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Building the future throughnature-based and innovative solutions 2013 Annual Report

CENTRAL AND WEST AFRICA PROGRAMME (PACO)

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Rapport annuel 2013 - UICN PACO

Title: Building the future through nature-based and

innovative solutions, 2013 Annual Report, IUCN-PACO

Published by: IUCN - West and Central Africa Programme

(PACO), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

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Citation: IUCN-PACO (2014). Building the future

through nature-based and innovative solutions: 2013

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ISBN: 978-2-8317-1671-8

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Editorial Board: Prof. Joseph Aimé Nianogo,

Dr. Jacques Somda, Félicité Mangang, Eva Mouzong

Translation: Mrs Barry Safiétou ([email protected])

Our visionA World that values andconserves nature

Our missionTo influence, encourage and assist societies throughoutthe world to conserve the integrity and diversity ofnature and to ensure that any use of natural resourcesis equitable and ecologically sustainable

Acronyms and abbreviations ....................................................................................Technical and Financial Partners............................................................................Regional Director’s Foreword.................................................................................

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMME .......................................................Programme Area 1: Valuing and conserving nature ........................Programme Area 2: Effective and equitable Governance

of nature’s use ................................................Programme Area 3: Nature-Based solutions to global challenges

in climate, food and development....................

CONSTRAINTS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMME...............................

HUMAN RESOURCES..............................................................................................

FINANCIAL RESOURCES ........................................................................................Financing Sources.....................................................................................Implementation of the budget......................................................................

INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATION.........................................Trends in the number of Members............................................................Implementation of the “One Programme“ approach..................................Partnerships..............................................................................................

THE IUCN SPECIALIZED COMMISSIONS IN THE FIELD...........................................

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS...........................................................................................

IUCN MEMBERS IN CENTRAL AND WEST AFRICA....................................................

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NBA: Niger Basin Authority AFAUDEB: Burkina Fauna and Development Association FDA: French Development Agency AGEREF/CL: Inter-Village Association for Natural Resource and FaunaManagement of Comoé-LérabaAJSBF: Burkina Faso Association of Scientific JournalistsPMA: Protected Marine AreaAPV/FLEGT: Volontary Partnership Agreement on the Enforcement of ForestRegulations, Governance and Trade in Timber and Timber by-products ASAN: Senegalese Association of Friends of NatureATPF: /Friends of Community Land Sector /Les Amis du Terroir de Pays de FilièreAfDB: African Development Bank CAFE: African Consortium of Environmental Funds CARPE: Central African Regional Environmental Programme CCAFS: Climate Change, Agriculture and Food SecurityCCRE: Water Resource Coordination Centre CEC: Commission on Education and CommunicationCED: Center for Environment and Development ECOWAS: Economic Community of West African States ECCAS: Economic Community of Central African States CEFDHAC: Conference on Central Africa Dense Forest and Wetland Ecosystems CEPIA: Project on “Building Together Fisheries Management that Integrates PMAs”CGIAR: Consultative Group on International Agricultural ResearchCIFOR: International Centre of Forest ResearchCILSS: Inter States Committee on Drought Control in the SahelCITES: Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species,CMAP: IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas CNU-Niger: Coordination Nationale des Usagers du fleuve Niger COMAPROGE: Equatorial Guinea Multiservicios de construccion civil, demantenimiento, de subministro de materiales y de proteccion del patrimoniosocioambiental COMIFAC: Central Africa Forest Commission COSDAL: Commission d’Orientation et de Suivi de la Directive d’Aménagementdu Littoral CREMA: Community Resource Management AreaCREMACO: Regional Committee of IUCN Members in Central and West AfricaEMC: Ecological Monitoring Centre SRFC: Sub Regional Fisheries Commissions CTGEN: Transboundary Water Resource Management Committee of Nakanbé CTGS: Transboundary Committee on Integrated Water Resource Management ofSourou Basin VCC: Village Consultation Committee DANIDA: Danish International Development Agency UD: University Diploma EoH: Enhancing our Heritage FAO: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization GEF: Global Environmental Fund FGEF: French Global Environmental Fund FIBA: International Foundation of Banc d'Arguin.FPP: Forest People Programme FPRCI: Côte d’Ivoire Park and Reserve Foundation FSOA: West African Savannah Foundation GIZ: German International Cooperation Agency GRP: Great Rivers Partnership GTP-IE: Task Force on Oil and Extractive Industries GWI: Global Water Initiative GWP/AO: Global Water Partnership /WAHCAVN: Haut Commissariat à l'Aménagement de la Vallée du Niger

IBAP: Institute of Biodiversity and Protected Areas ICCN: Congolese Institute for Conservation of Nature IED: Innovations, Environment, Development IFDD: Francophony Institute of Sustainable Development IIED: International Institute for Environment and Development IMROP: Mauritanian Institute of Oceanographic and Fisheries Research IRD: Institute of Development Research Kfw: Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (Institution of Credit for Reconstruction)MEDD: Ministry of Forest Economy and Sustainable Development MINFOF: Ministry of Forest and Fauna MIKE: Monitoring Illegal Killing of ElephantsMOLOA: Observation Mission of West African Littoral ONAHA: National Office of Hydro agricultural works NGO: Non Governmental Organization PACO: Central and West African Programme PAG: Development and Management Plan PAGE: Partnership for Governance in West Africa PANA: National Action Programme on Adaptation to Climate Variability andClimate Change PARTAGE: Transboundary Small Scale Fisheries Management ProjectPCD: Municipal Development Plans PDESC: Economic, Social and Cultural Development Plan PEXULAB: Extreme Emergency Anti-Poaching Plan UNDP: United Nations Development UNEP: United Nations Environmental Programme POAS: Land Use and Apportioning Plans PRCM: Regional Partnership for Conservation of the West African Coastal andMarine Zone PREMI: Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management InitiativePREZOH: Regional thematic Water and Wetlands Programme RACOPY: Network on Concerted Research-Action on Pygmees RAMPAO: West African Protected Marine Areas Network RAPAC: Network on Central Africa Protected Areas CAR: Central Africa Republic DRC: Democratic Republic of CongoREDD: Reduction of Emissions Induced by Deforestation and Forest Degradationin Developing CountriesREFADD: African Women for Sustainable Development Network REPALEAC: Central Africa Indigenous and Local Populations Network REPAR: Parliamentarians’ Network for Central african forest REPES: Parliamentarians’Network for Environmental Protection in Senegal RERAC: Central Africa Community Radios Network ReSaD: Network on Sahel DesertificationRFC: Community Forestry Network SDLAO: West African Littoral Master Plan NARS: National Agricultural Research Systems SSC: Species Survival CommissionU-AVIGREF: Union of Village Associations for Fauna Reserve ManagementEU: European Union WAEMU: West African Economic and Monetary Union IUCN: Intenational Union for Conservation of Nature UNOPS: United Nations Office for Project Support USAID: United States Agency for International DevelopmentWAPO: the e « W », Arly, Pendjari, Oti-Kéran Complex WCMC: World Conservation Monitoring CentreWWF: World Wildlife FundZOVIC: Village Game Zones

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Acronyms and abbreviations

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Technical and Financial Partners

Developing knowledge on the status of species andof the ecosystems in which they live, using this datato inform decision-makers on the threats looming onnatural resources and the effects that thedegradation of these natural resources could haveon the communities, helping to identify the tools andthe policy, legal, economic and social frameworks toeliminate the barriers, operating behavioral changeand turning problems into opportunities, constitutethe challenges facing the entire global community.

In a context deeply marked by climate change andits effects, every year comes with its set of newchallenges:l Slaughtering of elephants or rhinos and

recrudescence of illegal trade in wild animals;l Armed conflicts emerging here and there; and l Extractive industries that are always on the watch,

waiting for a chance to set everything back...

Building the future upon nature-based and innovativesolutions then becomes a battle to be waged fromthe local to the global level and vice versa.

This is the reason why international meetings dedicated toconservation in general and to the fight against illegalactivities were held recurrently in 2013:l ECCAS emergency meeting in Yaoundé on anti-

poaching in Central Africa;l Gaborone Summit, referred to as the “Elephant Summit”,

organized by the Government of Botswana incollaboration with IUCN;

l Paris Conference organized by the French Governmentto support Central African States in the fight againstlarge scale poaching;

l 7th edition of the PRCM Forum in Dakar, on marine andcoastal issues, to mention but a few meetings.

At the local level, a number of actors are joining efforts togive evidence that solutions do exist to address thechallenges identified.

In 2013, IUCN has, through the combined efforts of theSecretariat, Commissions and Members, the contribution ofmany donors and collaboration of several partners, ,engaged in the three major domains of its four-year (2013-2016) programme : valuing and conserving nature, effectiveand equitable governance of nature use and nature-basedsolutions to meet the global challenges of climate, food anddevelopment.

This report accounts for the resources mobilized by IUCN inCentral and West Africa and for what these resources havemade possible to undertake in terms of major actions andsignificant outcomes and achievements reached in 2013.


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Foreword Pr. Aimé J. Nianogo

Regional Director

IUCN in collaboration with the Senghor University of Alexandria,has established since 2011 two diploma trainings at a professionallevel in the management of Protected Areas: a University Diplomaand a Master’s Degree. For year 2013, a total number of 64 youngprofessional officers of conservation have graduated in theirUniversity Diploma (UD), or in their Master’s Degree in ProtectedArea Management. With this, 150 trained professional officers (ofwhom 20% are females) in protected area management madeavailable to 15 countries1 in West and Central Africa. Some ofthese graduates are currently working in protected areas andusing the knowledge and tools that they have acquired during theirtraining. By providing the States and protected area managerswith knowledge on state-of-the-art tools for the monitoring anddevelopment of conservation projects to be applied inconservation areas, such trainings go a long way to improvingbiodiversity management.

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Programme Area 1:

Valuing and conserving nature

1Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Cameroon, Congo,DRC, Gabon, CAR, Mali, Cape Verde2AGEREF/CL, AFAUDEB, U-AVIGREF, ATPF and AGBO ZEGUE and A Rocha

IUCN supports local structures that work within and aroundprotected areas in 13 countries in the region (Benin, BurkinaFaso, Niger, Togo, Cameroon, Congo, DRC, Mali, Sierra Leone,Chad, the Gambia, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire). About thirty localNGOs and decentralized or community structures as well assome 30 representatives and municipal officials have receivedcustomized training in the field of project design and monitoring-evaluation, natural resource management, land planning,financial and accounts management, etc. Out of about thirty localNGOs, six2 have acquired operational capacity for the monitoringof geographic dynamics in natural landscapes. As a result, theyare now capable of designing and implementing small scaleprojects in the area of GIS, identification, monitoring and mappingof ecologically sensitive zones and other significant structures,using the GPS technology, spatial information interpretation andanalysis based on remote sensing and GIS data, and data basecreation and keeping techniques. Some conservation micro-projects were funded through 3 regional projects (Small scaleInitiative Programme, phase3, Land Conservation-West Africa,financed by FFEM and Climate Change Resilient Protected Areasfinanced by GEF via WCMC (World Conservation MonitoringCentre).

