Community Outreach for the Conservation of Endangered Golden Monkeys in Volcanoes National Park
The aim of the project is to reduce drastically farmer-golden monkey conflict manifested in terms of crop raiding and retaliatory killings or injuries in farmlands adjacent to Volcanoes National Park through working with communities to devise workable strategies for mitigating crop raiding and educating the local communities about golden monkey conservation in order to promote harmonious coexistence between farmers and the monkeys.
Questionnaire survey to assess local attitudes and concerns about golden monkey and other primates. Using education materials to raise awareness and educate the local communities on golden monkey conservation. Forming, training and equipping 10 Volunteer Crop Ranger Groups (VCRGs) to undertake crop protection activities. Capacity building workshops and Conservation education for farmer groups (FG), Community Based Conservation Education Volunteers (ANICOs), and local leaders (LL) to better handle farmer golden monkey conflicts. Devising locally appropriate strategies for managing crop raiders. Organizing excursions for crop rangers, local leaders, cooperative leaders, and conservation education volunteers to learn best practices around other national parks.
