IUCN NL director Liliana Jauregui: ‘We must continue…
06 February, 2025
IUCN NL director Liliana Jauregui: ‘We must continue…
06 February, 2025
Land Acquisition Fund celebrates 25 years: ‘We need…
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Tuesday 02 july 2019
Header photo: Sitatunga (c) CREDI
CREDI received the prize for their creation of an agroecological farm and a 67,000-hectare Community Natural Park. “Their work harmonizes local communities with nature and puts youth at the center of climate mitigation,” says Jan Kamstra of IUCN NL. “Their work centers around the set up and management by local communities of the “Sitatunga Valley” nature reserve, an area in Southern Benin that is rich in biodiversity.”
The Sitatunga is a threatened species of ‘swamp’ antelope. “The reserve has been the first in Benin to be formally recognized as a Community Based Protected Area,” Kamstra states. IUCN NL has been supporting CREDI since 2007.
The Equator prize honors 22 community initiatives that advance solutions for climate change and strengthen communal life. The award ceremony will take place in New York on 24 September 2019.
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