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L=92UICN et la R=E9publique de Cor=E9e = s=92engagent pour=20 le meilleur Congr=E8s de l=92histoire

L=92Union,=20 le Minist=E8re de l=92environnement de la R=E9publique de Cor=E9e = et la province=20 autonome de Jeju ont sign=E9 un accord afin d=92organiser = conjointement le=20 Congr=E8s mondial de la nature en 2012. Ce Congr=E8s se tiendra du = 6 au 15=20 septembre 2012 au Centre International des Congr=E8s du Complexe = Jungmun, =E0=20 Jeju, une =EEle situ=E9e au sud du continent. Ce complexe, dot=E9 = des=20 =E9quipements les plus modernes et entour=E9 d=92un environnement = naturel bien=20 pr=E9serv=E9, s=92est engag=E9 =E0 appliquer des proc=E9dures = =E9cologiques, utilisant=20 des =E9nergies renouvelables, une signalisation =E9lectronique et = des=20 mat=E9riaux recycl=E9s. Le Congr=E8s de l=92UICN, qui se r=E9unit = tous les quatre=20 ans, est l=92=E9v=E9nement international le plus important dans le = domaine de la=20 conservation. Celui de 2012 vise =E0 mettre la nature et la = conservation au=20 premier rang des enjeux internationaux. congress@iucn.org /=20 www.iucn.org/congress

Le Jour de la Terre=20 c=E9l=E9br=E9

C=E9l=E9br=E9 pour la=20 1^=E8re fois le 22 avril 1970 lorsque le s=E9nateur = am=E9ricain=20 Gaylord Nelson encouragea les =E9tudiants =E0 mettre sur pied des = projets de=20 sensibilisation =E0 l'environnement dans leurs communaut=E9s, il = marque tous=20 les ans l'anniversaire de la naissance du mouvement = environnemental tel=20 qu'on le conna=EEt aujourd'hui. En effet, ce 1er Jour de la Terre = a men=E9 =E0=20 la cr=E9ation de l'agence de protection de l'environnement des = =C9tats-Unis=20 (EPA) et =E0 l'adoption de la loi =ABClean Air, Clean Water, = and=20 Endangered Species=BB. Le Jour de la Terre a donn=E9 un =E9lan = =E9norme aux=20 campagnes de sensibilisation =E0 la r=E9utilisation et au = recyclage, et a aid=E9=20 =E0 pr=E9parer le terrain pour le Sommet de la Terre des Nations = Unies =E0 Rio=20 de Janeiro en 1992.

La phase II du projet Allanblackia=20 lanc=E9e

La phase II = du projet=20 sur la normalisation et la gestion de la cha=EEne = d=92approvisionnement=20 durable d=92Allanblackia a =E9t=E9 lanc=E9e =E0 Accra, au Ghana le = 30 mars 2010 par=20 le Vice-ministre des Affaires Fonci=E8res et des Ressources = Naturelles, M.=20 Henry Ford Kamel. Plus de 60 personnes, y compris les membres du = Comit=E9=20 Directeur de l'Allanblackia (AB) Partnership in Africa, = l'Ambassadeur de=20 Suisse au Ghana, le Repr=E9sentant du Directeur R=E9gional du PACO = et le=20 Vice-ministre des Affaires de la Femme et de l=92Enfant y ont pris = part. La=20 deuxi=E8me phase du projet a =E9t=E9 con=E7ue pour appuyer la = croissance de la=20 production d=92huile d=92Allanblackia. Ce qui impliquera la mise = en place des=20 syst=E8mes pour un environnement propice =E0 la durabilit=E9 = =E9conomique, sociale=20 et environnementale. L'objectif de d=E9veloppement (OD) du projet = est de=20 permettre =E0 ce que =ABl=92Allanblackia=20 am=E9liore les moyens d=92existence et les paysages dans les = communaut=E9s o=F9=20 l=92Allanblackia est end=E9mique au Ghana=BB, tandis que = l'objectif=20 sp=E9cifique (OS) est de permettre aux =ABcultivateurs = d=92Allanblackia=20 d=92am=E9liorer leur acc=E8s aux march=E9s par la production de = fa=E7on durable de=20 l=92Allanblackia et d=92am=E9liorer leurs moyens d=92existence et = leurs=20 paysages=BB. samuel.kofi.nyame@iucn.org / = martin.nganje@iucn.org

Mieux int=E9grer les actions = d=92att=E9nuation et=20 d=92adaptation aux changements climatiques dans les=20 projets

