Recruit conservation volunteers using internet campaign
Using modern communication network, Sapu Jerat campaign at Kitabisa.com opens new opportunity for local, national and international communities to get involved volunteering to protect endangered species like sumatran tiger by donating through the Sapu Jerat campaign and getting involved in clearing sumatran tiger traps in the buffer zones and national park areas.
Potential communities to be involved in Sapu Jerat campaign are Tiger Heart Community by Forum Harimau Kita, Sumatran Tiger Project advocacy communities (journalists, communication officers), artists, students, tourists, forest rangers, etc.
Local, national and international communities involvement in Sapu Jerat Campaign should be closely coordinated with national park officials.
The success of involving local, national and international communities to volunteer in Sapu Jerat campaign is owed to the overall good coordination and communication strategy between Sumatran Tiger Project, Forum HarimauKita, and UNDP Indonesia by involving forest rangers of the National Park Authority, the community-based forest rangers, the NGO Partner leading the activity in the respective landscape, and the project coordinating office at the respective landscape.
1. Communication and coordination are keys for a succesfull Sapu Jerat campaign
2. Sapu Jerat campaign increases awareness of the importance of protecting sumatran tiger as the last remaining tiger sub-species in Indonesia.
3. Sapu Jerat campaign provides ideal platform for communities to participate protecting national parks and their wildlife ecosystem.
Relevant stakeholders are engaged to identify challenges within their respective communities and solutions that are ecosystem friendly but contribute to the enhancement of local livelihoods. This process follows a prior participatory community-wide assessment and validation of results from the assessment or survey process. The assessment identifies livelihood and climatic trends and impacts on various sectors. Following this, a stakeholder meeting is initiated through which potential adaptation and sustainable livelihood stategies are proposed and adopted against each challenge and included in the overal community-based adaptation plan. A community-based action plan matrix is then generated through the stakeholder participatory process that includes the following sections: livelihood and adaptation options, duration of implementation, actors, required resources, key expected results and estimated amount to implement each adopted strategy or action.
Availability of adequate data or information collected through a participatory process using participatory instruments involving various stakeholders.
Participatory involvement of both local and County-level stakeholders
Adequate involvement of stakeholders including community members can help collect data on baseline information.
Community involvement from the beginning contributes to them accepting management planning results and their positive contribution towards implementation.
Sharing the community based plan with local stakeholders and community members contribute to their ownership of the local-elevl generated action plans.
Exchange visits were organized to places where the initiative has been active for some time and the implementation is on-going. For example, in order to acquire drought tolerant crops for local production, Ecofinder Kenya visited the Tangokona community in Busia County, Kenya where improved cassava and sweet potato varieties have been promoted and grown by local communities. The model was studied by Yala wetland communities, seeds purchased and farmers are now growing drought tolerant cassava and sweet potatoes.
Pay actual visit to model sites or farmers.
Availability of resources including transportation, learning facilitation at the place of visit.
Willingness to learn and practice the new skills among the interested stakeholders.
Local production of recommended drought resilient crop varieties can be achieved by learning and sharing of skills and ideas.
Farmers can embrace and practice what they see and can confirm to have worked in similar places.
The success of implementation of improved crop production and testing of new crop varieties may be dependent on prevaining weather conditions mainly rainfall amounts especially for rain-fed agriculture.
This involves participation of all stakeholders at the local level in order to come up with locally viable solutions that all participants are comfortable with and that contribute to sustainable livelihoods and long term conservation of local biodiversity. We achieved this building block by involving stakeholders at different levels, i.e. at the meso or County level and micro or local community level. First, we engaged representatives of the Siaya County government departments (such as Agriculture, Lands, Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources) and Civil society representatives working at the local and regional levels. A workshop was organised upon which the government and non-government actors discussed the challenges facing agriculture and biodiversity in relation to climate chage in the County and amicable and potential solutions sought from the participants. Secondly, local level meetings were held with community members and local leaders and resource persons including elders, retired government staff, health workers and conservation enthusiasts. The challenges facing agriculture and local biodiversity were sought and potential solutions reached. These were then analysed to come up with overal challenges and solutions from the stakeholders perspective.
Analysis and involvement of critical stakeholders to make sure that all people with interest are involved. This should include (1) government departments at the County or District levels, (2) Non-state actors including Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs), Community-based Organisations (CBOs) and Faith-based Organisations (FBOs) among others, and local communities
Recognition of the roles played by various stakeholders.
Recognition of potential benefits and benefit sharing from the proceeds of conservation.
Stakeholder involvement at both meso or County/District level and micro/community level ensures potential for inclusion and use of results in local policy change
Forums bringing government and non-state actors contribute to harmonisation of conflicting views and ideas and ensure potential for harmony in implementation of various strategies. However, we experienced many opposing views during strategy discussions pitting the government officers and the civil society.
Potential for benefit sharing and incentives are critical for conservation of biodiversity at the local scale.
Local communities are willing to participate in biodiversity conservation initiatives when alternative livelihoods can be provided.
