There are 296 projects that match your search.
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2014
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25,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BZE/COMPACT/OP5/Y4/CORE/BD/14/04 |
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The goal of this project is to reduce impending threats of climate change by enhancing the ecosystems that provide the most shoreline protection (mangroves and coral reefs) to coastal communities near Laughing Bird Caye National Park (LBCNP), part ( ... )
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System-World Heritage Site (BBRRS-WHS). These communities include the entire Placencia peninsula (Placencia, Seine Bight, Maya Beach, Riversdale), and Independence and Monkey River Village. This goal relates directly to COMPACT’s second objective in their Site Strategy: to promote the protection, conservation and sustainable resources of the BBRRS-WHS by community
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2014
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33,282.50
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP5/Y4/CORE/BD/14/03 |
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The goal of the project is to enhance use of biodiversity to improve the livelihood of the residents of Aguacate village within the Moho River watershed in southern Toledo District. The project aims to protect and promote sound use of the natural ( ... )
nment in and around Aguacate through community based ecotourism and the sustainable use of the flora and fauna. This will reduce cutting and burning of the forest for subsistence farming, while creating new sustainable income generating opportunities for the
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Belize
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2014
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39,829.50
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BZE/SIDS-CBA/14/02 |
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Corozal Bay Wildlife Sanctuary is considered an eco-regional priority site within the Mesoamerican reef. The large, transboundary, estuarine system has a high degree of natural resource integrity, with large expanses of mangroves and seagrass ( ... )
ing important ecosystem services to the adjacent coastal communities. However, the area is also identified as at the highest national risk of climate change impacts, with more frequent heat waves and droughts, less predictable, more intense rainfall leading to increased flooding, and rising sea levels with associated saline intrusion. This, in a district with the highest rate of poverty increase
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Belize
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CapDev
Climate Change Mitigation
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2014
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2,012.50
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP5/Y3/CORE/CC/14/01 |
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The planning grant will be used to ensure participation of all households in the planning and development of the project, to establish the Power Board in the village, to survey the households to determine which system each household will want, and ( ... )
pare the full
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Belize
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Biodiversity
CapDev
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2014
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5,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP5/Y4/CORE/2014/04 |
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The planning grant is being requested to assist the Jane Usher Neighborhood Association (JUNA) in doing the following:
1) Complete the sensitization campaign that will target the different neighborhoods in the community.
2) Complete the gathering ( ... )
eline data on the prospective participants in the project.
3) Hire a consultant to analyze the data collected, meet with the communities and write a project proposal
4) Have 2 consultations with prospective participants in the project. One consultation will be before the project is written, in order to gather information from the prospective participants and the other will be after the project
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Belize
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Biodiversity
CapDev
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2014
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25,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BZE/COMPACT/OP5/Y3/CORE/BD/14/02 |
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The goal of the project is to (i) develop a culture of responsible and sustainable utilization within the commercial fishing industry, and (ii) identify possible alternatives that will reduce impact on existing resources. The first goal contributes ( ... )
COMPACT Strategy’s second and third objectives which state “To promote the protection conservation and sustainable use of resources of the Belize Barrier Reef System…by community groups, community based organizations and the general public” and “to develop and/or enhance the management capacities of community groups who use and impact the resources of the BBRS-WHS as well as those who
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Belize
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CapDev
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2014
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5,092.50
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP5/Y4/CORE/CD/14/02 |
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This project will conduct the participation of state and non-state actors (communities and Civil Society Organizations) in the crafting of the country statement that will be presented by the Head of Delegation at the SIDS Conference. The statement ( ... )
he Belize’s Head of Delegation (Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Sustainable Development) will be much stronger and more appreciated if it can be said that it comes with the voices of the country’s poor and vulnerable communities and its civil society.
Objectives:
1. Obtain broad stakeholder participation
2. Share information and obtain input on the six (6) thematic areas listed
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2014
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25,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BZE/COMPACT/OP5/Y4/CORE/BD/14/03 |
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This project will be implemented over a 12 months period and will seek to achieve the following objectives;
1. Build the human, and infrastructure capacity of CFA to represent fishers at local, national and international forums
2. Develop well ( ... )
d strategic and operational plans that would lead to achieving the objectives of the association
3. Promote responsible fishing practices and provide fishers with reliable and timely information on the fishery sector.
4. Collaborate with partners to develop, plan and implement fisheries diversification, economic alternatives or any activity that results in a reduction of cost of living and
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2013
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20,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BZE/COMPACT/OP5/Y3/CORE/BD/13/03 |
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The principal goal of this project is to enhance community involvement in the protection of the
Rio Grande River Watershed. The riparian forests within the Rio Grande watershed have deteriorated through habitat degradation and deforestation. Much ( ... )
land clearance has been by farmers who typically clear most riverside trees, leaving favored species such as fig. However Hurricane Iris, in 2001, also destroyed huge swathes of lowland forests, including trees that had been spared by farmers. Re-growth was then prevented in many areas by famers using the land for traditional Milpa agriculture or grazing
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Belize
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Biodiversity
CapDev
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2013
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45,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP5/Y3/CORE/CD/13/05 |
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The request for resources from the GEF/SGP programme is to enhance the productive capacity of the cooperative through the development and implementation of an Institutional Capacity Building Programme that would address the issues of improved ( ... )
tion technology, environmental degradation and sustainability, cooperative management and marketing. It will put into effect a “learn by doing” strategy based on the practical training and capacitating of members on major issues of production and
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2013
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2,500.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP5/Y2/CORE/BD/13/01 |
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The goal of the project is to improve the livelihoods of the residents of Aguacate village through the conservation and sustainable use of the biodiversity resources within the Aguacate area.
