Coastal Marine and Biodiversity Management

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The overall development objective of the Coastal, Marine and Biodiversity Management GEF Project for Guinea is to promote rational management of Guinea's coastal biodiversity for both conservation and sustainable development ends in selected priority areas, with a particular emphasis on assisting communities in and around these priority areas to plan, implement and maintain environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive alternative livelihoods options. There are 5 project components. Component 1 funds protection and conservation of coastal RAMSAR sites. Its subcomponents 1) establish an integrated conservation zone, 2) supports conservation zone management, and builds impact monitoring and evaluation. Component 2 supports an enabling environment for integrated coastal zone management. Its subcomponents support institutional strengthening and coastal zone knowledge and communication. Component 3 supports a local investment fund. Component 4 supports local capacity building. Component 5 supports program management, and monitoring and evaluation.