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Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants in Arid and Semi-Arid Ecosystems of Egypt

. Saint Katherine Protectorate. In 1996, SKP declared as full protected area , 4350 km

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Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants in Arid and Semi-Arid Ecosystems of Egypt

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    1. Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants in Arid and Semi-Arid Ecosystems of Egypt

    3. SKP Globally Significant Endemic MAP Species

    4. SKP Globally Significant MAP Species

    5. Threats facing MAPs Conservation

    6. Project Overall Objective & Outcomes

    7. Outcome 1: Conservation management of SKP MAP resources strengthened

    8. Community Based Natural Resources Management CBNRM

    9. Rehabilitation & Restoration Program

    10. Living Collection & Gene Bank

    11. Educating the Future Community of Saint Katherine The Green School Program Biodiversity Education Activities Drawings From the Environment Program Environmental Awareness Activities & Campaigns

    12. Educating the Future Community of Saint Katherine

    13. Outcome 2: Developing and strengthening Saint Katherine Medicinal Plants Value Chain The goal of adapting a value chain approach for natural resource management is to motivate the business community to ‘think globally’ and ‘act locally’ with respect to biodiversity and sustainable development aspects.

    14. Strengthening the Value Chain

    15. Developing SKP MAP Value Chain Identifying SKP MAP Value Chain Partners Bringing Whole System in Room for First Time Building Relationships Establishing Common Goals Establishing SKP MAP value Chain Action Plan Selecting a Steering Committee Initiating Agreements and Contracts

    16. Strengthening the Value Chain Sustainable plant sourcing Improving the Enabling environment Improve quality Vertical &horizontal linkages & cooperation Improve communications and awareness Improve market access

    17. Traditional handicrafts support and product development

    18. Outcome 3:Pressure on target resources reduced by use of alternatives

    19. Outcome 4: MAP conservation and management enabling environment strengthened

    20. Outcome 5: Learning, evaluation, and adaptive management increased

    21. Outcome 5: Learning, evaluation, and adaptive management increased

    22. Social and economic benefits of the MPCP Local community economic development i.e. microfinance schemes (more than 100 loans), products development, market access improvement, value chain development, eco-tourism related activities support, CBNRM Revenue generation and business opportunists i.e. bee hives projects, packaging & labeling of medicinal plants, medicinal plants cultivation, traditional crafts support Generation of direct and indirect job opportunities (108 direct job opportunity) Social services i.e. establishment of a pharmacy (serving more than 2500 local citizens), butane cookers, fuel wood Social development i.e. establishment of 2 NGOs, gender equality Cultural support i.e. herbalists school support (15 young herbalists), ABS law Direct and indirect contribution to local and national economy through project expenditures Education and awareness activities i.e. biodiversity education, green school program, summer activities, art classrooms

    23. MPCP relevance to GEF Biodiversity Strategic Long-term Objectives & Strategic Programs for GEF

    24. Project Contribution to the MDGs Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Micro Finance Production development Marketing Business opportunities Job opportunities

    25. Conserving Global Biodiversity By Developing Local ccCommunities Medicinal Plants Conservation Project

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