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Addressing Key Gaps in the Management of Timor-Leste’s Mount Kutulau Protected Area

Key Biodiversity Area Terrestrial Protected Area

Governance Livelihoods

Local Communities Indigenous Peoples Women

Management Plan Participation Sustainable Financing

Medium Grant | 272,376.76$ East Timor; Pacific 01.07.2022 – 31.12.2024

Protected and conserved area(s) concerned

Mount Fatumasin

The BIOPAMA AC Objectives addressed

Protected Area Managers are recruited and trained.

Priority need addressed

Building institutional and human capacity of the Protected Area Department in Timor-Leste and building community livelihoods, awareness and support for the Protected Areas.

The change the project implementation will bring for the protected area(s)

By the end of the project, the management effectiveness of the Mount Fatumasin Protected Area will be improved through increased technical and institutional capacity, and community awareness and support.By the end of the project, livelihoods of communities living within the Protected Areas are improved through investment in ten sustainable livelihoods ventures, with a focus on eco-tourism and Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP).

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