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THE FIE STRENGTHENS THE CAPACITIES OF ACTORS IN 4 REGIONS
The Environmental Intervention Fund (FIE) is strengthening the capacities of agents responsible for drawing up reports (PV) of damage caused by certain wild animal species in four (4) regions, from September 23 to 26, 2024 in Bobo Dioulasso. These are the regions of Hauts-Bassins, Cascades, Sud-Ouest and Boucle du Mouhoun.
The opening ceremony was marked by the words of the Head of Service of the Support Monitoring Unit for Promoters, Hamidou BILLA who, on behalf of the Director General of the FIE, urged the participants to follow the training assiduously. The ultimate goal being that the training contributes to the reduction of damage caused by certain wild animal species and, by ricochet, to the reduction of the sums intended for the repair of animal damage.
The overall objective of the training is to strengthen the capacities and raise awareness among agents responsible for drawing up reports on damage caused by certain wild animal species in the regions most affected by the phenomenon.
In view of the frequency of conflicts between humans and certain wild animal species and the difficulties linked to the preparation of the relevant reports, the FIE has decided to train the agents responsible for recording damage caused by wild animals on the following topics: Decree No. 2016-111 /PRES/PM/MEEVCC/MATDSI of March 23, 2016 relating to the conditions and procedures for repairing damage and Joint Order No. 2020-910/PRES/PM/MEEVCC/MATDC relating to the composition, operation and conditions for the creation of local commissions for the assessment of damage caused by certain wild animal species.
The training will also cover knowledge of the techniques for preparing reports according to the standard FIE model and in accordance with the regulatory provisions of Decree No. 2016-111 /PRES/PM/MEEVCC/MATDSI of March 23, 2016 relating to the conditions and procedures for repairing damage and on the legal status and ethology of the wildlife species covered by the regulatory texts.
Specifically, the training aims to provide, among other things, knowledge to participants on: the legal status of these species of fauna concerned; the ethology of the fauna species concerned; areas of high concentrations of wild animal damage and the commonly used (theoretical and practical) repression techniques .
The training is provided by Tanga Frédéric YANOGO, Inspector of Water and Forests of the Directorate of Wildlife and Hunting Resources (DFRC). For AXIS 1, that of Bobo-Dioulasso, the participants are made up of three (03) agricultural agents and three (03) livestock agents from the regions concerned (Hauts-Bassins, Cascades, Boucle du Mouhoun and South-West) ; eleven (11) forestry agents from the regions concerned and a representative of the Regional Branch Manager of FIE-West.
With a view to popularizing good practices in all regions affected by damage from wild animals, capacity building for stakeholders, particularly producers and agents of decentralized services, is considered a solution for reducing the damage caused by certain wild animal species. These trained stakeholders will act as relays to others in their locality.
After the training of the actors of axis 1 in Bobo-Dioulasso, those of three other regions also frequently affected by the damage caused by certain wild animal species, namely the Center-South; the Center-East and the Center-West will be trained in Manga, in the coming days.
As a reminder, the Council of Ministers, in its session of March 9, 2016, in application of the provisions of the Forest Code, adopted Decree No. 2016-111 / PRES / PM / MEEVCC / MATDSI on the conditions and modalities for compensation for damage caused by certain wild animal species in Burkina Faso. This decree stipulates, in its Article 5: " the following damage caused by wild animals may be compensated: hyenas; lions; elephants; hippopotamuses; Nile crocodiles; gharial-snouted crocodiles; marsh crocodiles and buffaloes .”
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