African golden cat (Caracal aurata) Case Study
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Continent: Africa
Country: Uganda
Grant Amount: $6,000
Awarded Date: October 31, 2024
Byron Ssemambo
Embaka-Saving the African Golden Cat
Canan Estate, Nkumba Bufulu
Entebbe
Wakiso
000
Uganda
Tel: 0752421729
Mob: 0752421729
Mitigating Poaching of African Golden Cat in Ongo Community Forest through livestock Seed Banks and Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations
1. To establish local anti-poaching groups to reduce bushmeat hunting by introducing livestock seed banks, providing a sustainable source of animal protein and income for the community. 2. To enhance family income through Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations (SACCOs) to support sustainable livelihood alternatives, empowering communities to invest in sustainable ventures. This aims to provide economic stability, reducing the reliance on bushmeat hunting. 3. To support community wildlife protection committees to regularly remove snares from the forest and monitor the effectiveness of livelihood projects in reducing bushmeat hunting. This objective aims to decrease poaching activities threatening the African golden cat in the Ongo Community Forest Reserve.
Grant documents
- The attached document, MBZ Project - 242535112 | Project Updates, provides an overview of recent efforts to mitigate poaching in the Ongo Community Forest. It outlines the progress made in key interve
- The attached document, titled MBZ Project - 242535112_Byron Project Updates 2024, provides an overview of the progress made in the initiative to mitigate poaching of the African Golden Cat in the Ongo
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