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Author/Contact:
Mr. Vasil Ananyan
Project Coordinator
Tel: (+374 10) 54 61 56 (ext. 16)
E-mail: vananyan@wwfcaucasus.org
Ms. Hermine Hakobyan
Partnership & Communications Manager
Tel: (+374 10) 54 61 56 (ext. 15)
Email: hhakobyan@wwfcaucasus.org
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Resource description:
Establishment of Community Based Conservation Areas (CBCA) will help counteract the negative effects of unsustainable use of natural resources. CBCA models will be set up based on ecosystem services that result in biodiversity conservation and additional income for local communities via well-managed protected areas, eco-tourism, processing and marketing of products, participatory range and habitat management.
Requirements:
- To assist in diversifying livelihoods by creating incentives and monetary benefits for local communities to maintain biodiversity and ecosystem services, thereby decreasing unsustainable natural resources use and overgrazing.
- The project directly contributes to the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan of Armenia as well as to National Strategy on Development of Protected Area System.
- This project contributes directly to the BMZ/KfW-funded Government-endorsed Ecoregional Corridor Fund through piloting key approaches for sustainable management and protection of biodiversity in ecological corridors.
Advantages:
- It is anticipated that communities will recognize the direct monetary (e.g. from Non-Timber-Forest-Products) and non-monetary (e.g. clean drinking water) benefits they derive from functioning intact ecosystems and thus have stronger ownership for the natu
- Project activities are planned in two remarkable areas of Armenia - environs of spectacular Vorotan Canyon in Syunik Province and mountains of Vayots Dzor, holding vast amount of the country's natural and cultural heritage.
Constraints:
- N/A
Development stage:
- Early access - beta phase