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Central Africa has been identified as one of the main sources of illegal ivory fueling unregulated domestic ivory trade throughout West and Central Africa and overseas destinations, especially Asia, in recent years.
Organization(s):
- TRAFFIC Central Africa Regional Office
- TRAFFIC International
Organization(s):
- Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee (IPACC)
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Central and West Africa Programme (PACO)
This report explores how the law shapes opportunities for accountability in relation to land deals for agribusiness investments. The report draws on country studies in Cameroon, Ghana and Senegal.
Author(s):
- Cotula, Lorenzo
- Jokubauskaite, Giedre
Organization(s):
- Centre pour l'environnement et le développement (CED)
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
- Innovation Environnement Développement en Afrique (IED Afrique)
- Land Resources Management Centre (LRMC)
In recent years, Cameroon has been approached by growing numbers of local and international investors wanting to acquire arable land for large-scale agro-industrial operations. In order to make a realistic assessment of the situation, this study takes a closer look at large-scale land acquisition
Author(s):
- Nguiffo, Samuel
- Sonkoue Watio, Michelle
Organization(s):
- Centre pour l'environnement et le développement (CED)
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
- Sweden, SIDA
- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
- Sweden, SIDA
- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
La chasse de viande de brousse représente l’une des grandes menaces pour les écosystèmes forestiers mondiaux. Outre l’utilisation d’approches descendantes (telles que l’application des lois nationales sur la chasse), les projets visant à promouvoir de nouveaux moyens de subsistance ont été mis en
Author(s):
- Coad, Lauren
- Wicander, Sylvia
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Central and West Africa Regional Programme (PACO)
- University of Oxford, Environmental Change Institute
Bushmeat hunting represents one of the biggest threats to tropical forest ecosystems. In addition to the use of top-down approaches (such as the enforcement of national hunting laws), alternative livelihood projects have been implemented at the community level with the aim of reducing hunting thr
Author(s):
- Coad, Lauren
- Wicander, Sylvia
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Central and West Africa Regional Programme (PACO)
- University of Oxford, Environmental Change Institute
Ce plan d'action définit une stratégie de conservation des gorilles et des chimpanzés en Afrique équatoriale occidentale.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
The action plan lays out a conservation strategy for gorillas and chimpanzees in Western Equatorial Africa. The Endangered central chimpanzee Pan troglodytes troglodytes and the Critically Endangered western lowland gorilla Gorilla gorilla gorilla are undergoing a dramatic decline due to poaching
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
The Cameroon-Nigeria border region where the Cross River gorilla occurs is a biodiversity hotspot of global significance.
Author(s):
- Bergl, Richard
- Byler, Dirck
- Dunn, Andrew
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), US
Le Cameroun, à l’instar d’autres pays du Bassin du Congo, subit de plein fouet les effets environnementaux, sociaux et économico-dévastateurs des changements climatiques, généralement provoqués par la déforestation, la dégradation et la fragmentation des forêts.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Cameroon
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
This document discusses the need to balance short-term water productivity gains in particular in agriculture - with the long-term role that water flows provide for maintaining sustainable landscape ecosystem services (ESS), and serving multiple benefits to human well-being.
Author(s):
- Keys, P.
- Barron, J.
- Lannerstad, M.
Organization(s):
- UNEP
- Stockholm Environment Institute, SE
This publication shares IUCN's experiences in developing the world's first gender-responsive national strategies and roadmaps on climate change.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN, Gender and Environment
- Global Gender and Climate Alliance
This book analyzes the state and management of national parks in Africa. It discusses the state of ecosystems of national parks in the continent and assesses the capacity of environmental leadership and management to positively impact on biodiversity conservation in national pakrs.
Author(s):
- Boon, Emmanuel K.
- Hens, Luc
- Oviedo, Gonzalo
This report, two years in the making, provides a comprehensive assessment of progress being made towards SFM in each ITTO producer member country and identifies the challenges remaining.
Organization(s):
- International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO)
Ce document est le fruit d'un consensus entre les agences de gestion forestière et de conservation de la faune au Nigeria et au Cameroun, des organisations non gouvernementales locales et internationales de conservation et des chercheurs affiliés à des universités, réunis lors d'ateliers organisé
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
- Zoological Society of San Diego, US
This document represents the consensus of views from forestry and wildlife conservation agencies in Nigeria and Cameroon, local and international nongovernmental conservation organizations, and university-based researchers who met at a series of workshops in Cameroon and Nigeria to formulate a se
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
- Zoological Society of San Diego, US
En esta publicación se identifican y analizan las cuestiones fundamentales para la formulación y aplicación de marcos jurídicos nacionales y subnacionales para las actividades de REDD.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
This study looks at governance of ecosystem services.
