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USAID-Gabon This project supports conservation efforts in marine national parks and other management areas in Gabon. The project conserves marine species, habitats and ecosystems by addressing the impacts of illegal fishing, which is the single greatest threat. Illegal fishing can include coastal trawlers, pirate tuna vessels and unlicensed artisanal pirogues. Specific activities include: 1) equipping marine surveillance units with a full range of procedural manuals and associated materials to support the effective execution of marine surveillance and control missions, 2) training marine surveillance units to plan and execute safe and effective missions at sea and providing high quality information to support subsequent prosecutions, and 3) producing solid legal cases for prosecution by having proficient legal teams of the target agencies able to apply sea mission data and reports.
USAID-Gabon Grants Scaling up OELO's environmental outreach program and ecotourism site to conserve biodiversity in the lake region near Lambarn Gabon.
USAID-Gabon Grants Reducing the Impact of Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) in and around Protected Areas in Gabon (with special emphasis on Minkebe National Park)
USAID-Gabon The purpose of this project is to increase protection of Lop National Park and its mandrill population by establishing its value to both local and international stakeholders through the development of ecotourism. A mandrill tracking program will be started and capacity for program eco-guides will be developed. Mandrill tracking activities include reviewing existing data on mandrills, providing equipment for setting up mandrill tracking, radio collaring four mandrills in horders to enable tracking of their movements, and monitoring mandrill ecology. The capacity building program for eco-guides includes conducting practical training of eco-guides via tracking mandrills with tourists, and developing tracking feedback center.
Long-term acoustic monitoring of critical forest elephant populations The grantee is developing and expanding the use of acoustic recording devices in providing information about imperiled forest elephants that are very difficult or costly to monitor by direct observation or traditional transects. This grant will train Gabonese and Congolese students in monitoring and analyzing elephant activity at five sites (Jobo/Djoumou River, Precious Woods, Langoue Bai, Kessala, and northern Congo bais), and will further develop a tool to analyze elephant calls on recordings to interpret data more easily and rapidly for long-term elephant population monitoring.
Parks Gabon ii: Reinforcing the Institutional Capacity of Gabon's National Parks Service "The purpose of this project is to conserve Gabons wildlife heritage by transforming the Gabon National Parks Agency (ANPN) into a premier African parks agency within five years, with adaptive capacity thereafter. Through this Agreement, ANPN, FWS, and government and non-governmental organization (NGO) partners aim to safeguard Gabons large forest elephant population; ensure a future for humankinds closest relatives, the great apes of the Congo Basin; maintain the ecological resilience of tropical rain forests and forest biodiversity; and preserve the ocean giants and protect ecologically important marine ecosystems. To help conserve Gabons rich heritage, results-oriented, field-based objectives and activities have been developed to enhance capacity for adaptive park and peripheral zone management; create and secure parks and reserves; and set and enforce standards to reduce the impacts of extractive industries. ..The project will:. Enhance ANPNs ability to establish itself as a premier African parks agency by achieving sufficient organizational capacity so that management systems meet international best practice standards, including ISO certification, by 2019; implementing key components from National Park management plans; garnering support by communities for ANPN conservation activities at local and national scales; and developing a sustainable tourism sector that contributes to the national economy and promotes long-term political support for conservation at local and national scales. . Help to support a protected area system dedicated to wildlife security and ecosystem health and diversity by establishing new protected areas where the existing conservation landscape does not provide sufficient protection coverage for Gabons natural heritage; securing protected areas from poaching, encroachment, and other forms of illegal activity; and providing leadership for the development of inter-ministerial and regional wildlife security, natural re