Beneficiaries of the 6th edition of the UD completed in Ouagadougou in May 2013

Local actors contribute to conservation In order to develop the capacity of world heritage site managersand of their collaborators, fourteen training workshops on theapplication of the Enhancing our Heritage (EoH) tool wereorganized in the following sites: the Dja Fauna Reserve, the WNational Park in Niger, the National Park of Taï, the National Parkof Kahuzi Biega and the Trinational Park of Sangha. A totalnumber of 47 persons from technical departments,representatives of local communities, NGOs and researchinstitutes were trained. These trainings have helped the playersto ascertain that the extractive industry, gold digging and industrialagriculture constitute the main threats looming on most of thesenatural goods. This is already visible with the encroachment notedin nearly 50% of the cases surveyed. They have further realizedthat the objectives of management plans of more than 50% of thesites have not adequately mainstreamed the monitoring of thepreservation status of the values that have led to the registrationof such property on the list of the world heritage.

Moreover, IUCN supports the African State Parties in refining theirproposals for registration in the world heritage list. Support andcounseling were thus given for four applications: the WAPcomplex as an extension of W Niger, the National Park of Azagny(Côte d’Ivoire), the National Park of Ehotilé Islands (Côte d’Ivoire),the National Park of Zakouma (Chad). For now, only the Zakoumaand WAP Parks are of outstanding universal value; Efforts are yetto be made and these two sites are urged to improve theirmanagement system and postpone until 2015 the submission oftheir registration proposal.

Capacity for improved management ofworld heritage sites

Well trained executive staff for the management of Protected Areas

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In Central Africa, IUCN in partnership with the university ofOxford (Great Britain) and the Environmental Change Institute(UK), contributes to research work on “improving theeffectiveness of alternative livelihoods to curb hunting for bushmeat: lessons from Central Africa”. Sixty four micro-projects onalternatives to bush meat have thus been analyzed acrossCentral Africa, including small grants of the Central AfricaRegional Programme on Environment (CARPE).

In West Africa, IUCN has revamped regional collaborationefforts in the area of scientific research and marine turtlesconservation in Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau and Senegal,supported local initiatives in pilot sites and contributed to makingavailable to decision makers and conservation practionners toolsthat foster anticipated decision-making in view of reducing theimpact of littoral dynamics. Thus, using a risk assessment mapof coastal zones in terms of turtle reproduction and strengtheningthe planning and conservation of sites of critical importance, thenational and local actors have adopted a roadmap on thecontinuation of field initiatives, improvement of Marine ProtectedAreas (MPAs) and pilot sites and creation of a more conduciveenvironment for the conservation of marine turtles.

In Mauritania, IUCN in collaboration with the scientific task forceof the support Project on the Management of TransboundarySmall Scale Fishing (PARTAGE), has continued collecting dataand improving knowledge on the mullet and Atlantic croaker.

This data was compiled in a report summarizing the resultsobtained in the area of biology and ecology, statistics and stockassessment as well as socio-economy. The results were usedin land planning at the national level and will be incorporated atthe transboundary level. Moreover IUCN supports research workat the Mauritanian Institute of Oceanographic Research andFisheries (IMROP). This work has confirmed the fragile statusof the bay due to the multiple uses made of it, which justifies therecommendation by the Commission on Orientation Monitoringof the Littoral Planning Directive (COSDAL) to classify it as amarine protected area.

The knowledge generated also relates to the tools used forCentral and West Africa biodiversity planning and/ormanagement. Thus, a study conducted on the development andimplementation of protected area management plans in Centraland West Africa has revealed wide content similarities despitethe great diversity in the statuses of the respective protectedareas. The comparison between these plans and the practicesrecommended in IUCN guidelines show that the managementplans are quite often restricted to actions that can be carried outwith the means available instead of paving a more ambitiousway to the desired status; it also shows that their implementationis hardly followed up, that labor division is unclear, intervalsbetween assessments too wide and their findings barelydisseminated3.

Knowledge to improve biodiversity management

In Burkina Faso, standardized assessment methods of the statusof aquatic ecosystems are being tested in view of sustainablymanaging fish resources. The project on the sustainablemanagement of fisheries and water resources financed by theAPPEAR Programme (Austrian Partnership Programme in HigherEducation and Research for Development) of the Austriandevelopment cooperation (SUSFISH) supports this processthrough cooperation between Austrian and Burkinabe scientists.In this regard, in collaboration with the fresh water specialist groupof the Species Survival Commission (SSC), IUCN hascoordinated the training of ten national specialists on theapplication of the assessment criteria of the Red List of freshwater fish species. The Union has also facilitated theestablishment of a national interactive data base on fresh waterfish species and fisheries in Burkina Faso, as well as theestablishment of the list and characterization of 142 fish specieswhich conservation status is currently being assessed.

Training Certificate handed over by Pr Philippe Laleye to a participant

Burkina Faso: fresh water fish species listed

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In Central Africa, IUCN in collaboration with USAID, hasfacilitated the validation by the actors, of four new guides to landuse planning and management of the related resources: Guideto land use planning in landscapes; Guide to land use planningin PAs; Guide to extractive resource planning; and Guide tocommunity resource management planning. The expectedresults under the Central Africa Forest Commission (COMIFAC)have been achieved after several years of endeavor.

In DRC, IUCN assists in developing a scheme to formalizesmall scale forest resource use, which was validated togetherwith an action plan and communication materials that weretranslated into local languages. The action plan wasincorporated in one of the components of the DRC NationalEnvironment, Forestry, Water and Biodiversity Programme. Atraining guide on the REDD process designed for civil societyorganizations was published. This guide was prepared with thecivil society, the National Committee on REDD+, internationalconservation NGOs and experts from the Ministry of Forestry.

In Equatorial Guinea, IUCN supports civil societyorganizations (e.g. COMAPROGE) in drafting a manual ofprocedures aimed at enabling the obtaining and managementof community forests. The objective is to support the take off ofcommunity forestry in Equatorial Guinea.

In view of developing a strategic plan for marine protectedareas, IUCN supports the preparation of a baseline status ofmarine protected areas (MPAs) in six Central African countries(Cameroon, Congo, DRC, Gabon, CAR, Equatorial Guinea).This is an exploratory work on a topic that is relatively new inCentral Africa and it has helped to collect a wealth of informationand produce a summary map of the six countries at 1/500 000scale.

IUCN has also produced biodiversity planning and conservationfor three Central Africa National Parks and their surroundings.Thus, at the National Park of Mont Allen, the capacity buildingprocess of actors for ecological monitoring and sustainable useof the biodiversity has led to:

- the production of two training manuals (one on ecologicalmonitoring and one on sustainable biodiversity use), and

- the training in ecological monitoring of 18 eco guards and othersenior staff members of the Forest administration in EquatorialGuinea.

The planning scheme of the Cameroon National Park of Wazahas been finalized and shall serve as a guide to developing the

business plan and conservation and sustainable managementactions undertaken by the Conservation Service and actors inthe peripheral zone. At the Chadian Sena Oura Park, amanagement plan of wild fires inside the Park and in thetransition and peripheral zones has been validated.

In Burkina Faso, IUCN has facilitated the validation of themaster scheme for the planning of the WAP complex incollaboration with the Ministries in charge of protected areas ofBenin, Burkina Faso and Niger and the European Union, theWest African Economic and Monetary Union and African WildlifeFoundation. The programme has also supported the draftingand validation of Planning and Management Schemes ofVillage Hunting Zones in Madjoari, a municipality located in theBurkinabe part of the WAP (Box 1). Finally, IUCN has led thedevelopment of 6 villagers action plans implementation ofinnovations identified in the context of Burkina Faso componentof the Strengthening Local Climate Change AdaptationStrategies in West Africa (EPIC) project.

In Mauritania, IUCN has facilitated the drafting of mulletplanning schemes using an innovative approach referred to asComMod (supportive modeling approach), which werethereafter validated by the actors of fisheries.

In the Baie de l’Etoile (Bay of Star), the Commission onOrientation and Monitoring of the Littoral Planning Directive(COSDAL) has just adopted a Planning and ManagementScheme (PMS) of the site the recommended managementrules of which will enter into force upon formal classification ofthe bay by the Nouadhibou Free Trade Area (FTA). TheAuthority is now operational and constitutes the only relevantbody that can endorse the conservation status of the zone.

In Guinea Bissau, IUCN supports the adoption of new laws bythe State Secretariat for Environment and Tourism, banning theimport of plastic bags and construction of settlements andinfrastructures in wetlands. The Union has also enabled strongmobilization of the population against illicit trade in wood byorganizing awareness raising missions, debates and standtaking at both national and international levels in collaborationwith the Institute of Biodiversity and Protected Areas (IBAP) andthe European Union Representation.

Furthermore, IUCN supports the facilitation of a trainingworkshop of members of the Parliamentarians’ network(REPAR-Central Africa, Equatorial Guinea Section), on issuesrelating to illegal fishing and sustainable fish resourcemanagement as well as updating of fishing rules in protectedareas in collaboration with the People’s National Assembly.

New tools and guides to plan land use and resource management


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As part of actions undertaken in the WAP complex, support to the rehabilitation and delineationof 582 ha of Village Hunting Zones (ZOVIC) in Burkina Faso, made it possible to reclaim andsecure conservation land areas that were turned into farmlands. In addition to that, two ponds inthe Saborga and Madjoari ZOVICs in Burkina Faso were developed so as to increase availablewater for wildlife and cattle as well.

In Benin, 37 km of cattle routes in four locations and 56km² of grazing areas were rehabilitatedand secured in view of promoting peaceful co-existence of agro pastoralists and wildlife.

The Ministry for Water, Environment and Land of Burundi has expressed interest in launching anational forest landscape restoration programme and has engaged its country in adhering to the“Bonn Challenge” which aims at restoring 150 million hectares of degraded forests across theworld by 2020. This interest was raised through the discussions that the Burundi officials havehad with IUCN. It gives an opportunity to Burundi to actively take part in the global effort towardsmitigating and adapting to climate change.

Landscapes of ecological and economic interest developed

The « W », Arly, Pendjari, Oti-Keran (WAPO) complex is aunique biodiversity reserve in West Africa which effectivemanagement depends on several factors includingtransboundary coordination capacity of the States and thesocio-economic situations of riparian communities. Playing arole as a technical assistant, IUCN has :

l supported the concerned States (Benin, Burkina Faso,Niger, Togo) engaged in a project on « Strengthening andcatalyzing the sustainability of the WAP Protected AreasSystem» through a drafting process of a master plan forthe planning and management of the complex. The planwhich will be consolidated by WAEMU, helps to define ashared vision and guide the various interventions all overthe complex, notably in terms of protected area planningand management. It also provides some orientations onthe complex financing and conservation, tourism and otherforms of development of the complex, regulation ofmanagement bodies, management of interfaces (protectedarea-peripheral areas), research and ecological monitoring.

l promoted actions to build up the resilience of ripariancommunities to climate change in Benin, Burkina Faso andNiger with the financial support of the African Union(Livestock Breeding as a livelihood).

l facilitated the provision to the States of a methodologicalguide to local planning for improved mainstreaming ofprotected areas in the development plans of riparianmunicipalities of the complex. Three model plans(Banikoara in Bénin, Madjoari in Burkina and Kirtachi inNiger) were prepared to serve as model plans.

