Center for Rural Empowerment and the Environment (CREE)
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| Contact details | Center for Rural Empowerment and the Environment (CREE) 2121 I Street Sacramento CA 95816 USA |
| Type of organisation | Conservation organisation |
| Organisation's interest | Conservation Development Human Rights |
| Location | United States of America |
| Learning Group member? | Yes |
Description
CREE is a Non-Governmental Organization that seeks practical solutions to bridging the gap between sustainable development and environmental conservation. CREE achieves this through programs that focus solely on poverty alleviation and resolving human-wildlife conflict.
Projects
1. Facilitating alternative protein sources around Mount Cameroon National Park, Cameroon: community snail farming
2. Sustainable papyrus arts and crafts and eco-cultural tourism in the Yala wetlands, Kenya
3. Minimizing human-lion conflict around Tarangire National Park through education and innovative lion fencing techniques
4. Fostering micro-enterprise development in coastal communities through sea turtle arts and crafts: traditional Moruca embroidery, Guyana.
5. Developing small-scale whale watching eco-tourism in the Babuyan Islands, Philippines.
Geographic coverage
Kenya
Cameroon
Tanzania
Guyana
Philippines
People
Mike Skuja, Executive Director
E-mail: Mike.Skuja@conservationforpeople.org
Phone: 001-262-527-0632
Web URL
http://www.conservationforpeople.org