THE RECIPIENT WILL WORK WITH BENGA COMMUNITY FISHERS BETTER ADDRESS ARTISANAL FISHERIES BYCATCH ISSUES; CONTINUE EFFORTS TO FIND FINANCING OR OTHER SOLUTIONS FOR LOG REMOVAL ON ALL MAJOR NESTING BEACH THE RECIPIENT WILL WORK WITH BENGA COMMUNITY FISHERS BETTER ADDRESS ARTISANAL FISHERIES BYCATCH ISSUES; CONTINUE EFFORTS TO FIND FINANCING OR OTHER SOLUTIONS FOR LOG REMOVAL ON ALL MAJOR NESTING BEACHES; CONDUCT GROUND MONITORING INCLUDING NIGHT PATROLS TO PROTECT NESTS FROM POACHING AND RELOCATE N"
Marine Turtle Conservation Fund This project will coordinate and support actiivities of the Gabon Sea Turtle Partnership inluding coordination of nesting beach and aerial surveys to assess leatherback nesting trends; protect nests and nesting females on major nesting beaches within ANPN Protected Areas; continue to assess and implement log removal programs on nesting beaches; expand fisheries bycatch measures and TED requirements on fishing trawls; develop on board observer programs for long line vessels; initiate Corisco Bay fisheries bycatch assessment of artisianal fishers; and conduct education and awareness programs locally and nationally. Gabon is the epicenter for the largest leatherback nesting population in the world which and conservation of this nesting population is the focus of this project.
African Elephant Conservation Fund The grantee is developing and expanding the use of acoustic recording devices in providing information about imperiled forest elephants that are very difficult or costly to monitor by direct observation or traditional transects. This grant will train Gabonese and Congolese students in monitoring and analyzing elephant activity at five sites (Jobo/Djoumou River, Precious Woods, Langoue Bai, Kessala, and northern Congo bais), and will further develop a tool to analyze elephant calls on recordings to interpret data more easily and rapidly for long-term elephant population monitoring.
Gabon-International Grants Reducing the Impact of Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) in and around Protected Areas in Gabon (with special emphasis on Minkebe National Park)
USAID-Staff & Admin Species Conservation Grants Protection of ape populations, through monitoring and tourism at important bai sites
USAID-Gabon Grants Conserving Gabons Leatherbacks, New Challenges And Opportunities, 2013-2014
USAID-Wildlife Security The purpose of this project is to strengthen the enforcement of forestry and wildlife laws by exposing serious offences in the forestry sector; prosecuting illegal forestry exploiters and wildlife traffickers; and increasing national capacity to apply forestry and wildlife laws in Gabon. The project will: Identify the main operators in illegal forestry and establish clear evidence against them; Facilitate the arrests of these suspects; Follow-up their cases until prosecution and beyond so that court rulings are executed; Draw the attention of the public and, in particular, people in forestry to the new status quo of effective enforcement of forestry law; and Organize trainings for specific personnel of the Ministry of Water as well as for Customs, Justice and Forces of Law and Order regarding forestry legislation and penal procedures.
Integrating Movement Ecology into Law Enforcement Strategies to Protect Forest Elephants in Gabonese Parks The purpose of this two-year project is to conserve forest elephants in the Wonga Wongu Presidential Reserve and the Minkb-Ivindo complex. This project seeks to reduce poaching of elephants for ivory by guiding law enforcement with rigorous information on forest elephant movements, habitat use, and diets. Specific activities include: (1) data collection on elephant locations, diet, human activity in elephant habitats, and population demography to determine elephant habitat use and needs in the focal landscapes; (2) modeling of elephant home ranges, resource selection functions, and habitat connectivity to evaluate the efficacy of corridors that would better connect elephant habitat and protected areas; and (3) provisioning data, real-time location maps, and analytic tools to protected area managers and analyzing and interpreting spatial models to integrate elephant movement ecology into law enforcement strategies.
