selection of WWF conservation projects
- Mauritania
- Besides helping to manage the wildlife of the Parc National du
Banc d'Arguin, this project en-courages the park's Imraguen inhabitants
to fish using traditional methods. Village cooperatives run fishing
and fish processing activities, and bring fresh water and provisions
to this remote desert area.
- Côte D'Ivoire
- Taï National Park is the largest remnant of tropical rainforest
in West Africa. It sustains a rich variety of animals, but is
threatened by logging, slash-and-burn farming, poaching, and gold
mining. WWF helps manage the park and generate lo-cal support
for conservation efforts.
- Central African Republic
- Conservation and de-velopment plans aim to safeguard the forests
of Dzanga-Sangha and the pygmies who inhabit them. Agroforestry,
sustainable fishing, duiker farming, and a healthcare programme
are all on the agenda.
- Kenya
- Lake Nakuru National Park borders a populous city whose industrial
wastes flow into the park. An education programme helps local
residents to better understand the ar-ea's environmental problems,
recognize its unique ecology as well as the park's conservation
role, and take practical steps to keep the region clean.
- Tanzania
- Mafia Island fishermen are fighting to establish Tanzania's first
marine park, to end destructive dynamite fishing by fishermen
from outside, and to safeguard traditional, sustainable fishing
practices. The is-landers play a key role in running the project
and developing the proposed park.
- Zaire
- Garamba National Park protects more than 8,000 elephants and a
unique population of northern white rhinos which has almost doubled
since WWF became involved in the park. WWF helps develop park
infrastructure, train game guards, monitor wildlife, and promote
ecotourism such as elephant-back safaris.
- Madagascar
- In 1987, the government of Madagascar asked WWF to help develop
an environmental curriculum and produce teaching ma-terials for
the country's primary schools. Primary and secondary teachers
have followed courses in using these materials and integrating
environmental subjects into the classroom and in leading activities
such as tree-planting and cultivating school gardens.
- Zimbabwe
- Local councils manage wildlife, collecting revenue from controlled
hunting and the sale of meat and hides. Part of the in-come is
invested in community development such as healthcare and increasing
subsistence farmers' living standards.
- South Africa
- The Southern African Nature Foundation (WWF- South Africa) supports
monitoring and research of southern right whales, bottlenose and
humpback dolphins, and loggerhead and leatherback turtles. To
promote ecotourism and environmental education, SANF helped develop
whale-watching sites along the country's spectacular coastline.
- Namibia
- Northern Namibia is one of the only places in Africa where black
rhinos still roam outside the confines of national parks. Local
chiefs select community game guards who monitor wildlife numbers
and movements and re-port any illegal hunting.
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