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The
African Mangrove
Network (AMN), is a network of African NGOs and CBOs working in
the
field of sustainable management of marine and/or coastal ecosystems. Following
the example of the international community, which, for decades now has developed
awareness of environmental issues, these African NGOs, are recongised as
carrying the flag at international levels as harbingers in the fight to
protect
ecological balance. The AMN's participatory planning work has been undertaken
under the Project "Capacity building workshop for African NGOs and CBOs for
Sustainable Management of Mangrove Forests", funded by Netherlands Committee
for IUCN and implemented by AMN's provisional co-ordination team. Themain
aim of AMN is to promote the sustainable management of mangrove forests by
rehabilitating damaged ecosystems, protecting their species and developing
management plans.
Cameroon Environmental Watch (CEW) is a technical
partner of World Resource Institute (WRI) within the Global Forest Watch
Program is a Non
Governmental Organisation (NGO) based in Cameroon. It focuses
on environmental problems related to “critical situations and critical
areas”. It's general mission : To contribute to a better application
and enforcement of norms in forest management and climatic prediction in
Africa in general and Cameroon in particular. - CEW recognises the need for
a global approach to environmental issues. But it strongly believes that
in a context of poverty, a
better environmental management will be enhanced if problems
are tackled from a double perspective: Critical situations and critical areas.
To CEW, a critical situation implies that natural resources or life qualities
are permanently under threat due to socio-economic constraints or a poor
enforcement of existing laws and regulations. These result to a large scale
of environmental degradation and law violation. Cases of law implementation
are exceptional. The reasons for the existence of these laws are then
questionable. A critical area would be an ecological fragile zone where risks
of degradation of natural resources are high due mainly to natural conditions.
Human intervention is very likely to generate irreversible disturbances.
While signs of degradation can be clearly observed, no specific law or regulation
exists.
The
Congo Basin
Forest Partnership (CBFP) is an association of 29 governmental and
nongovernmental organizations that works to improve
communication and coordination among its member organizations vis-à-vis
their projects, programs, and policies to promote sustainable management
of Congo Basin Forest ecosystems and wildlife and improve the lives of people
living in the region. CBFP does not itself implement or fund programs and
it has no
secretariat or staff. Instead, it provides a service to
donors and implementing agencies working in the region by operating as an
information clearinghouse, a mechanism for promoting coordination of programs
across multiple donors and implementing agencies, and a forum for dialogue.
CBFP aims to increase awareness of the programs being funded and implemented
by its member organizations, enhance the efficiency of these programs and
relevant coordination processes, and identify and eliminate gaps and overlaps
in programs and funding. In so doing, the Partnership hopes to encourage
potential donors to engage in the Congo Basin region and the crucial work
of protecting its globally important endowments of wildlife and biological
diversity, ensuring good governance, and raising the living standards of
its people.
Living Earth Foundation - "If we are to secure a
vibrant
living earth for future generations, we need
to act now. People from all walks of life need to become more involved in
resolving environmental issues."
Living
Earth Foundation creates the possibilities for this to happen by
helping to turn ideas into action. They achieve this by:
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developing people's ideas, skills and self-confidence in resolving environmental issues
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improving the quality of decision making by working with people in corporations, communities and governments
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building partnerships between different sectors of society to release the resources that help to make action effective
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sustaining positive change by developing and supporting local organisations
They know they have succeeded
when people discover that they play a meaningful role in improving their
environment and find that the quality of their life and work has improved
in ways
that they never thought possible.
Living
Earth Foundation is an international, not for profit organisation
running international programmes in over eleven countries including three
in Africa. It is at the heart of a growing community of Living Earth
organisations around the world that work in a cooperative and supportive
way to maximise their impact.
Living
Earth Foundation is supported by development agencies including the
European Union and the British Government, private companies, trusts, foundations
and individuals. Living Earth also offers training and consultancy services
to a broad range of corporate, academic and institutional clients.
Since the early 1990’s
a number of international organisations have
set up
conservation projects within the Cameroon Mountains Range to help develop
a consensus on the areas of the forest to be protected and managed, and to
help local communities organise themselves to manage these areas. To ensure
that the successes of these
projects
are maintained and carried forward, the
Cameroon Mountains
Conservation Foundation (CAMCOF) was established in 2001. CAMCOF
has established itself as a strong supporter of biodiversity conservation
and sustainable management in the Cameroon Mountains Region. CAMCOF is a
Cameroonian-run, not-for-profit, charitable foundation which has the following
mission: “To provide long-term support towards biodiversity conservation
in the Cameroon Mountains region, through local civil societies, public sector
organisations and research institutions, for the sustainable use and management
of forest resources by and for the benefit of local communities.” This
mission can be summed up into two key points: Preserving the rich biodiversity
of the Cameroon Mountains Region, and Improving on livelihoods. In order
to make this mission real CAMCOF has set up the following objectives:
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To encourage effective community-based forest management
that
supports biodiversity conservation
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To improve on the livelihoods of local communities in ways that contribute directly or indirectly to the sustainable use of their forests
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To support implementation of strategies for sustainable use of forests resources by stakeholders
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To ensure permanent ecological and socio-economic monitoring systems to assess the trends in biodiversity conservation and livelihoods
Trees for the Future is a 501 (c) (3) charitable
organization in the United States. They provide seeds, training and technical
resources to families, communities and
organizations
interested in reforesting lands and maintaining sustainable agriculture
practices. Trees for
the Future is a grass roots, environmental and humanitarian organization
dedicated to helping people restore damaged, logged and abused lands. In
2002 over four million multipurpose, fast-growing trees were planted in more
than
6,000 villages in Asia, Africa and the Americas and requests for assistance
is increasing. Their programs support the people who plant the trees in their
own community, creating economic and environmental benefits. In thousands
of villages, people are working together, planting fast growing, permanent
beneficial trees. They're proving that devastated lands can be brought back
to
life
.
People are finding that both their living standards and their quality of
life is quickly improving. This program works because thousands of concerned
people, along with business leaders and private foundations, support the
efforts of Trees for
the Future in these rural lands. Their people-to-people action program
is made possible through tax-deductible contributions from more than 4,000
members in North America and around the world. Their efforts to work with
people to replant trees, gives everyone hope for the future.
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