Building ecotourism services and local communities involvement for the conservation of great apes in the Moukalaba-Doudou National Park, Gabon. "The purpose of this project is to conserve Moukalaba Doudou National Park in Gabon by strengthening gorilla-based ecotourism as a tool for protecting the ecological integrity of the park and involving local communities to manage their natural resources. This project is intended to maintain the gorilla habituation process and strengthen capacities to promote and develop ecotourism in Moukalaba-Doudou National Park, Gabon. Specific activities include: (1) implementation of a new working methodology to maintain the gorilla habituation process; (2) recruitment of three primatologists to support the habituation process; (3) building of an additional wooden platform in collaboration with local communities and provision of research equipment to improve working conditions; (4) tourism infrastructure improved to support the parks tourism development; (5) establishment of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the park for tourism management; (6) tourism increased to support park management plans; (7) creation of tourism products to improve the quality of the experience for tourists visiting the park. .."
Parks Gabon ll: Reinforcing the Institutional capacity of Gabon's National Parks service To conserve Gabons wildlife heritage by transforming the Gabon National Parks Agency (ANPN) into a premier African Parks Agency within 5 years.
USAID-Gabon Grants Proposal for the implementation of a law enforcement monitoring system within the Department of Wildlife and Protected areas in Gabon
Reducing the environmental impact of Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) in Gabon through the development of a monitoring and certification system "This project supports a conservation effort in and around national parks in Gabon by addressing the threat of Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM). This project is intended to conserve biodiversity and the integrity of protected areas in Gabon by addressing the negative environmental impacts of mining on forests. Specific activities include: 1) ensuring the implementation of an adequate ASM monitoring system to avoid impacts on the environment, 2) implementing a program to work towards Fairmined certification for ecological gold with two ASM communities in or near protected areas in collaboration with the Gabonese government, and 3) ensuring national interpretation of Fairmined Standards with a special emphasis on environmental management and zero poaching commitment in and around national parks.."
MENTOR-Fish - Building local technical capacity for the development of sustainable freshwater fisheries management in Gabon THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO IMPROVE THE CONSERVATION OF GABON S COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT FRESHWATER FISHES BY DEVELOPING CAPACITY FOR INLAND FISHERIES MANAGEMENT. THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO BUILD A TEAM OF EARLY CAREER GABONESE PROFESSIONALS TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE INLAND FISHERIES MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING PROTECTING FRESHWATER FISH SPECIES FROM ILLEGAL HARVEST. TARGET FISH SPECIES INCLUDE CICHLIDS PELMATOLAPIA., OREOCHROMIS , CATFISHES CLARIAS, CHRYSICHTHYS AND SPECIES THAT MOVE BETWEEN FRESH- AND SALTWATER SUCH AS CAPITAINE POLYDACTYLUS AND ROUGE LUTJANUS . SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE 1 SUPPORT FOR A TEAM OF EIGHT FELLOWS WHO WILL HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT 2 DEVELOPMENT OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT PLANS IN LAKE OGUEMOU, NDOGO LAGOON, AND LAKE POUBARA AND 3 DEVELOPMENT OF WRITTEN RESOURCES ON SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES SCIENCE, PRINCIPLES, AND PRACTICES.
Changing consumer preferences for bushmeat from protected species and promoting alternatives to bushmeat commerce in Lambarn, Gabon The purpose of this project is to conserve protected wildlife in the lake district of Gabon. This project seeks to reduce the illegal bushmeat trade in Lambarn, Gabon, by addressing the sale of and consumer demand for protected species (including slender-snouted crocodile, manatee, forest buffalo, and giant pangolin). Specific activities include: (1) surveys of local markets and restaurants to improve understanding of bushmeat sales and the illicit trade in for protected species; (2) environmental education targeted at future consumers to increase public awareness of protected species and hunting laws; (3) sponsorship of nature clubs, wildlife murals, road cleanup programs, World Environment Day 2017 celebrations, field trips by local leaders to OELOs ecotourism site at Tsam Tsam, and student questionnaires to improve attitudes towards biodiversity conservation and environmental stewardship; (4) ecotourism development at Tsam Tsam to increase sustainable revenue for conservation and to support alternative activities to hunting in the lake region of Gabon; and (5) alternative income development to decrease illegal bushmeat commerce at Marche Isaac, the main commercial hub in Lambarn.
