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FAO-CIC Co-operation on Best Practices in sustainable wildlife management in SADC region. René Czudek FAO Forestry and Wildlife Officer FAO Sub-regional Office for Southern Africa. Themes.
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FAO-CIC Co-operation on Best Practices in sustainablewildlife management in SADC region René Czudek FAO Forestry and Wildlife Officer FAO Sub-regional Office for Southern Africa
Themes • AFWC – Support countries initiatives for sustainable wildlife management in order to attain food security and poverty alleviation • SADC priorities – Trans-boundary Conservation and Policy and Law harmonization • AFWC/SADC Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation
Long history of CBNRM in the region (since 70’s) mainly Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, South Africa and Tanzania) Community Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE) and others Different implementation and results Aim of the study: analyse the experience, results, limitations formulate conclusion and practical recommendation Lessons learnt from Community Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM)
T-B Conservation Areas – many in Africa (Peace Parks) Determinants of successful Trans-boundary conservation Cooperation: Learning experiences and conclusions from the Selous-Niassa Corridor (Tanzania/Mozambique) Trans-boundary Conservation
Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation Development of a Took Kit on HWC for capacity building on HWC mitigation at all levels (with other partners – CIRAD, WWF, IUCN-AfESG, BIO-HUB)
Legal empowerment of the poor for sustainable wildlife management Principles for developing sustainable wildlife management laws Meetings, workshops organized in collaboration with the SADC Secretariat Legal studies
Thank you For more information Rene.Czudek@fao.org