Dr#Sam#Kanyamibwa#Execu2ve#Director,#ARCOS#

COP21,#IUCN#Pavilion#Paris:#December#5th,#2015#

Using Community Agreements for Nature Based Community Enterprises

and Ecosystem Based Adaptation

Ecosystem#Based#Adapta2on#“From%Ridge%to%Bridge”%

IUCN%Side%Event%

ARCOS#Background!

•  ARCOS! is! a! regional! conserva2on!organisa2on! established! in! 1995!focusing! on! Alber2ne! Ri<! region!(from! the! northern! end! of! Lake!Albert! to! the! southern! Lake!Tanganyika!as!core!region),!the!Great!Lakes!region!and!African!Mountains;!

•  Mission:# “Enhance! biodiversity!conserva2on! and! susta inable!management! of! natural! resources!t h r o u g h! t h e! p r om o 2 o n! o f!collabora2ve! conserva2on! ac2on! for!nature!and!people”.!

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Greater#Virunga#Ecosystem#Services:#Water#and#NonQTimber#Forest#Products#

Bamboo# Charcoal# Firewood# Mushrooms#

Medicine# HandcraU#Products# Honey# Bushmeat#

Water#

From#Ecosystem#Service##Mapping#and#Awareness!

From#Ecosystem#Service#Awareness#to#Planning#and#Adapta2on#Ac2on!

Suppor2ng#Nature#Based#Community#Enterprises#(NBCEs)#through#Conserva2on#Agreements!

Community#Conserva2on#Agreements#(CAs)#Goal:#•  Support! to! community! business! who! in! return!

commit! to! engage! in! sustainable! environmental!prac2ces! (agroforestry,! water! management,! tree!plan2ng,! monitoring! &! informa2on! sharing!ac2vi2es,!etc.)!

•  10!NBCEs!already!in!partnership!with!ARCOS!in!the!Alber2ne! Ri<! region! (Uganda,! Rwanda,! Burundi)!and!15!new!NBCEs!to!be!added!through!FONERWA!Project!in!Rwanda:!•  Sustainable+agriculture,++•  Bee1keeping+•  Coffee+Cer7fica7on+•  Sustainable+carving+……..+

Conserva2on#Agreements#Process!

1.  Conduct!feasibility!study!and!value!chain!analysis!2.  Conduct! due! diligence! to! iden2fy! which! community! group! to!

work!with!3.  Define!Condi2onali2es!and!Terms!of!Agreement!4.  Signing!of!Agreement!5.  Implementa2on!Stage!

! Provide! Financial! and! Technical! Support! to! Selected! community!groups! (Training,! par2cipatory! business! planning! and!Market! linkage!and!Experience!sharing)!

6.  Conduct!regular!M&E!

Mukura#BeeQkeepers#(Rwanda):#Beekeeping,#Agroforestry,#Forest#Monitoring#and#Protec2on!

Batwa!Community:!From!Poaching!to!Sustainable!Carving!and!Handcra<s!

Kibira#(Burundi)#and#Mukura#(Rwanda)#Women#Groups:#Sustainable#Agriculture#and#Energy#

Bamboo#Domes2ca2on,#Processing#and#Community#Forest#Management#(Uganda)#

Coffee#Cer2fica2on,#Sustainable#Prac2ces##and#Economic#Development#(Rwanda)#

Lessons#learned!

1  Building!infrastructure!can!be!easy!and!fast,!engaging!community!is!a!process:!it!requires!a!lot!of!effort!and!good!approach!to!rise!their!acen2on!and!insure!the!long!term!commitment;!

2  Ecosystem!Based!Adapta2on!is!not!about!plan2ng!trees,!it!is!about!restoring!ecosystem!func2ons,!and!maintaining!ecosystem!and!community!resilience;!

3  Important!to!have!responsibili2es!at!household!level,!but!also!common!Ecosystem!Based!Adapta2on!ac2vi2es!at!central!level,!for!demonstra2on!and!impact;!

4  Collabora2on!with!different!actors!(Government,!Private!sector!and!communi2es)!is!important;!

5  Important!to!have!a!simple!and!par2cipatory!Monitoring!and!Evalua2on!Framework.!

I!think!community!photo!would!be!becer!

Thank you! Merci !