African Elephant Conservation Fund Conservation Justice/MEF collaboration: wildlife law enforcement in Gabon (AALF)
Africa Great Apes-International Grants Protecting Gabon's great ape populations via improved law enforcement
USAID-Gabon This project supports a conservation effort in Loango National Park in Gabon by facilitating research and tourism activities. It conserves critically endangered Western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) by addressing the impacts of poaching and illegal activities in the park by acting as a deterrent and detection system for park authorities, providing baseline information, and generating revenue. Specific activities include: 1) Continued habituation of one group of western gorillas for tourism and monitoring of the impact of tourism, 2) Use of innovative, non-invasive techniques for strategic monitoring of great apes and other large mammals, 3) Further understanding of the behavioral ecology and population dynamics of western gorillas, 4) Providing an effective deterrent to poaching through permanent presence in the forest and regular surveillance for illegal activities, and 5) Strengthening national capacity for science-based conservation and adaptive management.
Great Apes Conservation Fund Protection of ape populations, through monitoring and tourism at important bai sites
Conserving the world's largest aggregation of mandrills through ecotourism in Lope National Park, Gabon The purpose of this project is to increase protection of Lop National Park and its mandrill population by establishing its value to both local and international stakeholders through the development of ecotourism. A mandrill tracking program will be started and capacity for program eco-guides will be developed. Mandrill tracking activities include reviewing existing data on mandrills, providing equipment for setting up mandrill tracking, radio collaring four mandrills in horders to enable tracking of their movements, and monitoring mandrill ecology. The capacity building program for eco-guides includes conducting practical training of eco-guides via tracking mandrills with tourists, and developing tracking feedback center.
Voluntary Wildlife Management Rules as a Solution to Unsustainable Bushmeat Hunting by Gabonese Villages The purpose of this project is to support a conservation effort in northeastern Gabon by addressing over-hunting of endangered bushmeat species. This project is intended to protect wildlife from unsustainable harvest by engaging local communities to establish wildlife management rules to reduce pressure on wildlife and reduce the availability of commercial bushmeat. Specific activities include: (1) design and implementation of voluntary wildlife management rules in ten villages; (2) monitoring of bushmeat availability in experimental and control villages; (3) community interviews to determine the effectiveness of wildlife management rules; (4) testing and implementation of wildlife monitoring techniques; (5) community collaboration and hands-on training to develop a conservation ethic among local communities in the Ivindo-Minkb landscape.
USAID-Wildlife Security This project supports wildlife law enforcement in Gabon. It protects elephants and other threatened species from illegal hunting and wildlife trafficking by increasing levels of wildlife law enforcement nationwide and deterring potential poachers and traffickers. Specific activities include: 1) identification of large scale dealers in ivory and meat products and provision of evidence to support legal action, 2) bringing about the arrests of large scale wildlife dealers, 3) prosecution and sentencing of wildlife traffickers, 4) public awareness raising of increased wildlife law enforcement and the risks and penalties associated for wildlife criminals.
Enhancing the Professionalization of Gabon's Parks Service through Systematic Training and Career Development of Ecoguards and Park Managers used to establish a program to professionalize the conservation workforce in Gabon. Gabon continues to be a wildlife stronghold and leading champion for wildlife conservation in Central Africa.
