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Protecting Threatened and Endemic Species in Cape Verde: A Major Island Restoration Project
Grantee Name: 
Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves
HOTSPOT
Mediterranean Basin
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$275,309
DATES
Jan 2013
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Sep 2015
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Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Mediterranean Basin
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$275,309
DATES
Jan 2013
-
Sep 2015

Undertake the planning phase for the rehabilitation of Santa Luzia Island and establish biosecurity protocols with a view to the future translocation of the Critically Endangered Raso lark (Alauda razae). Engage with the Cape Verde protected-area authorities and local fishing communities and explore the potential for ecotourism activities within the Santa Luzia Island Natural Reserve and the Brancos and Raso Islets Integrated Reserve.

Strategic Direction: 1 Promote civil society involvement in Integrated Coastal Zone Management to minimize the negative effects of coastal development in three priority corridors (Southwest Balkans, Cyrenaican Peninsula, and Mountains, Plateau