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2015 ANNUAL REPORT

IUCN-PACO

Rapport annuel 2015 - UICN PACO

Rapport annuel 2015 - UICN PACO

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACRONYMES .........................................................................................................

REGIONAL DIRECTOR MESSAGE .................................................................

OUR UNION...........................................................................................................

STRATEGIC ORIENTATION .................................................................................

- Geographic coverage ..................................................................................

- Human resources .........................................................................................

- Overview of IUCN Members .........................................................................

THE PROGRAMME ....................................................................................................

- Highlights ......................................................................................................

- Programme achievements ...............................................................................

• Biodiversity valuing and conservation .........................................................

• Effective and equitable governance of nature use .....................................

• Nature-based solutions to take up the global challenges of climate,

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- Constraints encountered in the implementation of the programme ...................

- Significant events ..............................................................................................

- Communication .............................................................................................

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MEMBERS AND COMMISSIONS .............................................................................

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ACRONYMSAfDB: African Development BankAMCOW: African Ministers’ Council on Water BCFP: Congo Basin Forest Partnership BIOPAMA: Biodiversity and Protected Area Management Programme BPAI: Biodiversity and Protected Area Institute BRICKS: Building Resilience through Innovation, Communication and Knowledge Services BSB: Bi national Sena Oura-Bouba Ndjidda ComplexCARPE: Central African Regional Programme on Environment CBD: Convention on Biological DiversityCCAFS: Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security CCRPA: Climate Change-Resilient Protected Areas CEC: Commission on Education and CommunicationCED: Center for Environment and DevelopmentCEFDHAC: Conference on Central African Moist Forest Ecosystems CEPF: Critical Ecosystem Partnership FundCEW: Cameroon Environnemental WatchCILSS: Permanent Inter-States Committee for Drought Control in the SahelCOMIFAC: Central Africa Forest Commission COP: Conference of PartiesCREMACO: Regional Committee of IUCN Members in Central and West Africa CSO: Civil Society OrganizationDANID: Danish International Development Agency DRC : Democratic Republic of CongoECA: Economic Commission for Africa ECCAS: Economic Community of Central African States ECOFAC: Central Africa Forest EcosystemsECOWAS: Economic Community of West African States EMC: Ecological Monitoring Center EoH: Enhancing our Heritage EPIC: Ecosystem Project for the Protection of Infrastructure andCommunitiesESARO: IUCN East and Southern Africa Regional Office ESIS: Environmental and Social Impact StudiesEU: European Union FAO: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization FDA: French Development AgencyFEM/GEF: Global Environment Facility FEVAC: Central Africa Green Economy Fund FFEM: French Fund for Global Environment FISCAP: Fishing Activity Surveillance and Control (Fiscalizaçao e ControloDas Actividas de Pesca)GCF: Green Climate Fund (Fonds Vert Climat)GFCCP: Global Forest and Climate Change ProgrammeGIS: Geographical Information SystemGPS: Global Positioning System GSBA: Globally Significant Biodiversity AreaGWI: Global Water InitiativeGWP/AO: Global Water Partnership/West Africa HCNVP: High Commission for Niger Valley PlanningHGBF: Howard G. Buffet FoundationICRISAT: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics IDC: Institutional Development and Communication UnitIFDD: Francophonie Institute for Sustainable Development IGA: Income Generating Activities IGTL: Local Territorial Management Bodies IIED: International Institute for Environment and Development ILC: International Land CoalitionINN: Illegal Non Declared, Non Regulated Fishing IRD: Research and Development InstituteIUCN: International Union for the Conservation of NatureIWRM: Integrated Water Resource Management LCBC: Lake Chad Basin Commission M&E: Monitoring & EvaluationMDP: Municipal Development Plans MINEPDED: Ministry of Environment, Nature Protection and SustainableDevelopment MINFOF: Ministry of Forest and Fauna MOLOA: West Africa Littoral Observation MissionMPA: Marine Protected AreaNBA: Niger Basin Authority

NCU: National Coordination of Basin Users NGO: Non - Governmental OrganizationNORAD: Norway Development Cooperation Agency NPAA: National Protected Area Agency NRFMA: Inter-Village Natural Resource and Fauna ManagementAssociation NRM: Natural Resource Management NTFP: Non timber Forest Products OFAC: Central Africa Forest Observatory ONAHA: National Hydro-Agricultural Infrastructure OfficePA: Protected AreaPACO: Central and West Africa Programme PAGE: West Africa Environmental Governance Partnership PAP: Population Affected by the Project PAPE: Entente Parks Support Programme PAPECALF: COMIFAC Action Plan for strengthening national wildlifelegislation enforcement PARGIRE: Plan d’Action Régional pour la Gestion Intégrée des Ressourcesen EauPES: Payment for Environmental Services PHEIC: Public Health Emergency of International ConcernPRCM: West Africa Regional Coastal and Marine Zone ConservationPartnership PREAO: Politique des Ressources en Eau en Afrique de l’OuestPREZOH: Water Resources and Wetlands Programme RAID: Regional Association for Irrigation and Drainage in West Africa RAMPAO: West Africa Regional Marine Protected Areas’ Network RAPAC: Central Africa Protected Area Network RCU: Regional Committee of UsersRECEAC: Central Africa Communicators’ Network for Environment REDD: Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation inDeveloping countries REPALEAC: Indigenous and Local Population Network for SustainableManagement of Central African Forest Ecosystems RERAO: West African Radio Network for Environment RONGEAD: European Non-Governmental Network on Agri-Food, Trade,Environment and Development RRI: Rights and Resource Initiative RTP: Regional Technical Programme SAWAP: Sahel and West Africa Programme to support the Great Green WallInitiative SDAGE: Schéma Directeur d’Aménagement et de Gestion des Ressourcesen EauSIDA: Swedish International Development AgencySMART: Spatial Monitoring and Reporting ToolSNV: Netherlands Development OrganizationSODAGRI: Agricultural and Industrial Development Company SRCF: Sub-Regional Commission on Fisheries SSC: Species Survival Commission SSO: Sahel and Sahara ObservatorySTN: Sangha Tri-NationalTOP-SECAC: Tool Box for the Planning and Monitoring & Evaluation ofClimate Change Adaptation CapacityUD: University DegreeUEMOA: West Africa Economic and Monetary Union UNCCD: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification UNDP: United Nations Development Programme UNFCCC: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change USFS: United States Forest ServiceVBA: Volta Basin AuthorityVPA/FLEGT: Forestry Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade in Timberand by-products WAP: W, Arly and Pendjari ParksWAPO: W, Arly, Pendjari and Oti Kéran Mandouri ParksWB: World BankWCMC: World Conservation Monitoring CenterWCPA: World Commission on Protected Areas WHO: World Health Organization WRCC: Water Resource Coordination Center WWF: Worldwide Fund for NatureZSL: Zoological Society of London

This year again, Central and West Africa experienced politicalunrest that disrupted people’s peace and economic growth: failed

coup in Burkina Faso, persistent instability in CAR, jihadist attacks inNiger, Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria and Mali, etc. However, the Stateshave not only worked together to resolve the crises and secure theirterritory, but also pursued their efforts towards economic integrationand coordination for natural resource management; we will note inparticular the following major meetings :

• the 15th session of the African Ministerial Conference for theEnvironment (AMCEN) was held in mach 2015 in Cairo, Egypt;

• the international conference on illegal exploitation and trade inAfrica’s wild fauna and flora meeting in April 2015 in Brazzaville,Congo

• the meeting of the 15 ECOWAS Ministers in charge of waterresources in November in Dakar, Sénégal

At the level of IUCN, the crises in the region led to restricted travels tocertain countries and zones with some effects on the smooth runningof certain programmes. Luckily, things seem to be getting back tonormal in countries such as Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali.

The year 2015 was also marked by various processes (Review of theresults of the 2012-2016 four-year program; analysis andappropriation of the outline of 2017-2020 Quadrennial Program;conducting a situation analysis of the region; drafting of the 2017-2020Regional work plan; holding a West and Central Africa IUCN MembersForum, etc.) related to the preparation of the IUCN Congressscheduled to take place in Hawaii in 2016.

The present report gives an idea of the resources used and stagesreached in the implementation of the IUCN Programme in Central andWest Africa over year 2015

Aimé J. Nianogo,Regional Director IUCN-PACO

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REGIONAL DIRECTOR MESSAGE


OUR VISIONA just world that values and conserves nature.

OUR MISSIONTo influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature andto ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.

IUCN is a membership Union uniquely composed of bothgovernment and civil society organisations. It providespublic, private and non-governmental organisations withthe knowledge and tools that enable human progress,economic development and nature conservation to takeplace together.

Created in 1948, IUCN is now the world’s largest and mostdiverse environmental network, harnessing the knowledge,resources and reach of 1,300 Member organisations andsome 15,000 experts. It is a leading provider ofconservation data, assessments and analysis. Its broadmembership enables IUCN to fill the role of incubator andtrusted repository of best practices, tools and internationalstandards.

IUCN provides a neutral space in which diversestakeholders including governments, NGOs, scientists,businesses, local communities, indigenous peoplesorganisations and others can work together to forge andimplement solutions to environmental challenges andachieve sustainable development.

Working with many partners and supporters, IUCNimplements a large and diverse portfolio of conservationprojects worldwide. Combining the latest science with thetraditional knowledge of local communities, these projectswork to reverse habitat loss, restore ecosystems andimprove people’s well-being.

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OUR UNION


Geographic coverage

STRATEGIC ORIENTATION

The Central and West Africa Programme covers 25 countries; it operatesthrough seven Country Programmes offices (Burkina Faso, Cameroon,

Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal)and project offices in 3 countries (Ghana, Guinea, Niger)

Human resources

Aclear increase from 133 to 163 staff members or 35% of staff between 2013and 2015 was observed (figure 1). This is due notably to (i) the creation of

new projects and (ii) decrease in the number of separations registered this year

This increase is mostly among the support staff and professional officers butin relative terms, an increase in the percentage of support staff (from 46% to49% between 2013 and 2015) contrary to the professional staff that decreasedfrom 47% to 44% (Fig. 2).

The absolute number of female staff increased from 36 in 2013 to 43 in 2015(or a growth rate in value of 30%) but the percentage of female staff in theSecretariat of the region has decreased from 28% in 2013 to 26% in 2014 andhas not changed in 2015

The other progress registered in 2015 in human resources is among otherthings in terms of:- Creation of a guideline for hosting or recruiting Junior Assistants. Thisdisposition allows young graduates to have their initial working experiencewithin an international organization thus increasing their chances for promptinsertion in the active life.

