Ecodevelopment

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The Ecodevelopment Project will conserve biodiversity by implementing the ecodevelopment strategy in and around seven protected areas (PAs) and will also include support for preparing future biodiversity projects. The main objectives will be to: 1) improve capacity of PA management to conserve biodiversity and increase opportunities for local participation in PA management activities and decisions; 2) reduce negative impacts of local people on biodiversity, reduce negative impacts of PAs on local people, and increase collaboration of local people in conservation efforts; 3) develop more effective and extensive support for ecodevelopment; 4) ensure effective management of this project; and 5) prepare future biodiversity projects. The project will be implemented over a five-year period from October 1996 through September 2001. Its components correspond to its objectives and comprise: 1) improved PA management; 2) village ecodevelopment that reduces negative interactions of local people on biodiversity and increases collaboration of local people in conservation; 3) education and awareness and impact monitoring and research that develops more effective and extensive support for PA ecodevelopment; 4) overall project management; 5) preparation of future biodiversity projects; and 6) reimbursement of the project preparation facility.

FY17 - Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry,FY17 - Public Administration,FY17 - Social Protection

World Bank Group

Project

Raw Materials, Government, Education