Enterprise, Environment, and Equity in the Virunga Landscape of the Great Lakes
Project Description:
The EEEGL program is a joint venture of CARE and the International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP) - a consortium of three international conservation NGOs (WWF, AWF, and FFI) that is a leader in conservation programming in this region. It aims to increase livelihood opportunities for local communities, particularly benefiting the more marginalised and vulnerable groups, based on sustainable use of natural resources, and improved governance of these resources thus contributing substantially to poverty reduction and improved environmental conservation in the Virunga landscape of the transboundary region of Uganda, Rwanda and DRC. The program comprises four major components/themes, that are:
(1) Enterprise: microfinance, ecotourism and non-ecotourism basedenterprise, (2) Participatory natural resource management, including tourism revenue sharing, (3) Community empowerment:organisational strengthening and plociy influencing, and (4) Transboundary collaboration and learning .