- Establishment of a new learning platform called IUCN Online LearningManagement System (LMS); this gives the workers an opportunity for trainingand enhancing their skills, notably in leadership, project management,computer science or language proficiency. It is a customized and self-directedsystem that can be modified and adapted to the working conditions.

- Expansion of the computerized human resource management system(HRMS) to Guinea where IUCN has an office in Kankan since 2014

Fig. 1 Evolution of the number of PACO’s employees

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Overview of IUCN Members

As at 31 December 2015, IUCN had 107 Members(against 105 in 2014 and 93 in 2013) in Central and

West Africa, apportioned as follows: 14 states, 10government agencies, 02 international NGOs and 81 localNGOs working in various areas of activities related to thePACO thematic programs (Fig. 1). There are also 7 NationalCommittees (Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo,Guinea Bissau, Mali and Senegal) 1 Regional MembersCommittee in Central and West Africa (CREMACO),officially recognized, and over 500 IUCN Commissionsmembers.

For year 2015, IUCN registered 5 new members in the Centraland West Africa zone: the African Center for Applied ForestryResearch and Development (CARFAD) and the Center forCommunication and Sustainable Development for All(CECOSDA) in Cameroon, the Union of Village Associations

for Fauna Reserve Management (U-AVIGREF) in Bénin, theNGO AGIR in Mali, and the Association for Advancement andDevelopment in Islands) (Associação de Promoção doDesenvolvimentonas Ilhas) - NGO NANTINYAN in GuineaBissau.

However it should be noted that currently only 62% ofMembers are up to date with their contributions. In fact 41Members have their rights related to elections, votes andmotions suspended because of a year arrears ofcontributions. The cases of 30 of them (7 states, onegovernment agency and 22 NGOs), with arrears exceedingone year, will be submitted to the World ConservationCongress who will rescind all their rights as Members,unless they pay their arrears by then or at the latest one yearafter the decision of the Congress. After that time, these 30members will be removed from IUCN

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THE PROGRAMME

Highlights

Regional Coordination Meeting February. The meeting, which brought together all PACOheads of unit made it possible to assess the past year andpresent the 2015 planning of each unit. It was also anopportunity for participants to have a better understandingof strategies and product generation, management andsharing of IUCN knowledge at the global level andopportunities of ownership / adaptation thereof, in thePACO region.

15th meeting of the African MinisterialConference on Environment (AMCEN)March. The meeting held in Cairo, marked the 30th

anniversary of the first meeting of this conference. On thisoccasion, the continent Ministers of environment exchangedon the optimization of Africa’s natural capital, to enable thesustainable development and the eradication of poverty inthe continent. They also discussed a common approach tothe fight against illegal trade of wildlife products and theAfrican flora, and the importance of further efforts for theeffective implementation of environmental law.

International Conference on the IllegalExploitation and Illegal trade in wildlife andwild flora of AfricaApril. Gathered in Brazzaville on the initiative of theGovernment of Congo, African governments have adopteda unified strategy to help Africa fight the scourge of illicittrade; they recommended to do everything possible toaccelerate actions and political reforms in order to curb thisphenomenon; States were also encouraged to recognizethe rights of indigenous peoples and local communities andto increase the participation of the latter in the planning,management and use of fauna and flora resources.

Local initiatives in the service of conservationof natural resourcesSeptember. At a regional forum on local initiatives forconservation of natural resources in West Africa, theparticipants shared their respective experiences anddiscussed the best strategies for efficiency in field activities.The meeting was organized in the framework of the projectConservation territory in West Africa.

Regional Conservation Forum November. In Bamako, the Members, Experts of thematicCommissions, staff and IUCN partners in West and CentralAfrica exchanged and reflected on their role to influence theinternational agenda of conservation and sustainabledevelopment. The IUCN delegation took the opportunity todiscuss prospects of strengthening collaboration with theHead of State of Mali and with several technical and financialpartners, present at the Forum.

Coastal actors mobilized on climate change November. The 8th edition of the Regional Forum of PRCMmobilized the various categories of stakeholders of thecoastal and marine area who strengthened the technicalexchanges and shared experiences from such researchand field actions. It leads to a renewed commitment tosupport and accelerate the adaptation and mitigationmeasures likely to limit the impacts of climate change incoastal and marine area.

Ministerial meeting on IWRM November. A total of 15 ECOWAS ministers in charge ofWater Resources met for the 4th session of the MinisterialCommittee for monitoring of the integrated water resourcesmanagement (IWRM) in West Africa. They have thus maderesolutions designed to strengthen the implementation ofIWRM and sustainable management of natural resources

Community marine protected areas ofUrok, Guinea Bissau

• IUCN conducted the 10th edition of the University Degreeon protected area management skills development withfunds from the World Bank and MAVA, in collaborationwith Senghor University of Alexandria. Eighteen newprotected area professionals were trained with the

support of this new donor. Bringing to 194 persons(including 136 from West Africa), the total number ofpersons who improved their knowledge and know-how inprotected areas.


In the three areas of the four-year programme 2013-2016, IUCN carriedout actions that yielded progress and concrete results.

Biodiversity valuing and conservation

Knowledge generation and sharing

Programme achievements

The 10th batch of protected area professionals

• With the scientific support of WCMC, IUCN trained 40actors (government and NGO representatives) of theGambia and 21 actors of Togo, Mali and Chad(Government, NGO and research institute representatives)in systematic conservation planning. These actorsbecame aware of the importance of this approach inselecting the best sites for potential new protected areas.

• A 2015 Central Africa baseline status of the conservationmechanism for the Central Africa Protected AreaNetwork (RAPAC) has been developed in collaborationwith the 3CO-MAC (WWF and WCS) coalition. Thisbaseline condition includes (i) a review of all Protected

Areas of marine and /or coastal importance in 5 CentralAfrican countries (Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Cameroon,Congo, Sao Tomé & Principe and DRC), (ii) a detailedanalysis of the main river-andmarine ecosystems, (iii)data on the other sea sectors (oil drilling and fishing). Adetailed map of Central African marine protected areaswhich backs up this baseline condition and enhancesthe value of existing protected areas is being produced.In addition to the baseline condition is a strategic planfor Central African Protected Areas developed inconjunction with RAPAC and the various nationalinstitutions involved in the process.

Environmental education visit to the Guinea-Bissau mangroves, in 2015

• IUCN’s intervention in the Dja biosphere reserve inCameroon made it possible to determine the qualitativeand quantitative condition of wildlife, in collaboration withthe teams of the technical department for natureconservation. This situation fills the knowledge gap giventhat the latest survey of this wildlife biosphere reservewhich is ready for registration in the list of endangeredsites, dates back from the late 1990s. Already, thefindings of the survey are being used in view of therevision of the planning scheme of the site.

• In DRC, IUCN finalized and disseminated to the actorsand decision-makers, the compilation of legal textsgoverning the protection of apes in the form of a CD. Avalidation workshop of the red list of timber species thatcan be logged in the country was also organized.

• Facilitated by IUCN in Senegal, the inventory andmonitoring of water birds and their habitats in the Ndiaelbasin helped to document their baseline condition.

• In Guinea Bissau, through scientific research on fishing,conducted through the Rias do Sul Project, helped toidentify and list 37 fish species in the Cacheu River and46 fish species in Buba and Cacine rivers. The behaviors

of about ten species of commercial importance are alsobetter known, which could allow improved managementof their harvesting.

• In Guinea Bissau, 125 trainers of trainers from 7countries (Cape Verde, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau,Guinea, Mauritania, Senegal and Sierra Leone) acquiredknowledge on biodiversity conservation, climatechange, waste management, active teaching and manyother topics. These academic inspectors and membersof NGOs that are active in the field of EnvironmentalEducation are now prepared to pass on to primaryschool teachers, through interactive exchanges, theknowledge acquired in 2015.. As a result, two training oftrainer’s manuals were developed in the Gambia and inSierra Leone.

• IUCN facilitated the preliminary drafting of a Manual onthe Governance in view of promoting good governancein sustainable natural resource management Initiative.Elements and data that made were also produced toprepare the First Draft of the Ghana National REDD+Strategy (a document that defines options for reducingemissions from land degradation and deforestation)


Field visit during the training of trainers on fishing in Guinea, 2015

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Within the framework of the BIOPAMA Programme, twotools were designed for protected area managers in theregion: i) The monitoring formula of management andplanning effectiveness produced in collaboration with theJoint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commissionand the Central Africa Forest Observatory (CAFO), basedon the IUCN management effectiveness framework(Hockings 2008) ; and ii) the Protected Area (PA) managercapacity building strategy, together with the teaching boxknown as COMIT, a new product based on the IUCNstrategic framework for capacity development in protectedareas (Reynolds et Dudley 2015). These two tools willenable 27 trainers coming mostly from national PA agenciesto assist managers of 50 to 80 PAs in the region in collecting

and using data required for the monitoring of managementeffectiveness and for planning, in view of the decisionmaking at site level, both nationally and globally. It isenvisaged during March 2016 an overview of the conditionof PAs in 12 Central and West African countries.

In the area of water resources, the BRIDGE Africa projectsupported the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) toproduce thematic maps of the Basin, as tools required forbiodiversity and natural resource development,conservation and sustainable use. The process ofdeveloping the thematic maps led to the production of afirst set of maps with a data base.

Production of planning and management tools



• The "Partnership for West Africa EnvironmentalGovernance Programme - PAGE" collaborates with theNiger Basin Authority (NBA) and the Volta BasinAuthority (VBA) for the setting up and strengthening ofdata collection systems of their EnvironmentalObservatory. In this regard, the NBA organized 5national workshops to formalize the Niger Basinenvironmental and socio-economic data and informationmanagement network and establish data warehouses atthe level of national focal structures in Mali, Côte d’Ivoire,Guinea, Burkina Faso and Benin. The VBA on the otherhand conducted a series of thematic trainings todevelop the technical capacity of National HydrologicalService workers of Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire,Ghana, Mali and Togo, in the area of hydrological datacollection and processing. The VBA also installed orrestored data collection platforms in Côte d’Ivoire andTogo.

• In Cameroun, 10 Local Development Plans (LDPs) werefinalized for the benefit of riparian villages of theNouabalé Ndoki National Park (Congo segment) in theSangha Tri-National landscape (STN). Such LDPs whichwere validated by all stakeholders constitute genuineplanning instruments made available to the local peopleand other development and conservation actors livingin the villages close to the park. In the same vein, IUCNalso supported in Cameroon, the finalization of thedevelopment and business plans of the Waza NationalPark. The production of these tools is part of theexpected outcomes and outputs from theimplementation of the "Livelihoods Security for

Sustainable Development of the Waza National Park andits surroundings" Project financed by the CameroonianGovernment (HIPC funds). These actions were takenwith the financial assistance of the African DevelopmentBank (AfDB) and the Economic Community of CentralAfrican States (ECCAS) as part of the SupportProgramme for Congo Basin Forest EcosystemConservation (PACEBCo), and in close collaborationwith the Ministry of Forest Economy and SustainableDevelopment of Congo.

