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Displaying 2951 - 2960 of 6947Making urban land titling affordable in Tanzania (World Bank EFO - Appraisal and Design Stage Only)
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This activity (Making urban land titling affordable in Tanzania (World Bank EFO - Appraisal and Design Stage Only)) is a component of Building Urban Resilience to Climate Change in Tanzania reported by FCDO, with a funding type of 109 - Multilateral organisation and a budget of £200,000.This project benefits TANZANIA.And works in the following sector(s): Environmental policy and administrative management, Urban development and management.
Inter-Agency Aggreement with U.S. Forest Service - Environment
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This USAID Inter-Agency Agreement with the U.S. Forest Service will advance U.S. government technical assistance to support improved natural resource management. Kenya's five major Water Towers - Mau Forest Complex, Mt. Kenya, Aberdares, Cherangani Hills, and Mt. Elgon - provide an estimated 75 percent of the country's water resources and are central to Kenya's economic and social well-being. Despite their critical importance, the Water Tower ecosystems have been seriously degraded and continue to be negatively impacted by a number of activities, including ill-planned settlements, overgrazing, uncontrolled and illegal forest resource extraction, and the conversion of forest land to agriculture. The purpose of this activity is to reverse the effects of forests degradation; and to halt a growing water crisis, the loss of biodiversity and to decrease carbon emissions from land use change.
Support to Global Donor Platform
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This activity (Support to Global Donor Platform) is a component of Land Governance for Economic Development reported by FCDO, with a funding type of 111 - Not for profit organisation and a budget of £100,000.This project benefits Developing countries, unspecified.And works in the following sector(s): Agricultural land resources.
USAID Keo Seima Conservation Project (former: Eastern Plains Landscape)
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(Cambodia): Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary (KSWS) is a biologically and culturally rich protected area on a deforestation frontier, and a habitat of globally significant populations of endangered primates and elephants. KSWS is also the traditional home of the Bunong indigenous group. In the past ten years, KSWS's rich and diverse forests have experienced rapid population growth facilitated by road improvement and incentivized by the spread of agro-industrial concessions which strains natural resources. The activity will improve the transparency and effectiveness of law enforcement to protect forests and biodiversity using Spatial Monitoring And Reporting Tool technology; monitor wildlife populations and forest cover to ensure evidence-based management decisions; increase economic opportunities for indigenous and marginalized people by increasing market linkages, and equitable benefit sharing from sustainable financing such as carbon stock sales; empower indigenous communities and marginalized people to gain secure land tenure and rights to forest resources; and, create a communications strategy to influence decision-making for sustainable use and management of natural resources. The activity supports Administration priorities to align with U.S. National Security objectives by increasing the transparency and effectiveness of law enforcement to combat wildlife trafficking, poaching and illegal timber exports. Further, the activity contributes to Mission Objective 4.2 (CDCS DO3) - Strengthen sustainable and resilient pathways out of poverty. The activity was awarded through a sole source mechanism to an implementing partner with unique qualifications to carry out the work, in accordance with federal procurement regulations. ....