Author(s):
- Greiber, Thomas
- Schiele, Simone
Organization(s):
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
- Germany, Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development
The pilot study presented in this report is part of an International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) African Elephant Specialist Group (AfESG) project initiated by the Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) programme of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Speci
Author(s):
- Stiles, Daniel
- Randolph, Shannon
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), African Elephant Specialist Group
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretariat
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE)
L'objectif global de l'étude est d'améliorer les connaissances de la dynamique actuelle et les tendances du marché de la viande d'éléphant dans les pays d'Afrique centrale en procédant à une étude de l'impact du commerce de la viande d'éléphant.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), African Elephant Specialist Group
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretariat
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE)
The overall objective of the study is to enhance knowledge of contemporary elephant meat market dynamics, patterns and trends in Central African countries by undertaking an elephant meat trade impact study.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), African Elephant Specialist Group
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretariat
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE)
<p>Evaluation diagnostique et prospective du cadre juridique de la gestion des ressources fauniques au Cameroun. L'ouvrage embrasse également les éléments de l'environnement politique, socio-économique et sociologique.
Author(s):
- Ngoufo, Roger
- Tsague Donkeng, Hubert
Organization(s):
- Cameroon Environmental Watch (CEW), CM
- IUCN, Central and West Africa Regional Programme (PACO)
Author(s):
- Buij, Ralph
- Iongh, Hans H. de
- Persoon, Gerard
Organization(s):
- Institute of Environmental Sciences of Leiden University, NL
- Université de Dschang, CM
This publication presents a strong argument for innovating urban planning to address the contemporary challenges of rapid urbanization and poverty.
Organization(s):
- United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
This is the report of a study on the approaches to decision-making and dialogue on large dams and hydraulic infrastructures in developing countries and emerging markets, particularly the policies and practices applying to environmental and social aspects, and engagement of stakeholders around pro
Cette publication ambitieuse se concentre sur les leçons apprises pendant dix ans d'approches appliquées de la conservation dans le cadre du Programme régional pour l'environnement en Afrique centrale (CARPE), qui opère dans neuf pays couvrant l'intégralité du Bassin du Congo.
Author(s):
- Angu, Kenneth
- Tchamou, Nicodème
- Yanggen, David
Organization(s):
- Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE)
- United States, AID
This ambitious publication focuses on lessons learned from ten years of applied conservation approaches of the Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE), which operates in nine countries spanning the entire Congo Basin.
Author(s):
- Angu, Kenneth
- Tchamou, Nicodème
- Yanggen, David
Organization(s):
- Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE)
- United States, AID
As new mechanisms for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) are being negotiated in international climate change talks, resource tenure must be given greater attention.
Author(s):
- Cotula, Lorenzo
- Mayers, James
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
IUCN is looking to replicate and improve the implementation of its role as facilitator for civil society and private sector involvement in other countries VPA negotiations.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
- Keystone Center, US
- United Kingdom, Department for International Development (DFID)
This publication identifies and analyzes critical issues in the formulation and implementation of national and sub-national legal frameworks for REDD activities.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
This book, written by the world's foremost experts, examines key issues, including law and enforcement, supply and demand, corruption, forest certification, poverty, local livelihoods, international trade and biodiversity conservation.
Organization(s):
- Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), ID
Water ecosystems have long been perceived by decision makers as having little value simply because their economic value is poorly understood and rarely articulated.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Water and Nature Initiative (WANI)
- IUCN, Ecosystem and Livelihoods Group, Asia
Author(s):
- Makon Wehong, Samuel
- Ngantou, Daniel
- Ndikumagenge, Cleto
- Ndikumagenge, Cléto
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Central Africa
- International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO)
- Conférence sur les écosystèmes de forêts denses et humides d'Afrique centrale (CEFDHAC)
Organization(s):
- Wageningen University, NL
Author(s):
- Tchouto Mbatchou, Gildas Peguy
Organization(s):
- Tropenbos International, NL
- Wageningen University, NL
Author(s):
- Castañeda, Froylán
- Kuzee, Mirjam
- Savenije, Herman
Organization(s):
- Cameroon, Ministère de l'environnement et des forêts
- Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), ID
- FAO
- Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
- International Centre for Agroforestry Research (ICRAF)
- IUCN, Regional Office for Central Africa
- Netherlands, National Reference Centre for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality EC LNV
IUCNs 5th World Parks Congress (2003) concluded that parks should not exist as unique islands, but need to be planned and managed as an integral part of the broader landscape.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
- Syzygy, NL
Author(s):
- Jonkers, W. B. J.
- Foahom, B.
Organization(s):
- Tropenbos International, NL
Author(s):
- Doumenge, Charles
- Gami, Norbert
- Louppe, Dominique
Organization(s):
- Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD), FR
- Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), ID
Author(s):
- Comiskey, James A.
- Sunderland, Terry C. H.
- Sunderland-Groves, Jacqueline L.
Organization(s):
- Smithsonian Institution, Monitoring and Assesment of Biodiversity Program, US
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