We have sensitized fishers, hunters, and farmers to the benefits of informed, strategic land use, visiting villages to identify forest guides and train them in the use of GPS tools. We also help communities produce maps that allocate zones to specific uses (conservation, sustainable forest harvesting, etc).

We help keep eyes on the forest, assisting with ranger recruitment and training while providing financial and technical support for patrols. In Bili-Uele, we helped the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (which acts as the country’s wildlife authority) create a rapid-response anti-poaching team of 42 eco-guards.