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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.
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.
The mission of the
International Fund for
Animal Welfare (IFAW) is to improve the welfare
of wild and domestic animals throughout the world
by reducing commercial exploitation of animals, protecting wildlife habitats,
and assisting animals in distress. They seek to motivate the public to prevent
cruelty to animals and to promote animal welfare and conservation policies
that advance the well-being of both animals and people.
IFAW was founded in 1969
to confront the cruel commercial slaughter of harp and hooded seals. Having
successfully rallied worldwide condemnation of the hunt, they have grown
to become one of the largest international animal welfare organizations in
the world. Today IFAW
has offices in 12 countries and a staff of more than 200 experienced campaigners,
legal and political experts, and internationally acclaimed scientists. They
are a pragmatic and dedicated family of professionals who believe that animals
suffer far too much from commercial exploitation, habitat destruction, and
needless cruelty. And they are joined in that belief by more than 1.8 million
supporters. You can email
IFAW -
info@ifaw.org.
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If you would like to
contact us please email
terry@africanconservation.org
