CAMEROON AND WWF INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
Effects of the Ivory Ban
n evaluation of the effects of the ivory ban was
carried out. It was found that in general, poaching has decreased
although there was evidence in some areas of an increase in elephant
poaching for meat. The price of ivory had decreased everywhere.
However, this brought it within the reach of new consumers.
Emergency Action for Elephant Monitoring and Control
This ODA funded project provided emergency
funds for the satellite collaring and aerial survey of a marauding
elephant population of some 500 animals which caused extensive
damage to crops and killed five persons. The project provided
essential information on elephant distribution and movements which
permitted rational control measures and a management plan to be
drawn up. WWF also examined the effectiveness of other deterrents
such as electric fencing, broadcasting elephant distress
calls over loudspeakers, and spraying crops with a red pepper extract
which elephants do not like.
International Projects 9Z0556 and 9Z0460
These projects investigated Biodiversity Prospecting
and Intellectual Property Rights. These questions became crucial
during the discovery and early exploitation of the liana Ancistrocladus
korupensis. Legal and other issues are being investigated.
The WWFCameroon Programme Office also sponsored
a workshop on Community Forest and Protected Area management.
The workshop, held in Yaounde in 1993, was very successful
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