| Overview : The Government of Botswana, through the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources, Conservation and Tourism (MENT), in partnership with UNDP, is implementing a 6-year GEF-funded project entitled: : Managing the human-wildlife interface to sustain the flow of agro-ecosystem services and prevent illegal wildlife trafficking in the Kgalagadi and Ghanzi Drylands (PIMS 5590). This is a child project under the World Bank-led Global Wildlife Programme which seeks globally to prevent the extinction of known threatened species through activities that: reduce illegal wildlife trade (IWT) and wildlife crime; protect the habitats of targeted species through improved governance and natural resource management; and, reduce demand for illegally-traded wildlife and wildlife products by changing consumer behaviour, supporting activities that promote alternative, nature-based livelihoods and decrease the costs to communities of living with wildlife (by mitigating human-wildlife conflict |
