Abstract
ABSTRACT Biodiversity conservation is impossible without empowerment and benefit to local communities. This happens through a cultural landscape that supports sustainable human and natural communities. We report on a 3-year project to help four local communities sustainably create semi-natural ecosystems in an area under threat in south Jerusalem that is a candidate World Heritage site. One part of the project involved biodiversity assessment with local participation and resulted in the designation of the area as a protected area. A second part of the project reported here focused on enhancing ecosystem services via enhancement of ecotourism, agricultural production, and marketing in eco-friendly ways all done via community participation. This agroecological approach for 80 farmers in four communities enhanced their production of organic health produce, marketed their products, while learning about local biodiversity (benefiting more than 500 individuals). This happened via agricultural inputs and capacity building (by professionals and by exchanging knowledge). The socioeconomic status of women cooperatives was also improved through the project creating sustainable income and empowerment.
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