TBC Profile Sangha Tri-National Protected Areas Complex …...Transboundary protected areas was...

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SanghaTri-NationalProtectedAreasComplexTheophileZognoutheophile.zognou@fondationtns.org+237671659276 http://www.fondationtns.org/dev/index.php/en/ Cameroon,CentralAfricanRepublic,CongoSize:25000km2+(7,542km2TNSsite,17,880km2bufferzoneloggedforestconcessions)

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Participantsincoordinatingtheongoingtransboundarycooperation:

NationalGovernment:• Ministriesinchargeofforestsandprotectedareasinthethreecountries

(Cameroon,CARandCongo)LocalGovernment:

• PrefectsoflocalitiesfallingintoTNSlandscapeProtectedareaadministration:

• Nationalconservationservicesofthethreeparks• LobekeinCameroon• DzangaSanghainCAR• NouabaleNdokiinCongo

InternationalNGOs:• WWF(Cameroun,CAR)• WCS(Congo)

Objectives:DeveloptransboundarycooperationinordertojointlypreserveandvalorizeTNSrichbiodiversity.Values and importance: The TNS is the first three-country transboundary area to benominatedasaworldheritageSitebyUNESCOsinceJuly2012.Thiswasaconsequenceofits natural values and features which include ongoing ecological and evolutionaryprocessesinamostlyintactandpristineforestlandscapeataverylargescale.TNSisalsoaharbor for viable populations of complete faunal and floral communities, including toppredatorsandrareandendangeredspecies.Aspectsoftransboundarycooperation:CooperationincludesAnti-poachingactivities,ecotourism,scientificresearchandforestconservation.

Stage in the process: Heads-of-state agreement signed and land usemanagement planunderimplementation.DateEstablished:December7,2000.OfficialProtectedAreaDesignation:UNESCOWorldHeritageSitesinceJuly2012.TheCatalyst:AftertheCentralAfricaSummitheldinYaoundé(Cameroon)in1999,Heads-of-Statesdecidedtojointheirefforttopreservetheirforestasacontributiontoworldwideinitiativetoconservebiodiversityandtropicalforest.JoinedmanagementofTransboundaryprotectedareaswasamongthemainstrategiesadoptedattheendofthesummit.History:ThemainfactorwasthepoliticwillofHeads-of-StatesaftertheYaoundéSummitinCameroon.

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Barriers,challenges,obstacles,orconstraints:• IncreaseofpoachingespeciallydrivenbythedevelopmentofivorymarketinAsia• Miningandindustrialprojects• Lowfinancialresources

TofacethesechallengestheTri-nationaltrustfund(FTNS)wascreatedtosupportprotectedareasandcooperationactivities.Alsosensitizationanddialogamongdifferentstakeholdersareregularlyencouraged.

TheGovernanceandManagementStructuresTheTNScooperationagreementcreatedthreegovernancestructures:

• ATri-nationalcommitteeforsupervisionandarbitration(CTPE)whichincludesthethreeministersinchargeofprotectedareasfromeachTNScountry.Thecommitteeisinchargeofdecision.

• ATri-nationalcommitteeformonitoring(CTS)whichincludesthethreeDivisionalOfficersfromeachTNScountrywiththeroleofmonitoring.

• A Tri-national committee for planning and implementation (CTPE) which isconstitutedbyparksmanagersandtheirpartners.CTPEhastheroleofplanningandimplement joint actions such as: anti-poaching patrols, ecotourism and wildlifemonitoring.

Results

• CreationofaTri-nationalBrigade• NominationofTNSintheworldheritagelist• CreationofaTrustFundforsustainablefinancingofTNSactivities

LessonsLearned

• The TNS cooperation is the first transboundary cooperation in the Congo Basinregion.Itsexperienceisinspiringandfosteringmanyotherconservationinitiatives.

• Besides of the legal governance structure, the presence of a permanent body (i.e

executive secretary) will help to better coordinate activities, improvecommunication between the different governance structures and impulse newideas.

ForMoreInformation

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Name Title Organization Email Phone

MengamenyaAchile

ParkManager LobékéNationalPark

[email protected]

ChristianNdadet ParkManager DzangaNdokiNationalPark

[email protected]

RichardMalonga Director NouabaléNdokiFoundation

[email protected]

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