• In Guinea Bissau, the zoning and concerted delineationof fishing areas and definition of rules which werefacilitated by IUCN led to the enforcement of sustainablemanagement measures of fish resources in Cacine,Buba and Cacheu rivers. For instance, followingcompliance with the three-month biological rest, thetechnicians and fishermen noted an increase - bothquantitatively and qualitatively- in fish catches in therivers. A total number of 150 participatory surveillancemissions in 13 villages were conducted by fishermen’sassociations (over 1,135 fishermen involved), thedirectorates of the Secretariat of State for Fisheries andIBAP. These missions helped to carry out consistentchecks on compliance with fishing rules and regulationsin the 3 rivers. They further led to the dismantling of 50illegal foreign fishermen’s camps and withdrawal of1,484 monofilament nets in 2015. As a result, more fishpopulations are observed in the rivers with less pressureon the mangrove and fish resources, lessintercommunity conflicts, improved checks on theprinciples of access rights reserved for residents and

Detention of illegal fishing boats on Rio Cacheu from June to August 2015


better monitoring of the health status with the preventionregards to the Ebola virus disease epidemics.

• In DRC, IUCN facilitated the drafting and validation of alocal development plan in the periphery of the MarineMangrove Park (MMP) and provided the ripariancommunities with a best practice guide and manual ofprocedures for the implementation of community-basedprojects. The communities were trained in the use ofthese two tools which are designed to ensure thesustainability of project achievements. In the YangambiBiosphere Reserve in East Province, eleven localdevelopment plans were prepared in a participatorymanner, validated and made available to thecommunities. These local plans that embrace allconcerns expressed by the people and also biodiversityconservations needs in the reserve, constitute referenceframeworks for all future actions by developmentpartners, the people themselves and local governmentin the site and surrounding areas.

• In terms of promotion of Participatory Monitoring-Evaluation (PM & E) at landscape level, the ForestProgramme supported the scientific group named«Sangha Group » in completing the data on impactindicators of biodiversity conservation, socio-economicdevelopment of local and indigenous people and forestgovernance between 2013 and 2015 in thetransboundary landscape of the Sangha Tri National(STN) which includes Cameroon, Central AfricanRepublic and Congo. The results of this monitoring werepresented at the 4th meeting of the COMIFAC WorkingSub-Group on Protected Areas and Wildlife (WSGPAW).This provided an opportunity to the Protected AreaManagers from different countries for recommendingthat the PM & E tool be used in other transboundaryprotected areas of the Congo Basin.

• IUCN assisted RAMPAO in the establishment andoperationalization of its task-force on fisheries andMarine Protected Areas (MPAs). This Task-Forcecomposed of a multi-disciplinary pool of experts in thefisheries sector intervenes at the request of RAMPAOmember MPAs and fishing actors on practical issuesrelating to fish resource monitoring, fishing surveillance,enhancement of the intersectoral dialogue, governanceand management systems between MPAs and fishing.The task-force intervened twice in the Joal-Fadiouth MPAin Senegal and in the Urok MPA in Guinea-Bissau. Manyintervention requests to the task-force from MPAmanagers or their national directorates were registeredby RAMPAO.

• To facilitate decision-making for vital ecosystemconservation and restoration, the PAGE projectundertook to build a geo-referenced data base on WestAfrica gallery forests and source heads. The first datawere collected in Burkina Faso and the process is dueto be gradually extended to cover more countries likeGhana, Guinea, Mali, Senegal and in the longer run thewhole of West Africa

Local planning session with communities in the Yangambi BiosphereReserve, DRC

Catching of Polydactylus quadrifilis, with longlines, a fishing engine authorizedduring the biological rest, Guinea Bissau, 2015


• The Protected Area Programme conducted a series oftrainings and workshops for field actors’ capacitybuilding in the area of preventing and resolving conflictarising from Natural Resource Management (NRM) inand around PAs. A total of 40 NGO participants fromNiger, Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo and Ghana, andneighboring municipalities, inter-municipality structures,farmer and stock breeder organizations, village wildlifereserve management association unions, parkdirectorates, decentralized environmental and securityservices were trained in conflict prevention andresolution.

In Central Africa, a workshop on man/fauna conflict atthe periphery of the Lopé Park in Gabon broughttogether 49 persons living or working in the periphery.Experiences on plantation protection against elephantswere reviewed during this workshop.

• IUCN made available to the people living around theSablogo forest in Center-East Burkina Faso, three setsof conservation and transportation equipment (200 literplastic barrels, plastic bags, bottles, buckets, packingequipment, carts…) The materials are basically meantfor female organizations as they are more vulnerable toclimate change effects. This will enable suchorganizations to significantly improve the performanceof the three shea butter production plants given to themby IUCN over the past few years within the framework ofthe project on «Increasing the adaptive capacity in localcommunities».

• The periphery of the Cameroon Waza National Park,IUCN continued providing guidance to 120 grassrootscommunity organizations active in the implementation ofincome generating activities (IGAs) initiated with thesubsidies given by the project on «Securing thelivelihoods of communities for sustainable developmentof the National Waza Park and its surroundings». Theachievements so far include the fattening of about 500cattle heads (bovines and sheep and goats) and the

production and sale on local markets of 130 tons ofcereals and nearly 16 tons of cotton. The monitoringexercise showed that IGAs have helped to increasehousehold incomes by about 30% while reducingpressure on the park resources.

Promoting the alleviation of pressure on biodiversity through poverty reduction

• IUCN initiated a data base on all marine and coastalprotected areas for Central and West Africa. This database already comprises over 1700 documents, mainly(i) management and planning documents, (ii)documents on international registration of sites (Ramsar,World Heritage), (iii) national legislations and rules and

regulations on the classification of such zones and, (iv)PA management effectiveness evaluation documents.The list of protected areas that were identified and thedocumentary base are sent to the various countries fortheir information and complementation and also to theregional PA networks (RAMPAO and RAPAC).

Promoting landscape planning

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• At the Dja Biosphere Reserve, IUCN’s support for localdevelopment and promotion of IGAs enabled thegrassroots communities to establish four fishing areas,rehabilitate seven fishing ponds to increase fishproductivity and oriented the planning of ten hectaresfor market gardening. These initiatives conducted withinthe framework of the project on "Support for conservationand riparian community involvement in the co-management of the Dja biosphere reserve naturalresources" visibly contribute to poverty reduction amongthe local population. These local communities are nowless inclined to tapping on the reserve resources.Already, positive impacts are perceptible given that thefishing areas that were created (with the construction ofmodern fish dryers) have made it possible to reduce bymore than 80% firewood needs and by nearly 90% thetime used for drying the same amount of fish. Theincome of the households engaged in market gardeninghas more than doubled1. The conditions are gradually

being created for the sustainability of such initiatives withthe collaboration of Government technical services(Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Ministry ofAgriculture, Ministry of Forestry) which provide therequired monitoring and technical support services tothe beneficiary communities.

• In the peripheral zone of the Zakouma National Park,IUCN’s support for developing productive activities(financed by PADL/NRM-EU)2, in partnership with theYouth Association for Renaissance and Progress ofSalamat (AJRPS), includes the promotion of alternativesto poaching such as beekeeping (31 beneficiaries),training of 6 local artisans in improved metal cookingstove making techniques (the trainees made 100 metalcooking stoves which are used as samples for thedissemination), and then women (293) in improvedearthen cooking stove making techniques.

1IUCN, June 2015. Final Report of the project.2Support Programme for Local Development and Natural Resource Management (financed by the European Union and ChadianGovernment)

Girls and women in a hands-on session of improved earthen cooking stoves making in Gozdjarat and Ibir villages, Chad

Beneficiaries of support for beekeeping materials (Kenyan beehives) in Zakouma, Chad

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• Around the Cacheu, Buba and Cacine Rivers in GuineaBissau, 415 women fish processors and traders haveimproved the quantity and /or quality and sales of theircommodities such as smocked fish, salted fish and salt.They were able to do so using more efficient processingtechniques (improved cooking stoves of the «tchorkor»type, sun-dried salt, time saving), more hygienic practices(less polluting for health) and through revolving micro-

credits managed by the female associations with thesupport of the COAJOQ Cooperative and ADIM NGO. Inaddition, 3 fishing material shops were opened for thefishermen and 2 ice production units (5 tons/day/unit)were put in place which increased the time allocated forfishing in the sea. The consumption of fuel wood andvulnerability of women processors and traders due to theerratic fish supply were thus reduced


Women processors of Bubacalhau Micro credit given to women processors and “Bideiras”

Training session with fishermen of Buba River on how to set fishing nets, Guinea Bissau

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The Protected Area Programme works with field actors thathave strong influence on local development, notably at theperiphery of Protected Areas, while taking the need fornatural resource conservation into account. Hence: - 4specific natural resource management plans were draftedand validated for the benefit of the Kirtachi, Tamou, Falmeyand Kouré municipalities in Niger.

Field partners from Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo, Niger andBenin met for a regional capitalization workshop of theexperiences acquired from the West Africa AreaConservation Project. They were workers from 7 NGOs(including 4 IUCN Members), city council members and PAmanagers, representatives of communities and wildlife andprotected area management groupings. A total number of29 participants from 7 project sites shared the knowledgeand experiences of their capitalization work per site in the

areas of support to actors identified through decentralizedmanagement, improved local governance of naturalresources and conservation area management. Followingthis capitalization workshop, the Conservation Area Projectorganized in September 2015 in Ouagadougou, a WestAfrica regional forum on local conservation initiatives ofnatural resources. The aim was to enable participants toexchange and value their respective experiences. Theforum brought together about one hundred participantsfrom 7 countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire,Ghana, Niger, Senegal and Togo) including NGO andconservation association representatives, localrepresentatives and local government technicians,Government workers and protected area managers,community representatives and traditional chiefs, resourcepersons and technical partners

Support for the inclusion of conservation requirementsin local development planning

Communities identifying livelihood strengthening options to curb deforestation and forest degradation, Cameroon


• As part of the BRIDGE Project, two national multi sectoraldialogue platforms were put in place in the nationalportions of the transboundary Chari Logone Sub-Basinin Cameroon and Chad. These platforms are theoutcome of an information, sensitization and consultationprocess among national actors. The nationalconsultation platforms are a prerequisite for theoperationalization of the transboundary Committee onintegrated water resource management of the Chari-Logone sub-basin.

