COMPONENT 1: Strengthening the collective governance of the riparian communities in Sebitoli and the institutions involved
The Sebitoli Chimpanzee Project (PCGS) at school and village activities has helped to increase interest in the national park and the chimpanzees. Joint anti-poaching patrols and meetings with villagers with UWA were organized by SCP to strengthen the coordination of actions on the periphery of KNP. Radio interventions were also programmed in collaboration with UWA and SCP's assistants. Within the framework of her thesis, Julie Bonnald conducted group interviews in the 5 village communities and an assistant from SCP, supervised by Julie, was able to collect information from farmers during 2019 in order to collect data on crop damage caused by elephants' encrustations in the fields. This information is crucial to determine with the local communities the actions to be implemented to protect their sources of income.