Project
Strengthening Livelihoods to Decrease Human-Wildlife Conflict
Initiative
Duration
2020 - 2022
Location
Botswana
Species protected
Project objectives
- Empower the local community with increased skill sets and diversified livelihoods for 10% of community members, which will take the pressure off of human-wildlife conflicts;
- Improve the farming methods as well as the tolerance towards carnivores of 75% of farmers;
- Succeed in having 75% of students from local schools demonstrate responsibility towards the environment.
This project is implemented by Cheetah Conservation Botswana.
Threats
Habitat loss & degradation
Human-wildlife conflict
This project is part of the IUCN Save Our Species African Wildlife initiative, which is co-funded by the European Union.