• In collaboration with the ECOWAS Water ResourceCoordination Center (WRCC), IUCN disseminated theECOWAS Guidelines on West Africa large hydraulicinfrastructure development. National workshops for thedomestication of the guidelines were organized for 75actors from Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire and Mali. The meetingscontributed to promoting best practice at both countryand transboundary levels in the areas of large hydraulicinfrastructure building and management.

• For improved water resource governance in Volta Basin,IUCN supported VBA in organizing a regional watergovernance forum on the theme «Is water, a source ofconflict or cooperation?». The forum provided the 38main water sector actors with a platform for sharingknowledge and opening targeted and in-depthdiscussions on issues relating to water governance inthe Volta Basin around the following thematic areas: (i)water at the international level and the Post-2015 UNsustainable development goals; (ii) water as a national /regional policy issue in the Volta Basin and (iii) Strategyfor wide dissemination of transboundary policies ongood governance of water.

• As part of the Global Water Initiative/WA (GWI/WA), IUCNsupported the BAGREPOLE company and Rice ProducerUnion around the Bagré dam in Burkina Faso, in theimplementation of a rapid assessment process forimproved performance of hydro-agricultural programmes.The members of the national monitoring committee of thisparticipatory process are the BAGREPOLE team,representatives of the various categories of actors(producers, Ministry in charge of Agriculture andHydraulics, NGOs, research and extension services).Similarly, specific multi sectoral working groups were setup to develop and monitor the implementation of detailed

action plans for enhancing agricultural advisory andsupport services for small holders (governance, dialogue,etc.) The plans were prepared in collaboration withBAGREPOLE representatives, technical departments,farmer organizations and other agricultural research anddevelopment actors at both national and local levels. Theexpected long term outcome of this process is improvedagricultural advisory services and organization ofproducers and mostly the culture of dialogue andaccountability among stakeholders in order to achievesustainable value enhancement of the Bagré developedhydro agricultural area.

• In Cameroon, mining is one of the economic growthdrivers. To help in minimizing the adverse environmentalimpacts of mining activities, IUCN used the opportunityof the current revision of the mining code to support theParliamentarians’ Network (REPAR) in organizing aworkshop to identify their contributions to this revision.The activity which is part of the Ecosystem Alliance (EA)financed by the Netherlands Committee of IUCN, raisedinterest among other partners such as WWF and theCenter for Environment and Development (CED) whichparticipated both financially and technically.

Recommendations were made on the required inclusionof aspects relating to good governance andtransparency in the mining sector and clarification of therights and interest of the local communities. The REPARnetwork therefore put in place a working group withexperts of the sector to thoroughly review the bill andsuggest amendments or articles to be tabled by thenetwork members.

• In Guinea Bissau, the influence of IUCN, through theWorking Group on Petroleum and Extractive Industries(WG-PEI) contributed to the suspension, by thegovernment, of heavy sand extraction activities in theVarela coastal area, following consultations with the localpopulations and mining companies, because of thecoastal erosion risk and its effects. In the face of theincreased illegal and abusive logging observed from2012 to 2014 and as recommended by the two nationalconferences organized by the WG-PEI, the governmentissued a decree on a five-year moratorium on preciouswood logging and export. IUCN also contributed to thedocumentation and awareness raising of actors on best

Effective and Equitable Governance of Nature Use

Promoting dialogue among the various natural resource use actors

practice on petroleum drilling, the need for preservingthe biodiversity in protected areas, withdrawal ofmonofilament fishing net, biological rest and accessrights of the various actors to fish resources. Given thegreat impacts of a rather modest financing, a new 24month- phase (Phase V) was approved and started inDecember following the completion of Phase IV of theWG-PEI work in June 2015.

• In Guinea Bissau also, the fishing management plansand rules defined through consultations between theState Secretariat for Fisheries and fishermen, wereapplied. Requests for change in the rules were made bya group of non-resident fishermen to the StateSecretariat and Parliamentarians. IUCN and IBAP wererequested by the President of the Republic and theNational People’s Assembly to explain the situation andgive advice.

This led to a dialogue process that confirmed the rulesset, while recommending the continuation of consultations

among the different interest groups of fishermen, thegovernment and parliamentarians, more particularly onthe access rights and biological rest principles, based onscientific, technical and empirical knowledge, beyondpolitical and short term survival considerations.

Moreover, consultations on the access requirements andmodalities in the Bijágos archipelago protected areasled to the commitment made by tour operators to complywith the tourism principles defined by IBAP.

• In close collaboration with FAO and the CongoleseInstitute of Nature Conservation (ICCN), IUCN facilitatedthe setting up and operationalization of a multi-actorconsultation platform around the Marine Mangrove Parkin Bas-Congo Province in DRC. This platform is part ofthe main expected outcomes of the implementation of theMemorandum of Understanding between IUCN and FAO,within the framework of the participatory marine mangrovepark management Project.


Female fish processors and traders, Guinea Bissau

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Framework for exchange and discussions among actorson key issues relating to the conservation of the park, theplatform includes rules and regulations that define itsmode of functioning, roles and responsibilities of eachcategory of actors in the integrated park resourcemanagement and sustainability of project achievements.For improved involvement of the local communities in themanagement of the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve, IUCNdeveloped the intervention capacity of more than 50 eco-guards who are volunteers recruited from among theriparian communities, provided them with field equipmentand trained them on the status and management ofbiosphere reserves. The houses hosting these eco-guards and the members of the local committee namedMan and Biosphere (MAB) were also refurbished and foursurveillance posts were put in place in the most exposedsites to poaching and uncontrolled resource use.

• In the Dja-Odzala-Minkebe Tri National Landscape(TRIDOM), IUCN continued establishing a changemonitoring system around the Ngoyla Mintom forest aspart of the GEF/MINFOF project jointly financed by theWorld Bank (WB) and the Cameroon Government. Thissystem aims at strengthening the multi-institutional

dialogue, building scientific bases that could influencedecision-making of actors and stakeholders and ensuresustainable management of the Ngoyla-Mintom forestmassif. This approach is drawn from the experience ofthe Sangha Tri National (STN) which multi-institutionaldialogue framework has been operating for the past 10years.

• The forest conservation programme facilitated theholding of the 11th meeting of the Scientific supportGroup of the STN in October, 2015 in Libongo,Cameroon. The workshop was organized with thefinancial support of the French Development Agencywithin the framework of the partnership between Franceand IUCN, and the contribution of GIZ (COMIFACsupport project), WWF, ICRAF, PACEBCo, SEFAC andWCS. It appeared that the natural assets in the STN werefacing an alarming trend in the illicit exploitation due tothe flourishing ivory market, circulation of arms of allsizes and the migratory flow. Strong actions wererecommended towards social communication, forest lawenforcement, community development and developmentof profitable forest product value chains.

Building rehabilitated by IUCN and used as office premises for the MABCommittee and ecoguards, DRC

IUCN-Yangambi (DRC) project Coordinator with ecoguards wearinguniforms provided by IUCN and Austria


Concerted landscape and natural resource management planning

• In support of degraded land restoration actions in NorthernBurkina Faso, IUCN assisted the local communities indeveloping and validating six concerted community plansto strengthen the resilience of natural ecosystems in viewof reducing natural disaster risks. The plans which coverthe six villages of the project on «Ecosystems ProtectingInfrastructure and Communities» (EPIC) were drafted andimplemented with the APROS NGO an IUCN Member.

• As part of the project on «reducing transhumancepressure for improved conservation of the WAP complexprotected areas» (PRPT-WAP), IUCN also coordinatedthe finalization of the legal guide to the laws governingthe transboundary management of pastoral resources.The guide which preparation process was initiated in2014 under the coordination of the IUCN programme in

Burkina Faso and the Commission on Environmental Lawhelps to better understand the agreements on pastoralresource management transhumance in the WAPcomplex. The use of the guide by the respective actorswill allow improved enforcement of the laws which peopleare not so far really aware of.

• As part of the collaboration with the VBA, IUCNcontributed to the process started by this institution todevelop its water charter for the Volta Basin. Thepartnership led to the design of a "methodological guideto the preparation and implementation of Water Charterof the Volta Basin". This technical document is designedto orient actors in the preparation and implementationprocess of the Water Charter of the Volta Basin

Village planning workshop in Sillia, Burkina Faso

• With the American Facilitation of the Partnership, IUCNhas coordinated the organization of the 15th meeting ofthe Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) held in June2015, Cameroon, with the support of Norway, the UnitedStates, France, Cameroon and Germany under thetheme of «Congo Basin Ecosystems: promoting thenatural capital, green growth and regionaldevelopment». The main conclusions of the meeting arein the form of strategic and technical recommendationson ecosystem services, fauna conservation in the faceof game demand, enforcement of rules and regulationsand forest governance as related to land use andREDD+, to Central Africa’s preparation for theConference of Parties to the Climate Convention in Paris,to green economy and creation of an enablingenvironment for growth and sustainable financing.

• The Global Water Initiative (GWI) supported thepreparation of the technical document and adoption of theWater Resource Planning and Management Scheme(WRPMS) of the Malian portion of the Sourou flood areashared between Burkina Faso and Mali. Following thisadoption, the Malian State made the decision to finance15% of the implementation cost (84 billion CFA) over 20years. The Netherlands also offered to financetransboundary cooperation meetings between Mali andBurkina Faso (national technical committee and localmanagement committee) within the framework of the newIWRM programme. Adding to this adoption is that of theWRPMS of Comoé and Mouhoun Basins in Burkina Faso.These different schemes aim at promoting socio-economicdevelopment in the basins by meeting the needs of allwater users while preserving the ecological balance.

• To prepare the implementation of the ECOWASguidelines on large dam economic aspects, the GWI issupporting the operationalization of the future directive

on West Africa large hydraulic infrastructure whilefeeding the debate at the level of dam project actors(States, NGOs, civil society …) so as to learn lessonsfrom economic results achieved in the region which arefar below project expectations. This initiative aims atimproving practices in order to build hydraulicinfrastructure that fit more into field realities and meet theneeds of the populations, particularly the localpopulations. The process culminated with the Dakarmeeting on November of the 15 ECOWAS Ministers incharge of water resources for their 4th session of theMinisterial Monitoring Committee (MMC) on West AfricaIntegrated Water Resource Management (IWRM).

