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During more than three decades of conservation work, WWF has always had more projects in Africa than any other part of the world. In the early days the organisation focused on protecting endangered species. Though this still continues, increasing emphasis is being placed on the conservation of the region's declining forests.
The tropical forests of west and central Africa are being degraded by logging and clearance for agriculture. WWF is working against this erosion by mobilising support from the Dutch government, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and the WWF network to establish protected areas throughout the Congo Basin, the second largest contiguous forest in the world. This, in itself, is not sufficient and WWF is working with local communities, governments and the logging industry, to promote sustainable forest management as an alternative to over-exploitation.
[ Cameroon / Gabon / Ghana ] [ Kenya ] [ Nigeria ]
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Land area of Africa/Madagascar Programme region
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2,363,566,000 ha
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Area of forest and other woodland
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1,125,539,000 ha
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Annual change in forest cover
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Ð2,755,100 ha
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Number of WWF forest projects
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72
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1996 expenditure
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Sfr 13,964,306
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1997 budget
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Sfr 26,324,184
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Number of certified forests
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2
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Coverage
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26,250 ha
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Number of protected areas
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196
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Coverage
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33,098,264 ha
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