Microprojects for revolving schemes of cattle farming benefitting communities around Lake Kainji National Park, Nigeria

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by Mohammed Dikko Bala, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Product Asset From Hunters Users Group KLNP-Nigeria

Product Asset From Hunters Users Group Mohammed Dikko Bala

196 Sustainable Livelihood projects were financed by LEEMP-GEF from 2004-2010 in 40 Support Zone Communities (SZCs) of Lake Kainji National Park. Building on this investment, the NPS-Bridging fund Project helped to scale up to 206 projects in 46 communities from 2011 to date.

The projects rely on a system of revolving product assets among members of the group. The assets include cows worth N60,000 (US$167) as well as medication and feeding worth N40,000.00 (US$111). The product assets are given to the 1st beneficiary, who fattens the cows for 6 months to 1 year, then sells them, keeping one and giving another one to a different group member to fatten. This continues until all members of the group have benefitted. The revolving is then repeated.

From 2010 to date all the members of the hunters and youth user group in the SZCs of the park have benefitted, and the scheme is now in the second round.

Dernière modification 05 Oct 2020

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Contexte

Challenges addressed

Extreme heat

Land and Forest degradation

Loss of Biodiversity

Vector and water borne diseases

Wildfires

Conflicting uses / cumulative impacts

Poaching

Inefficient management of financial resources

Lack of access to long-term funding

Lack of alternative income opportunities

Lack of technical capacity

Lack of public and decision maker’s awareness

Poor monitoring and enforcement

Lack of infrastructure

Social conflict and civil unrest

Unemployment / poverty

Scale of implementation

Local

National

Ecosystems

Tropical deciduous forest

Thème

Biodiversity mainstreaming

Species management

Poaching and environmental crime

Ecosystem services

Sustainable livelihoods

Indigenous people

Local actors

Emplacement

Kainji Lake National Park, Nigeria

West and Central Africa

Impacts

Reduction in hunting in Kainji Lake National Park by members of the support zone communities due to the intervention
Increased sighting of animals in the park by rangers and tourists
Increased income due to product asset revolving micro projects
Community voluntarily participate in anti poaching patrols with rangers as volunteers in protecting the park
Community Conservation clubs initiated and run in community schools