Submitted by
Andrea.ATHANAS
on Tue, 09/20/2022 - 13:06
General Information
Resolution
49195
IUCN Constituent
African Wildlife Foundation - Kenya HQ
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Member organisation
Period covered
Geographic scope
Africa
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Commissions
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations
African Protected Area Directors
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description and results/achievements of activities:
AWF is supporting African protected and conserved areas to secure sufficient, sustained financing through the creation of A Pan-African Conservation Trust. APACT is taking the shape of a hybrid mechanism consisting of an endowment, rolling
/ sinking, and impact investment components that support public, community, indigenous, or private entities managing terrestrial and marine protected and conserved areas in Africa. APACT will be a complementary and additional mechanism
to existing Conservation Trust Funds and protected area financing mechanisms.
/ sinking, and impact investment components that support public, community, indigenous, or private entities managing terrestrial and marine protected and conserved areas in Africa. APACT will be a complementary and additional mechanism
to existing Conservation Trust Funds and protected area financing mechanisms.
Status
On-going
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
A Pan-African Conservation Trust (APACT) is an ambitious African-led effort born out of the need to address the funding gap for Africa’s protected and conserved areas via an independent hybrid sustainable financing mechanism. pearheaded by the African Protected Area Directors (APAD) and supported by the African Wildlife Foundation, the Consortium for African Funds for the Environment, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and a host of others, APACT launched at the first-ever IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress.
III. Additional Information
External link(s)
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Member