5. Community Conservation, Environmental education & Ecotourism

October 2021 objectives

□ Finish Zulu’s and Mantum’s group maintenance (postponed) □ Continue the Gorilla’s splitting enclosure

5. Community Conservation, Environmental education & Ecotourism

Funders

Activities

□ School outreach programme: 2021-2022 programme will start in October 2021□

□ Saturday Nature Club: Postponed until the 2022

□ Art4Nature: Continued to produce a series of animated videos, billboards, posters,

and radio podcasts to promote forest ecosystem preservation.

□ Green project: 73 community members benefited from the Community-based Green

Economy; 15 ex-hunter members sustainably harvesting wild herbaceous plants: 1599 kg of Aframomum stems and 968 kg of Costus stems; 58 women members harvesting crop by-product: 1549 kg of cassava leaves, 7093 kg of papaya leaves, 5917 kg of potato leaves, 418 kg of invasive Trumpet wood shoots, corresponding to 93 trees hand-cut; 1,867,590 FCFA (€2,851) paid directly to the local community association this month; 9,052,660 FCFA (€13,821) contributed to alleviate local poverty in 2021.

October 2021 objectives

□ Continue with ongoing programs □ Organisation of workshop with the member of the community at Batoke Village □ Start the 2021-2022 outreach programme