Box 1: Conservation efforts of the WAPO complex strengthened

Village Consultation during a diagnosis exercise

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After more than a decade of implementation, theshortcomings observed in the 20 January 1994 law n° 94-01 governing the Forest, fauna and fisheries regime haveled the Ministry of Forests and Fauna (MINFOF) to initiatea revision process of the said law. To facilitate theengagement of all stakeholders in this process, areas offocus were defined in consultation with developmentpartners. To respond to that, the civil society mobilized togive their contribution through position papers on the keythemes, notably the rights of the indigenous people of theforest, REDD+ and community forestry, land tenure andforest rights of women and harmonization of the law withthe APV/FLEGT.

IUCN has provided technical and financial support to thecivil society networks and organization at various levels:sensitization and consultations at the grassroots level;organization of workshops to prepare and validateproposals emanating from the consultations carried out;formulation of the concerns expressed by the people usingthe template proposed by the Ministry of Forest and Fauna;and organization of the ceremony to hand over the officialdocuments on the advocacy directed to the body in chargeof the law revision process.

The main actors of the civil society having coordinatedadvocacy actions include: the Réseau Recherche-Actions-Concertées Pygmées (RACOPY) (Pygmee ConcertedResearch Action Network) which has facilitated theindigenous people’s action, the Community ForestyNetwork (CFN), the African Women’s Network for

Sustainable Development (Cameroon Chapter (REFADD-Cam),), a coalition made up of the IUCN Secretariat, theCentre of Environment and Development (CED) and theForest People Programme (FPP). The key advocacy pointswere specific to each group of actors:

l The indigenous people focused on the need to clarify theambiguity between riparian communities on one handand local and marginalized indigenous communities onthe other hand; fulfillment of the customary rights of thelocal and indigenous people living in the forest zone;protection of the right to use resources in ancestral landstransformed into permanent forests.

l The actors interested in community forestry and REDD+wanted a clarification of the equitable benefit sharingconcept as related to community forest managementtaking into consideration REDD+; the necessity forensuring technical assistance to the communities duringthe signing of contracts with forest loggers; and theimportance of separating community forest cessionmechanisms from management and /or exploitationmechanisms.

l Women’s groups focused on the recognition of women’sland tenure and forest rights in the law, thus introducingprovisions that relate to land tenure, decision-making onresource use, equitable sharing of the income generatedfrom forest exploitation among the various socialsegments, etc.

Forest legislation reform in Cameroon: the civil society supported

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The transboundary area shared among Cameroon, Chad andCentral African Republic is located in the Northern zone of CentralAfrica and covers more than one million hectares. It is one of thefew savannah landscapes in the Congo basin hosting abouttwelve protected areas where relatively large populations ofemblematic wild species such as elephants, lions and giraffes arefound. The integrity of these protected areas is however beingseriously threatened over the past few years by a new type ofpoaching with incursions of well organized groups of poachersoften equipped with war arms. According to conservationorganizations, nearly 400 elephants were killed in this zone sinceJanuary 2012.

In addition to the adverse effects on biodiversity, this situationrepresents a threat to the economy and to the well-being of theriparian communities, to peace and security as well.

To address the situation, the Economic Community of CentralAfrican States (ECCAS), the Central African Forest Commission(COMIFAC) and the Central African Protected Area Network(RAPAC) have organized an emergency meeting on poaching.The ECCAS ministers in charge of defense, security, externalrelations, integration and wildlife protection and their experts,agencies of the United Nations System and various national,regional and international organizations and institutions attendedthe meeting.

At the end of the meeting, the Ministers adopted (i) an ExtremeEmergency Anti-Poaching Plan (PEXULAB); (ii) and a Declaration

on Poaching Control in Central Africa. Thailand was quoted as agood example for its recent decision to ban the trade in illegalivory, and other ivory destination countries are urged to step upefforts towards combating the illegal trade in ivory, sensitizingmore effectively their fellow citizens on the consequences of thistrade.

The three countries concerned have further signed atransboundary cooperation agreement aimed at coordinating theiranti-poaching actions in transboundary savannah ecosystems.IUCN acted as the technical secretariat of this meeting and madethe commitment with its partners to support ECCAS in their effortsto save the African elephant. The technical and financial partnersalso mobilized in support of anti-poaching actions.

Signing an Anti-Poaching subsidy contract between IUCN and ECCAS,Libreville, December 2013

Signing a Trinational anti-Poaching Contract among Cameroon, Chad and CAR, Ndjamena November 2013

Anti-poaching activities: IUCN sides with partners to save the African Elephant

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In Benin, the Pendjari and W Parks have recordedsignificant progress over the past few years with thesupport of many partners (EU, Kfw, FDA, GEF, …),specifically in the area of management and businessplan development, engagement of the localcommunities, improvement of ecological surveillanceand monitoring.

However, despite the substantial Governmentcontribution and steady increase in tourist revenue, themanagement costs of the parks are not fully met. TheGovernment has therefore undertaken to establish aTrust Fund to generate income on a regular basis.IUCN has been closely supporting and co-financingthe process since 2009 and year 2013 stands out witha number of concrete achievements:

l The FSOA has been formally registered in Englandand in Benin, thus enabling the setting up of aninvestment fund;

l KfW has allocated a grant worth EURO 12 M tosupplement the funds already allocated by the State(about EURO 1,2 M);

l The Executive Board of which IUCN is a memberhas been established and is operational with amajority of private sector representatives in itsmembership;

l the Executive Director has been recruited and isdeveloping the required procedures for the fulloperationalization of the FSOA Foundation.

FSOA will henceforth be a key actor of natureprotection in Benin, positively impacting on the localdevelopment. Just like other members of the AfricanConsortium of Environmental Funds, (CAFE), such asthe Côte d’Ivoire Parks and Reserves Foundation(FPRCI), it will continue receiving support from IUCN.

Sustainable financing systems forprotected areas

One of the major problems in protected areas is thelack of sustainable funding, which makes themdependent on successive and yet discontinuedprojects that are not necessarily consistent with eachother. In Benin, IUCN supports the inception ofFoundation for West African Savannahs and hopefullythis will assist in ensuring the continuity of actions andsustainability of conservation achievements.

West African Savannah Foundation

(FSOA): an initiative to be replicated

Recovery of Degraded Ecosystems in the Niger Inner Delta(REDDIN), the rehabilitation of forests in the municipalities ofKonna, Boroundougou and Kounari, and that of the Diangoudiéchannel to ensure water supply to vegetable gardens and forestdownstream.

The M’bibba forest which covers 8 hectares, is a sharedresource among the municipalities of Konna, Boroundougouand Kounari in Mopti region. It has served as the mainrestoration site for enhancing agricultural practices andincreasing crop yields. The stone belt and half-moon buildingtechnique was used to that effect with the aim of increasing rainwater penetration as well as tree planting with plant species thatare useful to the population and for fencing the developed land.

Two years after the restoration of the forest the following wasobserved: i) renewed soil biological activity with improved grasscover recovery level; ii) occurrence of rodents notably squirrels; iii) a trend towards improved farming practices in peripheralfamily farms ; and iv) collective efforts by municipalities forconcerted management of this shared resource.

Historically, the channel of Diangoudié is a shared property ofgreat economic interest for the populations of Farimaké,Bimbéré, Tama and Youwarou. Its rehabilitation within theframework of the project represents a great relief for thepopulations of Farimaké who used to walk more than 17 km toreach the said zone, a water source for many cattle herds.

The works on a 2600m distance, were carried out with thesupport of the Village Management Committee and the Inter-Village Association for the Management of the Channel, underthe supervision of the Regional Directorate of Civil Engineering.With this achievement, the following was observed : i) earlywater supply of ponds and flood plains; ii) rapid access of localpopulations to the flood plain; iii) biodiversity regeneration (fishbreeding zone; massive return of migratory birds, regenerationof Bourgou fields, etc.); and iv) development of flood zones(agriculture, animal husbandry, fishing).

Many actions were initiated for the benefit of women notably interms of diversification of income generating activities. Thus,eight female groups have received: i) micro-credits by joiningthe micro financing institution called Kondo Jigima; ii) marketgardening through provision of seeds, phytosanitary chemicalsand introduction of fruit trees in market gardening perimeters;iii) cereal banks with 13900kg of millet and 5700kg of huskedrice and 58 bags of 100kg of paddy rice. These activities havehelped to improve the living conditions of women, specificallyby increasing their income.

Niger Inner Delta: ecosystems recovered

In Cameroon, IUCN has organized a meeting of expertsof the issue of extractive activities, focusing on oilexploration and drilling in the Waza Logone flood plain. Atthe end of the deliberations, participants recognized theneed for adopting good practices in the extractive industryand setting up a consultation framework in order to buildcomplementarity and synergy in the interventions. IUCNshould accompany the actors in following up the outcomesof this workshop.

At the country level, strong recommendations were madeincluding the establishment of an independent expertcommittee to revise environmental impact assessments.The meeting made it possible to lay the foundation for anIUCN sub-regional programme on extractive industries; italso created awareness in a Chinese oil company workingin the Waza Logone plain about the need for opening adialogue with other actors.

At the level of the Lake Chad Basin, the Union has givensupport for the organization of the General Assemblymeeting of the Central Africa Cattle Breeders’Confederation. The objective of the session was to put in

place a leading team and endorse the statutes of theConfederation which aims at ensuring equitable access topastoral resources for livestock breeders.

In Guinea Bissau, the programme has facilitated meetingsand training sessions on mining and petroleum explorationwith various stakeholders involved in the extractiveindustry. Through the project on the Task Force on Oil andExtractive Industries (GTP-IE), IUCN has played a criticalrole in the facilitation of public hearings organized withinthe framework of social and environmental impactassessments of mining fields in the Varela region.

In Ghana, sensitization and development of standards forAllanblackia oil production has raised interest amongGhanaian small and medium size enterprises in the use ofthe species. This development will certainly lead to thesustainable use of the plant species and many other nontimber forest products. Actors now see the Allanblackia asa resource that can be used to create an enablingenvironment for sustainable economic, social andenvironmental growth.

Actors engage in increased intersectoral dialogue on nature use

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IUCN and civil society organizations in a working session

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The programme has continued consolidating water resourcegovernance in the Volta Basin, focusing on the following aspects:

l Revision of the statutes and by-laws of the TransboundaryCommittee on Nakanbe Water Resource management(CTGEN)4 which was so far composed of Burkina Faso andGhana but includes actors from Togo henceforth;

l In the Niger Basin and in Upper Niger more particularly, fourVillage Consultative Committees (CVC) were put in place inthe Upper Basin of Tinkisso (Guinea) with the support of IUCNand their rules and regulations were finalized.