Les ateliers = r=E9gionaux=20 de lancement de l=92initiative ASDI et de formation sur = l=92utilisation de=20 l=92outil CRiSTAL (Community based Risk Screening Tool-Adaptation = and=20 Livelihoods) se sont tenus au Burkina Faso respectivement =E0 = Tenkodogo=20 (r=E9gion du centre Est) du 30 mars au 2 avril 2010, et =E0 = Koudougou (r=E9gion=20 du Centre-Ouest) du 14 au 17 avril 2010. L=92objectif principal = vis=E9 =E0=20 travers ces 2 ateliers =E9tait de renforcer les capacit=E9s des = acteurs pour=20 leur participation effective =E0 la mise en =9Cuvre des = initiatives sur le=20 changement climatique. Au total, 86 participants venant de = structures=20 techniques, de collectivit=E9s territoriales, des chantiers = d=92am=E9nagements=20 forestiers et de diff=E9rents groupements =E0 la base des deux = r=E9gions sus=20 cit=E9es y ont pris part. Ces ateliers ont servi de cadre de = partage sur le=20 changement climatique et d=92initiation =E0 l=92utilisation de = l=92outil CRiSTAL.=20 Il s=92agit d=92un outil qui permet d=92int=E9grer les actions = d=92att=E9nuation et=20 d=92adaptation aux changements climatiques dans les projets = communautaires.=20 clarisse.honadia@iucn.org / = oumarou.seynou@iucn.org / = sylzabre@yahoo.fr

L=92outil CRiSTAL : Pour mieux = comprendre la=20 vuln=E9rabilit=E9 et l'adaptation aux changements climatiques dans = la zone=20 d=92un barrage

Organis=E9 = dans le cadre=20 du projet de dialogue r=E9gional sur les barrages, l=92atelier de = formation =E0=20 l=92utilisation de l=92outil CRiSTAL, comprenant une application = dans le=20 village de Diadiam 3, s=92est d=E9roul=E9 du 6 au 9 avril 2010 =E0 = Saint-Louis au=20 S=E9n=E9gal. Il visait =E0 fournir aux participants un cadre pour = comprendre la=20 vuln=E9rabilit=E9 et l'adaptation aux changements climatiques des = communaut=E9s=20 locales de la zone du barrage de Diama, et augmenter leur = capacit=E9 =E0=20 int=E9grer ces deux aspects dans l=92=E9laboration et la mise en = =9Cuvre des=20 activit=E9s d=92un projet. La formation a permis de bien = comprendre les=20 diff=E9rents concepts li=E9s aux changements climatiques ainsi que = les=20 strat=E9gies =E0 mettre en place pour =E9viter de nuire aux = populations locales.=20 Par le dialogue, les participants ont pu d=E9terminer les = ressources=20 (naturelles, physiques, sociales, humaines) importantes pour les = moyens=20 d=92existence du village et distinguer les risques climatiques des = risques=20 provoqu=E9s par le barrage lui-m=EAme. jerome.koundouno@iucn.org

Le 3^=E8me concours =E0 petits = projets=20 ouvert

Le Fonds = Fran=E7ais pour=20 l=92Environnement Mondial a ouvert le 3^=E8me concours = des petits=20 projets sur la conservation de la biodiversit=E9 ou sur le = changement=20 climatique. Le r=E8glement du concours et le dossier de demande de = subvention =E0 remplir sont disponibles sur le site du FFEM = (www.ffem.fr). Cet appel = =E0 projet=20 sera clos le 5 septembre 2010 =E0 18h00, heure de Paris, = dernier=20 d=E9lai. Cependant, les dossiers re=E7us avant le 25 juillet = 2010=20 seront trait=E9s en priorit=E9. Les dossiers doivent =EAtre = envoy=E9s aux adresses=20 suivantes : ppi@uicn.fr pour les = projets en=20 Afrique Centrale et Madagascar, et lacina.kone@iucn.org (copie =E0 = ppi@iucn.org) pour les = projets=20 concernant l=92Afrique de l=92Ouest. geoffroy.mauvais@iucn.org

Les parlementaires S=E9n=E9galais = exp=E9rimentent la=20 coproduction l=E9gislative

