Biodiversity Mainstreaming into Sectoral Policies and Practices and Strengthened Protection of Biodiversity Ho

Objectives

To ensure strengthened capacities for protection of the internationally recognized biodiversity hot-spots of Montenegro and mainstream biodiversity conservation and sustainable use objectives into the land use planning framework and sectoral practices around the KBAs.

Other

Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.

Target Groups

Project socio-economic benefits are associated with the following individual elements of the project intervention strategy: - Improved management of the PA estate holding a unique recreational value for the local population and visitors. Diversification and improved quality of tourist offer within the PAs - Enhanced financial sustainability of protected areas, innovative business planning and other finance tools providing for more sustainable PA finance; - Support to small businesses in tourism, forestry and agriculture; - Support to and incentives for private forest owners; - Promotion of biodiversity-positive entrepreneurship in forestry; - Support to green farming. Project beneficiaries are listed in the Prodoc in Section 3.2 on Partnerships, Stakeholder Engagement, and Coordination, and in Annex 12 of the Prodoc, the Comprehensive Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Plan. The project is expected to have a minimum of 50,000 direct beneficiaries, and provide gender-disaggregated reporting as stated in the Section IV of the Project Document “Project Results Framework”.