You can contribute with a single/recurring donation, and see below examples of what your donation can buy.
The habitats of the Sahelo-Sudan Savanna ecoregion are categorised as “endangered” as the integrity of the region’s interconnected and interdependent ecosystems has been significantly compromised by permanent and ongoing environmental degradation.
Allowing the degradation of one of the largest ecoregion on the African continent to continue is no longer tolerable. There is the capacity and opportunity to establish strategies and actions that can build and enhance natural & artificial resilience of the environment and manage conflicts in and around the protected areas.
These strategies must be implemented immediately through collaborative actions.
These strategies must be implemented immediately through collaborative actions.
1/ ACQUISITION OF EQUIPMENT & TECHNOLOGIES NECESSARY FOR THE EFFECTIVE SURVEILLANCE OF PROTECTED AREAS:
→ Complete uniforms (shoes, belts, etc.), binoculars, night vision technologies, defence weapons for anti-poaching teams
→ Cameras, trail cameras, and long range drones all incorporating the latest technologies
→ Local & regional communication technologies (short and long range radios, smart GPS, sat phones, etc.)
→ Vehicles (4x4, motorbikes), boats (mainly for the rainy season) and possibly regular or occasional air support
→ Comfortable tents and related equipment
2/ RECRUITMENT OF PERSONNEL IN CHARGE OF MONITORING THE ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE IN THE FIELD:
→ Training of anti-poaching brigades by professionals of the sector (foster the added value towards careers)
→ Training & coaching of field rangers and control room teams, etc.
→ Establishment of a highly-trained paramilitary anti-poaching squad operating in all the protected areas across Northern Cameroon, and replacing the state military's activities in protected areas where the military is often not competent for the operation requirements
3/ STRENGHTEN SURVEILLANCE:
→ Centralised coordination of conservation, environmental management, and law enforcement and surveillance strategies and operations across the network of protected areas
→ Information sharing, communication, and coordination between all conservation actors in the field, with regular joint operations including the organisation of joint patrols with the army, the eco-guards of the National Parks and anti-poaching teams of other protected areas
→ Creation of an intelligence exchange network and paid informants (TANGO project)
→ Careful recruitment criteria (e.g. recruiting staff from outside of the area) and effective staff rotations to avoid family and friend ties and/or the establishment of local social, busineess, or ally liaisons
→ Construction of anti-poaching guard camps in sensitive areas
→ Rigorous and increased control and monitoring of access roads (e.g., departmental roads that cross our protected areas) and trail networks to prevent illegal activities and the circulation of traffickers
→ Creation of a reward/bounty system that financially rewards effective policing and intelligence gathering
→ Complete uniforms (shoes, belts, etc.), binoculars, night vision technologies, defence weapons for anti-poaching teams
→ Cameras, trail cameras, and long range drones all incorporating the latest technologies
→ Local & regional communication technologies (short and long range radios, smart GPS, sat phones, etc.)
→ Vehicles (4x4, motorbikes), boats (mainly for the rainy season) and possibly regular or occasional air support
→ Comfortable tents and related equipment
2/ RECRUITMENT OF PERSONNEL IN CHARGE OF MONITORING THE ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE IN THE FIELD:
→ Training of anti-poaching brigades by professionals of the sector (foster the added value towards careers)
→ Training & coaching of field rangers and control room teams, etc.
→ Establishment of a highly-trained paramilitary anti-poaching squad operating in all the protected areas across Northern Cameroon, and replacing the state military's activities in protected areas where the military is often not competent for the operation requirements
3/ STRENGHTEN SURVEILLANCE:
→ Centralised coordination of conservation, environmental management, and law enforcement and surveillance strategies and operations across the network of protected areas
→ Information sharing, communication, and coordination between all conservation actors in the field, with regular joint operations including the organisation of joint patrols with the army, the eco-guards of the National Parks and anti-poaching teams of other protected areas
→ Creation of an intelligence exchange network and paid informants (TANGO project)
→ Careful recruitment criteria (e.g. recruiting staff from outside of the area) and effective staff rotations to avoid family and friend ties and/or the establishment of local social, busineess, or ally liaisons
→ Construction of anti-poaching guard camps in sensitive areas
→ Rigorous and increased control and monitoring of access roads (e.g., departmental roads that cross our protected areas) and trail networks to prevent illegal activities and the circulation of traffickers
→ Creation of a reward/bounty system that financially rewards effective policing and intelligence gathering
Polo-shirt for 1x Staff
€10.00
1x Trail Camera & Security Box
€285.00
Trousers for 1x Staff
€25.00
1x Set of Binoculars
€270.00
1x Long Range Radio
€150.00
Pair of Boots for 1x Staff
€55.00
24x AA Batteries
€10.00
1x Day of Fuel
€12.00