Funding of the Somalia Wildlife service community based conservation efforts.

Apart from core financing and moral support from the Central Government; Community based conservation effort in Somalia has to benefit from donor funding and private initiatives.

For instance the ministry of Tourism & Wildlife will link Local Communities with International Development Agencies form implementation of the Somali Wildlife Service’s Conservation of Biodiverse Resource Promotion (COBRP) for investments and capacity building.

The goal of idea is to promote Socio-economic development through conservation and sustainable management of Somalia’s natural resource.  The main objective is to increase the flow of socio-economic benefits to local communities living in rural areas through the sustainable management of wildlife and other natural resources. This project has been assisted in enhancing community awareness in conservation and wildlife management.

The Conservation of Biodiverse Resource Promotion (COBRP) will assist the Somalia Wildlife Service in institutionalizing a community base conservation component namely “the Partnership Department”, with in the organization through the provision of salary support to professional staff, training of lower cadres and procurement of vehicles, computers, and the necessary field equipment.

The CORBP project ha to assist in the planning and implementation of pilot community conservation programs in three focal regions; namely Lower Jubba, Bakol, Galgudud, Mudug, Bari, Middle Shabelle, Lower Shabelle, and Middle Jubba.

Although the CORB project will assist communities in the planning and implementation of community based development projects such as the construction of schools, clinics, water tanks among others, the project’s main trust is focused on the support of enterprises related to eco-tourism, depend directly on the wildlife

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