Aguacate has approximately 85 square kilometers of ( ... )
al land and about 50 per cent of this is comprised of steep mountains that are not suitable for farming. Our landscape offers abundant flora and fauna and rich cultural resources. This bio-diverse environment is fostered by a tropical broadleaf forest within the upper reaches of the Moho River watershed. There are numerous species of plants and wildlife along with caves and waterfalls that are
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Belize
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International Waters
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2013
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50,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BZE/COMPACT/OP5/Y3/CORE/BD/13/01 |
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The goal of this project is to further reduce fishing dependency and pressure in and around the BBRRS-WHS (GSSCMR and LBCNP) in the north tip of the Gladden and Silk Cayes Marine Reserve, and strengthen the institutional and financial capacity of ( ... )
CSL by establishing ten more renewable, sustainable seaweed farms.
This project is directly in line with the first objective of the COMPACT Phase II Strategy, “to expand the sustainable livelihoods options for community group who impact the reef system with a view towards reducing stressors on the BBRS-WHS”. The project will accomplish this by providing training to 25 fishers with
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Belize
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Biodiversity
CapDev
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2013
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50,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP5/Y3/CORE/BD/13/04 |
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As Belize’s environmental threats become more evident in the face of weak monitoring and enforcement capacities of the regulatory bodies, the need for effective co-managers is more pronounced.
Despite the effort in protecting large areas of land ( ... )
rine environment, Belize faces increasing anthropocentric pressures that impact the biodiversity and viability of its protected areas.
The fundamental responsibility for ensuring the development and proper management of the national protected areas system lies with the Government. However, given its limited human, financial and technical resources to ensure proper management of the country’s
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2013
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40,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BZE/COMPACT/OP5/Y3/CORE/BD/13/02 |
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The purpose of this project is to produce a publication targeted at policy makers, fishermen, tour guides, other users of the marine resources, and students, providing information on the roles of each of Belize’s marine protected area, management ( ... )
s, rules and regulations, and specific benefits (biodiversity, socio-economic and environmental). Highly visual in format, the publication will be developed with the integrated participation of the fishing and tourism stakeholders, and in collaboration with the Fisheries Department and co-management agencies, through a series of concept and review meetings. These meetings are particularly
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Belize
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Community Based Adaptation
CapDev
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2013
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1,845.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BZE/SIDS-CBA/13/01 |
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The objective of this project is to improve adaptive capacity, increase food security and promote sustainable development in the Medina Bank community to combat the challenges posed by climate change, addressing the thematic areas of "Food ( ... )
ty" and "Natural Resources/Ecosystem Resilience and Related Livelihoods" through nationally replicable
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2013
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50,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP5/Y3/CORE/BD/13/03 |
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The project aims at improving the sustainability of Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (CBWS) through the promotion of sustainable supplementary livelihoods, an environmental stewardship program and monitoring incursion trends. |
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2013
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5,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BZE/COMPACT/OP5/Y2/CORE/BD/12/05 |
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Improve the welfare of coastal fishing communities and increase conservation, protection and sustainable harvest of marine resources from the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System. |
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Belize
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Biodiversity
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2013
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22,500.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BZE/COMPACT/OP5/Y3/CORE/BD/13/04 |
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PROJECT GOAL:
Improve the welfare of coastal fishing communities and increase conservation, protection and sustainable harvest of marine resources from the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System.
PROJECT OBJECTIVE
Strengthen the institutional ( ... )
ty of the Belize Fishermen Cooperative Association (BFCA) to manage, develop and sustain programs that fulfill its
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Belize
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Biodiversity
CapDev
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2013
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4,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BZE/SGP/OP5/Y2/CORE/BD/13/02 |
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The planning grant will be used to cover the cost of cooperative meetings, transportation and communication costs, meeting materials, and to hire a facilitator/proposal writer for the project for the “Strengthening the Institutional & Productive ( ... )
ty of Cayo Quality Honey Producers Cooperative Society Limited (CQHPC) Through the Adoption of Sound Agro-Ecological
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Belize
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Community Based Adaptation
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2013
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5,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: BZE/SIDS-CBA/13/02 |
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The objective of this project is to provide productive adaptation to climate change for 60-plus grain producers in the Belize River Valley communities who plant approximately two (2) acres per crop cycle each by providing irrigation capability for ( ... )
g in the dry season instead of the rainy season and reduce the risk of crop loss due to increased flooding resulting from climate change.
This will be achieved through the provision of ten 3-inch diesel pumps, with intake hoses and output pipes for rotational use among the members and plastic/rubber liner material for implementation of 5 or more artificial
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