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Engaging local communities and indigenous people in the fight against illegal wildlife trade in the Congo Basin: a case study of

WWF work in South-East Cameroon

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Limbe, 25th February 2016

Alain Bernard ONONINO WWF

Engaging local communities and indigenous people in the fight against illegal wildlife trade in the Congo Basin:

a case study of WWF work in South-East Cameroon

THE AREA



• More than 20 years of

continuous field presence

with two field programmes:

JENGI TNS and JENGI

TRIDOM

• Continuous work with local

communities on the

promotion of sustainable

development through

participatory management of

natural resources as well as

providing alternatives for the

development of the local

community



• WWF is supporting the signing process of an MoU

between local communities and the three park

services (Boumba Bek, Lobeke and Nki). For these

three parks, WWF is continuously working with local

communities to regularly update areas where they

can exercise their user rights within the parks

• WWF has worked with administrative authorities

and council representatives (mayors) to ensure that

the composition of the community governance

structure managing 10% of forest and wildlife

royalties belonging to communities reflects the

demographic composition of ethnic groups (Bantus

and Bakas)

• WWF has worked (technical input) for the micro-

development projects (such as

Pisciculture/fishpond, poultry farming) put in place

by communities with their 10% of forest and wildlife

royalties

KEY ACTIVITIES and RESULTS



• WWF has worked with the local communities

(based on field experience) and CSOs advocating

for the introduction of the idea of the creation of

community hunting zones (CHZ) in the revised

forestry and wildlife law

• So far in South East Cameroon, there have been

14 community hunting zones (CHZ) gazetted

managed by CHZ 9 committees (COVAREF).

These zones are meant for community subsistence

hunting while also providing revenues through

sport hunting. An average of 30 million CFA

(around USD 60.000) is generated each year as

revenues for these communities to implement

micro development projects.




• Support to various community development

projects aimed at promoting sensitization and

education on the scope and damages of wildlife

crime amongst others.

• This includes activities such as the training of

members of local communities and indigenous

people on information management (how to gather

and share with las enforcement agencies

information on illegal wildlife activities) so as to

dismantle organized criminal syndicates and

improve the effectiveness of anti-poaching patrols




• Confusion and misunderstanding of the role and mandate of WWF as a conservation

NGO, thus leading to undue expectations, unfair accusations and hence frustration

of local people

• Insufficient ressources to support development projects and carry out specific to the

benefit of local communities

MAIN CHALLENGES



• WWF, other international conservation organizations and global institutions are

promoting a new approach called “zero poaching toolkit” designed in six pillars

amongst which one on “engagement with local communities”

• WWF will support the roll-out of the toolkit will in 21 selected sites in Central Africa

including TNS and TRIDOM

PERSPECTIVES: Promotion of the "Zero Poaching" Framework

www.zeropoaching.org

http://www.zeropoaching.org/

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