In addition to water governance, IUCN has carried out actionsaimed at strengthening the mainstreaming of climate changeadaptation into decision making processes in West Africa, atdifferent levels and through various approaches:

l A methodological note on the climate change mainstreamingin local planning in Senegal was drafted for use by local actorswith the contribution of national technical directorates (nationalplanning, land planning and Local Decentralization), thenational climate change committee, the National Programmeon Local Development and the Union of LocalRepresentatives’ Associations in Senegal;

l Four Municipal Development Plans (PCD-Burkina Faso) and/or Economic, Social and Cultural Development Programmes(PDESC-Mali) have been revised in Burkina Faso and in Mali,with the aim of including adaptation to climate change in theselocal strategy documents. The revision was undertaken withthe actual involvement of the leaders of the Sio Municipality,the Regional Council of Mopti (Mali), regional technicalservices, the city councils of Lalgaye, Tenado and Korsimoro(Burkina Faso);

l As part of the Global Water Initiative (GWI), the IUCN/IIEDConsortium has facilitated the signing between Burkina Fasoand Mali, of two transboundary agreements on concerted

water resource management in the Sourou Basin. These arethe Agreement on the setting up of a Technical JointCommittee on Integrated Water Resource Management (TJC-IWRM) on one hand and the Agreement on the establishmentof a Transboundary Committee on Integrated Water ResourceManagement of the Sourou Basin (TCMS). This outcome willenable regular consultations among actors of the twocountries in view of concurring on how to manage this sharedresource. At the level of the Inner Delta of Niger River, IUCNsupports the drafting of three local agreements on naturalresource management in Diangui Mody forests (ruralmunicipality of Fatoma), in Tofiol (rural municipality of Bassiro)and in M’Bibba (rural municipality of Borondougou) and theTofiol Pond (rural municipality of Bassiro);

l The participatory process used in drafting the Charter on theirrigated land area in the Anambe Basin in Senegal under theGWI had led to a draft text that will be submitted to local andnational actors for validation in 2014: this Charter is designedto serve as a reference legal framework for sound andsustainable water and land use by all users of the Basin. Amethodological note was produced for the purpose of findingthe ways and means to transform and expand the Charter onsustainable mangrove management which was finalized someyears back, making it an addendum to the AbidjanConvention. The idea was included as an agenda item at thenext Conference of Parties planned to be held in March 2014in Cape Town;

l In DRC, IUCN supports the evaluation of the implementationof the national strategy and action plan for the protection ofbig monkeys. The stakeholders have now received anupdated overview of the implementation status of these twoinstruments. A poster in Lingala, Swahili and Frenchlanguages was produced and disseminated in the provinces(Bas-Congo and Equateur). IUCN assists the national REDD+Coordination in analyzing forest governance frameworks andsupported the production of a compilation of legalenvironmental texts in partnership with the NGO Avocat Vert.

Concerted planning of landscape and natural resource management

4 The Nakambé is a tributary of Volta River

Community working session in Ghana


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In Central Africa, the CARPE Programme has mobilized theCountry teams (made up of the widest range of actors of theenvironmental sector) to support numerous initiatives in the fieldof environmental policies and legislations:

l through ten planning and implementation workshops of policyand legislative reforms in five countries (Cameroon, Congo,CAR, DRC and Chad), actors have played an active advocacyrole with government bodies, embassies, parliaments andCOMIFAC;

l consultation work among government agencies and civil societyin Congo for the revision of the 2008 Law on Fauna andProtected Areas and its enforcement decrees. In this respect,IUCN has facilitated a Commission in charge of finalizing thedossier for its validation by the Ministry of Forest Economy andSustainable Development (MEDD) before submission to theparliament;

l ground work of the first Fauna and Protected Area policy;

l drafting of the Congo civil society inputs to the revision of theForest Law which has become obsolete. The civil society hasunderstood its role and is requesting support to participate inthe national consultation process;

l meetings between the General Directorate of Fauna andProtected Areas of Gabon and actors involved in wild resourceuse in view of sensitizing them to make them abide by theGabonese laws on fauna and by the Regional Directive onFauna and Protected Areas in view of preparing them at countrylevel for the COMIFAC.

It should be noted that after a long regional forest dialogue processconducted by ECOWAS with the support of FAO and IUCN, theMinisters of Environment of the fifteen countries in West Africahave endorsed a convergence plan for sustainable managementand use of forest ecosystems in the region. The convergence planwill help ECOWAS in mobilizing its member States and partnersfor the implementation of consistent regional programmes aimedat improving forest knowledge, policy and governance.

In Nigeria, IUCN has contributed to the review of the final versionof the National Strategy for integrated water resourcemanagement and to the preparation of the national waterefficiency plan. This plan provides a framework for water resourcemanagement taking into consideration biodiversity conservation.It also determines the direction of efficient water use but does notimpose a stringent national plan.

In Niger, IUCN has been assisting the Niger authorities since2009 under the GWI, in formulating a model emphyteotic leasecontract and its terms of reference in order to address the notionof fair compensation of affected communities living in the riparian

area of the Kandadji dam which traditional lands have beenflooded by the future reservoir or transformed into developed ricefields. This participatory work has helped to develop a model leasecontract to secure the farmers. The contract determines the rightsand duties of the parties (local populations, dam managers andlocal government) in compliance with the law on expropriation forreasons of public convenience. The proposal was validatedthrough local and national workshops and through an independentpanel of legal experts of Niger, Burkina Faso (Environmental LawCommission) and Mali. The Ministry of Agriculture is nowinterested in this approach and has requested to collaborate withGWI and reflect at the national level through the national office ofhydro-agricultural works (ONAHA), a government agency incharge of managing the existing public irrigation system.

With the T215 Model , IUCN has positioned itself in Burkina Faso,as a stakeholder for the green economy by actively contributingto a training workshop in support of the national transition towardsthe green economic. The Union was also involved in thepreparation of the national Policy on wetlands together with a2013-2015 action plan. The positioning of the programme inBurkina as a facilitation partner for transboundary collaborationand consultation in the area of wetlands management also makesit play a useful role at this level.

IUCN and IFDD have, with the technical support of the BurkinaFaso Environmental Law Specialists, contributed to the reform ofthe environmental code of the country; they have also supportedthe writing of the bill on sustainable development and draft policyon sustainable development of the country.

With the final adoption of the R-PP (Readiness Preparation Plan),Cameroon has made a giant leap in the REDD+ process.However, one of the challenges to this process remains theidentification of relevant policy and institutional reforms. To assistthe country in taking up these challenges, IUCN has implementedthree studies on (i) the analysis of natural resource managementpolicies and legislation, (ii) the mechanisms for sharing profitsgenerated from natural resource management and (iii)participatory analysis and formulation of proposals in view ofcustomizing environmental legislations and policies. Thesestudies have served as a basis for the preparation of positionstaken by the respective actors. At the sub regional level, thesupport given by IUCN covered the revision process of theCOMIFAC Convergence Plan. It has notably helped to focus onemerging subject matters to be included in the revisedconvergence plan such as REDD+, climate change, greeneconomy and gender.

In DRC, IUCN supports the government in drafting theenforcement texts of the environmental code. The Union has alsoprovided support to the coalition of NGO networks in theenvironmental sector for the production of a community educator’sguide on REDD+ and climate change.

Drafting and implementation of customized policies, legislations and agreements

5 Threshold 21 (T21) is a dynamic simulation tool designed for facilitating integrated, long term andcomprehensive planning of national development

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Through the small grant programme for civil society organizationsunder CARPE, IUCN has financed 14 micro projects for a totalbudget of US $ 250,000 in five Central African countries(Cameroonn, DRC, Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon).These projects have made it possible to foster the engagementof civil society organizations in REDD+ processes; managementof community forests; alternative livelihoods; gender and naturalresource management. In Cameroon, the civil society supportsparliamentarians and councilors in their engagement in theREDD+ preparatory process and management of incomegenerated from forest exploitation. These projects have providedan opportunity for training Baka and Bantu women on the REDD+preparatory process.

In DRC, women were involved in forest landscape restorationactions while the local communities of Gabon and Congo wereengaged in the management of the national parks of Moukalaba-Doudou and Odzala Kokoua.

IUCN has continued assisting the ECOWAS Centre for WaterResource Coordination (CCRE) as follows:l organization of an electronic forum to reflect on the concrete

implementation of the Guidelines for the development of waterinfrastructure in West Africa. Axis 2 of these guidelines entitled«Involving affected communities as project actors, partners andrecipients», was selected to develop two underlying themes: i)Compensation and benefit sharing in view of achieving localdevelopment, and ii) Representativeness and Consultation. Themain conclusions and proposals that emerged from thediscussions were compiled in two thematic documents.

l holding of a regional conference within the framework of theCCRE/IIED/IUCN/GWI partnership to discuss the socialaspects relating to the implementation of ECOWASrecommendations on large dams. The meeting served to shareWest African experiences and lessons learned in terms ofdisplacement/resettlements and sharing of benefits with thelocal communities, and to propose consensus approaches toaddress planned measures. It also served to take up thechallenges encountered in the field.

Concerning the promotion of civil society and private sectorparticipation in decision-making or legal instrument developmentprocesses in relation to natural resource management, IUCNassists in the restructuring of CEFDHAC networks. This is thecase of the Central Africa Indigenous and Local PopulationsNetwork (REPALEAC) which ultimately organized a GeneralAssembly meeting with the support of IUCN, GIZ and COMIFAC.The General Assembly allowed the validation of the statutes andby-laws and the setting up of a new leading team.

At country level, the Union coordinated the reorganization of theCEFDHAC national fora in Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Chadwhich led to the preparation and validation of the operating textsand adoption of triennial action plans of the fora. Through RadioEnvironnement, IUCN has also facilitated the structuring of theCentral Africa Community Radio Network (RERAC) (Box 2). Thishas led to the holding of the General Assembly meeting forelections, setting up of a new coordinating team, preparation andapproval of a triennial action plan and new organic texts. TheNetwork was also expanded in 7 Central African countries(Cameroon, Congo, DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, CAR and Gabon)and technical and material capacity of the members were furtherstrengthened (1 computer, 30 audio headsets and 15multidirectional microphones) for the production and broadcast ofprogrammes on climate change and REDD+.

The restructuring of networks was combined with a set of capacitybuilding actions for the benefit of three networks (REPALEAC,REPAR, REFADD) focusing on access and equitable sharing ofbenefits derived from natural resource use and the REDD+mechanism.

These actions were quite successful in the sense that increasingly,the rights and interests of vulnerable groups are taken intoconsideration in policy processes relating to natural resourcemanagement in Central Africa. This includes notably theconsideration of the CEFDHAC position and that of its networksin the decisions made at the COMIFAC Council of Ministers aswell as its positions on REDD+ and gender aspects in theroadmap of the Partnership for the Congo Basin Forests.

In the same vein, the DRC programme has completed andpublished a commented and annotated forest code document.750 copies of the said document were circulated to thestakeholders. The document constitutes a reference toolappreciated by the local communities, the main users of it.

In Niger, IUCN supports as part of GWI implementation, the revivalof the National Coordination of Niger River Users (NCU-Niger) inview of the revision and adoption of its statutory and regulatorytexts. A General Assembly meeting of its members was facilitatedso as to enable the Coordination to put in place dynamic andconsensus-based organs. The main outcome of this support isthe fact that NCU-Niger has obtained an authorization from thegovernment and is now actively participating in advocacy activitiesfor natural resource conservation and improvement of the livingconditions of the communities affected by the current constructionof the Kandadji dam.

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USAID Washington, in collaboration with IUCNhas developed and finalized a Central Africagender analysis document which is meant toguide most of the conservation projects in thesub region over the next 5 years. In order toproduce a greater impact, the ForestProgramme has agreed with the IUCN GenderUnit and USAID to build up a regional actionplan on Climate Change and Gender. Inaddition, IUCN has developed a strategy forinvolving women and indigenous communitiesin the REDD+ process in Cameroon, CAR andCongo.

The promotion of the mainstreaming ofvulnerable groups has resulted into increasedparticipation of such groups, particularly in theworkshops organized within the framework ofthe CEFDHAC and REDD+ (in average morethan 40% of participants in all meetings werewomen and indigenous people). IUCN intendsto build the capacity of the populations throughvocational training sessions.

