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Community Development Support Program in the Russian Federation Based on Information and Communication Technologies (CDSP-ICT) 2011-2014

Project #5

Independent solar battery power supply for the checkpoint of anti-poaching teams in Krasnyi Yar

Requested amount $9 000

Grantee and other contributions $6 684

Total cost $15 684

The Tiger territorial neighborhood community of small indigenous peoples in the settlement of Krasnyi Yar, Pozharsky Raion, consists of 3,000 residents involved in traditional nature management.

Community problems addressed by the Project:

 The checkpoint lacks an independent power supply system that is needed for the around-the-clock activities of local anti-poacher teams in the area of traditional nature management of small indigenous peoples in the watershed of Bikin River. The installation of such a system will help control poachers and protect this land, which is the habitat of the Amur tiger, from deforestation.

Project summary:

1. A checkpoint was built near the road by which illegally harvested forest products are transported. This will increase the efficiency of anti-poaching teams in the Tiger community. An independent energy supply system with solar batteries was purchased and installed in the house built by the project. This system, which provides around-the-clock supply of electricity for household and other needs (such as charging the batteries of photo and video devices, walkie-talkie sets and GHS navigators), made it possible to improve the working conditions of rangers and anti-poaching teams. It saves time and resources that would otherwise be spent for delivering fuel for generators and stoves.
2. Project information was broadly disseminated both in the region and beyond it to promote replication, since independent power supply systems in conditions of poorly developed roads and remoteness of settlements in the Russian Far East and Siberia may be quite useful for many communities

Project results:

1. Improved working conditions and efficiency of anti-poaching teams made up of Krasnyi Yar residents. There is no longer a need in regular deliveries of firewood and fuel. Illegal tree felling for firewood has been checked. Poachers usually act during darkness, but thanks to around-the-clock illumination, it is now possible to draw up reports and record violations with the use of photographic and video equipment.
2.  Information about project results was conveyed to tourist camps, bee yards, small farms, remote settlements, social institutions, checkpoints of the Ministry of Interior, etc.

Contact person:

Yevgeny Lepeshkin, project coordinator, WWF Amur Branch   

Contact information:

6/1 Leniniskaya St., Krasnyi Yar
Tel: 318617; fax: 37665, olipka@wwf.ru 

Organization:

Title	Category	Profile
Tiger, a territorial neighborhood community of small indigenous peoples	Non-profit	Preservation of a traditional living environment for local cultural development and sustainable nature management. Hunting and harvesting food and medicinal plant resources. Provision of services for environmental and ethnographic tourism.

Duration (months)

8

Start date

01.02.2012

End date

30.09.2012