Le R=E9seau = des=20 Parlementaires pour la Protection de l=92Environnement au = S=E9n=E9gal (REPES) a=20 organis=E9, le 15 avril dernier, la journ=E9e d=92=E9tude portant = sur=20 l=92avant-projet de loi sur le littoral. Le Pr=E9sident de = l=92Assembl=E9e=20 Nationale, pr=E9sent =E0 cet =E9v=E9nement, s=92est = personnellement engag=E9 =E0=20 soutenir cette initiative. Les participants ont soulign=E9 = l=92aspect in=E9dit=20 de cette d=E9marche qui consiste =E0 soumettre un avant-projet de = loi aux=20 acteurs pour recueillir leurs attentes et pr=E9occupations. Ils = ont demand=E9=20 aux Parlementaires de consolider cette d=E9marche en =E9largissant = les=20 concertations =E0 toutes les zones sensibles du littoral. Ils = souhaitent=20 =E9galement que l=92action du r=E9seau soit articul=E9e avec les = autres=20 initiatives en cours, notamment la charte sur la mangrove. = safietou.sall@iucn.org / = racine.kane@iucn.org

Bilan et perspectives de la gestion des = for=EAts au=20 Cameroun

Les travaux = du 3^=E8me Forum = national sur=20 les for=EAts du Cameroun se sont d=E9roul=E9s du 29 au 31 Mars = 2010 =E0 Yaound=E9=20 sous le th=E8me =AB 15 = ans de r=E9forme=20 foresti=E8re : bilan, =E9volution et perspectives =BB. Sous le = tr=E8s haut=20 patronage du Chef de l=92Etat, son Excellence Paul Biya, la = c=E9r=E9monie=20 d=92ouverture de ce Forum =E9tait pr=E9sid=E9e par le = repr=E9sentant du Premier=20 Ministre, Chef du gouvernement, le Ministre des For=EAts et de la = Faune, le=20 Pr Elvis Ngolle Ngolle. Pr=E8s de 400 participants ont =E9chang=E9 = sur la=20 gestion des For=EAts au cours des quinze derni=E8res ann=E9es. Au = terme des=20 travaux, =AB= La=20 D=E9claration du Forum =BB a =E9t=E9 r=E9dig=E9 par = l=92ensemble des participants et=20 lue pendant la c=E9r=E9monie de cl=F4ture. Le manuel de = proc=E9dure des for=EAts=20 communautaires a =E9galement =E9t=E9 remis solennellement par la = soci=E9t=E9 civile.=20 Plusieurs recommandations ont =E9t=E9 formul=E9es. remi.jiagho@iucn.org / = leonard.usongo@iucn.org

Les partenaires de LLS au Mali prennent = part =E0 la=20 r=E9union semi annuelle de suivi-=E9valuation du=20 Programme

La r=E9union = semi=20 annuelle du suivi-=E9valuation participatif au programme Paysages = et moyens=20 d=92existence (LLS) s=92est tenue =E0 Bor=E9 au Mali du 24 au 27 = mars 2010. Elle=20 visait =E0 valider le plan de suivi =E9valuation, =E0 favoriser = l=92=E9change et le=20 partage des r=E9sultats du programme en 2009 et la planification = de 2010. Au=20 total, 54 personnes dont 10 femmes, issues des institutions et=20 organisations partenaires au programme LLS y ont pris part. Au = cours des=20 travaux, les communaut=E9s ont d=E9crit le processus = d=92=E9laboration de la=20 th=E9orie du changement dans la zone Kelka, les participants ont = r=E9vis=E9 les=20 questions du suivi =E9valuation et valid=E9 les donn=E9es de base. = Ils ont par=20 ailleurs =E9t=E9 inform=E9s sur les grandes lignes d=92action = en 2010. Sur la base des = informations=20 produites pendant l=92atelier le protocole de suivi de LLS Mali a = =E9t=E9=20 compl=E9t=E9. dominique.endamana@iucn.org / = yves.bathioo@iucn.org / = rokia.konare@iucn.org

