Sustainable financing for protected area management in Bolivia’s Andean foothills
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Extra
VALUE £4,998,396
WHERE Bolivia
Summary
The Departmental Governments of Santa Cruz, Tarija and Pando will enhance the conservation status of 4 million hectares of Bolivian protected areas and alleviate poverty and increase resilience in neighbouring communities, through technical, institutional, and financial capacity building for protected area creation, management, and monitoring. Innovative Protected Area management funding streams will be identified and implemented, helping to conserve the watersheds, forests, carbon, and wildlife in and around a series of protected areas in the Andean foothills.
Governors' Climate and Forests Task Force Secretariat, State Government of Tarija, State Government of Chuquisaca, State Government of Santa Cruz, University of Purdue, Dekma Bolivia S.A. and Manurini Eco Import Export, State Government of Pando, Vice Presidency of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
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