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Community meeting in Bechi village about conserving biodiversity in Sheka Forest, Key Biodiversity Area.
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Scaling up Alternative Livelihoods and Forest Development and Protection Approaches in Bechi Peasant Association, Sheka Forest, Ethiopia
Grantee Name: 
God for People Relief and Development Organisation
HOTSPOT
Eastern Afromontane
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$20,000
DATES
Dec 2013
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Nov 2014
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Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Eastern Afromontane
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$20,000
DATES
Dec 2013
-
Nov 2014

Train 325 households from Peasant Associations of Bechi Kebele in participatory forest management principles and practices to contribute to a well-conserved Sheka Forest buffer zone in Ethiopia; and scale up alternative means of livelihoods income sources to target forest-dependent communities.

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.