L=92=E9ducation environnementale au = centre des=20 pr=E9occupations

L=92atelier = r=E9gional=20 d=92information et de formation sur les strat=E9gies, les outils = et les=20 techniques d=92=E9ducation environnementales (EE) des partenaires = du Programme=20 R=E9gional d=92Education =E0 l=92Environnement (PREE) marin et = c=F4tier s=92est tenu =E0=20 l=92=EEle de Bubaque dans l=92archipel des Bijagos en Guin=E9e = Bissau du 26 mars=20 au 1^er avril 2010. Il visait =E0 renforcer les = capacit=E9s=20 scientifiques, techniques et p=E9dagogiques des acteurs en = mati=E8re de=20 strat=E9gies =E9ducatives, de d=E9marches m=E9thodologiques et de=20 production/utilisation d=92outils p=E9dagogiques d=92EE. Cette = rencontre a r=E9uni=20 26 participants issus des 7 pays du PRCM (Mauritanie, Cap Vert, = S=E9n=E9gal,=20 Gambie, Guin=E9e Bissau, Guin=E9e et Sierra Leone). Cet atelier = r=E9gional du=20 PREE a permis de stimuler le r=E9seau des acteurs de l=92EE en = Afrique de=20 l=92ouest et de d=E9finir concr=E8tement les priorit=E9s = d=92actions et les=20 strat=E9gies de travail du PREE pour les trois grands r=E9sultats = attendus.=20 Des feuilles de route ont =E9t=E9 d=E9finies mais surtout une = volont=E9 de=20 collaborer et de s=92allier est n=E9e. Diverses visites de terrain = ont =E9t=E9=20 effectu=E9es dans des sites diff=E9rents (groupe scolaire, port de = Bubaque,=20 =E9comus=E9e de la R=E9serve de Biosph=E8re des Bijagos, r=E9seau = des EVA de la=20 R=E9gion de Cacheu, etc. A l=92issue des travaux, les participants = ont formul=E9=20 plusieurs recommandations. frederic.airaud@iucn.org / = nelson.gomes.dias@iucn.org

L=92UICN bient=F4t active en = R=E9publique de=20 Guin=E9e

Une mission = conduite=20 par le Directeur r=E9gional du PACO s=92est rendue =E0 Conakry en = Guin=E9e du 22=20 au 24 avril 2010, dans le cadre de la pr=E9paration des = interventions du=20 PACO dans ce pays. Le PACO doit en effet y mettre en =9Cuvre un = projet dit=20 de Restauration et Paiement des Services Environnementaux dans le = Bassin=20 du Tinkisso =96 REPASE, qui s=92inscrit dans le programme Poverty = Reduction=20 And Environmental Management Initiative (PREMI). Le Minist=E8re = des Mines,=20 de l'Energie et de l'Hydraulique, le Minist=E8re de = l=92Environnement des Eaux=20 et For=EAts et du D=E9veloppement Durable et la coordination du = programme=20 Massif du Fouta Djallon de l=92Union Africaine, tous concern=E9s = par le=20 projet, ont manifest=E9 un enthousiasme sur la perspective du = d=E9marrage des=20 activit=E9s de l=92UICN en Guin=E9e, de m=EAme que leur = disponibilit=E9 =E0=20 collaborer. La mission a par ailleurs proc=E9d=E9 =E0 des = interviews de=20 candidats pour le poste de coordinateur du projet REPASE. = aime.nianogo@iucn.org

La collaboration UICN-CIFOR se renforce = dans la=20 zone Afrique Centrale et Occidentale

Une =E9quipe = dirig=E9e par=20 Mme Frances Seymour, Directrice g=E9n=E9rale du Centre = International de=20 Recherche sur les For=EAts (CIFOR) a rendu visite =E0 la direction = r=E9gionale=20 du PACO le 9 avril dernier. Divers sujets ont =E9t=E9 abord=E9s, = parmi lesquels=20 un projet en =E9laboration pour la r=E9gion du fleuve Mano sous = l=92=E9gide de la=20 Banque Africaine de D=E9veloppement (BAD) et, les perspectives en = mati=E8re de=20 R=E9duction des Emissions de gaz =E0 effet de serre issues de la = D=E9forestation=20 et de la D=E9gradation foresti=E8re (REDD) au Burkina Faso. Les = deux parties=20 ont r=E9solu renforcer leur collaboration en commen=E7ant par les = sujets=20 suscit=E9s. aime.nianogo@iucn.org

Evaluation des aires prot=E9g=E9es en = R=E9publique=20 D=E9mocratique du Congo (RDC)

