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WCC 2020 Res 076 - Activity Report

Submitted by Adrian.LOMBARD on Sun, 09/18/2022 - 13:01
General Information
Building and strengthening wildlife economies in Eastern and Southern Africa
IUCN Constituent: 
IUCN CEM Sustainable Use and Management of Ecosystems Thematic Group 2021-2025
IUCN Constituent type: 
Period covered: 
2021
Geographic scope: 
Africa
Country/Territory: 
Ethiopia
Kenya
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...
IUCN Members: 
International Association for Falconry and Conservation of Birds of Prey ( IAF ) / Belgium
IUCN Commissions: 
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2021-2025 (CEM)
IUCN Secretariat: 
No
Other non-IUCN related organisations: 
Confederation of Hunting Associations of South Africa, Sustainable Use Coalition of Southern Africa, Wlidlife Ranchers association of South Africa, Professional Hunters Association of South Africa. European Sustainable Use Group.
Implementation
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
ActionDescriptionStatus
Convene stakeholders/NetworkingThere has been engagement with a variety of stakeholders involved in the Wildlife-based Land Use sector. Further engagement is planned to may more extensive use of the platform provided by our Portal www.naturalliance.org On-going
Education/Communication/Raising awarenessThe major ongoing project of the SUME Thematic Group is the development of the multilingual internet portal: www.naturalliance.org which is designed to provide information, at grass-roots level, on the value and management of sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystems and which is now available in multiple national and regional sites and, currently, in 42 languages. This portal has involved collaboration with the International Association for Falconry and the Conservation of Birds of Prey (IAF) who have provided translation capacity, the European Sustainable Use Group (ESUG) who have assisted with content and Anatrak Pty Lt which has provided IT development and support. This Portal provides for regional sites and national sites currently and currently hosts regional and national sites in Afrikaans, English, French, Hausa, isiZulu, Kiswahili and Portuguese. Thus, these sites correspond with the region envisaged within the Resolution and provide a useful vehicle to promote the One Program Initiative.On-going
Policy influencing/advocacyThere is, currently, a narrative, which is promoted by Western Animal Rights advocates, that conflates legal hunting of large game animals and illegal hunting (poaching) and opposes both activities without consideration of the needs and opinions of local communities and indigenous peoples who coexist with these animals. An effort was made to communicate with these affected people and to elicit their experiences and opinions by of a competition: “Tell Your Story”. This pilot project had limited response and will need further planning and funding if it is to be successful.On-going
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken: 
There has been engagement with a range of stakeholders involved in Wildlife-based Land Utilization. The Portal has developed sites and suitable language capacity to promote the concepts of this resolution. Some experince has been gained in approaches to local communities.
What challenges have you encountered in implementing this Resolution and what measures have you taken to overcome them?: 
Stakeholder engagement is a challenge in that these are very diverse, ranging from governmental and law-enforcement agencies to land-owners and managers to local communities. The concept of providing an internet-based means of communicating with these groups in their own languages provides a useful tool in the effort to promote the objectives of this resolution.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions are planned for the implementation of this Resolution: 
Future ActionDescription
Convene stakeholders/NetworkingFurther networking and engagement of stakeholders is planned. Their contribution to the planned dedicated website page will be necessary. Collaboration with SULi and the Proponents of this Resolution (EWT) is hoped for
Education/Communication/Raising awarenessPlan to provide an additional page for the relevant regional sites in the regional languages which will address the issues of this resolution - specific reference to Wildlife-based land use and the One Program Initiative. We hope to partner with some of the relevant stakeholders and with the Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group (SULi) which has a specific role to provide technical support in terms of this Resolution.
Policy influencing/advocacyA further effort to engage with local communities and provide a voice for them is contemplated and may take the form of an essay competition again.