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Facilitating the Compensation Payments for the Derema Forest Reserve, East Usambara Mountains
Grantee Name: 
World Wide Fund for Nature
HOTSPOT
Eastern Afromontane
Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa
AMOUNT
US$137,762
DATES
Jul 2005
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Apr 2010
Stats
Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Eastern Afromontane
Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa
AMOUNT
US$137,762
DATES
Jul 2005
-
Apr 2010

Secure one of the most important biodiversity sites in Africa, the Derema corridor, linking the Amani Nature Reserve in the East Usambara Mountains to several other forest reserves. This grant will establish the working mechanisms for a compensation scheme capitalized by the governments of Tanzania and Finland, the Global Conservation Fund, and other donors.

Strategic Direction: 2 Restore and increase connectivity among fragmented forest patches in the hotspot, especially in Lower Tana River Forests; Taita Hills; East Usambaras/Tanga; and Udzungwas