Environment Grant

$51.9K USD

Funder	Inter-American Foundation
Recipient Organization	Voces por la Naturaleza, A.C.
Country	Mexico
Start Date	Feb 19, 2015
End Date	Nov 20, 2019
Duration	1,735 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`50076-36`

Grant Description

Voces por la Naturaleza in Mexico (SuMar) will increase the collective capacity of 10 local community-based enterprises to advocate for, design, and implement community-managed tourism initiatives in the Gulf of California of Mexico.

SuMar will offer training, technical assistance, small grants as seed capital and exchanges to develop quality and viable local initiatives.

It will document experiences and develop a network of small community- owned tourism enterprises that support species and habitat conservation, the Alianza Regional de Empresas Comunitarias de Turismo (ARECOT), to share experiences, generate greater regional impact and influence existing state and national government-sponsored tourism programs.

At least 292 members of the 10 groups will benefit directly from project activities and more than 600 residents will benefit indirectly.