GKEPF’s Project Manager recently travelled to the WCP Zambia headquarters in Zambia to discuss capacity building strategies to counter illegal wildlife trade. He also connected with other team members to broaden the learning experience.
This sharing of expertise will help GKEPF develop effective strategies that are tailored to our local context. Alinea, a landscape intermediary developed from WCPs regional collaboration programme, promotes collaboration and knowledge exchange, recognising that while there are many ways to counter wildlife crime, greater coordination and adoption of best practices are needed.
Learning from WCP/Alinea’s teams and gaining a deeper understanding of their systems and tools will help GKEPF to further develop our own model while aligning it with proven methods to better achieve our conservation goals.
On a lighter note, we also joined a local football match, playing alongside people of all ages and languages. It was a powerful reminder of sport’s ability to unite people, and an inspiration to continue growing the GKEPF Sports Programme.
Thank you, WCP and Alinea, for providing and facilitating such a valuable learning experience.