Promoting gender and indigenous peoplemainstreaming

Baka woman (Yenga village, South-East Cameroon) making fishing materials

The Central Africa Community Radios’ Network (RERAC) is asustainable natural resource management tool. It aims atcontributing to good governance, conservation and sustainableand equitable management of natural resources throughcommunication. With the setting of the branches in Congo,Rwanda and Burundi in 2013, the RERAC is now present in 7countries (Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, CAR, DRC andRwanda).

This expansion was made possible thanks to the financing bythe Canadian International Development Agency in an amountof about CAN 100 000.

The project which has 3 components has helped to formalizethe branches in the above countries, build the capacity of thejournalists in the new branches in the areas of networking,climate change and REDD ; and provided the public educatorswith small media programme production equipment.

The RERAC was already meeting one of the essential criteriafor being a CEFDHAC network i.e. being present in at least 4countries.

During the meeting of the CEFDHAC Regional SteeringCommittee (RSC) an integrated forum of the COMIFAC held inOctober 2013, the RERAC was definitely recognized as aspecialized network of CEFDHAC.

With about 121 member radios in the 7 countries of the region(45 in Cameroon, 20 in DRC, 15 in Rwanda, 15 in Congo, 15 inBurundi, 5 in CAR and 6 in Gabon), the RERAC represents oneof the bodies that the CEFDHAC will use to roll out its new visionof «rural CEFDHAC ».

In fact, at the 6th forum held in Kigali, Rwanda in October 2012,it was recommended to create more linkages among the varioustarget groups by engaging the grassroots populations asstakeholders. The integration of the RERAC will certainly helpin achieving this objective as the network is an outreachinformation and mass communication tool.

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The Global Water Initiative implemented by the IIED/IUCNConsortium has facilitated multi-actor processes that havehighlighted a range of issues relating to good governance ofwater and related resources in a number of dam sites in WestAfrica, including the following notably:

l prevention of land tenure conflicts between livestockbreeders and crop farmers through the dissemination ofland use schemes around the Niandouba reservoirs andthe Confluent and irrigation schemes in the Anambe Basinin Senegal. Following the intervention led by the GWIprogramme in four rural communities, the number of strayanimals caught in crop fields has considerably reduced.

l Assistance to the Irrigation Development Project in Baniand in Selingue (PDI-BS) at Djenne, Mali, financed by theAfrican Development Bank (AfDB), concerning localagreements and the allocation of irrigated plots to cropfarmers. The AfDB and the national Coordination of NigerBasin users in Mali (CNU-Mali) have recommended to thePDI-BS project to adopt the approach advised by the GWIinitiative, following the regional GWI/ECOWAS meeting thattook place in January 2013. A field mission was conductedin December 2013 to initiate a triparty GWI/PDI-BS/CNU-Mali collaboration.

l Support to the Kandadji Programme in Niger, which willrequire the relocation of 38000 persons, through researchaction, information, sensitization and capacity buildingactivities directed to the civil society. IUCN supports aprocess aimed at setting up a new mechanism for intensiveirrigation through support to the legal rights of the 38,000persons. GWI has further assisted in formulating a proposalfor a local development fund that would be replenished witha percentage of electricity sales by the future power stationof the dam. This proposal is supported by the localpopulation, the local government, national stakeholders, theindependent expert group of the NBA (an initiative financedby the World Bank) and HCAVN; what remains to be doneis obtaining the formal endorsement by the Minister ofEnergy. GWI also provides support to the local media (printpress and radio stations) for field visits and directinteraction with local beneficiaries.

l Support by the General Directorate of the Fomi dam Projectto ensure the best preparation possible for the socialtransformation that the 48,000 persons to be displaced willexperience. GWI is facilitating the quest for ways andmeans to implement some of the recommendations derivedfrom the ECOWAS guidelines and from the Water Charterparticularly i) an innovative contract signed between the

Government and the local communities with the aim ofmaking each party fulfill their respective commitments whileprotecting the rights of each and everyone and ensuringlong term local development, and ii) a local developmentfund financed with 3% of the income generated from thehydroelectricity to be produced by the future power station.These two principles have been validated at both local andnational levels with the participation of concerned actors.

l After the publication of an atlas on fisheries regulations,analysis of PMA governance, analysis of the fisheriesenvironment in PMAs, the development of indicators forparticipatory monitoring of fisheries and design of modelingtools for land planning, IUCN has published acomprehensive literature review on the co-management offisheries. Using these tools, specialists from the IUCNCommissions in collaboration with West African countryteams have established analysis and classification criteriato guide the setting up of new PMAs and build consistencyamong fisheries and PMA management systems in variousenvironments under pressure (Box 3). A final workshop hasbrought together institutions in charge of fisheries and PMAmanagement in West Africa to look into approaches to beincluded in their respective work plans as well as the toolsand other systems that were developed.

Planning tools to strengthen shared governance

In collaboration with the Sub Regional FisheriesCommission (SRFC) and the Institute of DevelopmentResearch (IrD), IUCN has been leading since 2009 theCEPIA project financed by the French DevelopmentAgency (FDA). The project is designed to assess thecontribution of marine protected areas to the fisheriessector. Often perceived as fish resource managementtools, PMAs do not really document the benefits that theygenerate for small scale fishermen and the latter seePMAs as rights that they cannot enjoy. The CEPIAProject has delivered a range of tools for analyzing thepressure exerted on fish resources, the categories offishermen, the consistency in “fisheries and environment”policies, MPA governance and the monitoring systems ofthe effects of PMAs that have been jointly established byscientists and fishermen.

A “MPA & Fisheries” Task Force has beeninstitutionalized by the SRFC and the West AfricanMarine Protected Area Network (RAMPAO). A newinitiative will be launched in 2014 with seed funds fromthe 3rd France-IUCN Framework Agreement. This willenable West African MPAs to use simple tools forreceiving assistance from a task force to revise theirzoning and redefine governance and management rulesso as to increase their contribution to the fisheriessectors for the priority benefit of riparian communities.

Box 3: For marine protected areas that areuseful to the fisheries sector


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IUCN has played a key role in the setting up of the bodies andcommittees required for building up REDD+ processes in CentralAfrican countries.

In Congo, the CARPE Programme has organized an inauguralsession of the National Committee on Climate Change duringwhich participants reviewed and adopted the decree governingthe appointment of the members of the said Committee, theTerms of Reference of the National Authority of the CleanDevelopment Mechanism and for the establishment of theClimate Change Secretariat.

In Equatorial Guinea, IUCN assists in the implementation of aprocess that led to the setting up of a National REDD+Commission, designation of a national REDD+ Coordinator,design of a priority plan of action and various work plans of theNational REDD+ Commission and of the National Forum of theCEFDHAC.

In Sablogo, Silly, Cassou and Pouni villages in Burkina Faso,the resilience of agro-sylvo-pastoral surface areas was greatlyincreased with a 750 km green fence, 90 ha of stone belts, 658manure pits, 1264 improved cooking stoves built of which 85%are being used, assisted nature regeneration operations andreforestation using multi-purpose plant species.

Adaptation to climate change and REDD+

In order to provide the communities with nature-based solutions and address the poverty issue,the Burkina Faso Programme supports theestablishment of five non timber forest productprocessing units and the provision ofmanagement tools (manual of procedures andterms of reference) to the beneficiaries. Addingto this is the installation of a Balanites oilproduction plant in the Centre-East region(Garango) and thirty rural enterprises which are

currently operational, generating income for 497producers of whom more than 90% are women.

Also, research action was conducted on theplace of small farmers in irrigated schemesfocusing on the well-being of households andhow to strengthen their livelihoods (innovations,local dynamics, governance, etc.). The findingsof the research were presented at a regionalworkshop held in July 2013 in Ouagadougou.

Poverty reduction

Shea nut value enhancement in a village game zone (ZOVIC), Burkina Faso

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Nature-Based solutions to global challengesin climate, food and development

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Following the adoption of the West African Littoral MasterPlan, (WALMP) (WAEMU) 2011), IUCN-PACO wasrequested to support the establishment of an ObservationMission of the West African Littoral (MOLOA). Financed byWAEMU and placed under the responsibility of theEcological Monitoring Centre (EMC) a Member of IUCN, theMOLOA is a regional cooperation instrument for themonitoring of coastal dynamics and reduction of littoralrisks. It is built upon a network of observers and aims atupdating the status of West African littorals of the WALMP.This instrument will enable the identification from Mauritaniato Benin, of major risk situations and formulation of

recommendations to decision-makers and territorialcommunities facing coastal erosion and coastal lineshrinking issues. The notions of anticipating and predictingconstitutes the basis of this approach to decision-makinginformation. For the technical work, the EcologicalMonitoring Center and IUCN are assisted by the CoastalSpecialist Group of the IUCN Commission on EcosystemManagement. The MOLOA shall be institutionalized tobecome a permanent body in the future. It is also envisagedto translate the WALMP recommendations into communityregulations and mainstreamed in regional policies oncoastal zone development.

Capacity building

In West Africa, IUCN is collaborating with the Ecological MonitoringCentre and WAEMU to develop a regional cooperation instrument

designed to reduce littoral risks

The MOLOA: a regional cooperation instrument at the service of littoral risk reduction

IUCN through several projects implemented in collaborationwith National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) ofBurkina Faso, Niger, Mali, Ghana and Senegal and theCGIAR, has promoted the use of a toolkit for the planning andmonitoring-evaluation of climate change adaptation capacities.The objective is to develop and promote climate-smartagricultural practices at community, sub-national and nationallevels.

Hence, forty groups of actors per country are now capable ofconducted a climate change vulnerability analysis, identify therelated adaptation strategies and define a clear vision for theirvillage or community:l At the local level, the members of village development

committees or similar committees, rural developmenttechnical services at the devolved level, devolvedadministrative departments, and local governments at thegrassroots level have been empowered to undertake anadaptation process that sustainably value the livelihoods ofcrop farmers.

l At the central level, the meteorological services, agriculturalresearch, central services in charge of environment andsustainable development and Non-GovernmentalOrganizations as well as International Organizations havebetter incorporated the linkages among the various types oflivelihoods and the erratic climate as well as the need forworking in partnership to successfully address the climatechange adaptation process which involves not only the useof climate smart technologies but also behavioral change.

l In addition to knowing how to plan, monitor and evaluatethe use of technologies and their effects on agriculturalproduction, the actors have learnt how to plan, monitor andevaluate behavioral change. Indeed, the dissemination oftechniques cannot be undertaken without behavioralchange. Nature-based solutions help to take up thechallenges inherent to climate, food and development whenthe people, institutions and societies are ready to adopt newbehaviors.

Planning exercises have made it possible to identifytechnologies such as assisted natural regeneration in fivecountries that can henceforth build the technological capacityof crop farmers for adapting to climate change. Thistechnology that fosters the regeneration of trees in farmlandshas the capacity to mitigate the effects of violent winds, offloods and drought while ensuring carbon storage. Its largescale adoption will require new attitudes on the part of cropfarmers and new relationships among the actors.

