Effective Management of the Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve

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The objective of the Effective Management of the Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve Program for Malawi is to ensure effective management of the Nkhotakota wildlife reserve through a sustainable management model focusing on its Bua watershed area. The project will focus on the Bua River area of the Nkhotakota wildlife reserve, which covers about one third of the reserve. Two roads provide easy access to the reserve in this area, where two tourism concessions are located. And this project have following four components: (i) reserve management, the expected output of this component is 'biological resources inventory carried out for NWR focusing on Bua watershed area'; (ii) revenues for improved reserve support, the expected output of this component is 'tourism assessment and plan for NWR with a focus on the Bua watershed developed in coordination with preparation of the management plan'; (iii) conservation based community livelihood the expected output of this component is 'participatory governance mechanism of Nkhotakota wildlife reserve established'; and (iv) project management the expected output of this component is 'project management functional (financial management, procurement, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) reporting)'.

FY17 - Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry

World Bank

Project

Road, Raw Materials, Hotel, Commercial, Government