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Building Local Capacity for Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in the Okavango Delta

3rd Quarter 2010 Biokavango Highlights

“Buy a basket with a clear conscience!” is the message coming out of the support to Shorobe Basket Cooperative located on the eastern fringes of the Okavango Delta. The Cooperative's members, mainly women (31 women and 4 men), have been trained in marketing, governance and biodiversity conservation. The sites where palm trees will be planted have been identified and fenced.

General Commentary on the Project and its Progress

Ecosystem processes (and their structure and functioning) are critical to the livelihoods of the human populations of the Okavango Delta (critical ecosystem services include nutrient enrichment for livestock grazing, provision of food, medicinal plants and building materials for local communities, and the sustenance of wildlife populations, on which the economically import

Okavango Delta Wins the WTTC 2010 Award for Destination Stewardship

World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) awarded the Okavango Delta Ramsar Site (ODRS) the 2010 Destination Stewardship Award. The Okavango was one of the three finalists in that category which included Mount Huangshan Scenic Site in China (host country for the awards) and County of Montenegro (Eastern Europe).

Special Updates / Best Practices

As the BIOKAVANGO Project slowly draws towards the end, it is important that stakeholders are kept abreast of the progress. Due to the vast array of project stakeholders, there is need to provide a snapshot of the project outputs, and below we report on the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fishing; Water quality monitoring program, constructed wetland sewage polishing system and basketry weavers at Shorobe.

What is the Biokavango Initiative about?

The BioKavango is an intervention designed specifically to test the biodiversity mainstreaming hypothesis that underpins the GEF biodiversity Focal Area Strategic Priority 2; it is a sustainable livelihoods- and biodiversity-focused project, implemented through the mainstreaming of biodiversity conservation and sustainable development objectives across several production s

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