Rural Synergy – Peasant Action Presentation

 Synergie Rurale - Action Paysanne

(SyR-AP)

Rural Synergy – Peasant Action

- (RSy-PA)

No Government Organization for the conservation of the nature 

Location

RSy-PA works with Batere community in the territorial district of Batere, in the province of Mai-Ndombe, territory of Kutu, in Democratic Republic of Congo for the protection of pangolins (Manis gigantea) and the community development. Our site located: 3°17’48.05’’ S and 18°39’07.42’’ E

Object

RSy-PA has as objective to assure the protection of protected species and the development of the community.

Mission

RSY-PA has for mission to act for saving the environment and the local developpement through the conservation of the biological diversity and the participative management of natural resources.

She works to protect animal and vegetable species as well as basic ecological stabilities.

She also acts for all facts like threatened, illegal trade of wildlife species, destruction of forest and rivers and pollution which will spoil the environment and his ecosystem. 

Activities

-          Conservation 

Through patrol men, the ngo assures the watch of holes of giant pangolins of Africa and the inspection of forests for protecting pangolin’s holes and avoiding hunters.

For this fact, RSy-PA initiates a project of creation local community forests in need to involve the local community in the management of her natural resources and to participate to actions of conservation. 

-          Public communication and strengthening of capacities

The team of RSy-PA undertakes regularly to the sensibilization of populations and to the plea nearby politico-administrative authorities in need to establish laws and rulers.

-          Struggle against illegal and illicit trade of pangolins and their products

A watch ring is installed in all places of embarkation of products and merchandises (ports and parkings) in countries of the area of the conservation to assure a full control and to denounce smugglers.

Our local teams of watch assure the control of sale of wildlife meet to struggle against the trade of the fauna. They have for mission, to identify, to categorize, and to take a sample of wildlife species which are found in the market for domestic consumption or for the expedition to big cities.

The installation of an interviewers ring in cities (Kinshasa) is under way for fighting exporting smugglers and the the corruption of officer in borders.

A plan of plea is under way of writing for identifying postmen of apathy in the application of the ruler.

 

Activities of development 

Programmes are planned to open up the conservation zone. ForFor this, RSy-PA has put on :
 

- A programme for the renovation of buildings in which is medical centers of the rural medical zone of Bosobe.

-   A programme for the renovation of access roads for allowing peasants to evacuate farm products.

-  A programme for fighting the poverty and struggling for dietary security which consist in supervising the family farming.

 

Some results

Activities	Results
Sensibilization in the prohibition to kill pangolins (respect for taboo and traditional banning)	-          The written commitment traditional chief -          7 persons, 3 hunters, 2 poachers and 2 chiefs of land were transformed to patrolmen
Struggling against illegal and illicit trade of pangolin and his product	-          More or less 20 kilos of shells of pangolins packed for sale were burned -          11 buyers of shells are denounced, and transmitted to the police
Research of holes	-          47 holes are identified
Watch of holes	-          39 holes are Under Watch
Inspection of forests	-          37 traps are removed

Perspectives

RSy-PA searches for financings to: 

-          Strengthen abilities of her team of patrolmen through a very professional formation;

-          Take care of patrolmen to maintain them in the action of conservation;

-          Provide them with materials for the watch of holes;

-          Look for other holes;

-          Support efforts of commitment of local and riverside populations of forests of conservation;

-          Strengthen activities of sensibilization through a tool of community communication for broadcasting informations;

-          Prime the process of creation local community forests (LCF);

-          Structure rings of control and of exchange of informations.

The coordination is used to:

-          lead a plea to politico-administrative authorities of the Democratic Republic of Congo in order to strengthen the application of laws and rulers ;

-          Lead a plea to financial and technical partners and all other who take part to give a national/ provincial/ local plan of urgency for saving pangolins;

-          Sensibilize local security services (police, direction of migrations and information) in order to obtain their collaboration involvement in the struggle against the criminality of pangolins;

-          Structure local committees of conservation in all riverside villages of forests who will have as mission to assure the environmental education and to coordinate activities of development

Claude Keboy (Coordinator and Samuel Melaw (traditional Chief)