Wildlife crime project overview

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An overview of a three-year project on ‘Pro-poor responses to wildlife crime’ by IIED principal researcher Dilys Roe. The presentation was for the Uganda Wildlife Authority Planning Workshop in July 2015.

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Pro-poor responses to
wildlife crime
• 3 year project (April 2014 –
March 2017)
• Funded by the UK Govt Illegal
Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund
• Implemented by UWA, WCS,
IIED, ICCS

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Two Key Objectives
1. Build national (Ugandan) capacity to
deliver pro-poor responses to wildlife
crime
2. Draw out lessons learned that have
international applicability.

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Three main components
• Research - who undertakes wildlife
crime and why, what interventions
work and why
• Capacity development – Wildlife
crime database
• Changes in policy and practice –
redesigned policies and new wildlife
crime interventions at key sites

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Anticipated outcomes
1. at least one improved or new intervention to tackle wildlife crime is
implemented at each study location, based on local people’s
perceptions,
2. the wildlife crime mitigation policies in at least one of the two
National Parks have been re-designed to ensure fairness and are
being implemented.
3. a functioning wildlife crime database is in routine use by UWA
together with improved reporting processes for monitoring wildlife
crime, for adaptive management and for better targeting of
interventions in response to offender profiles.
4. Lessons learned are disseminated widely (including UWA-led side
event at the 2016 CoP.

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Research Questions
1. What are the drivers and impacts of
wildlife crime?
2. What are the socio-economic profiles
of individuals who participate in
wildlife crime?
3. Which interventions are most
effective in reducing wildlife crime?

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1.What are the drivers
and impacts of wildlife
crime?
Evidence review of extent to which
poverty is a driver of wildlife crime.
Focussing on Uganda but bringing in
international evidence as well.
Launch this evening

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2. What are the socio-
economic profiles of
individuals who participate in
wildlife crime?
Identification of known poachers from arrest
data
Survey of 2000 hh around QE and
Murchison
Indirect questioning focussed on who
poaches and why, correlated against hh
wealth
Update from Henry

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3. Which interventions are
most effective?
Park by park analysis attempting to correlate
different variables (eg patrol effort, expenditure on
community conservation) with crime
Fieldwork to explore different response
interventions based on policy scenarios and key
informant interviews
Park analysis nearly completed but many gaps
Fieldwork completed (Geoffrey and Lucy)

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Wildlife Crime Database
Database finalised
Ongoing digitisation of historical records
Capacity building of UWA staff
(production of database manual and
training sessions)
WCS leading (Andy Plumptre)

This 3-year project aimed to build Uganda's capacity to address wildlife crime through community engagement. The objectives were to develop national capacity for pro-poor responses to wildlife crime and draw out internationally applicable lessons. The 3 components included research on who commits wildlife crime and effective interventions, developing a wildlife crime database, and redesigning policies and interventions at two national parks. An initial workshop engaged stakeholders to explore views on wildlife crime perpetrators, reasons for crime, and effective pro-poor interventions to reduce crime and address challenges to implementation.

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The document summarizes a study on the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on wild meat use and perceptions in communities near the Dja Faunal Reserve in Cameroon. The study found that the pandemic increased difficulties in accessing schools, income, travel, customers, work and food for many communities. It also found that wild meat consumption remained important despite Covid-19 risks. Most respondents disagreed with proposals to close wild meat markets due to livelihood dependencies and a lack of alternatives. The conclusion was that pandemic impacts on livelihoods seemed more concerning than health risks from wild meat, and findings could help policymaking support communities.

Drivers of wild meat consumption steph brittain

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Dr. Stephanie Brittain conducted research on the drivers of wild meat consumption in Cameroon through a literature review and fieldwork interviewing 542 people in four villages. Key findings included: 1) availability and affordability are primary drivers of wild meat consumption, while health benefits and culture are secondary; 2) consumption rates varied between villages and demographics; and 3) preferences for wild meat centered on taste and ease of access, while avoidance was due to taste, health, and tradition. The research provided insights into designing alternative food projects that consider local tastes, traditions, and access to markets and resources.

