Dryland Livestock Wildlife Environment Interface Project
English
Acronym
DLWEIP
Project Funding
USD 1 m
Project Start
2005
Project Completion
2009
Project Status
Project Donors
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Project Brief/Background
Geographic coverage
Kenya and Burkina Faso
Implementation
2005 – 2008
Funding
UNEP/GEF USD 1 m
Partners
Governments of Kenya and Burkina Faso, ACC, AWF, IUCN Burkina Faso, IUCN Kenya
Beneficiaries
Local communities
Goal
Sustainable land management, combating environmental degradation and reviving ecosystem productivity
Main Objective
Addressing biodiversity and livestock resources through support of sustainable land management systems at the livestock/wildlife interface
Achievements
Project Achievements
Burkina Faso
- Training of pastoralists in networking,, lobbying and prevention of conflicts related to natural resources.
- Awareness of transhumance livestock owners on legislation concerning cross border livestock movement.
- Meetings of pastoralists and key stakeholders from Burkina Faso, Togo and Benin.
- Consultations of traditional pastoral organizations from Burkina Faso and Togo.
- Training of leaders of community-based resource management (ZOVICs) in sustainable management of natural resources at the interface and leadership.
Kenya
Support and training to community members and leaders of conservancies in
- Community-based resource management plans, by-laws and financial management.
- Awareness on sustainable rangelands management and grazing systems.
- Reseeding of 150ha degraded land.
- Understanding conflicts, developing and implementing conflict resolution mechanisms.
- Bee keeping and poultry production, incl. provision of bee hives and communication radios to scouts.
Resources
Project Documents
doc_20091104_dlweip_policybriefsnr_en.pdf
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doc_20091104_dlweip_policybriefszoning_en.pdf
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doc_20091104_dlweip_policybriefsmonitoring_en.pdf
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Project Reports