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Strategy 2: Consultation and collaboration with local actors
Strategic objectives Priority actions
Priority level
Moderate
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High
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Very high
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S2/O1
By 2015, land-use
and macro-zoning
plans developed for
the four strongholds
that reconcile
the development
aspirations of
local populations
with the long-term
preservation of viable
bonobo populations
Identify priority areas for land-use and macro-zoning
plans
êêê
Gather ecological, social and economic data for the zones
in question
êêê
Elaborate and implement a public participation strategy
êê
Elaborate land-use and macro-zoning planning in
collaboration with all local stakeholders (provincial
government services, NGOs, private sector)
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S2/O2
By 2022, targeted
sustainable
alternative activities
have resulted in
increased local
support and
decreased pressure
on bonobos (as
demonstrated
by surveys and
monitoring) in the
four strongholds
Elaborate a strategic plan supporting activities aimed at
improving the sustainability of subsistence activities. The
plan should identify:
• selection criteria for priority sites in the four strongholds
• intervention methods (e.g., improving agricultural
techniques, development of agricultural and other
NTFPs, ways to improve access to markets,
appropirate social interventions)
• monitoring indicators
• projects to be implemented
êêê
Support project implementation and monitor impacts
on local attitudes and behaviour towards bonobo
conservation, and on bonobo numbers
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S2/O3
By 2018, bonobo
conservation issues
are integrated
into national
development plans
(and local/provincial
management plans)
Promote establishment of a mechanism that allows
the systematic involvement of ICCN/MECNT in inter-
ministerial consultations relating to national development
plans in the bonobo range. In particular there should be
regular consultation with the Ministries of:
• Infrastructure, Public Works and Reconstruction
(particularly “Pro-routes”)
• Agriculture
• Decentralisation and Land-use
• Planning
• Environment
• Defence
• Justice
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Maintain a permanent dialogue with independent
investors (agriculture, logging, mining) operating in the
bonobo range to ensure that bonobo conservation issues
are taken into consideration
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4.5.3 Strategy 3 Public Awareness and Lobbying
Ignorance and non-respect of the law, together with poor understanding of conservation issues,
are threats that can be addressed through wide-reaching public-awareness campaigns and lobby-
ing of decision-makers. The four main targets are:
• State institutions whose decisions more-or-less directly affect the protection of bono-
bos (Justice, Infrastructure, Defence, Environment, Agriculture, Education), at national
and regional levels
• Local communities and their representatives
• Urban dwellers who consume forest resources
• Private investors operating in the bonobo’s range (logging, agriculture, mining, trans-
port and communications)
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Given the scale of intervention necessary, in terms of geographic scope and the range of targets it
is essential that this strategy makes use of the skills of all actors involved in bonobo conservation.
This will require the creation of partnerships to implement the various components of this strategy.
Indeed public awareness (sensitization) is a key component of almost every bonobo conservation
project currently active. The association Amis des Bonobos du Congo is a notable in this domain.
Lola ya Bonobo, the bonobo sanctuary in Kinshasa, welcomes more than 20,000 visitors (school
children and other citizens) every year. Additional public awareness and lobbying activities are
covered by Strategy 2 (consultation and collaboration with local actors).
Strategy 3: Public awareness and lobbying
Strategic objectives Priority actions
Priority level
Moderate
ê
High
êê
Very high
êêê
S3/O1
By 2014, a detailed
nationwide
intervention strategy
to increase public
awareness and
support bonobo
conservation has
been developed
Elaborate intervention strategy in consultation with all
conservation actors. The strategy should identify:
• targets
• objectives for each target
• intervention methods for each target
• implementing partners
• a budget
• a monitoring plan to measure impacts of the
interventions
êêê
S3/O2
By 2018,
implementation
of the strategy
targeting buffer
zones around PAs
results in increased
support for bonobo
conservation*
• Establish local partnerships to implement activities,
including training of teams, an environmental
programme, and targeted campaigns (as defined in the
strategy)
• Support development and production of appropriate
materials for the target audience (schoolbooks, posters,
films, plays, etc.)
• Monitor results with pre and post surveys of awareness/
attitudes and how they relate to bonobo presence in
bushmeat markets
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S3/O3
By 2016,
implementation of
the strategy targeting
urban populations
results in increased
support to bonobo
conservation**
• Establish partnerships for implementation of activities in
accordance with S3/O1
• Support the implementation of activities that include
the development of appropriate materials for the target
audience (posters, films, radio and TV broadcasts,
school visits, promotional material, etc.)
• Monitor results with pre and post surveys on awareness/
attitudes and how they relate to the demand for bonobo
meat and their presence in urban markets
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S3/O4
By 2016,
implementation
of the strategy
targeting government
ministries at national
and provincial levels
results in increased
political will to
support bonobo
conservation efforts
***
• Establish partnerships for implementation of activities in
accordance with S3/O1
• Support implementation of activities that include the
development of appropriate materials for the target
audience (posters, copies of relevant legal texts, films,
promotional material, workshops, etc.)
• Monitor results (with pre and post surveys and with
baseline data on wildlife-related crimes carried out by
public officials, corruption cases, sentences handed
down, and other indicators defined in the strategy) on
awareness/attitudes and how they relate to bonobo
conservation (reduced trafficking, political support for
PA creation, political support for sentencing of public
officials involved in wildlife-related crimes, etc.)
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