Control poaching and IWT by strengthening community guardianship in Chitwan
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main
VALUE £315,734
WHERE Nepal
Summary
Chitwan National Park, a World Heritage site is biodiversity rich area with rare and endangered wildlife – rhinos, tigers, elephants, pangolins, gharials. Poaching/IWT is a major threat to wildlife. Socio-economically marginalized people are often used by middleman and lured on poaching/IWT. Economic impacts of COVID-19 has further accelerated this risk. Thus, this project will focus on i) providing alternative livelihoods to the targeted IWT affected families ii) strengthening Community Based Anti-Poaching Units (CBAPUs), and iii)
education/outreach activities to enhance awareness.
Over 600 arrests and more than 500 convictions in wildlife crime since 2017, alongside a decline in ivory trafficking cases and an increase in elephant and rhino populations.
