In 2006 a socio-economic household survey was conducted for the Integrated Community-Based Eco-System Management (ICEMA) Project. The ICEMA Project is funded by the Global Environment Facility, through the World Bank, as well as the French Global Environmental Fund, and is implemented by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET). The Project aim is to support "community-based integrated ecosystem management practices through the National [Community-Based Natural Resource Management] CBNRM framework - restore, secure and enhance key ecosystem processes in targeted conservancies, with biodiversity and land conservation and sustainable use as a Goal" (Terms of Reference).