browsing case studies for: Local employment/job creation
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Andean Potato Park, January 2008
Agency: Asociacion ANDES (Peru) and Asociation of Potato Park Communities
Donor/support agency: IIED/DGIS; Others
Conservation goals: Conservation, sustainable use and adaptive management of agrobiodiversity and mountain ecosystems
Poverty reduction goals: Develop and implement local poverty reduction strategies based on local concepts of well being (to strengthen local food systems and economies based on equitable NRM)
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Collaboration between NGOs, private sector and international organisations for processing and marketing of eco products in Amazon Basin, 2002
Agency: Bolsa Amazonia
Donor/support agency: United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD); POEMA
Conservation goals: Sustainable use of natural resources
Poverty reduction goals: Promotion of sustainable enterprises to improve the livelihoods of local communities
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Community Based Ecotourism Initiative in Lower Kinabatangan, Malaysia, 2004
Agency: MESCOT, community group
Donor/support agency: WWF Norway; Sabah Forest Department; and others
Conservation goals: Conservation of local habitat and environment
Poverty reduction goals: Establishing alternative sources of income
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Community Co-management of Mohzli Marine Park, Comoros, 2002
Agency: Comoros Government, IUCN, UNDP, UNEP, GEF
Donor/support agency: IUCN; UNDP; UNEP; GEF
Conservation goals: Conservation of the biodiversity of the marine protected area
Poverty reduction goals: Improving the livelihoods of local people
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Conservation and Development through Local Participation in Mosquitia, Honduras, 2002
Agency: Mosquitia Pawisa Agency for the Development of the Honduras Mosquitia (MOPAWI)
Donor/support agency: The Nature Conservancy
Conservation goals: Ensuring ecological sustainablity, strenghtening indigenous technical knowledge and resource management
Poverty reduction goals: Combining conservation with the socioeconomic needs of people
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Conservation of a biodiversity rich wetland through ecotourism in Uganda, 2004
Agency: Kibale Association for Rural and Environmental Development (KAFRED)
Donor/support agency: IUCN Uganda; North Carolina Zoo; Uganda Wildlife Authority
Conservation goals: Conservation of the biodiversity rich wetland outside nationally protected Kibale National Park
Poverty reduction goals: Benefitting communities from tourism buisness
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Conservation through enterprise development in Kunene region, Namibia, 2004
Agency: Torra Conservancy
Donor/support agency: WWF; Save the Rhino Trust; Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Namibia
Conservation goals: Conservation of wildlife of Kunene region
Poverty reduction goals: Improving the livelihoods of local people
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Conservation through trade in eco products in Boca do Acre, Brazil, 2002
Agency: AmazonLife Company
Donor/support agency: Company Couro Vegetal da Amazonia S.A.; Nawa Institute for Development of Sustainable Extractivism
Conservation goals: Conservation of Amazonian forests
Poverty reduction goals: To make rubber tapper's traditional handicraft competitive in international market
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Ecotourism in Amazonian Perù 2: Explorer's Inn, 1996
Donor/support agency: Peruvian Government
Conservation goals: Conserve biodiversity in the Zona Reservada Tambopata
Poverty reduction goals: None initially. In a second time, a revenue sharing scheme with the local community of Infierno and the provision of jobs for some residents of Infierno
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Ecotourism in Belize 2: Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (CBWS), 1994
Agency: Belize Audubun Society (BAS)
Conservation goals: Protect the jaguar (Panthera onca), the local watershed, and the ecosystem generally
Poverty reduction goals: Promote nature-based tourism in order to improve the national and local economy