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Offshore Islands Conservation Programme: Maintaining Rat-Free Islands for the Benefit of Antigua's Biodiversity and People
Grantee Name: 
Environmental Awareness Group Inc. (EAG)
HOTSPOT
Caribbean Islands
AMOUNT
US$117,160
DATES
Jul 2012
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Aug 2014
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CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Caribbean Islands
AMOUNT
US$117,160
DATES
Jul 2012
-
Aug 2014

Strengthen the capacity of the Environmental Awareness Group as a local organization to address current and future biodiversity conservation needs of the Offshore Islands, focusing on the control and eradication of invasive alien species. This grant supports coursework and mentoring on preventing, monitoring, and eradicating invasive species; design and implementation of biosecurity, eradication, and biodiversity monitoring programs on 10 islands; public education to raise awareness of the importance of preventing the reinvasion of alien species; and institutional strengthening and fund raising.

Strategic Direction: 1 Improve protection and management of 45 priority key biodiversity areas