The MMC session gave the opportunity to review theimplementation of IWRM in the region, discuss theinitiatives carried out by the Water ResourceCoordination Center (WRCC) and its partners, definefuture activities and build synergy in the actions.Organised for the first time since 2008, this statutorymeeting of the IWRM Permanent Framework forCoordination and Monitoring (PFCM), made it possibleto take important resolutions including: strengtheningcoordination for IWRM promotion in West Africa,improved protection of the resource and validation of theECOWAS development guidelines.

The MMC session was organized by the ECOWASDepartment of Agriculture, Environment and WaterResources through the WRCC, with the support of IUCNand IIED, within the framework of GWI and PAGEprojects. It was co-financed by the ECOWASCommission, the British and Swedish Cooperationoffices (UKAid and SIDA) and the Howard G. BuffettFoundation.


Promoting customized policies and agreements

Awareness raising of actors for the ownership of ECOWAS Guidelines


• On 2nd April, 2015, the International Tribunal for the Lawof the Sea gave an advisory opinion on the requestsubmitted by the Sub- regional Commission on Fisheries(SRCF) a founding member of PRCM with IUCN, onillegal, non declared and non regulated fishing (INN) andcommon interest or ordinary stock management. This isthe first time in history that an advisory opinion is givenby the International Tribunal in full house. This advisoryopinion further strengthens the SRCF in its fight againstINN fishing which has considerable impacts on fisheriesin the sub region. IUCN supported the SRCF particularlyin the writing of its request and participation in thehearings held in September 2014.

• IUCN supported the COMIFAC in Douala on April 2015for the organization of a preparatory meeting of CentralAfrica countries for the 11th United Nations Forest Forumheld in New York on May, 2015. The meeting helped todraft a common strategy document for the countries tofacilitate the negotiations in New York.

• In Guinea-Bissau and as part of the PREE 2, workingaudiences with five Ministers of Education of thecountries involved in the Programme (Guinea-Bissau,Mauritania, Guinea, the Gambia, Senegal) helped tostrengthen and accelerate the revision of the curriculato introduce a subject matter on the environment.

Parliamentarians and Senators in charge of theCommittees on Environment, Natural Resources andSustainable Development in Guinea-Bissau, theGambia, Guinea and Mauritania made the commitmentto follow up on the policy and institutional stages of thePREE. The meeting of Ministers in charge of Educationin the countries covered by the programme was a sideevent of the meeting of experts of the 7 countries heldduring the 8th Regional Forum of the PRCM in Praia, inNovember 2015.

• To further develop the human capital for the Environmentin Africa, IUCN continued providing support for theMaster degree on « Environmental Law and Policy » thatit initiated with the Francophonie SustainableDevelopment Institute (FSDI) at the Senghor Campus,Burkina Faso. The first batch of 15 students including 9women has graduated.

• For improved promotion and ownership of water andenvironmental policies in West Africa, IUCN collaboratedwith ECOWAS, UEMOA and CILSS to produce policybriefs and presentation videos of these regional policies.These visual aids will facilitate access to the contents ofthe said policies for a larger number of actors,particularly the implementation stakeholders anddecision-makers

ECOWAS Ministers of Water meeting in Dakar for IWRM in West Africa, 2015


• In Guinea, IUCN organized a national feedbackworkshop on the study on land tenure security for thepopulations affected by the Fomi dam (Guinea, NigerRiver Basin). The workshop was followed by a strategicmeeting of Permanent Secretaries of the Ministries ofEnergy and Hydraulics, Agriculture, Town and TerritoryPlanning. Both meetings were part of the supportprovided by the Global Water Initiative (GWI) to theGuinean State for the development of a rigorous methodfor eviction, compensation and land tenure security ofthe people affected by dams and any other projects thatproduce land related impacts in full compliance with theprinciples embodied in the Guinean constitution (fair andprior compensation principle), and in accordance withthe NBA reference framework (Water Charter) and thatof ECOWAS (Guidelines).

• In Niger, the GWI gives technical and financial assistanceto the Government through the National Office of Hydro-Agricultural Land Development (ONAHA) for theimplementation of land tenure security on the pilot site ofNamardé Goungou and drafting of a national practicalguide to scale up the process to all 79 hydro-agriculturalsites in the countries. The objective of the project is tofurther preserve the rights of producers in irrigated landareas through securing title deeds based on formalnumbering of plots in the name of the State.

• The Union continued using the Forest Poverty LinkagesTool Box to measure the link between the forest and

poverty among the local and indigenous people inGhana and in Cameroon as part of the Pro Poor REDD+II Project (financed by DANIDA). The results of theseanalyses were communicated to the internationalcommunity at the XIVth World Forestry Congress inDurban.

• In Guinea Bissau, the national ecotourism strategy is inthe process of being validated by the Ministry of Tourismand Handicrafts. Consultations are underway with theoperators about the charter on responsible tourism inprotected areas which was developed with theparticipation of the Government Environmental ImpactAssessment Unit.

• In Mali, through the PAGE project, IUCN contributed tothe revision of Law of 31st January, 2002 on the watercode and its enforcement texts and to theimplementation of the institutional study of the waterdevelopment fund instituted by this law. The revision ofthe water code aims at enabling Mali to reorganize themanagement of the water sector, taking intoconsideration all the guiding principles of IWRM. IUCNalso supports the institutional study of the waterdevelopment fund intended to provide the fund with anappropriate institutional, legislative and regulatoryframework that would help it to better fulfill its missionsto develop access to safe drinking water and achievesound and sustainable management of waterresources

Production of planning tools

Local partners trained on the use of the Poverty-Forest Tool Kit, Ghana


• As part of the revival of the Central Africa Ecosystem andDense and Humid Forest Conference (CEFDHAC) and itsnetworks initiated since two years ago, IUCN launched incollaboration with the actors of the process, the «RuralCEFDHAC» concept which aims at decentralizing downto the grassroots level, the revival process which was sofar focused on the national and regional levels. In line withthis effort, the Union facilitated the setting up of a dialogueand exchange platform on issues relating to themanagement of the STN landscape forest ecosystems,involving the actors in the three segments (Cameroon,CAR and Congo). Furthermore, the Cameroon NationalCEFDHAC Forum received support from IUCN for buildingits engagement and preparing the participation of itsmembers in the CoP21 on climate change.

• In the Lake Chad Basin, IUCN facilitated the establishmentprocess of multi-actor consultation platforms for Basinnatural resource management in both Chad andCameroon. This action is conducted with the participationof the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), the Ministriesconcerned and civil society organizations.

• In Guinea Bissau, exchange and study visits wereconducted with 7 parliamentarians, 3 technicians (IUCN,IBAP and the NGO Palmeirinha) and the Bauxite-AngolaCompany to the Beli-Boe. They helped to know thesituation on bauxite and enhanced the engagement ofparliamentarians and companies on environmentalprotection. A feedback was given during a session of the

National People’s Assembly to make all parliamentariansunderstand the issues in extractive industries.

To improve the participation of the actors in theimplementation of national and regional water policies,IUCN, undertook to inform/sensitize 73 actors on the WestAfrica Regional Water Policy (WARWP) and itsimplementation action plan. The actors concerned arebasically involved in water resource management in theVolta Basin, Mékrou Basin in Niger and the Sourou Sub-Basin in Mali. This action was conducted in collaborationwith the countries and the ECOWAS Water ResourcesCoordination Center (WRCC).

• In Guinea, IUCN trained 25 representatives of watermanagement structures in Upper Guinea on differenttopics: the Water Code of Guinea and implementationtexts, the NBA Water Charter, water management fundingand planning mechanisms in Upper Niger Basin.

• In Burkina Faso, the skills and capacity of the members ofthe General Assembly of Local Water Committees (LWC)and Water Agencies of Mouhoun, Liptako and Nakanbéwere strengthened on the key principles that guide theorganization and functioning of the members of theGeneral Assembly of a LWC and preparation of multi-annual programmes. This work was conducted by thePermanent Secretariat of the IWRM Action Plan(SP/PAGIRE) in collaboration with IUCN

Promoting the participation of the civil society and privatesector in national and regional processes

Workshop to establish rural CEFDHAC in STN


• In Cameroon, the National Committee of IUCN Membersproduced two position papers, one on land tenurelegislation and the other on the environmental frameworklaw. These papers were used for advocacy for theconsideration of the concerns expressed by local actors,the civil society and vulnerable populations in the currentrevision of these two legislative texts.

• A development process of the synergy between twoglobal mechanisms for sustainable forest managementwas launched: REDD+ and APV/FLEGT. At a workshop

organized by IUCN to this effect, experts from theMinistry of Forests and Wildlife (MINFOF), Ministry of theEnvironment, Nature Protection and SustainableDevelopment (MINEPDED) and civil society identifiedfive priority areas: benefit sharing; governance, notablythe reform, legislation and policy implementation;participation and stakeholders’ capacity building;communication; and social and environmentalprotection3. They also identified a potential institutionalframework for operationalizing this synergy

Nature-based solutions to take up the global challenges of climate, food and development

Environmental policy and legislation

Burundi undertook to restore 2 million hectares of forestsby year 2020 as part of the Bonn Challenge. It is in theframework of this commitment that the Ministry of Water,Environment, Land Planning and Urban Development(MEEATU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)to collaborate with IUCN for the promotion of initiatives

related to landscape restoration. This MoU aims at creatinga collaboration framework in the area of forest ecosystemconservation and development, climate change, povertyreduction and mobilization of the resources required for thematerialization of the related joint initiatives

Climate change adaptation and REDD+

3 Environmental and social safeguards

Participants in the workshop on the restoration of forest landscapes in Burundi, Bujumbura

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As part of the Partnership for Environmental Governance(PAGE), 90 senior staff members (including 15 women)were trained in the use of planning and monitoring &evaluation tools of climate change adaptation capacity(TOP-SECAC). Of the senior staff trained, 16 constitute aregional pool of trainer experts and the remaining beingrepresentatives of national structures in charge ofdevelopment planning. These senior staff members werefrom the Ministry in charge of the Environment, theMinistry of Planning, National Meteorological Services,Universities, the private sector and Civil SocietyOrganizations (CSO) of Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali,Niger and Togo.

In Niger and Guinea, the training involved 26 local actors(including 2 women) of members of decentralizedtechnical services, local governments and CSOs in viewof the revision of Municipal Development Plans (MDP).

