbill marine turtle in Belize. The sea grass bed in the SCMR lagoon is also rich with conch and lobster, while the outer reef represents a significant spawning ground for mutton snapper and grouper.
In February 2001, a co-management arrangement for the Sapodilla Cayes was established between the Fisheries Department and a local NGO, the
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2002
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18,383.84
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BZE/UNF/02/07 |
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The overall goal of this project proposal, in terms of the COMPACT Project Strategy , is to support the overall 2001-2003 BFCA Capacity-Building for Self-Sustainability initiative through community-based educational interventions. Specifically, the ( ... )
t provided for the following activities:
1. Employ a full time Training Coordinator to oversee and implement all education and awareness activities in the 2001 –2003 BFCA Development Programme.
2. Conduct four - (4) training workshops in Belize City, San Pedro, Placentia and Punta Gorda for a total of one hundred - (100) selected stakeholders (i.e. community leaders and youth from all member
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2001
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1,263.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BZE/01/07 |
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Planning grant to develop a proposal to support community-based Biodiversity Conservation in view of increasing development pressures on Belize’s coastal/marine resources and in terms of the GEF/SGP Belize Country Strategy. |
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2001
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45,487.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BZE/01/05 |
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TThe prevalent experience and perception in Toledo is that conservation entails the locking away of the resources of an area from the people, so, the idea of biodiversity conservation for sustainable development is not readily comprehended. ( ... )
er, adherence to traditional practices of milpa farming (involving clearance of tracts of forest for corn production) and hunting have caused biodiversity loss, soil erosion and the siltation of water sources. It also means that villagers tend to think that natural resources will always be available to provide for their varying needs. However, older villagers readily lament the days when game
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2001
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1,263.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: BZE/01/08 |
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Planning grant to devleop a proposal to provide environmental education about the Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve and its ecosystems in formal settings and also as community outreach based upon efficient communications and a strong organizational ( ... )
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