In addition to the learning -by doing process conducted inthese five countries, the planning and monitoring- evaluationtools as well as the results obtained so far have been thetopics of presentations in two regional workshops organizedby IUCN or its partners (CCAFS, CARE International andENDA) for the benefit of Government structures, NonGovernmental Organizations and International Organizationsfrom seven other West African countries (Côte d’Ivoire, Benin,Togo, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Chad, the Gambia) which haveacquired knowledge on the use of the tools and on their rolein enhancing climate change adaptation actions.

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In Burkina Faso, a number of categories of actors havebeen trained on Monitoring & Evaluation tools of behavioralchange induced by climate change adaptation actions. Thetrained categories of actors include grassroots communities,technical service staff, and local authorities in theintervention zones of the project on Climate Change,Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Overall, more than4355 producers with women accounting for 37.5%, weresensitized and trained on themes including good practicesof adaptation to climate change. This training on the use ofappropriate tools (ToP-SECAC) was scaled up to coverSenegal, Ghana and Niger. (Box 4).

The programme has disseminated for the benefit ofcommunities living in the riparian area of the Sena OuraNational Park in Chad, a guide of procedures on thefinancing mechanism of income generating activities.Moreover, the programme has established a list of 34promising micro-projects to be supported by IUCN.

In Guinea Bissau, the Fisheries Centers of Buba havebeen refurbished and fishing materials that meet ecologicalstandards and fair trade principles have been madeavailable to small scale fishermen working in Cacheu, Bubaand Cacine rivers. Women active in fish processing andselling have also received loans from a microfinance project.

In Central Africa (Cameroon, Congo and CAR), the IUCNProgramme has trained and sensitized about 2169 people(66.9% of women and 77.3% of indigenous communities)on the REDD+ process. Diverse learning materials wereproduced and disseminated at large scale. These include aleaflet on REDD+ and climate change produced in 4500copies and edited in three languages (French, Sangho andLingala), a document to capitalize on lessons learned fromIUCN and REDD+ actions entitled « Comment aborder laREDD+ au Cameroun », a training manual on simplifiedREDD+ tools produced in 500 copies and a manual ofprocedures on the management and implementation of theactivities of the REDD National Technical Secretariat.

In Mali, IUCN has facilitated a training of parliamentarianson the management of wetlands and on their economicvalue. Also, members of three livestock breedercooperatives in the Inner Delta of Niger River were trainedon bourgou field regeneration techniques. The aim was toimprove cattle feed. Thirty members of fishermen’sassociations and cooperatives have received training on fish

farm management and maintenance and pond stockingtechniques.

IUCN has contributed to the production of country reportsof the Gambia, Mali and Togo, on the linkages existingamong climate change, protected areas and thecommunities. The idea was basically to understand how thecommunities living around PAs can have an impact of suchPAs and how PAs can influence the actions of ripariancommunities because of climate change impacts.

To make progress in the understanding of issues relating tothe identification and setting up of mechanisms for thesharing of benefits in African countries engaged in REDD+,the Forest Programme in collaboration with the ForestDialogue (TFD) has established a community of practiceamong actors in charge of developing tools backing upeffective and equitable mechanisms for the sharing ofREDD+ benefits.The dialogue among actors originatingfrom 22 countries is aimed at promoting the emergence ofinstitutional policies and arrangements at the local, nationaland regional levels, for equitable implementation of theREDD+ process.

In Equatorial Guinea, IUCN has published anddisseminated climate change data; the Union has alsofacilitated the ownership of key climate change conceptsduring the revision process of forestry policies.

A capitalization exercise was undertaken with the assistanceof IED Africa, to gather the experiences acquired by thepartners in the implementation of the Poverty Reduction andEnvironmental Management Initiative (PREMI) in WestAfrica. The exercise made the actors understand theimportance and the scope of actions undertaken throughclearly defined long term partnerships. This has led to theestablishment of more partnerships for communicationwhich resulted into the creation of an on line environmentalknowledge sharing platform6, the scientific blog Science2D7, all of which in collaboration with the Burkina FasoAssociation of Scientific Journalists (AJSBF) and RadioEnvironnement8; facilitation of en e-forum of civil societyorganizations for the Sahara and Sahel Great Green WallInitiative with RESAD and Global Drylands Initiative;organisation with GWP/WA of capacity developmentworkshops for West African media on the themes relating tomining and water financing. The outcomes of theseworkshops were published in the newsletter Inf’O.

6 www.iucn.org/dialoguenvironnement 7 http://sciences2d.org/ 8 www.radioenvironnement.org

Developing the capacity of actors for adaptation to climate changeremains a priority and diverse activities have been carried out at

local, national and even regional levels.

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Stone belts

Many West African countries have undertaken adecentralization process with each local governmentgradually learning how to plan and manage their owndevelopment; However, the current context is characterizedby the adverse impacts of climate change. Such impacts arequite visible, especially in Sub Saharan Africa’s poor ruralzones which economies are highly dependent on naturalresources and climate factors.

In Burkina Faso, the National Action Programme onAdaptation to Climate Variability and Climate Change(PANA) has identified the main productive sectors namelyagriculture, livestock, water and forestry as being the mostvulnerable to climate change. The mainstreaming of climatechange adaptation into development planning appears to bea prerequisite for sustainable improvement of the livelihoodsof the population, more particularly in poor rural areas.

The IUCN programme has contributed to the implementationof national policies by generating knowledge. In thisperspective, the Union has provided technical and financialassistance for the inclusion of climate change adaptation into

the Methodological Guides to Local Planning (Municipalityand region).

The various steps observed in this process are the following:

Step 1: Tests carried out on two climate changemainstreaming (Climate Proofing and Toolkit for Planningand Monitoring- Evaluation of Climate Change AdaptationCapacity -TOPSECAC) using three municipal developmentplans and three regional development plans. These testshave helped to identify the TOPSECAC tool as being themost suitable to achieve the defined objective;

Step 2: Promotion of TOPSECAC by developing the capacityof actors at the national, regional and municipal levels;

Step 3: Proposal for a utilization methodology ofTOPSECAC to mainstream climate change into local plans;

Step 4: Development in collaboration with all partners of abooklet on climate change mainstreaming in local plans,describing the approach and the tools to be used.

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The level of implementation of the program is foundto be generally satisfactory. However, some projectshave been delayed due to various factors (too longprocedure for contract approval or signature, latereceipt of funds, inadequate administrative staff).

Adding to these inhibiting factors are armedconflicts (Mali, CAR) and tense electoral contexts(Mauritania, Burkina Faso).

Also, the pace of development of the program hasbeen slowed down by delays in the implementationof some major new initiatives.

CONSTRAINTS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMME

Year 2013 was marked by reorganization measuresaimed at streamlining the operating expenses of theIUCN Secretariat, in order to fit them into the scope ofits financial resources while ensuring improvedefficiency of the services. This restructuring resultedinter alia into merging the Communication Unit with theInstitutional Support and Development Unit to form theInstitutional Development and Communication Unit(IDC); the idea is to further engage Members andExperts of the Commissions in the implementation ofthe regional programme through strengtheningexchange and communication mechanisms, addingthe duties initially assigned to the Institutional Supportand Development Unit.

The staff numbers of the region were 150 persons atthe end of 2013, or a decrease by 22% compared to2012. The staff size should however expand veryrapidly, given the recruitment in process for severalnew initiatives. It should be noted that these staffmembers work in close collaboration with a number ofIUCN Member Organizations, experts of differentIUCN world Commissions and independent experts.

HUMAN RESOURCES

Some members of the IUCN-PACO team at the end of a regional meeting

FINANCIAL RESOURCES

Financing Sources

In 2013, the funds received for projects amounted toa total of EURO 13.2 million for the entire PACOregion against EURO 13.4 million in 2012. Thesefunds were allocated by some forty donors including9 bilateral donors, 13 multilateral donors and 17Foundations and NGOs.

The bilateral donors contribute 51% of the portfoliowith the top three namely Sweden, the UnitedStates and the Netherlands, account for 41% of thefunds allocated to PACO. Sweden has even becomethe major donor by disbursing EURO 1.2 million forthe new PAGE programme in addition to the otheron-going projects.

Multilateral funds rank second with 28% of thecontributions. WAEMU, is financing activities in Guinea-Bissau and in Senegal and the funds received in 2013for these countries amounted to EURO 0.84 million or6% of the total portfolio of PACO. In this financing effort,the inter African organizations (AfDB, WAEMU, AU,RAPAC, COMIFAC) together constitute the largestmultilateral donor.

As for Foundations and NGOs (21% of fundsallocations), the MAVA Foundation and Howard GBuffett Foundation (HGBF) are the main donors withallocations in the range of EURO 0.8 million each.

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Compared to 2012, the trends are as follows: asubstantial increase was registered in funds receivedfrom Sweden (+€1 766 744, due essentially to thefinancing of the new PAGE project and disbursementof balances for the PREMI and climate changeprojects), France (+€519 166 due to fundsdisbursement for all current projects) and theEuropean Union (+€1 000 000 received for newprojects in Cameroon, Chad and for the WAPComplex).

On the contrary in 2013 the funds allocated by somedonors have significantly declined: Netherlands(decrease by 52%) ; MAVA (60% decrease) ; InterAfrican Organizations (28% decrease).

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MULTILATERALS13

Implementation of the budgetThe budget execution rate in 2013 was of 82% forSecretariat revenue, 89% for Secretariat expenses and 81%for project expenses. Overall, the projects and theSecretariat have spent EURO 15 857 675 from a budget ofEURO 19 067 200 which represents an absorption rate of

83%. This inadequate absorption rate is the reason whyrevenue forecasts (management fees and staff time) werenot reached and a net gap of EURO 206 584 was recordedat the end of the year.

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INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT ANDCOMMUNICATION

In 2013, IUCN has accepted several new membersincluding 6 from Central and West Africa: ForumCongolais de la société civile du bassin du Nil (DRC),Synergies & Développement (Republic of Guinea),Centre de Recherches et d'Action pour leDéveloppement des Initiatives à la Base (Benin),Forêts et Développement Rural (Cameroon), Actionspour les Droits, l'Environnement et la Vie (DRC) andCentre d'Animation et Appui Technique aux Initiativesde Développement (DRC).

However, 7 Members were suspended for reasonsof non-payment of arrears of membership dues.They will be readmitted if they clear their arrears byend of 2014.

As of 31 December 2013, IUCN had 96 Members(against 97 in 2011) in 20 countries in Central and WestAfrica, including 15 States and 8 International NGOs;there are also 6 national committees (Burkina Faso,Cameroon, Congo, Guinea Bissau, Mali and Senegal),1 regional committee and more than 300 members ofIUCN Commissions.

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The CREMACO was supported in the implementation of its communicationand visibility strategy. To this effect, information on the activities and outcomesof PACO, of IUCN Members, Commissions and partners were shared on aregular basis. Similarly, the utilization rules of the logo were disseminated toIUCN Members.

In Cameroon, the Members and the Secretariat have jointly carried out anumber of activities including the production of the document entitled“Comment aborder la REDD+ au Cameroun”, the implementation of theadvocacy process on the mainstreaming of REDD aspects into the landtenure legislation and on the environmental framework law, the structuringof the REDD and Climate Change platform of Cameroon CSOs. TheMembers have also benefitted from multi-facetted support in the area ofREDD and climate change training; facilitation of the inclusion of policy briefsdeveloped by Recherche-Actions-Concertées Pygmées (RACOPY), theCommunity Forestry Network (CFN), the African Women’s Network forSustainable Development, Cameroon Chapter (REFADD-Cam), the Centrefor Environment and Development (CED) and the Forest People Programme(FPP), in the revision process of the forest law; and media support by RadioEnvironnement.

