Publication: Mauritius - Biodiversity Restoration
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2004-05
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2012-08-13
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This project (1996-2001), whose total cost was $1.6 million, intended to (a) protect critically endangered biodiversity of international importance by restoring degraded small island habitats and propagating and reintroducing endemic species to these habitats; and (b) strengthen capacity for the management and monitoring of biodiversity restoration.
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“World Bank. 2004. Mauritius - Biodiversity Restoration. Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 100. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9693 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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