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Maximising Conservation and Community Benefits from Plants of Mount Mulanje

 

Key Facts

FUNDING SCHEME ICON
FUNDING SCHEME
Main Project
VALUE ICON
VALUE
£338,252
WHERE ICON
WHERE
Malawi

Summary

This project will use a conservation-commerce model to expand opportunities for local communities in Malawi to benefit from the Mulanje Cedar. Darwin project 23-026 successfully created a local and national market for Mulanje Cedar seedlings, improving the income of >600 local people. The new project will expand opportunities for community benefits from cedar seedlings by improving cedar restoration protocols and establishing cedar essence enterprises, based on a precedent developed by The Body Shop in South Africa for a closely related species. The conservation-commerce model developed for Mulanje Cedar will be applied to other over-exploited species, maximising conservation and community benefits.
 
Status Completed
Reference 26-017
Round 25
Start 01/04/2019
End 31/03/2023

Project Leader


Project Partners
Environmental Affairs Department, Malawi, Department of Forestry, Malawi, Forestry Research Institute of Malawi - FRIM, Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust, TRAFFIC International


Regions
Sub-Saharan Africa

Biomes
DRY LANDS

Production
FORESTRY

Threats To Biodiversity
OVER EXPLOITATION

Broad Approches
IN SITU, GOODS SERVICES, SUSTAINABLE USE, POVERTY REDUCTION, LIVELIHOODS, GENDER

Specific Tools
PARTICIPATORY, TOURISM, ECOSYSTEM SERVICES, NBSAP

Countries
Malawi

Conventions
CBD CITES

Documents:
Download: Log Frame - 26-017 App - 26/09/2019

Download: Final Report - 26-017 FR - 18/09/2023

Download: Annual Report - 26-017 AR3 - 02/03/2023

Download: Half Year Report - 26-017 HYR3 - 25/11/2021

Download: Annual Report - 26-017 AR2 - 11/08/2021

Download: Half Year Report - 26-017 HYR2 - 03/02/2021

Download: Annual Report - 26-017 AR1 - 25/08/2020

Download: Half Year Report - 26-017 HYR1 - 25/08/2020