Gibbon and biodiversity conservation through coffee-based agroforestry
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main Project
VALUE £368,461
WHERE Burma (Myanmar)
Summary
The biologically diverse Mann Reserved Forest is globally important, but under threat from unsustainable agriculture. With a private-sector partner, FFI will enable farmers from 11 villages to develop gibbon-friendly agroforestry coffee as an alternative to shifting agriculture, in exchange for gibbon protection measures. This will reduce dependency on forest clearance while strengthening livelihoods, and support the management objectives of the soon-to-be-gazetted 12,400ha Mann Wildlife Sanctuary. This approach has great potential for replication within the Arakan mountains.