Following the promotion of the TOP-SECAC in threecountries from 2012 to 2013, an evaluation of the level ofutilization of the tool was conducted. In Burkina Faso, itwas found that the tool was incorporated in the localplanning methodological guide dedicated to localplanning. In Mali and in Senegal, it has not yet beenactually incorporated but efforts are being made by sometrained senior staff to use the tool to develop theknowledge and skills that they have acquired in therevision process of local government planningdocuments. Through the EPIC project executed in twocountries in the region (Burkina Faso and Senegal), the

Burkina Faso programme carried out a number of actionsaimed at strengthening the climate change adaptationcapacity of grassroots communities by improving theirlivelihoods. Project activities have significantly contributedto:

• Improving water availability with the construction of 2pools in Basnéré and Birdininga and rehabilitation ofone pool in Tibtenga. With a capacity of about 3000m3, each pool will contribute to increasing availablewater in the villages concerned for cattle watering andfor certain domestic uses in part of the dry season;

• Improving the nutritional capacity with a financialsupport from the World Food Programme (WFP) tocomplement the EPIC project actions, based on apartnership agreement with IUCN. A total amount ofEURO 66,467 was distributed to more than 1000households in the form of incentives for their labor tobuild stone bunds, uprooting of trees, rubble stonegathering and transportation which require intensephysical efforts.

In Guinea-Bissau, rice fields cultivated in the mangrovesare threatened by the rising sea level. IUCN and itsmembers are supporting the communities to implementsustainable solutions. Also, the productive capacity ofsoils has been improved with the construction of 59 saltcontrol dikes and development of assisted naturalregeneration which helped to protect 3,695 species in theagro-forest parks of 6 target villages of the project

Tools for mainstreaming climate change in development planning

Construction of a bouli in Basnéré, Burkina Faso Women’s participation in the construction of a bouli in Basnéré


4 Water reservoir meant essentially to provide drinking water to livestock during the dry season


Executed by the IUCN- Burkina Faso programme basedon an MoU with the International Crops Research Institutefor the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), the project onEmpowerment of science-policy exchange platforms forclimate change mainstreaming in national plans ofagricultural and food security policy (SPEP) has providedthe national platforms on « climate change, agricultureand food security» (CCASA) of Ghana, Mali and Senegal,with the required capacities for the use of various toolsenabling them to conduct activities that influence thenational and local policies of their respective countries.

Thus, 13 male and 5 female members of the Mali platformhave acquired theoretical knowledge on policy influenceframeworks and combined monitoring and evaluationtools. And also 11 members in charge of monitoring andevaluation of the platforms of Ghana (5 persons), ofSenegal (3) and of Mali (3) were trained in monitoring andevaluation of climate change effects on agriculture andfood security, with hands–on exercises in sevenadministrative districts (Nandom, Jirapa and LawraDistricts in Ghana; Kaffrine and Bambey Prefectures inSenegal; Ségou and Koutiala Circles in Mali).

Using an M & E guide which was designed, validated andshared with the platforms of the countries concerned,behavioral change stories (33 in Ghana, 26 in Mali and17 in Senegal) were collected from the members of 7 outof 9 platforms.

Within the framework of the ILVB-CIAT Project (Improvinglivelihoods in landscapes in the Volta Basin throughstrengthening farmer-led approaches to ecosystem-based management), 40 key actors in Northern Ghana,from a wide range of institutions (UDS, ACDEP, GWP,MOFA, WIAD, GIDA, IWMI), were trained (in Bolgatanga

and Jirapa) on the concepts and approaches developedin this project such as landscapes/ecosystems linkages,ecosystem services, ecosystem-based management andgender-related implications.

Thanks to the EPIC project, a training session wasorganized in Burkina Faso on Partnership for environmentand disaster risk reduction. The training brought togethervarious actors representing the local administration(Governor’s office and high Commissioner’s office), thelocal communities (special delegations of municipalitiesand regions), specialized structures (PermanentSecretariat of the National Council for Emergency Reliefand Rehabilitation and Permanent Secretariat of theNational Council for Environment and SustainableDevelopment), the IUCN Commissions (EcosystemManagement and Protected Areas) and the IUCNMembers (Association for the Promotion of Social Welfare,National Association for Rural Action and SOS SahelInternational), research institutes (National Institute ofEnvironment and Agronomic Research), technicalservices, local associations and NGOs. The EPIC projectalso developed the capacity of:

• 15 nursery farmers in the area of seedlings productiontechniques; the trainees thereafter produced 9000seedlings mostly of Moringa oleifera, Sclerocarya birrea,Acacia nilotica, Adansonia digitata, Adzadirachta indicaand Khaya senegalensis ;

• 100 persons on stone bund construction, zaï techniquesand permeable rock dams.

Co-facilitated by IUCN experts and two national trainerexperts per country, these training sessions were anopportunity for the trainers to refresh their knowledge.

Capacity building

In Senegal, the management and socialmobilization capacities of thecommunities were strengthened in view ofimproved implementation of the EPICproject activities. Thus, nearly 50 villagemanagement committee members weretrained in the management ofassociations. In addition to this, 6boreholes were drilled in the beneficiaryvillages (Foundiougne Department) toenhance the production capacity of treenurseries to enrich the agro-forest parks.The project also helped to diversifyhousehold income by introducing 120breed reproducer cocks in the 6 villagescovered.

In Cameroon, the IUCN programmestarted the practical phase of thepopulation support process for thedomestication of timber species and non-timber forest products within theframework of the IUCN/FFBC Project onREDD+. Thus, 40 persons from thefollowing locations: Efoulan (TRIDOM-Cameroun), Nkang (TRIDOM-Gabon),Kabo (STN-Congo) and Mossapoula (STN-CAR) received technical and material support for thecreation of 16 hectares of greened and/or intensive farmingplots. These plots constitute demonstration fields of theimplementation of measures to combat deforestation andforest degradation.

IUCN developed the capacity of State and Non State actorsof DRC and Burundi in two workshops on forest landscaperestoration. The forest landscape restoration concept andits link with national and international policies were the maindomains dealt with. The Burundi workshop was attendedby 110 persons including 21 women while that of DRC had83 participants of whom 10 were women.


Demonstration of row seeding and grafting technique

Shaft boring in village tree nurseries


In the SEP establishment process in the forest Massif ofNgoyla Mintom in Cameroon, IUCN trained 21 persons ondata collection and analysis techniques for the monitoringof change in conservation and development at landscapelevel.

As part of the support to development and eco-tourismpromotion in Guinea Bissau protected areas, local jobswere created in the area of non-timber forest productprocessing and local food value enhancement (for 21

women), tour guiding and interpretation of the natural andcultural heritage (20 young eco-guides and 4 guards).

Accommodation conditions in Cantanhez and OrangoParks were improved with the opening of a communityhouse, a restaurant and interpretation centers. Thisinfrastructure has a direct impact on job creation andalternative income generation at the local level whilefostering efforts towards biodiversity and natural resourceconservation in Guinea Bissau

Anôr community house for accommodating visitors, built for the villagers in Orango National Park, Guinea-Bissau

The interest for sustainable governance of the sea and itsresources is growing in Mauritania. Thus, the MauritanianGovernment launched in 2012, the Biodiversity, Gas andPetroleum (BGP) Programme which is built upon a strategythat is based on partnership among the State, the civilsociety and the private sector. With technical and financialsupport from UNDP, the German Technical Cooperation,IUCN and WWF, the BGP Programme is operational aroundthree components: (i) research, (ii) capacity building and(iii) tri party dialogue among the civil society, theGovernment and the private sector.

To support the implementation of the «capacity building»component of BGP, IUCN initiated with funds from MAVA, alarge training programme at Master’s Degree level, ofnational and regional senior staff on the impactmanagement of extractive activities (IMEA). This trainingprogramme should in the longer term help to close the gapin senior staff capable of interacting in the interface wheremany actors are present (companies, civil societyorganizations, riparian communities). Such staff profile isalso useful for monitoring environmental standards, for

undertaking the sensitive exercise of reconciling oftenopposed visions and interests and directions that aredifficult to anticipate in the sea actors and users.

Handled by the Nouakchott University of Science,Technology and Medicine (USTM) (Mauritania) and GastonBerger University (GBU) of Saint-Louis (Senegal), the IMEAtraining programme has just recruited its third batch at thetime when the first is near graduation. The IMEA Master’sdegree was characterized in 2015, by the diversity of bothimplementers who are from institutions known for their highexpertise and nationalities of students from Mauritania,Senegal, Chad, Niger, Cameroon, Guinea Bissau, BurkinaFaso and Mali.

The first evaluation of the IMEA Master’s Degree conductedin February 2015, reviewed all training activities so as tostrengthen the positive trends and take correctivemeasures as required. In general terms, the teachingmethod used was found satisfactory. In this respect, theevaluators feel that the range of teaching methods andtechniques used are relevant and effective

Emerging capacity for improved management of extractive industry impacts


In Burkina Faso, the IUCN programme has undertaken tocapitalize on the achievements of the project on«Increasing the adaptative capacity of local communitiesto climate change». The focus was on (i) improvement ofthe knowledge and technical capacity of actors foradaptation to climate change in the project interventionzone; (ii) strengthening people’s livelihoods as acontribution to the reduction of climate change effects; (iii)socio-economic impacts in terms of reduced climatechange effects on people’s living conditions and povertylevels; (iv) adaptation to climate change through improvedland productivity, ecosystem restoration and slowing downthe pace of natural resource degradation; (v) socialperformance (including gender mainstreaming) of climatechange adaptation actions.

The use of the Tool Kit on Forest-Poverty Tool Kit in Centraland West Africa has generated a wealth of knowledge onthe importance of forests on rural household economies.An expose on the topic was presented at the XIVth WorldForestry Congress.

In Guinea-Bissau, a newsletter and two DVDs compilingdocuments on extractive industries were made availableto decision-makers. Interpretation signboards on marineturtles were used to disseminate the scientific researchfindings in the MPA of Joao Vieira Poilão for visitors.Posters on scientific research findings and works of theRias de Sul project presented on the occasion of the WorldFishing Day, helped to widely disseminate the results ofscientific and socio-economic activities of the project tothe general public. Finally, the PREE project created aFacebook page and a blog to share the experiences inEnvironmental Education.

IUCN organized two regional meetings on experiencesharing and reflection on integrated ecosystemmanagement attended by 26 senior staff members fromBenin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. The reflection led toan agreement in principle on the design of a "Regionalconsultation mechanism on integrated ecosystemmanagement" (RCM-IEM). The objective of thismechanism is to serve as a regional platform for promotingdialogue among the various consultation frameworks inview of sharing, validating and standardizing approaches,

innovative tools for enhancing the value of ecosystemservices (payment for environmental services, nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation, IWRM…).IUCN is serving as the temporary technical Secretariatuntil its actual establishment. ECOWAS and IUCN werealso mandated to be the Project Owner and ProjectImplementer respectively, for the implementation of theroadmap. This approach was validated in November 2015in Dakar by the 15 ECOWAS Ministers of Water Resourcesmeeting for the 4th session of the Ministerial MonitoringCommittee on Integrated Water Resource Management inWest Africa.