In Burkina Faso, IUCN is following an approach which is based on a jointand participatory planning process early every year, with the Members andCommission Specialists residing in Burkina Faso. Thus, in January 2013, theprogramme facilitated the organization of a joint workshop with the Membersand Commissions on the 2012 review and year 2013 concerted planning.Part of the outcomes of the workshop was the empowerment of certainMembers to lead the implementation of some activities in several projects ofthe Secretariat on the basis of their respective capacities and areas ofcompetency.

In Senegal, a reverse situation has prevailed. A Member i.e. the Centre ofEcological Monitoring has entrusted the implementation of part of theactivities of its project on the West African Littoral Observation Mission(MOLOA) with the IUCN Secretariat. In addition, a visit by parliamentariansto the Senegalese NGO GREEN works on the littoral (Rufisque, Saly andJoal) was co-organized by two Members (GREEN Senegal and REPES)within the framework of the climate change adaptation Fund project. IUCNhas also participated in the celebration of the 30th anniversary of ASAN and90th birthday of the Chairperson of the Association, Mr. Alioune Diagne Mbor.The Union also took part in a visit to the Members (GREEN Senegal-worksites in Rufisque and ASAN-Petit Mbao Headquarters) by the judge BenjaminHerman Antonio, Chairman of the IUCN World Commission onEnvironmental Law.

In Mali, IUCN has developed since 2010, an experience of interest on theinvolvement of Members, which is entrusting the full implementation of fieldactivities of a Secretariat project to two local Member NGOs (Donko andWalia) with IUCN just providing support and facilitation.

The Members and specialists of the IUCNCommissions are the primary beneficiaries of allIUCN projects. In addition, the “One Programme” isbeing implemented in various ways in Central andWest Africa:

l Joint annual planning among the Secretariat,Members and Commissions (Burkina Faso,Guinea Bissau);

l Identification of projects and programmes that wouldbe financed by donors (WAEMU, FEM, AfDB, etc.)for the benefit of Members (States of Guinea Bissauand Cameroon) or their organizations (Volta BasinAuthority, VBA);

l Identification, promotion and implementation ofjoint projects (Burkina Faso, Senegal);

l Task shifting by the Secretariat to Members for theimplementation of projects or project components;

l Negotiation of subsidies with donors(USAID/CARPE, FFEM, PRCM, DANIDA, Sida,etc.) for Member NGOs (Forest Programmes,Protected Areas, Burkina Faso);

l Organisation of joint activities such as advocacywith decision-makers, sensitization of communitiesand of their organizations etc;

l Capacity building of State officials and techniciansand of civil society organizations (CSOs), IUCNMembers and non Members, in various areas(management of protected areas, REDD+,identification and promotion of projects,Environmental Economy, EnvironmentalCommunication, etc.);

l Provision of various information on diverse topicsto IUCN Members and partners: opportunities forpartnership, fund raising or training, IUCN activitiesat the regional and global levels;

l Support to National and Regional Committees(CREMACO) of IUCN Members in their activities.

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Implementation of the “One Programme” approach

In Mauritania, IUCN has focused on the identification and jointdesign of two projects with the Member NGO Naforé: one onadaptation to climate change through integrated water resourcemanagement of three watersheds and the other on integratedresource management and local development in the TamourtEn-Naaj. With this approach, the Member is engaged in thevarious stages of the project (design, fund mobilization andimplementation).

In DRC, IUCN has collaborated with the Species SafeguardCommission in developing the Red List of usable forest speciesand with the Environmental Law Commission under the ARCUSproject and the Mayombe project. Furthermore, the Membershave participated in a feedback workshop on 10 years of activityof the CREF Network, an IUCN Member.

In Ghana, the NGO “A Rocha” with the support of IUCN hasdeveloped a guide on the fauna and flora of the Mole NationalPark, assisted in setting up provisional Councils of communityconservation Areas (CREMA)9 of Yazori, Wawato, Grubagu,Bawena and Kpulumbo and produced a map of the boundariesof these CREMA.

In the peripheral area of the Burkina Faso WAP complex, theNGO AFAUDEB with the support of IUCN has prompted thecreation of the Matiacoali ZOVIC through an inter-municipality

decision defining the management modalities of the area. Also,the 27km of perimeter pathways were built in the KompienbigaZOVIC to facilitate access to and management of the area.

In Guinea Bissau, a most successful use of the “OneProgramme” approach was noted. In this country, all Secretariatprojects are implemented by the Members, the main role ofIUCN being limited to accompanying, facilitating andcoordinating the work.

The following major international NGOs were also engagedin the implementation of joint initiatives: WWF (anti-poaching,land management, conservation in marine and coastal zones,etc.), FIBA (protected areas, conservation in marine and costalzones), GIZ (support to CEFDHAC networks), CIFOR (forests),WCS (UD protected areas training).

Several Commissions were involved in PACO programmes,particularly : the Ecosystem Management Commission (coastalspecialist sub group), the Species Survival Commission (marineturtle specialists, antelope, African Elephant, primate and catspecialist groups and the sub group on conservation strategies),the World Commission on Protected Areas and the WorldCommission on Environmental Law the Chair of which visitedfour countries in the region (Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeriaand Senegal).

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Landscape in Cape Verde

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The key institutional partners of IUCN were the following during theyear:

l Integration organizations: WAEMU (protected areas), ECOWAS(water resources and forest dialogue), ECCAS (anti-poaching);

l Specialized inter-states organizations: Volta Basin Authority,Sub Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC), COMIFAC(convergence plan for ecosystem management), SenghorUniversity in Alexandria (diploma training on protected areamanagement), CILSS (climate change and ecosystemmanagement);

l United Nations System: UNEP (Abidjan Convention, WCMC),UNDP and UNOPS (protected areas);

l Regional networks: Central Africa Protected Area Network(RAPAC), CEFDHAC (REDD+);

l Multilateral financial partners: World Bank (REDD+,desertification control) European Union (protected areas), AfDB(wetlands and anti-poaching) notably.

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IUCN SPECIALISED COMMISSIONSIN THE FIELD

Commission on Education and Communication

The IUCN Commission on Education and Communication(IUCN CEC) is a global network of more than 1,000volunteers from 119 countries. CEC members contributeexpertise on strategic communication, education, capacitydevelopment and knowledge management in support of theIUCN Programme and IUCN vision of a just world that valuesand conserves nature.

The CEC has the ambition to actively engage regionalmembers internationally and create opportunities fordialogue where possible. The year 2013 was no exceptionas Dr Juliane Zeidler, the CEC Chair, had the opportunity toengage with CEC members in Togo, Burkina Faso andSierra Leone.

These meetings were aimed at getting more insight into theirscope of work with regards to environmental education andtouching base with key challenges that they face.

Enthusiastic and looking to grow their networks, themembers were keen to find out more from the newly electedChair about plans to increase engagement, strategies onnetworking and some examples of best practices from otherparts of the world.

CEC touches base with Central and West Africa

CEC has been engaged by long standing Member TommyGarnett, the founder of the Biodiversity and RenewableEnergy Learning Centre (BRELC), Banga Farm, in Sussex,Sierra Leone to offer expert advice on expanding thecapacity of the Education Programme there. The centreprovides interactive learning experience for people of allages which includes education programme that has indoorand outdoor activities. The main aim of the centre is to fostera connection between people and the environment.

An agenda which is close to one of the Commissions keyfocus areas which are to lead IUCN’s work on Aichi Target1 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity of the Convention onBiological Diversity (CBD). Additionally, Frits Hesselink, aCEC Steering Committee member has been instrumental inoffering advice and support with regards to theestablishments of the center and development of operationalstrategy.

CEC supports environmental education Centrein Sierra Leone

With the aim of engaging members globally with a widelyaccessible platform, the CEC aims to launch its new blog byearly May 2014. This new blog will allow members to shareupdates on the good work that they are doing with regards toenvironmental education and create more dialogue centeredaround new and best practices in cutting edge communicationapproaches.

The CEC also plans to host one regional meeting for its Westand Central African members, looking into gauging their insightson various environmental education concepts. A focus will be onpromoting the ‘Love Not Loss’ campaign which looks intodelivering more positive messaging with regards to conservationand behaviour change towards nature.

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Species Survival Commissions (SSC)

l A three-day Red Listing and conservation planningworkshop for the tortoises and freshwater turtles of Sub-Saharan Africa (including West and Central Africa) washeld with active participation of the Tortoise and FreshwaterTurtle SG in Lomé, Togo, in August 2013.

l In collaboration with more than 50 regional andinternational scientists, the IUCN Marine Biodiversity Unitconducted one IUCN Red List Assessment Workshop (inAccra in May 2013) to assess more than 700 species ofmarine fishes present in the Eastern Central Atlantic. Tocomplete the remaining assessments for the approximately1,400 species of marine fishes that are present in theregion, a third and final workshop is planned for eitherGabon or Cameroon in July 2014.

l The results of recent IUCN Red List assessments for themarine gastropod genus Conus by the University of York,UK, showed an exceptional cluster of threatened speciesoff the West African coast and in particular Cape Verde. Ananalysis of the results will be published in the near future.(Mollusc SG).

l The IUCN SSC Giraffe and Okapi Specialist Group, theZoological Society of London (ZSL), the Institut Congolaispour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN) and theProvincial Governor hosted a multi-stakeholder workshopin Kisangani, central Democratic Republic of Congo, in May2013, where the participants reviewed the okapi’s status,carried out an okapi Red List assessment and drafted thefirst-ever okapi conservation strategy. This resulted in theokapi being officially announced by IUCN as ‘Endangered’,based on an observed population size reduction of ≥50%over the last three generations.

l In DRC, SSC specialists have assisted in finalizing andvalidating the report on the status assessment of 44 usedforest species. This report enabled the various players

involved or interested in forest exploitation (private sector,forest administrations, NGOs and scientists) to build aconsensus on the status of these vulnerable andendangered species, as well as on their distribution areasand the required conservation measures.

l In Burkina Faso, IUCN is facilitating with the support of thefresh water fish Specialist Group of the Commission onSpecies Survival (SSC), the setting up of a national database and establishment of a red list of fishes. To achievethis, the partners in the initiative were given in May 2013, atraining on the assessment methodology of speciesconservation status. Ten national specialists of the projecthave thus acquired capacity that will henceforth enablethem to conduct the development of a national red list offish species. Further to the identification and description of142 fish species, the team has set up an interactive database and assessments are currently going on for each ofthese species.

Red listing

The IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) is an internationalnetwork of experts constituting the largest of the six IUCN volunteerCommissions. It has over 8,000 members and the majority of itsmembers are deployed in more than 120 Specialist Groups (SGs),Red List Authorities (RLAs) and Task Forces (TF).

Within the region of West and Central Africa the SSC currently has144 members. The SSC and some of its SGs have been involvedin a number of diverse conservation projects throughout West andCentral Africa.

