• Integration of data on position, altitude, speed, and temperature from Orintela transmitters with the INPA information system 

In order to receive GPS data there have to be a requisite numner of birds with approriate tags that transmit real-time data.

Engagement of 500 private forest owners to set aside 6000 hectares for conservation of chimpanzee corridors

Berry Sericulture PLC is a veteran sericulture business operator in Ethiopia and particularly around Nech Sar National Park. Berry PLC, provided by GIZ, have been providing eggs, technical support and training to the women headed sericulture operators. Berry also buys the roe and value-added products from the operators.

The purpose of this strategy is to build ties between neighbors and volunteers interested in participating in the construction, management and maintenance activities of the linear greenbelt trail and associated areas.

Meetings and fellowship opportunities were held to share ideas as well as information on:

• Procedures for reporting environmental incidents in the area.
• Techniques for reforestation and pruning of native plants.
• Characteristics and importance of native plants in the region.

Neighbors were invited to form a group through whatsapp to keep them informed and invite them to activities.

Family interpretive walks were conducted, some exclusively for residents of the intervention area and others open to the general public with the objective of creating bonds and strengthening social ties with trail users as well as offering opportunities for guided experiences in nature while raising awareness of the Greenbelt Project and inviting people to participate in the trail construction activities.

They were implemented on a weekly basis managing prior registration, data collection with prior consent, with limited number of attendees due to the contingency and with the management of the following topics relevant to the project objectives:

• What is a Natural Protected Area and in the specific case, Johnson Park.
• What is the Green Belt Project.
• What is the invasive buffel grass and its impact as an invasive plant in the desert ecosystem.
• Native flora and fauna in the Green Belt and Johnson Park.
• Restoration actions in natural areas: Johnson Park.
• Tips on how to do outdoor activities without leaving a trace.

AGAR's  main objective in capacity building, is to contribute to the improvement of living conditions of the rural communities in arid and semi-arid lands by promoting inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development through the enhancement of high potential agroforestry resources, in synergy with the local private sector and national agenda. We do this through trainings and seminars on environmentally sustainable agro-forestry value chains which community members are taken through:

• Sustainable management of natural resources
• Propagation, transplanting, harvesting and formulation of aloe and its products
• Harvesting, sorting and grading of gums and resins
• Provision of gum and resins haversting and grading tools
• Provision of storage for gums and resins
• Business principles and development

With these trainings the communities:

• Build economic resilience because of alternative source of income
• Build strong independent communities through provision of work opportunities, 
• Enhance the adaptation strategies to climate change,
• Reducing the impact of desertification and deforestation and
• Promotes women's, youth and people living with disabilities social inclusion in production processes  

Planting of enhanced high potential trees of commercial interest such as Acacia Senegal for gum Arabic, Boswelia Neglecta for Frankincense, and indigenous aloe species (Turkanensis, Secundiflora) in the Kenyan Arid lands has helped with the improved management of natural resources by the community woodlands forest association members, which we helped to form, who act as the custodians of the environment, who are also trained on correct environmental management practices.

The recovery of local biodiversity and use of innovative agroecological techniques by the local communities in the arid areas enhances their adaptation strategies to climate change thereby reducing the impact of desertification which is brought about by widespread deforestation for coal burning as a diverse source of income apart from pastoralism which is the main source of income for people in the arid regions has left the communities be aid reliant in times of droughts.
 

Through our capacity buildings, the communities have been able to improve their skills on  sustainable management of natural resources through the introduction of correct environmental practices, enhancing the adaptation strategies to climate change, reducing the impact of desertification and deforestation.

It is crucial to develop a process for linking wildlife presence to desired local benefits. Here, we worked with the communities to establish a points system, where each wild animal camera-trapped received a certain number of points. Species which were more threatened, traded or caused more conflict generated more points. However, all species over the size of small mammals generated points, to ensure that a wider diversity of species were conserved.

Our project is based on the premise that farmers want sustainability and are incentivised to achieve this. No farming operation will be viable in the long run unless it is done in an ecologically and economically responsible manner. Climate change has led to an increased frequency of drought, as well as an increased severity of drought in the western regions of South Africa. Stocking rates are effectively falling as a result of climate change, and this necessitates the need for farmers to diversify income in order to survive. Failure to change will have a devastating impact on biodiversity.

We are incentivising farmers to protect biodiversity through the adoption of more sustainable farming practices, e.g. grazing rest, correct stocking rates and habitat restoration activities. While these lead to fewer, but better quality animals, the farmer still experiences a loss of income. We help the farmer compensate for this through the adoption of non-farming activities such as ecotourism.

Through continual engagement with the farmer, we are able to address concerns as they are raised and ensure that the farmer perceives active engagement in the partnership as an incentive to improve his farming operation.