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The Jane Goodall Institute advances the power of
individuals to take informed and compassionate action to
improve the environment of all living things. The objectives
of the Institute are to: increase primate habitat conservation, increase
awareness of, support for and training in issues related to our relationship
with each other, the environment and other animals (leading to behavior change),
expand non-invasive
research programs on chimpanzees and other
primates.and to promote activities that ensure the well-being of chimpanzees,
other primates and animal welfare activities in general. JGI also operate
a sanctuary in Congo. Find out how you can assist the Jane Goodall Institute
by writing to Graziella Cotman, Project Director, BP 1893, Pointe Noire,
Congo or email the head office for the institute in the U.S.A at
info@janegoodall.org.
Karl Ammann is a wildlife photographer and conservation
activist and a leader of the campaign that
gai
ned worldwide recognition of the bushmeat crisis
in Africa. He is any advisory director to several organizations, including
the World Society for the Protection of Animals, The
Cheeta
h Conservation Fund and Biosynergy Institute.
Karl carries a camera as his sidearm, shooting scenes of chimpanzees and
gorillas being butchered for sale as expensive commercial bushmeat. Ammann's
reports and documentaries convinced the European Parliament and leaders of
over twenty African states to sign a proclamation against the slaughter of
apes and caused the government of Cameroon to convene a national conference
on the illegal bushmeat trade.
Central Africa is home
to the second largest area of tropical forest on
earth after that of the Amazon. The riches of
its unparalleled biodiversity remain largely unexplored. The forest is a
vital resource for the people who live in and around it; exploited rationally,
it can be a real vector for development. But it is also an ensemble whose
stability depends on the multitude of inter—relationships between plants
and animals. Loss of the latter impoverishes the forest and impairs its capacity
to regenerate. The
ECOFAC
programme combines two basic and complementary principles: conservation
and development. It is a tangible expression of the European Union's commitment
to the protection and rational utilization of Central Africa's
forest ecosystems. It also fully involves the
forest dwelling people in its activities. The six countries covered by the
programme - Congo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea,
Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe - have a combined population of 20 million,
which is growing by 3.2% yearly. Tropical rainforest stretches over about
670,000 km2 of these countries' territory but this area is dwindling at a
rate of almost 1% a year. Email
ECOFAC.
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.
The mission of
Save The
Elephants (STE) is to secure a future for elephants and to sustain
the
beauty and ecological integrity of the places where they live; to promote
man's delight in their intelligence and the diversity of their world, and
to develop a tolerant relationship between the two species. STE approaches
conservation from an elephant's perspective. They believe
elephants
deserve special respect from Humanity because they are sensate beings with
a higher order conciousness and they intend to safeguard their future in
an increasingly insecure world. STE focus on research, education, grass-roots
conservation, monitoring and protection. The charity was founded in 1993
by Dr. Iain douglas-Hamilton who has worked on elephant status Africa-wide
ever since. Explorers, conservationists and elephant scientists serve as
fellow trustees or advisors to the board. If you'd like to contact them to
see how you can assist, you can email them at
save-eleph@net2000ke.com.
For more information on Congo,
click here.
If you would like to
contact us please email
terry@africanconservation.org
