The Group serves as the overarching entity, uniting diverse stakeholders committed to Lake Ol’Bolossat's conservation, ensuring a coordinated and comprehensive approach to its preservation. Here are the key initiatives and objectives:
Profiling Conservation Groups: Cataloging and understanding various conservation groups operating across the seven wards surrounding the lake.
Policy Integration: Aligning policies and legislations crucial for Lake Ol’Bolossat's sustainable management and conservation.
Research and Monitoring: Promoting and conducting research and monitoring efforts to inform conservation strategies.
Partnerships: Actively connecting conservation groups with potential partners in the conservation sphere to foster collaborative efforts.
Advocacy: Speaking on behalf of these groups to address the challenges confronting the lake, advocating for its protection and sustainable management.
Capacity Building: Empowering local communities through capacity-building initiatives, enhancing their understanding of conservation practices.
Land Use Practices: Designing and advocating for appropriate land use practices that ensure the lake's well-being.
Socioeconomic Enhancement: Developing strategies to alleviate pressure on natural resources, fostering a more sustainable socioeconomic environment.
Tourism and Benefit Sharing: Creating opportunities for diversified and sustainable tourism activities while ensuring equitable benefit sharing for poverty reduction.
Conservation Data: Providing vital conservation data for research, documentation, and informed decision-making.
Collaborating closely with conservation groups, the Group actively participates in on-ground conservation activities, implementing initiatives that safeguard the ecological integrity of Lake Ol’Bolossat.
Lake Ol’Bolossat Community Conservation Group (LOCCOG) was formed and duly registered as a Community Based
Organization (CBO) on15th October 2019.