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Wildlife crime in Uganda: recommendations
- 1. Wildlife crime in Uganda: recommenda1ons
- 2. Evidence review Inves-ga-on of drivers Interven-on evalua-on Recommenda-ons for UWA
- 3. Outreach Resource sharing RPAs Patrolling HWC mi1ga1on Intelligence gathering Wildlife scouts Revenue sharing Alterna1ve livelihoods
- 4. Outreach Resource sharing RPAs Patrolling HWC mi1ga1on Intelligence gathering Wildlife scouts Revenue sharing Alterna1ve livelihoods
- 5. Build rela1onships, develop trust Provide incen1ves Enforce law
- 6. What are the main barriers to implemen1ng this strategy? • Scale – 10,000s of households engaged in wildlife crime • Lack of trust on both sides • Time - behaviour changes do not happen overnight How can these barriers be overcome? • Target interven1ons • Staggered approach • Commit to target villages • Ensure community wardens have correct support • Build partnerships outside conserva1on
- 7. firewood subsistence hun1ng fish commercial hun1ng grazing
- 8. subsistence hunters occasional hunters professional hunters senior hunters middlemen bushmeat traders restaurants and consumers
- 9. A staggered approach can be beneficial • recognises that not all interven1ons are as simple to implement • makes the most of easier wins to develop mutual working rela1onships • allows UWA to focus on issues of greatest concern to each community • provides 1me for interven1ons with longer lead in 1mes to be successful CommiPng to target communi1es is also essen1al • delivering behaviour change takes 1me • need to be able to resolve issues when they arise Community wardens need to receive appropriate support • recogni1on of important role played by community conserva1on efforts • training in key skills
- 10. Wildlife crime is a wider societal issue than conserva1on • hun1ng currently fills a gap leR open by the lack of other livelihood opportuni1es • wild meat is cheaper and beSer quality than domes1c meat Crea1ng jobs and improving farm-based livelihoods requires effec1ve partnerships with other ministries, development agencies and NGOs Replacement protein sources are required to reduce demand for wild meat
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