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The mission of
Conservation
Force is the conservation
of
wildlife and the natural world. The purpose is to establish and further
conservation of wildlife and wild places. Objectives:
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Conservation of wildlife and wild places.
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To expand sustainable use for its indispensable value to mankind and the natural world.
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To insure the continued contribution and positive perception of the hunting and angling conservation community.
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To facilitate greater collaboration, cooperation and coordination within the hunting and angling conservation community.
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To add exponentially to the bio-political and conservation capacity of the hunting and angling conservation community.
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The programme goal of
SADC Regional Programme
for Rhino Conservation : Southern
African rhino taxa maintained in viable and well
distributed metapopulations as flagship species for biodiversity conservation
within the SADC region.
Programme objective: A pragmatic regional rhino
strategy implemented within the SADC region following the acquisition of
sound information on, firstly, the constraints and opportunities for rhino
conservation within each range state and secondly, the constraints and
opportunities for rhino metapopulation management at the regional level.
Conditionalities : Five conditions have been agreed upon as necessary to
be met by projects requiring support from the SADC Rhino Conservation
Programme, namely:
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Projects must be of a SADC regional nature or importance;
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Projects must be limited to subspeciesCeratotherium simum simum, Diceros bicornis minor, Diceros bicornis bicornis ;
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Fundamental rhino management issues such as land use economics, community involvement, etc. must be taken into account;
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Both public and private rhino conservation projects will be considered, and
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Implementation must make use of existing institutions and linkages.
The
International Crane
Foundation (ICF) works worldwide to conserve cranes and the wetland
and grasslands communities on which they depend. ICF is dedicated to providing
experience,
knowledge, and inspiration to involve people in resolving
threats to these ecosystems. To accomplish this mission, the
International Crane
Foundation (a private, non-profit organization) relies on a wide
range of education and conservation activities directed toward the many countries
where cranes occur. A collection of captive cranes is maintained at their
headquarters near
Baraboo
, Wisconsin, allowing them to pursue two vital techniques
for crane preservation: captive breeding and reintroduction into the wild.
Their work also demonstrates endangered species management for the public,
and facilitates breeding and education efforts with cranes elsewhere in the
United States and abroad. ICF is also concerned with habitat protection and
restoration. Cranes are excellent indicators of the health of wetland and
grassland ecosystems worldwide. ICF strives to alert
scientists,
government officials, and the public to the dependence of cranes on their
habitats, the causes and remedies for habitat destruction, and the importance
of wetlands and grasslands for both wildlife and people. ICF supports research,
serving primarily as a catalyst for research, by making available its facilities
and bird collection to scientists, by sponsoring workshops and publications,
and by fostering a network among conservationists, biologists, and managers
around the world.
The
Pan African
Sanctuary Alliance, or PASA, is an
alliance of
sixteen primate sanctuaries from all over Africa. Due to
the rapid influx of orphan animals from increased logging, habitat destruction
and commercial development of the bush-meat trade, and lack of awareness
in primate range countries, sanctuaries have emerged on an ad-hoc basis resulting
in crisis management. This has made it difficult for long-term planning and
adequate collaboration between sanctuaries and primate experts. There is
a very evident need for general guidelines for the establishment of authorities,
site location, long term sustainability management practices, primate management
and health issues.
Pan African
Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) is designed to bring these sanctuaries
together.
The Southern African Botanical
Diversity Network
(SABONET) is
a capacity-building network
of southern
African herbaria and botanic gardens with the objective of developing local
botanical expertise. The ten countries participating in
SABONET are
Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland,
Zambia and Zimbabwe; these
cou
ntries
cover an area of some 6 million square kilometres. SABONET's objectives are
to develop a strong core of professional botanists, taxonomists, horticulturists
and plant diversity specialists within the ten countries of southern Africa,
competent to inventory, monitor, evaluate and conserve the botanical diversity
of the region in the face of specific development challenges, and to respond
to the technical and scientific needs of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
SABONET is a
GEF
(Glob
al Environment
Facility) Project implemented by the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP). South Africa's National Botanical Institute (NBI) is the Executing
Agency, responsible for the overall management and administration of the
project. In addition to the GEF/UNDP funding, the project is co-funded by
the USAID/IUCN ROSA through the NETCAB (Regional Networking and Capacity
Building Initiative) Programme.
The BFA
(Biodiversity
Foundation for Africa) is committed to conserving Afrotropical
biodiversity through the improvement of scientific knowledge
and its incorporation in the planning process. The BFA is a Zimbabwe-registered
non-profit Trust, formed in Bulaway in 1992 by a group of scientists and
environmentalists. The group works in collaboration with scientists
and
institutions in the south and central African
region, UK and the USA. It consists of a number of professional affiliates
internationally recognised in their fields. Most are taxonomists or ecologists
based in the region. Among them, these individuals have many years of experience
in their discipline and access to a wide knowledge base, much of which has
not been formally published. The BFA solicits funds from donors and others
to carry out research into Afrotropical biodiversity, including field surveys
and documentation of existing information. Its particuar area of interest
is south-central Africa. You can
visit their
new website now for more information.
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