2024-07-30 07:44:18
9,200 students were educated on best practices for wildlife conservation in Gabon
July 30, 2024
As part of the wildlife brigades, the Justice Conservation NGO has mobilized by launching environmental education campaigns in 56 schools across the provinces of Ogooue-Ivindo, Ogooue-Lolo, and Haut-Ogooué during the 2023-2024 school year. The awareness campaign reached 9,200 students between 6 and 17 years of age.
Education at the community level by awakening early awareness among the youngest children about the issues and challenges of environmental conservation is the driving force behind the environmental education activities that d ‘organized by the NGO for Conservation Justice during the 2023-2024 school year throughout the three provinces. country
Focused on the importance of conserving wildlife, protecting it, and the actions they can take at their level, these awareness sessions, which have been adapted to the children’s ages, instilled the basic principles of biodiversity conservation in the students.
The students were encouraged to become environmental ambassadors, passing on the knowledge gained during these awareness sessions to their families and communities.
Local ecosystems, endangered species, and concrete actions that everyone can take to protect our environment are the specific themes focused on in the discussion with the students. The awareness campaigns held as part of the wildlife brigades emphasized the importance of education and justice in conservation efforts in Gabon.
Established with the support of the Ministry of Water and Forests, with the support of the NGO Conservation Justice, Rougier Gabon, Somivab, the GAW company, CEB, and the Lékédi Biodiversity Foundation, the Koumameyong, Botosso, and Ndangui wildlife brigades aim to provide information, awareness raising, providing environmental education, monitoring surveillance, and combating illegal trafficking of natural resources. The Lékédi brigade started its activities in February 2024.
In addition to students, the wildlife brigades inform local communities about the importance of wildlife conservation. Through meetings and small workshops, the awareness teams remind residents of the harmful consequences of poaching and promote environmentally friendly practices. In addition, the NGO Conservation Justice provides legal support to inform local communities about the legal aspects of human-wildlife conflicts and possible remedies, as well as the destruction of plantations that documentation.
The Water and Forestry Administration, with the support of the Conservation Justice NGO and several other local NGOs, recently finalized the new poster on fully protected species in Gabon following Decree No. 0040 Bis/PR/MEFPECCHF signed on November 2, 2023. This educational tool supports the environmental awareness and education work carried out by our teams in rural areas.
Printed in 10,000 copies by Conservation Justice, with financial support from the European Union, this new poster has been widely distributed to local communities, informing them about protected species in Gabon.
CONSERVATION AND JUSTICE
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