Dans le = souci de=20 renforcer l=92efficacit=E9 dans la gestion des Aires prot=E9g=E9es = en RDC, l=92UICN=20 en collaboration avec la GTZ, a organis=E9 du 26 au 28 avril 2010, = un=20 atelier sur l=92=E9valuation des aires prot=E9g=E9es en RDC. = L=92atelier a regroup=E9=20 une trentaine d=92experts de l=92Institut Congolais pour la = Conservation de la=20 nature (ICCN), des chefs de sites, ainsi que plusieurs partenaires = intervenant dans les sites pilotes pr=E9alablement = s=E9lectionn=E9s. L=92objectif=20 de l=92atelier =E9tait le renforcement de l=92ICCN dans la gestion = des aires=20 prot=E9g=E9es en mettant =E0 sa disposition les outils et = m=E9thodes=20 indispensables pour assurer la mesure de l=92efficacit=E9 des = modes de gestion=20 actuels et leur suivi dans le temps. Apr=E8s trois jours de = travail, une=20 analyse de la situation globale a =E9t=E9 faite dressant un =E9tat = actualis=E9 des=20 aires prot=E9g=E9es en RDC. L=92analyse des pressions et menaces = des donn=E9es=20 collect=E9es permettra d=92identifier les actions prioritaires de = chaque site.=20 sadia.demarquez@iucn.org / = antoine.eyebe@iucn.org / = dorothee.swedi@iucn.org

Le projet =ABR=E9habilitation des = Ecosyst=E8mes D=E9grad=E9s=20 du Delta Int=E9rieur du Niger=BB lanc=E9

Organis=E9 = par le=20 Programme Mali de l=92UICN sur financement de l=92Agence = su=E9doise de=20 coop=E9ration au d=E9veloppement international (Asdi), l=92atelier = de lancement=20 national du projet de R=E9habilitation des Ecosyst=E8mes = D=E9grad=E9s du Delta=20 Int=E9rieur du Niger (REDDIN) s=92est d=E9roul=E9 =E0 Bamako au = Mali le 23 avril=20 dernier. Il a regroup=E9 une trentaine de participants, compos=E9s = des=20 repr=E9sentants des partenaires techniques et financiers (Asdi et = PNUD=20 notamment), des directeurs nationaux des services techniques et = des=20 institutions de recherche ainsi que des ONGs, projets et = programmes=20 partenaires. Il visait l=92appropriation du projet REDDIN par les = acteurs=20 nationaux, en l=92occurrence le Minist=E8re de l=92Environnement = et de=20 l=92Assainissement et ses partenaires. Cette appropriation =E9tant = d=92autant=20 plus n=E9cessaire que le projet REDDIN constitue une phase = int=E9rimaire du=20 programme de d=E9veloppement durable du Delta Int=E9rieur du Niger = en cours de=20 pr=E9paration au niveau du Minist=E8re de l=92Environnement et de=20 l=92Assainissement. Ladite rencontre est une recommandation de = l=92atelier de=20 lancement et de planification des activit=E9s du projet REDDIN, = tenu du 12=20 au 14 mars 2010 au Centre Jean Bosco de S=E9var=E9 avec = l=92ensemble des acteurs=20 du projet au niveau r=E9gional. rokia.konare@iucn.org / = hamma_garey2003@yahoo.fr / = yves.bathiono@iucn.org

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Un=20 nouveau coll=E8gue au sein de l=92UICN-PACO :

M. Antoine Ekodo Mani, Responsable des = Op=E9rations=20 au Programme de l=92UICN au Cameroun. De = nationalit=E9=20 camerounaise,=20 Comptable de formation, il est titulaire d=92une Ma=EEtrise en = Management et=20 d=92un Dipl=F4me d=92Etudes Universitaires en Comptabilit=E9 et = Finance obtenus =E0=20 l=92Universit=E9 de Ngaound=E9r=E9 au Cameroun. A ce jour, il = poss=E8de plus de 7=20 ans d=92exp=E9riences professionnelles dans les m=E9tiers de = l=92administration,=20 de la comptabilit=E9, des finances et de l=92audit. Il a =E9t=E9 = tour =E0 tour=20 administrateur assistant et auditeur interne pendant plus de 3 ans = =E0 WWF=20 Jengi pour le compte du cabinet Es-Financial Auditing Chambers = (EFAC);=20 responsable administratif et financier chez Save Our Wildlife = Cameroon=20 (2002-2005), Consultant (freelance) =E0 C&A Technologies, GETP = et=20 International Relationship Cameroon. Il a pris fonction hier=20 1^er avril 2010. antoinemani@hotmail.com.br / = leonard.usongo@iucn.org