In line with the consultation frameworks already put inplace under the aegis of ECOWAS, namely "The ForestryConvergence Plan" and the "Permanent Framework forIWRM Monitoring in West Africa", the deliberations of thethematic groups were started and the result and indicatorchain of the logical framework of the West Africa ForestryConvergence Plan validated. For each priority interventiondomain, the main activities to be undertaken at short andmedium term have been identified for multi-annual 2016-2020 Plan.

In view of establishing Payments for EnvironmentalServices (PES) in the upper Niger Basin in Guinea, IUCNconducted an exploratory study which gives evidence thatthe setting up of PES mechanisms remains the best optionif we are to improve the living conditions of the localpopulation and protect and restore natural ecosystems. Itfurther revealed that there exist some of the requiredconditions while others are yet to be created for theestablishment of effective and equitable PES mechanisms.The existing required conditions include ecological,economic, social, institutional and legal aspects. Those tobe met are: (i) adaptation of PES to the institutional andcustomary land tenure setting, (ii) consideration of theecological relevance of PES and benefits for thepopulation, (iii) information of beneficiaries and landmanagers, (iv) sustainability of actions, (v) mainstreamingof ethics and justice, (vi) transaction and administrativecost reduction, (vii) ensuring the compliance of PES withthe customs and traditions, and (viii) Minimizing thetransposition of pressure. Four pilot projects wereproposed

Knowledge sharing


The implementation of the Programme was delayed forvarious reasons:

• The political change that occurred in Burkina Faso withthe civil upheaval on October 30th and 31st, 2014 and themissed coup on September 16th, 2015

• Similarly, the elections organized in Benin and Togo in2015 delayed some field activities.

• Some projects registered delay in their start orimplementation due to late disbursement of funds, orchange in donor focus, or slow justification of the fundsallocated to executing partners; hardship experienced(Ebola epidemic, jihadist attacks…) in some countriesalso restricted IUCN staff travels

Constraints encountered in the implementation of the programme

Central and West Africa Regional Conservation Forum

From 2nd to 5th November, 2015, Bamako hosted thedeliberations of the 2nd Central and West Africa RegionalConservation Forum under the theme «BiodiversityConservation and Climate Change Control: sources ofprogress, stability and development in Central and WestAfrica?»

A total number of 331 participants representing States,NGOs, IUCN partner institutions and resource personswere in attendance.

Technically, the Forum gave the opportunity forcomprehensive discussions on issues relating to (i)biodiversity conservation policies and strategies, (ii)green economy, resilience and adaptation ofcommunities to climate change, (iii) conservation andclimate change financing and (iv) contents of the draftfour-year (2017-20) programme.

At the institutional level, the following themes werediscussed, especially: the 2016 World ConservationCongress, the IUCN’s governance, the Union’s thematicCommissions. Otherwise, a general assembly meeting ofIUCN Members in Central and West Africa was held.

Some of the results achieved through the deliberationswere:

• Identification of major challenges: continuedbiodiversity loss in the region at both species andecosystem level; multiple national and regionalpolicies that do not adequately and consistentlyinclude biodiversity conservation issues and are slowlyimplemented. Oversized environmental policies thatdo not match the technical and financial capacities ofStates and poor capacity of the countries foraddressing climate change in terms of both adaptationand mitigation.

• Proposed responses to take the numerous challenges:(i) develop conservation policies and field actionsbased on the most reliable knowledge possible aboutthe status of biodiversity; (ii) adopt realistic policiesthat mainstream biodiversity and are likely effectivelyto be implemented; (iii) IUCN to provide support to thecountries in the region to establish the Red List ofecosystems, genuinely tap on multilateral and bilateralfunding available for biodiversity conservation andclimate change; (iv) strengthen operationalcollaboration among the various components of IUCNand with the other actors and build synergy inbiodiversity conservation and climate change controlactions. Example of synergetic actions between theIUCN Secretariat and Members were given through theFrance –IUCN Framework Agreement that makes itpossible to raise funds for improving forestmanagement;

• A Call on CoP21 negotiators to imperatively make theParis negotiations a success and ensure thatmitigation and adaptation go together for both Africaand the rest of the world;

The IUCN delegation received by H.E Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Presidentof the Republic of Mali

View of the High table at the opening ceremony


Significant events


• Identification of several ideas of motions to besubmitted at the upcoming World ConservationCongress in Hawaii. When these ideas will be enrichedand finalized, they will constitute one of the tangibletools for the African contribution to the HawaiiCongress;

• Ownership of the 2017-2020 global four-yearprogramme as the contribution of the Union to theresolution of biodiversity conservation and climatechange challenges;

• Acknowledgement of the relevance of the Union’sproposed actions in the region as materialized in the2017-2020 PACO draft workplan.

The Forum was also an opportunity for the IUCNdelegation discussing the prospects of strengtheningcollaboration with the State of Mali and with severaltechnical and financial partners present at the Forum

Animation at the IUCN - Blue Zone stand

Central and West Africa at the COP21

Africa was well represented at the 21st Conference ofParties to the United Nations Framework Convention onClimate Change (CoP 21) held in France from 30thNovember to 11th December, 2015. For Africa, a continentknown for being less polluting but more affected than anyother part of the world by climate change, the idea wasmostly to ensure that its vision and interests are taken onboard in all discussions and in particular in the draftglobal agreement. It was also an opportunity to make astep forward in the reflection on effective strategies thatcould meet the environmental, economic and policyexpectations of African communities.

Africa was thus visible in the negotiations and through theside events, conferences and discussion workshops.

About forty IUCN Member organizations in West andCentral Africa were present and supportive of thenegotiations by countries in the region.

UEMOA of which some IUCN Member States are part of,used the opportunity to organize a «UEMOA Day» wherea number of regional programmes to be executed by2020 were launched (clean energy; rehabilitation of theBamako regional solar center; solar energy stations;forest ecosystem management/PAPE ; promotion of aterritorial approach to adaptation; etc.) and launch of theregional facility for access to sustainable energy (RFASE)with SABER for the promotion of renewable energy,through BOAD which will be the funds receiver


Forum Régional Côtier et Marin

Organized on the theme «Actors the Littoral, let us mobilizein the face of climate change», the 8th Regional Coastal andMarine Programme (RCMP) Forum brought together 218participants from 2nd to 5th November in Praia, Cape Verde.The Forum was a unique event in the region that mobilizedthe actors of the RCMP member countries (Mauritania,Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leoneand Cape Verde), sub regional institutions and partnersfrom elsewhere. It was opened by the Speaker of theNational Assembly of Cape Verde, Hon. Basilio MossoRamos, in the presence of the Director General of the MAVAFoundation for nature, the Director General of WetlandsInternational and the regional programme coordinator of theIUCN in Central and West Africa.

The Forum is the time when policy and mobilizationpriorities are reviewed for actors to undertake coordinatedactions. It was built around three types of meetings.Leaders’ conference that helped to hear prominent figuresfrom the communities in the region, political institutions andalso organizations dedicated to action or scientificresearch. All these took a step backwards reflecting ongovernance issues of the marine and coastal zone, politicaland fund raising and advocacy for conservation. Eightthematic workshops were then used to deepen theintroductory themes through 26 presentations on fishing,mobilization of actors, governance of protected marineareas and marine and coastal resources, littoral dynamics,resilience of communities and biodiversity conservation;these topics were dealt with in the perspective ofvulnerability to climate change. The partnerscomplemented the technical discussions with 16 sidemeetings, where the results of their research work andactivities were presented, exploring the links betweenclimate and marine and coastal zone management.

In their final statement, the participants made thecommitment to work towards accelerating adaptation andmitigation measures that could minimize climate changeimpacts on the littoral and marine zone. They requested theStates and the international Community to promoteprospective approaches to territories and economic activitysectors in the coastal and marine zone. Confident in thecurrent positive trends, they stressed the need for givingpriority to local initiatives taken by the communities in theimplementation of solutions that are deemed appropriate tothe various coastal and marine settings. In the context ofthe preparations for the CoP 21 on climate and given theissues at stake, the Forum requested the inclusion ofmarine ecosystems which were so far little present in theinternational agenda, prioritization of regional approachessuch as those of the RCMP and orientation of the strategicpriorities of financing mechanisms and instruments towardscoastal and marine zones.

In concrete terms, the participants recommended to theRCMP actors to intensify research programmes andobservation of the trends in the West African littoral zone,adopt pilot innovative and resilient models for tourismfacilities that are adapted to the specificities of West Africancoasts, support environmental education notably throughits mainstreaming in school curricula, strengthen RAMPAOProtected Marine Areas and finally, prioritize ecosystemconservation initiatives that play a specific role in themitigation of climate change impacts such as mangroves,marine grass beds, coral formations and littoral forests

Les participants au Forum du PRCM


Communication

Like every year, IUCN produced or contributed to theproduction of numerous communication tools: a monthlynewsletter i.e. PACO News, information bulletins ofPREZOH, the RCMP paper, the Cameroon Programme Info,the NAPA bulletin, BIOPAMA Newsletter and the «Regardssur le RAMPAO» editions. There were also contributions toonline media and social networks, the PACO website andFacebook page.

Moreover, IUCN organized within the framework of BRICKS,a thematic workshop on communication for about fifteenparticipants composed of experts in communicatingSAWAP (Sahel and West Africa Programme) projectscovering 8 countries (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger,Nigeria, Sudan, Chad and Togo), and members of the

working group on BRICKS communication (IUCN, CILSS,SSO and World Bank). The main conclusions of theworkshop were on: (i) validation of the 2015 communicationplan of the project and (ii) capacity building in thecommunication experts of BRICKS executing agencies(IUCN, CILSS and SSO).

Also, the implementation of the BIOPAMA Programmecommunication plan (Central and West Africa) enabled theproduction of roll up, leaflets, USB drives for thedissemination of information on the programme, support tothe updating of the French version of the BIOPAMA site(www.biopama.org/fr) and production of the programmenewsletter (BIOPAMA Newsletter

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS


Like in 2014, the activities of IUCN in the region weresupported by about forty financial partners includingbilateral governmental agencies, foundations, international

NGOs, multilateral donors and other internationalinstitutions


MEMBERS AND COMMISSIONS

Members and experts of the IUCNCommissions have been involvedin various ways, in theimplementation of the Programmein Central and West Africa:

•Annual joint planning of activitiesbetween the Secretariat,members and Commissions inBurkina Faso and GuineaBissau.

