Education and sensitization meeting.
A. Sesay, Reptile and Amphibian Program – Sierra Leone
Community involvement in biodiversity protection
Education and sensitization meeting.
A. Sesay, Reptile and Amphibian Program – Sierra Leone
Capacity development activities include:
• Training of locals in data collection: This includes the training of monitors in using monitoring tools including digital cameras, GPS, measuring tapes, filling of monitoring forms.
• Awareness raising: Conducting workshops and seminars during which locals are provided the appropriate information/education about the need for conserving the country’s biodiversity and the benefit they will derive from conserving their resources.
• Payment of stipend: The stipends paid to monitor help to enable them meet some of their daily needs at their various homes.
• Identifying appropriate locals for the training: recruitment based on interest in the conservation effort.
• Providing the appropriate training: includes the use of monitoring tools, completing monitoring forms and the provision of brochures.
• Regular checking of the forms: helps in correcting mistakes and indicate the importance of the forms.
• Awareness raising materials: motivates community.
• Timely payment of stipends: encourages monitors and guarantees their effort is been awarded.
• It has been observed that dealing with locals that are willing to work on your project will help facilitate the achievement of the goals of the project.
• Producing and distributing the appropriate awareness raising materials on a timely manner will help the awareness raising process. Materials RAP-SL has produced in the past include brochures, t-shirts, billboards, calendars.
Marine turtle conservation