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Detail of GEF Project #1852
| GEF Project ID | 1852 |
| UNDP PMIS ID | 1366 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | Linking and Enhancing Protected Areas in the Temperate Broadleaf Forest Ecoregion of Bhutan (LINKPA) |
| Country | Bhutan |
| Region | Asia and the Pacific |
| Focal Area | Biodiversity |
| Operational Program | 3 |
| Approval Date | 2003-01-07 |
| GEF Agency Approval Date | 2003-04-30 |
| Project Status | IA Approved |
| GEF Agency | UNDP |
| Executing Agency | WWF Bhutan |
| Description | To strengthen management of biological corridors and protected area network in the broadleaf forest ecoregion based on a landscape scale conservation approach. |
| Implementation Status | The project is on track to meeting its objectives and approaching its operational closure in second quarter of 2008. Various studies initiated on the faunal, avifaunal and grazing ecology has been completed. Following a national level workshop on biological corridor management, various governance options for the corridors were discussed with the stakeholders including the local communities. The evaluation of the integrated conservation and development program was completed with technical support of the Nature Conservation Division. |
| GEF Project Grant | 792,000 USD |
| GEF Grant | 792,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total | 1,063,000 USD |
| Project Cost | 1,855,000 USD |
| GEF Agency Fees | 146,000 USD |
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