Abstract

Ranger-Based Wildlife Monitoring – NRT Community Conservancies
Track: Conservation
Authors: Dominic Lesimirdana

Conservancy Management Monitoring System - CoMMS-Simple monitoring system to detect trends in abundance and distribution of wildlife and their threats
CoMMS designed to provide information for conservancy management while being appropriate for the capacity and context of community conservancies
(low levels of literacy or formal education, strong local knowledge, remote, few roads, little access to vehicles etc.)
Community Conservancies are autonomous institutions managed by their communities - NRT provides technical support and oversight
Aim to move away from externally led 'scientific' monitoring to a system that can be maintained entirely at a conservancy level and sustained in the long-term