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u=20 Recrutement=20 d=92un Coordinateur=20 r=E9gional adjoint du Programme Aires Prot=E9g=E9es. Le/la = candidat(e)=20 sera bas=E9(e) =E0 Ouagadougou au Burkina Faso. Les CV et lettre = de motivation=20 joints au=20 formulaire de candidature doivent =EAtre envoy=E9es au = plus tard le=20 21 mai 2010 =E0 l=92adresse suivante : jobs.paco@iucn.org

u=20 Recrutement=20 du Coordonnateur=20 du Projet pour l'Am=E9lioration de la Gouvernance de l'Eau dans le = Bassin de=20 la Volta (PAGEV) qui sera bas=E9 =E0 Ouagadougou au = Burkina Faso. Les=20 candidats int=E9ress=E9s devront remplir le formulaire=20 de candidature auquel seront joints leurs CV et lettre de=20 motivation avant de les transmettre, au plus tard le 25 mai = 2010, =E0=20 l=92adresse suivante : jobs.paco@iucn.org

u=20 Dans=20 le cadre de l=92appui =E0 l=92institutionnalisation du r=E9seau = r=E9gional d=92aires=20 marines prot=E9g=E9es RAMPAO (PRCM II), la FIBA recrute, un Charg=E9=20 de projet pour l=92analyse des lacunes du RAMPAO, pour une = p=E9riode=20 dix huit (18) mois =E0 partir du 1^er juillet 2010. Les = d=E9tails du=20 poste et les conditions requises sont pr=E9sent=E9es dans les = termes de=20 r=E9f=E9rence. Les dossiers de candidature constitu=E9s d=92un CV = et d=92une lettre=20 de motivation manuscrite devront =EAtre envoy=E9s par courrier = =E9lectronique =E0=20 l=92adresse suivante karibuhoye@lafiba.org=20 au plus tard le 31 mai = 2010.

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u=20 Manifestations de la semaine de la = biodiversit=E9,=20 Bissau, Parc national d=92Orango, Guin=E9e Bissau, du 17 au 21 mai = 2010.=20

u=20 5^=E8me Forum c=F4tier et = marin=20 ouest-africain, Nouakchott, Mauritanie, du 28 au 30 juin 2010.=20

u=20 R=E9union=20 r=E9gionale des Membres de l=92UICN en Afrique Centrale et = Occidentale et=20 formation sur les changements climatiques, Dakar, S=E9n=E9gal, du = 15 au 17=20 juin 2010.

u=20 Forums de la=20 soci=E9t=E9 civile dans le cadre du dialogue r=E9gional sur les = barrages=20 :

* Nouakchott, Mauritanie, du 24 au 26 = mai 2010=20

* S=E9lingu=E9, Mali, du 07 au 09 juin=20 2010

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u=20 Contacter la=20 Direction R=E9gionale du PACO : = paco@iucn.org

u=20 Consulter=20 le site web : www.iucn.org/paco

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IUCN and the=20 Republic of Korea are committed to organise the best Congress=20 ever

The=20 Union, the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea and = the=20 autonomous province of Jeju have signed an agreement to jointly = organise=20 the 2012 World Conservation Congress. This Congress will hold from = 6^th to 15^th September, 2012 at the Jungmun=20 International Conference Centre Complex in Jeju, an island = situated south=20 of the continent. This complex, equipped with most modern = equipment and=20 surrounded by a well preserved environment, is committed to = applying=20 ecological procedures, using renewable energies, electronic = signalling and=20 recyclable materials. The IUCN Congress, that holds every four = years, is=20 the most important international event on conservation. The 2012 = Congress=20 intends to place nature and conservation at the forefront of = international=20 challenges. congress@iucn.org=20 / www.iucn.org/congress

Earth Day=20 celebrated

Celebrated=20 for the first time on the 22^nd of April 1970 when the = American=20 Senator, Gaylord Nelson encouraged students to develop projects on = environmental awareness in their communities, each year this event = marks=20 the commemoration of the birth of the environmental movement as we = know it=20 today. In fact, this first Earth Day led to the creation of the=20 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the United States and the = adoption of the law =93Clean Air,=20 Clean Water, and Endangered Species=94. Earth Day gave great = impetus to=20 awareness campaigns on reuse and recycling, and helped to prepare = the=20 ground for the United Nations Earth Summit of Rio de Janeiro in=20 1992.

