Remember the questions raised in Badru’s blog on poachers and hunting dogs? These questions are now being addressed by the new ITFC’s project- Conservation Through Poverty Alleviation (CTPA). CTPA project is a conservation and development social research project funded by Darwin initiative in collaboration with the International Institute of Environment and Development in UK.
ITFC and ACODE are leading the research and policy components of the project respectively. The Jane Goodall Institute, FFI, CTPH, BMCT,ICGP and village enterprises are the other partners involved on the project.
The overarching goal of CTPA project is to improve Integrated Conservation and Development (ICD) guidelines in Bwindi and see possible replication to other Protected Areas. It will therefore focus on unauthorized resource use in Bwindi by looking at the profiles and motivations of illegal resource users. The assumption is, despite previous and ongoing ICD interventions in Bwindi, illegal activities have continued to take place. This can be answered by a well grounded research which is evidence based on targeting the verified unauthorized resource users with a major focus on bushmeat hunters (see Badru’s recent blog on poaching).
So far, interesting steps have been achieved, a monthly arrest form was designed and now implemented by UWA rangers to collect field data. Several people have been caught to be illegally accessing resources in Bwindi. We are yet to identify their profiles and motivations. We have also documented contextual data on places more affected by illegal activities in Bwindi. We anticipate more findings vital for UWA’s park management and to the questions that motivates illegal resource access in Bwindi. ITFC will be attempting to answer these questions during the next three years of the project’s lifespan. The images below provide some examples of the illegal activities in Bwindi.
Poaching is a major conservation threat in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. A duiker trapped in a poacher’s snare
Freshly cut tree for poles used for house construction around Bwindi
Tea harvesting baskets (red arrows) made out of an illegally accessed woody climber from Bwindi. This woody climber continues to be illegally harvested from the National Park due to its hard wood and durability.
Yours sincerely,
Medard, Badru and Robert
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