•Observation of coastal risks inWest Africa involving theSecretariat, Members and CEM.

•Development of the West Africamangrove Program with SSCmangrove specialists.

•Collaboration between theSecretariat and the Members tomobilize financing (Cameroon,Guinea Bissau).

• Involvement of CEDC, Memberof IUCN, as a member of theCameroon platform and cross-border platform of the ChariLogone sub Basin.

• Involvement of Members andCommission experts in BurkinaFaso for conducting variousstudies through task delegationagreements.

•Dissemination of variousinformation to Members andexperts of the Commissions(opportunities for partnership,funding or training, IUCN resultsat regional and global levels);

•Organization and implementationof joint activities (scientificresearch, lobbying, advocacy,publications ...) in GuineaBissau, Cameroon and BurkinaFaso.

•Various support to national andregional committees(CREMACO) of IUCN Members.

Members of CREMACO actively participated in the Members Regional Forum held inBamako, Mali from November 2 to 5, 2015. They seized the opportunity to discuss,among others subjects, how to boost CREMACO. By consensus, the ExecutiveCommittee was renewed and three resource people identified for further reflection andpropose a roadmap (institutional arrangement) which will be discussed and submittedfor approval in Hawaii, during the World Conservation Congress.

In Burkina Faso, the Secretariat facilitated the organization and holding of a jointplanning workshop (Secretariat, Members, and Commission) which helped identifyactions to be taken. Contracts have been signed with two NGO members: theAssociation for the Promotion of Social Works (APROS) to support the implementationof the ecosystems restoration plans for communities targeted by the EPIC project inthe Northern region of Burkina Faso; and the Association for EnvironmentalManagement and Development (AGED) to conduct the study on the socio-economicdiagnosis of Ytibari pasture area. Similarly, a protocol signed with the Commission onEnvironmental Law helped conduct the study on the evaluation of local governanceinstitutions of pastoral resources in the Eastern Region. CEM has participated in theorganization of partners training on partnership for environment and reduction ofdisaster risk; it also chaired the debates.

In Cameroon, IUCN worked with five Commission experts for the dialogue and multi-stakeholder consultation process in the Lake Chad Basin, the development of a forestcarbon monitoring and tracking system and the evaluation of carbon stocks in the pilotplots of TNS and TRIDOM. Thanks to the collaboration between the Secretariat andCEW, Member of IUCN, the European Union funded the project "Support to thesustainable management and enhancement of the Ngog-Mapubi / Dibang forest ".Furthermore, IUCN is implementing two projects funded by RAPAC, another IUCNMember: "Support to the conservation and involvement of local communities in co-management of natural resources in the Dja Biosphere Reserve" and "Support to theparticipatory and sustainable resource management of the Sena Oura National Parkand its peripheral areas ".

In Guinea Bissau, the Secretariat conducted several actions, in collaboration with IUCNMembers and partners: production of 3 zoning maps on fishing rules; lobbying andadvocacy to promote the the mainstreaming of the Environment and the implication oflocal communities in decision making on mining and fishing; lobbying and output of a5 years moratorium on wood; Participatory monitoring in three major rivers of thecountry; Development of a partnership project on adaptation to climate change, riceand mangroves submitted to the GEF; development around protected areas;environmental education around protected areas, ecotourism development;identification of important sites in the Cantanhez forest, film on Wealth sharing andpublic hearing with national television.

In Senegal, the NGOs Green Senegal and REPES submitted a project proposal onstrengthening coastal governance capacity with the support of the Secretariat. TheSecretariat implements activities for the restoration of Ndiael (PREFELAG financed byAfDB), in cooperation with the CSE and the directorates in charge of National Parksand of Forestry. Furthermore, the project to strengthen the resilience of ecosystemsand communities by restoring the productive bases of saline land in Senegal wasapproved by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) with a budget of USD 7.61 million.Developed in collaboration with the CSE and the State of Senegal, this project is partof 8 selected worldwide, out of 38 submitted for the first time to the GCF.

Some achievements


FINANCES

The total value of the PACO multi-annual portfolio is € 45674 389, of which 25.17% of projects under negotiationwith donors (list B), the others being already implemented(list C). For year 2015, the portfolio accounted for € 11 850305 of which 0.79% are of list B projects. The average sizeof list C projects is € 133 595, which is relatively modest.

Evaluated on July 31st, 2015, the budget of the Secretariatwas € 4 410 933 of which 20.45% is core funds. Thebreakdown of this budget is 32.05% for all four regional

thematic programmes (RTP), 48.14% for countryprogrammes and 19.81% for the regional office.

Taking into account the budget for projects, the totalamount of the annual budget is €16 261 238 of which 5.4%for the regional office (which does not execute anyprojects), 44.4% for RTPs and 50.2% for countryprogrammes. The total budget for the region has nottherefore evolved as it was already about € 16.3 million in2014

Compared to the budgets revised in July 2015, the completion rate of expenditure in the region was € 14.6 million ie.89%; 98% for the Secretariat and 86% for the implementation of projects

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MAIN PUBLICATIONS

UICN-PACO (2015). Gouvernance efficace des ressourcesnaturelles et lutte contre la pauvreté : Rapport annuel 2014.Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso : UICN. 36pp.ISBN: 978-2-8317-1729-6

IUCN-PACO (2015). Effective governance of naturalresources and poverty reduction: 2014 annual report.Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: IUCN. 36pp.ISBN: 978-2-8317-1730-2

UICN/PACO (2015). Formations en gestion des airesprotégées en Afrique de l’ouest et centrale : Effets etrecommandations. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso : UICN.52pp. ISBN: 978-2-8317-1715-9

IUCN/PACO (2015). Protected area management training inWest and Central Africa: impacts and recommendations.Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: IUCN. 52pp. ISBN: 978-2-8317-1716-6

UICN-Burkina Faso (2015). O. Seynou, C. Poda, C. Honadia,M. Savadogo, S. Kambire. Certification des PFNL auBurkina Faso : Manuel simplifié à l’usage desOrganisations Communautaires de Base (OCB).Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso : UICN. 34pp.ISBN : 978-2-8317-1728-9 (français)

UICN/PACO (2015). M.-L. De Noray-Dardenne et O. SY,sous la coordination technique de El Hadji Ballé Seye.Guide pour la gestion intégrée des ressources naturellesdu littoral à l’usage des élus des pays côtiers d’Afrique del’Ouest. Dakar, Sénégal : UICN. 100pp.ISBN : 978-2-8317-1746-3 (français)

PAGE 2014 (2015). Bâtir le partenariat - Rapport de lapremière année de mise en oeuvre du Partenariat pour lagouvernance environnementale en Afrique de l’Ouest(PAGE). Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso : UICN. 10pp.

PAGE 2014 (2015): Building partnership - Report on yearone implementation of the Partnership for environmentalgovernance in West Africa (PAGE). Ouagadougou, BurkinaFaso: IUCN. 10pp.

PRCM (2015). Le PRCM, une plate forme de partenariatopérationnelle pour la gouvernance du Littoral, Rapportannuel 2014. Dakar, Sénégal : PRCM, 40pp.

PRCM (2015): An operational partnership platform forcoastline governance, Annual report 2014. Dakar, Sénégal:IUCN, 40pp.

UICN-Cameroun (2015). Rapport annuel 2014. Yaoundé,Cameroun : UICN, 40pp

UICN-Guinée Bissau (2015). Rapport annuel 2014. Bissau,Guinée Bissau : UICN, 11pp.

UICN/MINEPDED (2015a). Expérience et leçons apprisesdu Cameroun en matière d’élaboration du ReadinessPreparation Proposal (R-PP) dans le cadre de l’initiativeREDD+, Yaoundé, Cameroun. 43pp.

UICN/PACO (2015). T. Bacha, C. Laratte, A. Sanon. Enjeuxde conservation et société civile africaine : Parolesd’acteurs. Entretiens avec les partenaires des projets PPIet TCAO. Yaoundé, Cameroun : UICN. 48pp.

UICN (2015). S. Wicander et L. Coad. Enseignements à tirerd’une étude des projets visant à promouvoir de nouveauxmoyens de subsistance en Afrique centrale. Oxford, UK:ECI, University of Oxford and Gland, Switzerland: IUCN.118pp. ISBN : 978-2-8317-1704-3

IUCN (2015). S. Wicander et L. Coad. Learning our Lessons- A Review of Alternative Livelihood Projects in Central Africa.Oxford, UK: ECI, University of Oxford and Gland, Switzerland:IUCN. 118pp. ISBN: 978-2-8317-1703-6

Mallon, D.P., Hoffmann, M., Grainger, M.J., Hibert, F., van Vliet,N. and McGowan, P.J.K. (2015). An IUCN situation analysis ofterrestrial and freshwater fauna in West and Central Africa.Occasional Paper of the IUCN Species Survival CommissionNo. 54. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. x +162pp. ISBN: 978-2-8317-1721-0

The Australian National University (ANU) Press (2015). G. L.Worboys, M. Lockwood, A. Kothari, S. Feary and I. Pulsford(eds) (2015). Protected Area Governance and Management.Canberra, Australia. 994pp.ISBN: 9781925021684 (paperback) 9781925021691 (ebook)

GWI West Africa (2015). J. Koundouno, J. Skinner. Barragesen Guinée : des propositions pour réussir le développementlocal. IIED, UICN. 2pp.

GWI West Africa (2015). J. Koundouno, J. Skinner. Niger: unfonds local pour partager les bénéfices du barrage deKandadji. IIED, UICN. 2pp.

Doumenge C., Palla F., Scholte P., Hiol Hiol F. & LarzillièreA. (Eds.), 2015. Aires protégées d’Afrique centrale – État2015. OFAC, Kinshasa, République Démocratique du Congoet Yaoundé, Cameroun : 256pp.

Publications with IUCN’s contributions

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Photo credits

Cover: © Aimé Nianogo

P1 : © IUCN Regional OfficeP3 : © Aimé NianogoP4, 6, 12, 13, 31, 35, 41 : © JF Hellio & N. Van IngenP 9, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33 : © IUCN-PACOP7: © Pierre CampedronP8 : © Bora MasumbukoP21, 22 : © Marcello RoccaP23 : © Saadia BobtoyaP25 : © Elie HakizumwamiP34: © PRCM

Credits

Published by: IUCN - West and Central Africa Programme (PACO), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Editing board: Pr Aimé Joseph Nianogo, Dr Jacques Somda, Félicité Mangang, Eva Mouzong

ISBN: 978-2-8317-1766-1Layout by: Pilwanga Jean Roland - Tel. : +226 78 87 28 54© 2016, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

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