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The
Pan African
Sanctuary Alliance, or PASA, is an
alliance of
sixteen primate sanctuaries from all over Africa. Due to
the rapid influx of orphan animals from increased logging, habitat destruction
and commercial development of the bush-meat trade, and lack of awareness
in primate range countries, sanctuaries have emerged on an ad-hoc basis resulting
in crisis management. This has made it difficult for long-term planning and
adequate collaboration between sanctuaries and primate experts. There is
a very evident need for general guidelines for the establishment of authorities,
site location, long term sustainability management practices, primate management
and health issues.
Pan African
Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) is designed to bring these sanctuaries
together.
WorldFish Center is a unique international research
center involved in research on fisheries and other living aquatic resources.
Their vision is to contribute to
food
security and poverty eradication in developing countries. Their mission is
to promote sustainable development and use of living aquatic resources based
on environmentally sound management. The Challenge
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One billion people rely on fish as a source of animal protein.
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One hundred and fifty million people depend on fish for employment.
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There are 80 or 90 million new people in the world every year to be fed, most of them poor and in developing countries.
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Natural fish stocks are being severely depleted and under serious threat. Many forms of aquaculture have yet to prove their sustainability and be accessible to the poor.
WorldFish Center's response. They work to:
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Raise and sustain the productivity of fisheries and aquaculture systems;
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Protect the aquatic environment;
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Save aquatic biodiversity;
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Improve policies for sustainable development of aquatic resources; and
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Strengthen the capacity of national programs to support sustainable development.
Founded in 1989, the aim
of the World
Parrot Trust is : The survival of parrot species in the wild, and
the welfare of captive birds everywhere. To achieve this aim,
they
restore and protect populations of wild parrots and their native
habitats,
promote awareness of the threats to all parrots, captive and wild, oppose
the trade in wild-caught parrots, educate the public on high standards for
the care and breeding of parrots and encourage links between conservation
and aviculture. In Cameroon, they are supporting the protection of a recently
established national park which includes several clearings which attract
tens of thousands of African Grey parrots. With the support of their
anti-poaching efforts, otheir local contact here Dr. Leonard Usongo feels
that he has been able to make a significant impact on the poaching of some
15,000 Greys from that area each year.
World Parrot
Trust's intent is to end the unsustainable trade in wild caught African
Greys.
Karl Ammann is a wildlife photographer and conservation
activist and a leader of the campaign that
gai
ned worldwide recognition of the bushmeat crisis
in Africa. He is any advisory director to several organizations, including
the World Society for the Protection of Animals, The
Cheeta
h Conservation Fund and Biosynergy Institute.
Karl carries a camera as his sidearm, shooting scenes of chimpanzees and
gorillas being butchered for sale as expensive commercial bushmeat. Ammann's
reports and documentaries convinced the European Parliament and leaders of
over twenty African states to sign a proclamation against the slaughter of
apes and caused the government of Cameroon to convene a national conference
on the illegal bushmeat trade.
The Bushmeat Project has been established to develop
and support community based partnerships that will
hel
p the people of various African countries, to develop
alternatives to unsustainable bushmeat commerce. The programme is a long-term
effort to provide economic and social incentive to people to protect great
apes and other endangered wildlife. Some of the largest wildlife and animal
welfare organizations in North America have joined them in agreement that
the Bushmeat Crisis is a top priority concern and that it is time to act.
Some of the largest wildlife and animal welfare organizations in North America
have joined them in agreement that the Bushmeat Crisis is a top priority
concern and that it is time to act. To learn more about this effort
check the website
or email to hq@biosynergy.org. Donations
will be used to help turn poachers to protectors, educate people about the
intrinsic values of wildlife, and to create new protected areas in which
apes will be safe for people to study and observe.
Central Africa is home
to the second largest area of tropical forest on
earth after that of the Amazon. The riches of
its unparalleled biodiversity remain largely unexplored. The forest is a
vital resource for the people who live in and around it; exploited rationally,
it can be a real vector for development. But it is also an ensemble whose
stability depends on the multitude of inter—relationships between plants
and animals. Loss of the latter impoverishes the forest and impairs its capacity
to regenerate. The
ECOFAC
programme combines two basic and complementary principles: conservation
and development. It is a tangible expression of the European Union's commitment
to the protection and rational utilization of Central Africa's
forest ecosystems. It also fully involves the
forest dwelling people in its activities. The six countries covered by the
programme - Congo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea,
Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe - have a combined population of 20 million,
which is growing by 3.2% yearly. Tropical rainforest stretches over about
670,000 km2 of these countries' territory but this area is dwindling at a
rate of almost 1% a year. Email
ECOFAC.
For more information on Cameroon, click
here.
If you would like to
contact us please email
terry@africanconservation.org
