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Empowering Women and Youth for Threats Reduction in Northwest Ecuador

Grantee Name: Fundación para el Desarrollo de Alternativas Comunitarias de Conservación del Trópico

Hotspot
Tropical Andes
Location
Ecuador
Amount
$163,440
Dates
Dec 2024 – Nov 2025
Keywords
Buffer zones, Capacity building, Climate adaptation, Communication, Community-based conservation, Education, Fire management, Gender, Habitat conservation and management, Indigenous People, Protected Areas, Youth, Ecosystem resilience, Landscape Resilience

Increase capacity of women and youth to reduce biodiversity threats from forest fires and unsustainable land use in the Key Biodiversity Areas of the Awa Territory and El Ángel Ecological Reserve. Support leadership training and empowerment, forest fire prevention and control, communications and participatory governance. Establish an early warning system for threat identification. Promote organizational development and capacity building to integrate gender considerations into conservation projects.

Strategic Direction :

4 Cultivate a highly-trained, well-coordinated and resilient civil society sector at the local, corridor, and hotspot levels to achieve CEPF's conservation outcomes.

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