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Establishing a team of Community Rangers to improve the management and protection of Rugezi Marsh, Rwanda.
Rugezi Marsh once hosted the largest population of endangered Grey Crowned Cranes in Rwanda, but numbers had rapidly declined due to illegal poaching and habitat disturbance. In 2014, RWCA implemented an innovative approach at the Ramsar protected marsh, targeting the problem from all angles to ensure a sustainable impact. Establishing a team of Rangers recruited from the communities living next to the marsh helped to involve communities in protecting their wetland, learn about ecosystem services from which they can benefit, create ownership and provide job opportunities. The team has increased to 54 members, including 22 women, covering all 8 Sectors around the marsh. The Rangers conduct daily patrols to educate fellow community members, raise awareness, report illegal activities, and monitor and protect crane populations and breeding sites. They work in close collaboration with local leaders (for law enforcement) and organise joint patrol exercises with local stakeholders to raise awareness of the work and the challenges.
Bird-Human Cooperation System
A mutually beneficial cooperation between agricultural production and wildlife!
In the production system based on bird-human cooperation, cooperation is one of the most important principles, which is not only about the protection of birds, but also about the intertwining of the entire ecosystem, the entire community of life, and even environmental effects and processes on the same level. In this new approach, we leave behind the mistaken assumption of modern man that the human race is above the system and has the duty or natural right to control it.
The production practice based on bird-human cooperation therefore means an ecological management based on a horizontal change of approach, the driving force of which is the continuous expansion of knowledge in the field of natural sciences – especially in the field of ecology and environmental interactions – and which connects this knowledge with the existing practice and determines the production goals for the with a responsible consideration of available options and resources.
Raíz y vuelo : el uso sostenible de los recursos naturales vivientes en Mesoamérica
Proposes an overview of the concept of sustainable use, drawing from the growing body of literature concerned with common property resources, ecosystem management and community based natural resource management. It also provides a synoptic account of the state of living natural resources in Mesoamerica, taking into account the efforts undertaken in situ and ex situ Conservation. It also addresses many of the drivers that are affecting the management and final use of natural resources, with particular emphasis on traditional knowledge systems and community based natural resource management. A final section analyses the range of on-going experiences in the local se and management of natural resources, including forest resources, non timber forest products, wildlife and coastal and marine resources. It is hoped that this state of the art review will serve as a reference for future conservation and sustainable use efforts in the Mesoamerican region.