The=20 Allanblackia project phase II launched

The=20 standard setting and sustainable supply chain management project = phase II=20 was launched in Accra, Ghana on 30^th March 2010 by the = Deputy=20 Minister of Lands and natural Resources, Mr. Henry Ford Kamel. The = launch=20 was attended by over 60 people including the Steering Committee = Members of=20 the Allanblackia (AB) Partnership in Africa, the Swiss Ambassador = to=20 Ghana, the PACO Regional Director Representative and the Deputy = Minister=20 of Women and Children Affairs. The second phase of the project is = designed=20 to support the scaling up of production for Allanblackia oil. This = will=20 involve putting the systems in place to ensure an enabling = environment for=20 economic, social and environmental sustainability. The Development = Objective (DO) of the project is that =93Allanblackia improves = livelihoods and=20 landscapes in the Allanblackia endemic communities of Ghana=94 = while the=20 Specific Objective (SO) is that =93Allanblackia farmers have = improved=20 access to markets for sustainable production improving their = livelihoods=20 and the landscapes=94. samuel.kofi.nyame@iucn.org=20 / martin.nganje@iucn.org

Enhancing the=20 mainstreaming of climate change mitigation and adaptation actions = in=20 projects

Regional=20 workshops for the launching of the Sida initiative and the = training on the=20 use of CRiSTAL (Community based Risk Screening Tool-Adaptation and = Livelihoods) took place in Burkina Faso, respectively in Tenkodogo = (Centre-East Region) from 30^th March to 2^nd = April,=20 and in Koudougou (Centre-West Region) from 14^th to=20 17^th April, 2010. The overall objective of these two = workshops=20 was to build the capacity of actors for them to effectively = participate in=20 the implementation of climate change initiatives. In all, 86 = participants=20 from technical structures, councils, forest management worksites = and=20 various grassroots groups of the above-mentioned two regions took = part in=20 the workshops. These workshops served as a discussion forum on = climate=20 change and a framework for initiation on the use of CRiSTAL. It is = a tool=20 that makes it possible to mainstream climate change mitigation and = adaptation actions into community projects. clarisse.honadia@iucn.org=20 / oumarou.seynou@iucn.org=20 / sylzabre@yahoo.fr

CRiSTAL:=20 Toward better understanding of vulnerability and adaptation to = climate=20 change in the zone of a dam

Organised=20 within the framework of the regional dialogue project on dams, the = training workshop on the use of CRiSTAL, including an application = in the=20 village of Diadiam 3, took place from 6^th to = 9^th=20 April, 2010 in Saint-Louis in Senegal. It aimed at providing = participants=20 a framework to understand vulnerability and adaptation to climate = change=20 in local communities of the Diama dam zone, and enhance their = capacity to=20 mainstream these two aspects in the preparation and execution of = the=20 activities of a project. The training made it possible to fully = understand=20 the various concepts related to climate change as well as = strategies to be=20 put in place to avoid harming the local populations. Through = dialogue, the=20 participants were able to determine important resources (natural,=20 physical, social and human) for the livelihood of the village and=20 distinguished between climate risks and risks caused by the dam = itself.=20 jerome.koundouno@iucn.org

Third=20 competition for small projects open

The=20 French Fund for Global Environment (Le Fonds Fran=E7ais pour = l=92Environnement=20 Mondial) launched the 3^rd competition for small = projects on=20 biodiversity conservation and climate change. The rules governing = the=20 competition and the grant application file are available on the = FFEM=20 website (www.ffem.fr). This call for projects shall be closed = latest=20 5^th of September 2010 at 6 pm, Paris time. = Meanwhile=20 files received before the 15^th of July 2010 = shall be=20 given priority. Files should be sent to the following addresses:=20 ppi@uicn.fr=20 for projects in Central Africa and Madagascar and lacina.kone@iucn.org=20 (copy to ppi@iucn.org)=20 for projects in West Africa. geoffroy.mauvais@iucn.org

Senegalese=20 members of parliament experiment legislative=20 co-production

The=20 Network of Parliamentarians for Environmental Protection in = Senegal=20 (REPES) on 15^th April organised a day to study the = draft bill=20 on coasts. The Speaker of the National Assembly who was present at = the=20 event personally made the commitment to support this initiative. = The=20 participants underscored the originality of this endeavour that = consists=20 in submitting a draft bill to actors so as to know their = expectations and=20 concerns. They asked the members of parliament to consolidate this = endeavour by opening up these consultations to all sensitive = coastal=20 zones. They also wished that the action of the network be carried = out with=20 other ongoing initiatives, especially the mangroves charter. = safietou.sall@iucn.org=20 / racine.kane@iucn.org

