Davide do Espirito Santo Ceita Dias, CLP intern 2017

Posted on 21st November 201721st November 2017 by Laura Owens

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The Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP) supports early-career conservationists undertaking priority projects worldwide.

Today is #IndigenousPeoplesDay so we`ve been talking to one of our 2024 award-winners, Bayron Calle-Rendón, about the crucial role of Indigenous People in conservation (English translation below).

Bayron`s CLP project is preserving the biocultural diversity in the indigenous community of Musuiuiai in Putumayo, Colombia, by using the Vulnerable lowland tapir as a "Landscape Species".

Bayron is currently with us at the @savinggorillas
Campus in Rwanda participating in our Conservation Management & Leadership training workshop.

He explains that his project, which is led by Musuiuiai Community member, José Jarol Muchavisoy, is following a biocultural approach to strengthen the Musuiuiai`s self-governance, monitor tapirs, and engage neighbouring communities in conservation efforts.

[English translation of the video] "To consider Indigenous People in conservation projects is relevant not only because they know which animals and plants exist, but it`s also the fact that for millennia they have interacted with nature and this has allowed then to learn how to manage it so it can be preserved throughout time.

But this also has to be done jointly with cultural preservation. I believe that, as long as culture is preserved, then the rules that Indigenous People have used for millennia to protect nature will also be preserved. Therefore, whenever working with Indigenous People, although it`s really important to conserve nature, an effort should be made so that every conservation project includes cultural aspects."

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Today is #IndigenousPeoplesDay so we've been talking to one of our 2024 award-winners, Bayron Calle-Rendón, about the crucial role of Indigenous People in conservation (English translation below).

Bayron's CLP project is preserving the biocultural diversity in the indigenous community of Musuiuiai in Putumayo, Colombia, by using the Vulnerable lowland tapir as a "Landscape Species".

Bayron is currently with us at the @savinggorillas
Campus in Rwanda participating in our Conservation Management & Leadership training workshop.

He explains that his project, which is led by Musuiuiai Community member, José Jarol Muchavisoy, is following a biocultural approach to strengthen the Musuiuiai's self-governance, monitor tapirs, and engage neighbouring communities in conservation efforts.

[English translation of the video] "To consider Indigenous People in conservation projects is relevant not only because they know which animals and plants exist, but it's also the fact that for millennia they have interacted with nature and this has allowed then to learn how to manage it so it can be preserved throughout time.

But this also has to be done jointly with cultural preservation. I believe that, as long as culture is preserved, then the rules that Indigenous People have used for millennia to protect nature will also be preserved. Therefore, whenever working with Indigenous People, although it's really important to conserve nature, an effort should be made so that every conservation project includes cultural aspects."

#WeAreCLP

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2024 CLP awardee Thony Churcher is an amphibian conservationist in Ghana, working with NGO @herp_ghana to safeguard threatened populations of the Critically Endangered intermediate puddle frog 🐸

Thony is currently participating in our Conservation Management & Leadership training workshop at the @savinggorillas Campus near Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda 🙌

Today is Day 5 of the training, and, so far, Thony and 17 other early-career conservation leaders like him, from 13 different countries, have been exchanging ideas and participating in our interactive training sessions on Leadership, Communications, Project Planning and Fundraising.

We`re so pleased to hear Thony`s enthusiasm about the training and how it will help him develop as a conservation leader 😌🌱

#WeAreCLP #ConservationLeaders #ConservationTraining #Ghana #Amphibian #Conservation #Rwanda #ConservationLeadershipProgramme

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2024 CLP awardee Thony Churcher is an amphibian conservationist in Ghana, working with NGO @herp_ghana to safeguard threatened populations of the Critically Endangered intermediate puddle frog 🐸

Thony is currently participating in our Conservation Management & Leadership training workshop at the @savinggorillas Campus near Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda 🙌

Today is Day 5 of the training, and, so far, Thony and 17 other early-career conservation leaders like him, from 13 different countries, have been exchanging ideas and participating in our interactive training sessions on Leadership, Communications, Project Planning and Fundraising.

We're so pleased to hear Thony's enthusiasm about the training and how it will help him develop as a conservation leader 😌🌱

#WeAreCLP #ConservationLeaders #ConservationTraining #Ghana #Amphibian #Conservation #Rwanda #ConservationLeadershipProgramme

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