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Network Creation and Capacity Building in Yayu Biosphere Reserve
Grantee Name: 
Population Health and Environment Ethiopia Consortium
HOTSPOT
Eastern Afromontane
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$214,789
DATES
Jul 2014
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Jun 2017
Stats
Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Eastern Afromontane
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$214,789
DATES
Jul 2014
-
Jun 2017

Create task forces in the Chora, Hurumu and Yayu districts of the Yayu Biosphere Reserve in Ethiopia to better manage the reserve, fostering relationships between local stakeholders and regional and federal decision-making structures. Train school children and families in conservation activities; provide post-harvest training to coffee and honey producer associations; train jobless youth in fuel briquette production; and lead members of parliament on tours of the biosphere reserve so they better understand its economic and social value to the country.

Strategic Direction: 1 Mainstream biodiversity into wider development policies, plans and projects to deliver the co-benefits of biodiversity conservation, improved local livelihoods and economic development in priority corridors.