Gashumba Damascene

Community Conservation of Biodiversity of Volcans National Park Through Development of Modern Beekeeping

Traditional beekeeping around volcanoes.

Town/RegionCountryCategoriesDate
BureraRwandaAfrica, Forests12 Aug 2010

There is a conflict between local people and park guards caused honey harvesting in forest and fire in forest resulting from traditional honey harvesting. Last year (2009) more than 50 hectors of forest have been burned by people while harvesting honey and the government estimated the lost at a value of 50,000,000 rwf =50,000 pounds. Also local people prioritized beekeeping as major source in conservation of natural forest of volcanoes national park and improving the liver hoods of surrounding people by introducing the modern beehives that produced more honey and using modern materiel in honey harvesting which not cause fire in forest.

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Project Update: April 2011

The beekeepers have been trained, material purchased and the apiaries are constructed and equipped. What we are doing now is monitoring and follow up of the project, all success and lessons learnt will be included in report on the project at the end. By implementing the above mentioned project, I have been awarded a 4 months course on beekeeping for poverty alleviation in Gent University, Belgium (from May to August 2011). While in Belgium, my colleague Esperance is following the project and we are in regular contact.


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