PURPOSE: Support and enhance sustainable plant-based livelihoods that are underpinned by biodiversity in South Africa's Eastern Cape. GOAL:: Conservation of biodiversity through the development of an alternative supply of natural resources, and by affecting changes in local resource-use practice. SUMMARY:The Africulture Project was established to develop training and advocacy to support and enhance sustainable resource management and skills in the cultivation of traditionally used indigenous medicinal plants; to reduce stress on wild populations; to supply cultivated indigenous plants; and to develop an infrastructure to generate project income for long-term sustainability.
Darwin Initiative Round 32 is now open for applications! A new round of funding to support ambitious projects delivering impact for biodiversity and communities.
From scaling successful approaches to strengthening locally led conservation, explore key lessons shared by projects working on the front line of biodiversity action.
