COMMUNITY CONSERVATION
- Supported the implementation of community conservation and other projects in each country in areas neighboring the protected areas. The projects livelihoods and income generating projects.
- The GVTC is involved in energy projects seeking solutions to the local community reliance to the park by tree cutting, charcoal and timber exploitation
- Establishing community centers to help communities around the parks to diversify their income as they will be selling different products to tourists
- Improving agriculture by facilitating farmers experience and exchange between farmers of the three countries.
- The GVTC intervenes in initiating new tourism products: e.g., Batwa trail tourism
- Involvement in peace building initiatives in the region through organizing exchange visits and sharing of experience among community groups from the three countries.
- Other projects funded are the bee keeping, tree planting activities, and water harvesting among others.
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