The SWM Programme works with over 80 communities to enhance their ability to manage their natural resources. We also partner with local and national institutions to help improve their wildlife management capabilities. Capacity building and training are an essential part of this process. Thousands of training days have been organized since 2018. The focus is broad and includes topics such as hunting offtake monitoring, camera trap distance sampling to measure wildlife abundance, human-wildlife conflict mitigation measures, anti-poaching and wildlife reporting.
Free, Prior and Informed Consent
The importance of Free Prior and Informed Consent for communities is complex and difficult to explain in an impactful way. To initiate discussions with communities an engaging animation with accompanying posters was produced in many local languages (e.g. Lingala, Swahili, Tonga, Betsimisaraka, Tsimihety and Lozi).
Animated story on community rights and wildlife conservation
18/09/2020
This engaging animation tells the story of Leo, Alex and Barbara. The story shows how the Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme works hand-in-hand...
Alternative protein production
An engaging series of eight videos on sustainable poultry production has been produced and used to help small-scale family farmers improve their poultry production (meat and eggs) for family consumption and sale. The aim is to reduce dependence on wild meat and to improve family nutrition.
Camera trap distance sampling
Camera Trap Distance Sampling is a method to estimate wildlife abundance or density. A training video was produced to help field technicians and communities design a survey, and a second video was produced on how to analyse the camera trap recordings.
Camera Trap Distance Sampling (CTDS) - how to set up a survey
11/10/2023
This training video aims to help you design a camera trap distance sampling (CTDS) survey. CTDS is a method used at several Sustainable Wildlife...
Camera Trap Distance Sampling (CTDS) - how to process video data
10/10/2023
This training video aims to help you process images from a camera trap distance sampling (CTDS) survey. CTDS is a valuable method that is being implemented...
RESSOURCE Project Massive Open Online Course
A Massive Open Online Course is being developed on “Identifying and counting waterbirds in North Africa and the Sahel – How and for what purposes?” It will include 35 hours of learning, 35 animated sequences, ten video interviews, more than 5 000 bird photos and videos and approximately 210 species identification cards. It will be launched on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Programme on African Protected Areas and Conservation (PAPACO) platform in late 2024.
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