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Developing and Implementing a Participatory Nature Tourism Strategy for Nalga de Maco National Park Key Biodiversity Area
Grantee Name: 
Sociedad Ornitológica de la Hispaniola Inc
HOTSPOT
Caribbean Islands
AMOUNT
US$150,211
DATES
Jul 2012
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Oct 2015
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Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Caribbean Islands
AMOUNT
US$150,211
DATES
Jul 2012
-
Oct 2015

Prepare and implement an ecotourism strategy for Nalga de Maco National Park and its buffer zone, located near the Haitian-Dominican Republic border. This grant supports the identification of landscape, biological and cultural attractions and a market study to develop the ecotourism strategy, in consultation with local communities and the government. The grant will assist with implementation, through infrastructure development, training, marketing, and fund raising.

Strategic Direction: 2 Integrate biodiversity conservation into landscape and development planning and implementation in six conservation corridors