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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.
Better Africa Foundation exists to promote better life in Africa.
The
Foundation actively addresses and works on the issues of the environment,
human rights, medical education and treatment, sports education and activities
among primary and high school students, youth education and cultural exchange
programs as the vehicle for involving volunteers to address these issues.
Health and the quality of life in many African countries are destroyed by
the condition of the environment. Car, motorcycle and industrial pollution
in some African cities have reached epidemic proportions.
Better Africa
Foundation (BAF) focuses primarily on environmental education and
assisting local and indigenous organizations to help create a clean and livable
earth. The
goal
of this organization is to secure the support of at least one million people
to support the worthy mission of
Better Africa
Foundation in Africa. Will you join the one million concerned Africans,
African-Americans, Europeans, Americans, Asians, Canadians and all concerned
humans around the globe?
The bushmeat crisis is
the most significant immediate threat to the future of wildlife populations
in Africa. Hunting of wildlife to meet people’s
demand for protein may still be sustainable in the few remaining
areas where population densities are less than 2 people/km2, trade routes
are poorly established, and human population growth rates are low. The scale
of the illegal, commercial bushmeat trade now occurring in Africa, however,
is driven by markets with large, rapidly-growing populations of consumers
and is considered by experts to be unsustainable. This commercial-scale trade
threatens the survival of numerous species as well as posing considerable
health and economic threats for future generations. The
Bushmeat Crisis Task
Force (BCTF), founded in 1999, is a consortium of conservation
organizations and professionals working throughout Africa and dedicated to
the conservation
of wildlife populations threatened by illegal, commercial
hunting of wildlife for sale as meat. The BCTF operates under the direction
of an elected Steering Committee and is funded by Supporting and Contributing
Members. BCTF's primary goals are to: a) work with the general members of
the BCTF to focus attention on the bushmeat crisis in Africa; b) establish
an information database and mechanisms for information sharing regarding
the bushmeat issue; c) facilitate engagement of African partners and stakeholders
in addressing the bushmeat issue; and d) promote collaborative decision-making,
fund-raising and actions among the members and associates of the BCTF. For
more information about the BCTF and the bushmeat issue, please
visit their website
or email them directly.
The mission of the
International Fund for
Animal Welfare (IFAW) is to improve the welfare
of wild and domestic animals throughout the world
by reducing commercial exploitation of animals, protecting wildlife habitats,
and assisting animals in distress. They seek to motivate the public to prevent
cruelty to animals and to promote animal welfare and conservation policies
that advance the well-being of both animals and people.
IFAW was founded in 1969
to confront the cruel commercial slaughter of harp and hooded seals. Having
successfully rallied worldwide condemnation of the hunt, they have grown
to become one of the largest international animal welfare organizations in
the world. Today IFAW
has offices in 12 countries and a staff of more than 200 experienced campaigners,
legal and political experts, and internationally acclaimed scientists. They
are a pragmatic and dedicated family of professionals who believe that animals
suffer far too much from commercial exploitation, habitat destruction, and
needless cruelty. And they are joined in that belief by more than 1.8 million
supporters. You can email
IFAW -
info@ifaw.org.
Much of Africa's habitat
and its wildlife is threatened by overpopulation and unsustainable use of
natural resources
by poor people. Raptors are no exception; over 100 species
either breed in Africa or migrate there each winter from Europe and Asia.
Conservation of far ranging species like raptors and other migratory birds
presents special problems to biologists. How do we protect animals that range
so far and need widely dispersed habitats in which to survive?
The Peregrine
Fund's Pan Africa Program aims to establish projects throughout Africa
that train local people to do the studies needed to achieve conservation
of birds of prey and other species. The programme will bring biologists from
diverse countries and cultures together in a common effort to protect Africa's
natural resources. You can email The Peregrine Fund at
tpf@peregrinefund.org.
For more information on Benin, click here.
If you would like to
contact us please email
terry@africanconservation.org