Designing wild meat alternative projects

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This presentation by Stephanie Brittain was delivered during the online event 'Why eat wild meat? Insights from Africa and lessons for COVID-19 responses' on Wednesday, 4 August. The event explored why people eat wild meat and how to design interventions that can help improve sustainability and safety. Stephanie Brittain is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford focusing on local knowledge and drivers of wild meat consumption in Cameroon.

Multifaceted approach to transition from emergency aid and rehabilitation to ...

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This document summarizes Friendship's approach to transitioning vulnerable communities from emergency aid to resilience and development. It uses a holistic approach involving community groups, local government, and NGOs. Interventions include capacity building, demonstrations, savings programs, and advocacy. Outcomes include infrastructure development, increased savings and assets, and more families accessing social programs. Challenges include low literacy rates and needing more advocacy meetings.

Sociétés Coopératives de cacao et Différentiel du revenu Décent : Leçons de l...

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This presentation was made by Pauline Zei at a webinar on Wednesday, 2 June that discussed the challenges around, and opportunities for, producer voice and agency in the design and implementation of the new Living Income Differential (LID) in Ghana and the Côte d'Ivoire. The online event on 'Cocoa producer agency and the living income differential: lessons from civil society organisations' was organised by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). Zei is director of Inades-Formation Cote d'Ivoire. She holds a degree in agronomy from the Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët Boigny in Yamoussoukro, specialising in crop protection. Inades-Formation is a network of pan-African associations that works for equitable and sustainable development in Africa. This was the seventh in a series of events organised under the IIED-led Empowering Producers in Commercial Agriculture (EPIC) project. EPIC is funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office through its Commercial Agriculture for Smallholders and Agribusiness (CASA) programme, though the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of the UK government. CASA seeks to increase economic opportunities for smallholders by demonstrating the commercial viability of businesses with significant smallholder supply chains and attracting more investment into the sector. More details: https://www.iied.org/cocoa-producer-agency-living-income-differential-lessons-civil-society-organisations

Innovating to improve the ownership, sustainability and multi-actor nature of...

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This presentation by Stephen Bright Sakwa, of Tree Adoption Uganda, features the 'Waste management for flood control' project which is being implemented in Bwaise, an urban slum in Kampala, Uganda. It focuses on tackling floods and creating livelihoods in informal settlements. It showcases how the community has been trained to manage waste appropriately and make valuable products out of it so that it doesn't end up in drainage channels to cause floods that devastates the community. This presentation features as part of the Marketplace area of the 15th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation (CBA15). The event takes place online from 14-18 June, 2021. More details: https://cba15.iied.org/atrium

Communities Combating Illegal Wildlife Trade session seven

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This is a presentation from the final event of an online learning series for the East African Community region on communities combating illegal wildlife trade. The event discussed the future of the ‘Local communities: First Line of Defence against Illegal Wildlife Trade (FLoD)’ methodology, which aims to support designers and implementers of anti-poaching and anti-wildlife trafficking strategies and projects to effectively engage local communities as partners. The events are organised by IUCN, together with the International Institute for Environment and Development and IUCN CEESP/SSC Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group. They are supported by USAID Kenya and East Africa through the Conserving Natural Capital and Enhancing Collaborative Management of Transboundary Resources (CONNECT) project, and will supplement the comprehensive training course on FLoD, which is currently under development with support from the BIOPAMA programme, supported by the European Union and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States. More information: https://www.iucn.org/regions/eastern-and-southern-africa/our-work/conservation-areas-and-species/local-communities-first-line-defence-against-illegal-wildlife-trade-flod

Organisational innovations that make community forestry prosperous

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This is a presentation by Duncan MacQueen, principal researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), about the importance of including smallholder producers and producer organisations in sustainable value chains to strengthen local resilience to external shocks. Macqueen used the example of his work with the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) program at the FTA Science Conference 2020. The presentation focuses on the role of commercial organisation around accountable finance systems at four tiered levels: local producer groups, regional aggregators and processors, national advocacy federations, international alliances. More details: https://www.iied.org/locally-controlled-forestry

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