Supporting law enforcement within the National Parks Agency (ANPN), Gabon The purpose of this project is to improve the effectiveness of wildlife protection activities within and around Gabons national parks (ANPN) through the active use of information generated from law enforcement monitoring (LEM). The project will: 1) Develop tools to fulfill the needs of ANPN's law enforcement information management. Information management activities include determining which tools and systems are required to fulfill the information needs of Gabon's protected area managers in order to ensure the effectiveness of law enforcement, implementation and monitoring; and adapt and set up the IT systems for Gabon's National Parks Agency and MINEF. 2) Improve strategic patrol planning and effectiveness through the provision of information generated from LEM. Strategic planning and effectiveness activities include improving the speed of data entry and reporting of field observations via the provision of tablet computers for park rangers; strengthening GIS and LEM data management and reporting of law enforcement information; and ensuring effective patrol planning and hosting lessons learned workshops.
Marine conservation in the Loango landscape: integrating marine and terrestrial protected area..management The purpose of the project is to integrate the new marine protected area into the management planning of Gabons Loango National Park and the Gamba complex. The project is intended to conserve marine and terrestrial habitats in Loango and Gamba complex by engaging stakeholders and partners together with the Gabonese National Parks Agency (ANPN) and Fisheries Department (ANPA) in the development of an Application Decree, a Management Plan, and artisanal fishing zones. Specific activities include: (1) consultation with stakeholders to develop marine park management plan; (2) establishment of a consultative committee to finalize the Application Decree; (3) organization of a planning workshop with ANPN to identify objectives and priority activities for the new marine park and adjacent seasonal fishing zone, including training for ANPN, ANPA, and Gabon Bleu staff in management plan development; (4) Management Plan for the marine park drafted to effectively manage resources; (5) marine surveillance supported to survey the park for illegal activities; and (6) protocols developed to collect data and monitor biodiversity and threats.
African Elephant Conserv-Species Conservation Grant Toward optimizing acoustic methods for elephant conservation
Protecting Gabons wildlife through enhanced aerial surveillance of marine and terrestrial protected areas The purpose of this project is to support the Gabonese National Parks Agency (ANPN) by providing aerial support for protected area management and conservation. The project is intended to conserve wildlife by monitoring for illegal human activities in and around national parks and buffer zones on land and in the water. Specific activities include: (1) extensive aerial surveillance and monitoring of human activities and wildlife to regularly assess Gabons national parks and coastline; (2) timely logistical support through punctual aviation to assist ANPN protection teams; and (3) technical assistance to aid ANPN in the development of their aviation program including data management and reporting.
GAFC-Expend On Investmnt-Species Conservation Grant Building capacity for the conservation of great apes in the Moukalaba-Doudou National Park, Gabon
Tourism Development and Long Term Research of Western Gorillas in Loango National Park, Gabon The purpose of this 1-year project is to use research and capacity building to assist tourism development as a conservation strategy for critically endangered western lowland gorillas in Loango National Park, Gabon. Activities include: 1) determining negative impacts of tourism on an existing habituated gorilla group; 2) continuing habituation of a second gorilla group for tourism; 3) monitoring non-habituated gorilla populations using camera traps; 4) continuing long-term research on the behavioral ecology of habituated and non-habituated gorillas; 5) coordinating with Gabonese parks officials on monitoring of illegal activities; and 6) strengthening national capacity for conservation and scientific research by training Gabonese project staff.
USAID-Marine Turtles Conservation Grant The Gabon Sea Turtle Partnership for Leatherback Research and Conservation, 2011-2012
USAID-Gabon Grants Guiding National Park protection efforts via aerial surveillance
SUPPORT TO WILDLIFE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN GABON This project supports wildlife law enforcement in Gabon. It protects elephants and other threatened species from illegal hunting and wildlife trafficking by increasing levels of wildlife law enforcement nationwide and deterring potential poachers and traffickers. Specific activities include: 1) identification of large scale dealers in ivory and meat products and provision of evidence to support legal action, 2) bringing about the arrests of large scale wildlife dealers, 3) prosecution and sentencing of wildlife traffickers, 4) public awareness raising of increased wildlife law enforcement and the risks and penalties associated for wildlife criminals.
Marine Turtle Conservation Fund Conserving Gabons Leatherbacks, New Challenges And Opportunities, 2013-2014