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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