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    WABiLED will be expanding beekeeping support programs that were previously run by its predecessor WA BiCC. [WA BiCC] supported beekeeping training, facilitated honey sales through partnerships, and engaged over 60 communities. [WABiLED] will provide grants to organizations supporting beekeeping, hire specialists to expand the model, and recruit private sector partners to strengthen markets for beekeepers. [Beekeeping provides environmental, social and economic benefits - it incentivizes forest conservation, generates income, and allows women and youth to build skills.]

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    WABiLED will be expanding beekeeping support programs that were previously run by its predecessor WA BiCC. [WA BiCC] supported beekeeping training, facilitated honey sales through partnerships, and engaged over 60 communities. [WABiLED] will provide grants to organizations supporting beekeeping, hire specialists to expand the model, and recruit private sector partners to strengthen markets for beekeepers. [Beekeeping provides environmental, social and economic benefits - it incentivizes forest conservation, generates income, and allows women and youth to build skills.]

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    WABiLED will be expanding beekeeping support programs that were previously run by its predecessor WA BiCC. [WA BiCC] supported beekeeping training, facilitated honey sales through partnerships, and engaged over 60 communities. [WABiLED] will provide grants to organizations supporting beekeeping, hire specialists to expand the model, and recruit private sector partners to strengthen markets for beekeepers. [Beekeeping provides environmental, social and economic benefits - it incentivizes forest conservation, generates income, and allows women and youth to build skills.]

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    West Africa Biodiversity and Low Emissions Development

    From Farm to Beehive

    Providing Economic Incentives, Conserving Forests

    Nouhou Ndam | Biodiversity Conservation Specialist | WABiLED


    [email protected] | + 233 55 653 7034
    Beekeeping: WA BiCC to WABiLED

    WABiLED’s predecessor program, West Africa Biodiversity and Climate Change Program (WA BiCC)
    supported beekeeping activities by:

     Providing beekeeping training through its partner Universal Outreach Foundation (UOF).

     Facilitating market linkages by supporting farmers to sell their honey under the label “Liberia Pure
    Honey” through UOF, allowing for more financial opportunities and alternative sources of income.

     60 communities were engaged in three landscapes.

     WABiLED will be scaling up the activities conducted under WA BiCC.


    WA BiCC’s Approach: Creating an Enabling
    Environment for Forest Conservation
    Buzzing in: TGKS

    The Taï-Grebo-Krahn-Sapo Forest Landscape (TGKS) between Liberia and Côte


    d’Ivoire is a global biodiversity hotspot and the largest tract of contiguous forest left in
    the Upper Guinea ecosystem.

    • High rates of deforestation, degradation, and poaching threaten the forest


    landscape.

    • Beekeeping identified as a locally appropriate income-generating activity.

    • Given bees need vegetation, including forests to produce honey, incentives to


    maintain forests are built-in while providing an alternative source of income
    through the sale of honey products.

    • Liberian beekeepers visited counterparts in Côte d’Ivoire, where they


    shared skills and success stories with farmers and neighbors across the border.
    Beekeeping: What’s In It for Farmers?

    • A single beehive can generate approximately $87.50 USD per year in income.

    • Organizations like Universal Outreach Foundation (UOF) guaranteed to buy honey for $17.5/gallon.

    • Subsistence farmers can produce up to eight gallons of honey per year.


    Beekeeping: What’s In It for Companies?

    • More farmer engagement = more honey!!

    • Organizations like UOF developed a recognized product under the


    “Liberia Pure Honey” brand, which is sold all over Liberia,
    enhancing commodity-based local economic activity.

    • Public-private partnerships for conservation and socio-


    economic development between UOF and communities.

    • Beekeeping generates several income streams through


    providing honey, beeswax, and other by-products used in
    cosmetics and healthcare products.
    Beekeeping: How Does the Environment Benefit?
    • Bees need forest floral diversity to produce honey, while the forest and crops need bees for
    pollination.

    • Beekeepers’ awareness of protecting forests is raised, as the forests are generating a new, tangible
    benefit.

    • Beekeeping facilitates sustainable livelihood and job creation activities for local communities,
    acting as incentives for the conservation of protected areas and community forests.
    Capacity Building: Youth and Gender
    • Beekeeping allows for the growth in capacity of women and youth, through associations and clubs.

    • Additional skills are learned such as carpentry to locally build beehives, creating additional income-
    generation opportunities.

    • In West Africa, women make up 38% of beekeepers, providing an excellent alternative source of income.

    • WA BiCC trained 196 beekeepers around Sapo National Park – 112 women (57.14%) and 84 men
    (42.8%).
    Lessons from beekeeping as a sustainable conservation enterprise

    • A conservation enterprise should aim to generate


    monetary and non-monetary benefits for
    participants

    • Benefits from a conservation enterprise should lead to


    a change in participants attitudes and behaviors

    • These changes should lead to reducing threats to


    biodiversity conservation

    • Introducing Farmers to Beekeeping is a win for


    farmers, conservation enterprises, and the
    environment
    What’s next for beekeeping interventions under WABiLED?
    WABiLED will be building on WA BiCC’s foundations to support beekeeping by:

    • Issuing grants for non-timber forest product (NTFPs) producers and


    other civil society organizations that support beekeeping in transboundary
    forests.

    • Engaging a full-time green enterprise specialist to scale up and


    expand the beekeeping model in West Africa.

    • Market assessments of NTFPs will include beekeeping as a


    livelihood/sub-sector to explore.

    • Recruitment of a private sector engagement specialist to help


    identify further market linkages for beekeepers on regional and local levels.
    Thank you!

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