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All eastern African countries
automatically qualify for
EAFRINET
membership.
EAFRINET
intends to:
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Support national and regional programmes for sustainable agricultural
development,
conservation and sustainable use of the environment and biodiversity.
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Assist member governments to meet their commitments to Agenda 21 of UNCED and their obligations to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
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Provide effective support to help member governments achieve full implementation of the CBD.
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Provide member countries with the best possible taxonomic services and advice in support of biological programmes.
Realistic self-reliance
shall be achieved through two simultaneous initiatives:
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Mobilisation, pooling and sharing of existing East African resources of experience,
expertise,
information, technologies and technical know-how, professional and technical
skills, materials (collections and records) and infrastructures under the
principles of reciprocity wherever appropriate.
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Implementation of donor-partnership work programmes for capacity building through the transfer of information, expertise, and technologies for institutional strengthening and human resource development.
The
Eastern
Africa Environmental Network (EAEN) believes that sharing information,
experiences and resources is vital for the achievement of peace, food security,
poverty alleviation, socio-economic development and healthy environment.
The regional NGO is, therefore, committed to contributing effectively to
the provision of requisite for and
appropriat
e channels for people to network as individuals
and as representatives of organizations, agencies, institutions, associations
and communities. EAEN also promotes research for acquisition and dissemination
of additional relevant information. EAEN serves as a cohesive force in dealing
with
enviro
nmental conservation issues of local, national,
regional and global concern. The Network discourages duplication of efforts
and encourages the use of minimal energy, time and resources for the achievement
of environmental conservation objectives and goals at all levels. EAEN is
registered in Kenya as NGO under Section 10 of the Non-Governmental Organizations
Coordination Act. EAEN is a non-profit, regional non-governmental organization.
The decision to form EAEN was taken during an international workshop organized
in mid-September, 1990 by the Eastern Africa Regional Committee of the World
Conservation Union (IUCN) Commission on Education and Communication.
TRAFFIC's mission is to ensure that trade in wild
plants and animals is not a
threat
to the
conservation
of nature.
TRAFFIC's work
is neither easier nor closer to completion than it was in the mid-1970s when
TRAFFIC was
founded largely to assist in the implementation of CITES. CITES now covers
some 30 000 plant and animal species and has more than 150 member countries.
These member countries face ever-more complex issues in determining how best
to ensure that trade does not threaten the survival of species. While continuing
to support the application of CITES,
TRAFFIC has
developed its role in addressing wildlife trade issues in a wider context,
including major commercial sectors such as fisheries and timber trade and
a wide range of regional and local issues. Over a quarter of a century,
TRAFFIC has
developed from a single office into a global network of 22 offices in eight
regional programmes around the world including many in Africa and
TRAFFIC is gradually
reaching out to all 18 countries in the region, identifying where its expertise
is most needed to help ensure that wildlife trade remains sustainable.
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.
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.
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more information on Eritrea, click here.
If you would like to
contact us please email
terry@africanconservation.org
