Project Description
Since the conservation of crucial wildlife habitats, is most advantageous for the local community, if we empower them not only would they monitor the area for the occurring changes and the state of the wildlife in the area, but if necessary, they could also take action. In addition, educating and forming training teams among the local people, can create Sustainable Knowledge, especially among the students for future generations
Therefore to achieve this goal, in the Parishan wetland, the Otter specie has been chosen as the main carnivore in the area which is at the top of the food pyramid and as the flag species. This program which is focused around monitoring, and protection of this specie has started
Goals
Enabling the local work team as experts, to monitor the state of the otter species in the area
Enabling the local work team as the educators for the local people to teach them about the otter species
Raising public awareness about the otter through holding different classes
Raising public awareness about the otter through the production of educational packages
Access to the current state of the otter in the Parishan wetland
Identifying the threats to the otter in the Parishan wetland
Preparing management and protective plans for these species in the Parishan wetland
Time of the project
Start: January 2010
End: August 2012
Achievements
Recovering a portion of the Parishan wetland for the conservation of the area’s biodiversity
Educating the local team in order to raise the level of awareness in relation to the otter
Educating the training team to raise the level of knowledge among the local community
Production of training packages which include
Children’s coloring books
The otter book for Teenagers and youths
pamphlets for local teachers’ education program
pamphlets for the field teams’ special education
Educational brochure for target group
Local communities’ participation posters in the conservation of the Parishan wetland