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Black Crowned Crane, plaine de Monchon

l The SSC, in partnership with the United NationsEnvironment Programme, Save our Species, andBioPAMA, has initiated a comprehensive situation analysison large terrestrial and freshwater vertebrate fauna of Westand Central Africa. The study serves as a partial responseto Resolution 022 (Supporting regional initiatives toconserve mammal diversity in West and Central Africa)adopted by IUCN’s members at the 2012 WorldConservation Congress, and will provide an evidence basefor future conservation efforts in West and Central Africa.Involving extensive consultation with stakeholders inregion, including IUCN State and Government AgencyMembers, the study should be completed in the first quarterof 2014.

l Preliminary field surveys in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau,Guinea and Mauritania revealed scattered populations ofBlack Crowned Cranes, including new breeding areas,though the birds face a number of local threats. Theseresults are from a new programme that was launched byWetlands International and BirdLife International with thesupport of Chester Zoo and the MAVA Foundation.

l Between May 2012 and March 2013, the Council forScientific and Industrial Research (South Africa) carried outand funded a study on the Ankobra River, Ghana, to assessthe extent to which mining operations in the basin affectsthe ecology of the river. The study found that miningactivities have adversely affected the abundance,distribution and community structure of fish and algalspecies as well as the quality of water, and highlighted theneed for habitat restoration and prevention of illegal miningactivities. (Freshwater Fish SG).

l Several initiatives on turtles are currently underway invarious countries:

• a community-based marine turtle conservation project toaddress fishing by-catch, erosion of nesting beaches,turtle meat and eggs consumption, as well as raisingawareness in Sierra Leone, by the Reptile andAmphibian Program-Sierra Leone (RAP-SL), withfunding support from the USFWS;

• monitoring of nesting beaches and by-catch in Congo-Brazzaville and in the DRC;

• a programme to establish a new marine protected areaat the Pointe Indienne foraging ground along with aprogramme to assist government agencies enforce theindustrial fishery regulations;

• an ecotourism programme in Sao Tome & Principe, andthe monitoring of four nesting beaches in the north of theisland;

• monitoring of the conservation status of sea turtles atcritical nesting beaches of the Bijagós archipelago(mainly João Vieira and Poilão Marine National Park andOrango National Park) by Instituto da Biodiversidade edas Áreas Protegidas (IBAP) with the support of severalprojects and assistance from international partners(USFWS, World Bank, GEF, IUCN, FIBA, MAVA,European Union, ISPA).

• A CEPF profile for Upper Guinea was launched duringthe last quarter of 2013. It seeks to compile currentinformation on the Hotspot on biodiversity, ProtectedAreas, civil society engagement, threats, and policies.This will then orient the next 5 years of funding in theHotspot. Although the project is led by PACO with theGlobal Species Programme (GSP), the data being usedin part comes from SSC efforts in the region andsometimes working with SSC members themselves.

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MAJOR PUBLICATIONS

PUBLICATIONS WITH IUCN CONTRIBUTIONS

Performances économiquesdes activités d’adaptation auchangement climatique dansle bassin de la Volta, UICN-PACO, 2013, 40p.

Rapport annuel 2012,PRCM, 2013, 27p.

Rapport annuel 2012 UICN-PACO : D'un programmequadriennal à l'autre, UICN-PACO, 2013, 24p.

Les bonnes pratiques dans lecadre de la gouvernance desréservoirs de grand barrageen Afrique de l’Ouestdiffusées: cas du barrage deKompienga (BF), UICN,2013, 24p

Guide juridique de gestiondes ressources en eau auBurkina Faso, UICN, 2013,44p

Faire des politiquesenvironnementalesrégionales un outil degouvernance etd’intégration en Afrique del’Ouest, UICN, 2013, 18p.

Comment aborder laREDD+ au Cameroun,UICN-PC, 2013, 109p.

Evaluation économique desfonctions et servicesécologiques desécosystèmes naturels,UICN-PACO, 2013, 36p.

Intégration del’environnement dans lespolitiques de lutte contre lapauvreté : influencer lespolitiques et les pratiquespar le dialogue et ladiffusion des réponsesinnovantes, UICN-PACO,2013, 64p.

Vers un complexe d’airesprotégées transfrontalièresdans les écosystèmesforestiers du Mayombe : Plan stratégique

Stratégie genre en matièrede REDD+ et adaptationaux changementsclimatiques en AfriqueCentrale, REFADD, 2013,41p

Code forestier commenté etannoté - Version complétée- Mai 2013, 153pCapitalisation de bonnes

pratiques en matière degouvernance autour desgrands barrages : Cas deNiandouba et du Confluentau Sénégal, 2013, 28p.

BENIN : 5- Centre National de Gestion des Réserves de Faune - Nature Tropicale- Association Vive le Paysan Nouveau - Benin Environment and Education Society- Centre de Recherches et d'Action pour le Développementdes Initiatives à la Base

BURKINA FASO : 9- Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development - Fondation des Amis de la Nature- Association Nodde Nooto- Association pour la Gestion de l’Environnement et leDéveloppement- Association Nationale d’Action Rurale - SOS Sahel International Burkina Faso- Africa’s Sustainable Development Council - Association inter villageoise de Gestion des RessourcesNaturelles et de la Faune de la Comoé-Léraba - Green Cross Burkina Faso* Association pour la Promotion des Oeuvre Sociales

BURUNDI : 5- Organisation de Défense de l’Environnement au Burundi - Association burundaise pour la protection des oiseaux - Association Tubane de Gikuzi- Forum Burundais de la Société Civile du Bassin du Nil - Association de Protection des Ressources Naturelles pourle Bien-être de la Population

CAMEROUN : 10- Ministry of the Environment, Nature Protection andSustainable Development - Forêts et Développement Rural- Cameroon Environmental Watch - Organisation pour l`Environnement et le DéveloppementDurable - École pour la formation de spécialistes de la faune deGaroua- Centre d`Appui aux Femmes et aux Ruraux- Chaire de Services Cameroun- Save The Nature- Centre International de Promotion de la Récupération - Cameroun Ecologie* Cameroon Wildlife Conservation Society

COTE D’IVOIRE : 1- Réseau pour l'Environnement et le DéveloppementDurable en Afrique

GABON : 1- Réseau des Aires Protégées d’Afrique Centrale * Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux

GHANA : 4- Green Earth Organization- Institute of Cultural Affairs- Nature Conservation Research Centre - The Development Institute

GUINEE : 2- Ministry in charge of Environment, Water and Forest- Synergies & Développement

GUINEE-BISSAU : 9- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation andCommunities- Centro de Investigaçao Pesqueira Aplicada - TINIGUENA - Bureau de Planification Côtière- Accao Para o Desenvolviento - Centro de Estudios Ambientais e Tecnologia Apropriadado Instituto Nacional de Estudios e Pesquisa- Direction Générale des Forêts et de la chasse- Grupo de Apoio à Educação e Comunicação Ambiental"PALMEIRINHA"- Instituto da Biodiversidade e das Areas Protegidas

GUINEE EQUATORIALE : 1- Ministerio de Pesca Y Medio Ambiente

MALI : 9- Ministry of Environment and Sanitation- Association Malienne pour la Conservation de la Faune etde son Environnement - Groupe d'Appui Environnemental- ONG DONKO - La promotion du Savoir Traditionnel- Femmes et Développement- Association Malienne pour la Protection del’Environnement- Oeuvre Malienne pour le Développement des ZonesArides- Association pour le Développement et l’Appui auxCommunautés - Groupe Action pour l’Enfance au Sahel

MAURITANIE : 4- National Park of Banc d’Arguin- Club des Amis de la Nature et de la Protection del'Environnement- Association Naforé pour la Protection de la Nature - Nature Mauritanie

NIGER : 2- Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, de la Coopération et del’Intégration africaine- Réseau d’Appui aux Initiatives Locales

NIGERIA : 5- Federal Ministry of the Environment- Nigerian Conservation Foundation- Nigerian Environmental Study Action Team- Savannah Conservation Nigeria- Centre for Environmental Resources & SustainableEcosystems

REPUBLIQUE DU CONGO : 5- Ministry of Sustainable Development, Forest Economyand Environment- Alliance Nationale pour la nature- Alliance-Homme-Environnement d’Afrique - Conservation de la Faune Congolaise- Réseau International Arbres Tropicaux au Congo

REPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE : 1- Ministère des Eaux, Forêts, Chasses et Pêches

REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO : 8- Institut Congolais pour la conservation de la Nature - Réseau pour la Conservation et la réhabilitation desEcosystèmes Forestiers du Nord-Kivu- Association pour les Victimes de la Répression en Afrique - La Voix de la Nature- Forum des Organisations Non Gouvernementales pour laConservation de l’Environnement en RDC - Forum Congolais de la société civile du bassin du Nil - Actions pour les Droits, l'Environnement et la Vie - Centre d'Animation et Appui Technique aux Initiatives deDéveloppement

SENEGAL : 8- Association Sénégalaise des Amis de la Nature- Ministry of Ecology and Protection of Nature- ENDA TM- Groupe de Recherche et d’Etudes Environnementales - Réseau des parlementaires pour la protection del’environnement au Sénégal- Association Action Citoyenne- Centre de Suivi Ecologique - West African Association for Marine Environment

SIERRA LEONE : 1- Environmental Foundation for Africa

TOGO : 3- Les Amis de la Terre-Togo- Les Compagnons Ruraux- Jeunes Volontaires pour l’Environnement

More information on web site:www.iucn.org/annuairepaco

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IUCN MEMBERS IN CENTRALAND WEST AFRICA

*Candidates on track

Burkina FasoP.O Box 3133 Ouagadougou 01

Tel: +226 50 31 31 [email protected]

CameroonP.O Box 5506 Yaoundé Tel: +237 22 21 64 96Fax: +237 22 21 64 97

[email protected]

Guinea BissauApartado 23, Bissau 1033

Tel: +245 320 12 30Fax: +245 320 11 68

[email protected]

MaliP.O Box 1567 Bamako Tel: +223 20 22 75 72Fax: +223 20 23 00 92

[email protected]

MauritaniaP.O Box 4167 Nouakchott

Tel: +222 45 25 12 76Fax: +222 45 25 12 67

[email protected]

NigerP.O Box 10933 Niamey Tel: +227 20 72 40 28

[email protected]

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)7, avenue Chemin Bon Accueil (en face de Boukin)

Quartier Haut Commandement Commune de Gombe - Kinshasa


SenegalAvenue Cheick Anta Diop

2ème étage BP : 3215 DakarTel: +221 33 869 02 81 Fax: +221 33 824 92 [email protected]

COUNTRY PROGRAMMES

CongoP.O Box 5697 Brazzaville9, rue Djoueli Moukondo

Tel: +242 28 71 28+242 05 556 54 43+242 06 656 54 43

GabonP.O Box 10.708 Libreville

Tel: +241 01 44 28 33Fax: +241 01 44 28 32

GhanaC/o Forest services Division

P.O Box 527 AccraTel: (233) 24 224 9678 [email protected]

Guinea P.O Box 299 Kankan


Nigeria6 Race Course Road, Nassarawa GRA,

Kano, NigériaTel: +234 802 523 8195 / 803 320 9104

PROJECTS OFFICES

INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR THECONSERVATION OF NATURE

Regional OfficeCentral and West Africa Program (PACO)01 PO Box 1618 Ouagadougou 01Burkina FasoPhone +226 50 36 49 79 +226 50 36 48 95E-mail: [email protected]/paco

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