Assessment=20 and perspectives for forest management in=20 Cameroon

Deliberations=20 of the 3^rd national forum on Cameroon forests took = place from=20 29th to 31st March, 2010 in Yaounde under the theme =9315 years of forestry = reforms:=20 assessment, evolution and perspectives=94. Under the very = distinguished=20 patronage of the Head of State, His Excellency Paul Biya, the = opening=20 ceremony of this Forum was chaired by the representative of the = Prime=20 Minister, Head of Government, the Minister of Forestry and = Wildlife, Prof.=20 Elvis Ngolle Ngolle. Close to 400 participants discussed about = forest=20 management during the past fifteen years. At the end of the forum=20 deliberations, =93= The=20 Declaration of the Forum=94 was drafted by all the = participants and read=20 during the closing ceremony. The manual of procedures for the = attribution=20 of community forests was also solemnly submitted by civil society. = Several=20 recommendations were formulated. remi.jiagho@iucn.org=20 / leonard.usongo@iucn.org

LLS partners=20 in Mali take part in a semi annual monitoring and evaluation = meeting of=20 the Programme

The=20 semi annual participatory monitoring and evaluation meeting of the = Landscape and Livelihoods Strategy (LLS) was held in Bor=E9 in = Mali from=20 24^th to 27^th March, 2010. Its objective was = to=20 validate the monitoring and evaluation plan, encourage discussions = and=20 sharing of outputs of the programme in 2009, and prepare 2010 = plan. In=20 all, 54 persons including 10 women from partner organisations and=20 institutions of the LLS programme took part in the meeting. During = the=20 deliberations, communities described the process of formulating = the theory=20 of change in the Kelba zone; participants reviewed the issues of=20 monitoring and evaluation, and validated the databases. They were = also=20 informed about the main action points for the year 2010. Based on = the=20 information produced during the workshop, the monitoring protocol = of LLS=20 Mali was completed. dominique.endamana@iucn.org=20 / yves.bathioo@iucn.org=20 / rokia.konare@iucn.org

Environmental=20 education a core concern

The=20 regional workshop for information and training on strategies, and=20 environmental education (EE) of partners of the Regional coastal = and=20 marine Environmental Education Programme (PREE) tools and = techniques took=20 place on the Island of Bubaque in the Bijagos archipelago in = Guinea Bissau=20 from 26^th March to 1^st April, 2010. Its = objective=20 was to build the scientific, technical and pedagogic capacities of = actors=20 on educational strategies, methodological approaches and the=20 production/use of EE pedagogic tools. This meeting brought = together 26=20 participants from 7 countries of the PRCM (Mauritania, Cape Verde, = Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea and Sierra Leone). This = regional=20 workshop of PREE made it possible to stimulate the network of EE = actors in=20 West Africa and concretely define priority actions and working = strategies=20 for the PREE, for the three main expected outputs. Roadmaps were = defined=20 but most especially there was the emergence of the will to = collaborate and=20 to build alliances. Field visits were undertaken to various sites = (school=20 group, Bubaque Port, ecological museum of the Bijagos Biosphere = Reserve,=20 network of EVA of the Cacheu Region, etc.). At the end of the = workshop,=20 the participants formulated several recommendations. frederic.airaud@iucn.org=20 / nelson.gomes.dias@iucn.org

IUCN is soon=20 going operational in the Republic of = Guinea

A=20 mission led by the Regional Director of PACO visited Conakry in = Guinea=20 from 22^nd to 24^th April, 2010, within the = framework=20 of preparing the interventions of PACO in the country. In fact, = PACO has=20 to execute a project on Restoration and Payment of Environmental = Services=20 in the Tinkisso Basin - REPASE that falls under the Poverty = Reduction and=20 Environmental Management Initiative Programme (PREMI). The = Ministry of=20 Mines, Energy and Water, the Ministry of Environment, Forestry = and Sustainable Development = and the=20 Coordination of the Massif du Fouta Djallon Programme of the = African=20 Union, all concerned about the project, have expressed some = enthusiasm=20 about the prospects of IUCN starting activities in Guinea, as well = as=20 their readiness to collaborate. The mission also conducts = interviews of=20 candidates for the position of coordinator of the REPASE Project.=20 aime.nianogo@iucn.org

IUCN-CIFOR=20 collaboration is being strengthened in the West and Central Africa = region

A=20 team led by Mrs. Frances Seymour, Director General of the Centre = for=20 International Forestry Research (CIFOR) paid a visit to the = Regional=20 Office of PACO on 9^th April, 2010. Several subjects = were=20 discussed including a project under preparation for the Mano River = region,=20 under the aegis of the African Development Bank (AfDB), and = perspectives=20 about Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation = (REDD)=20 in Burkina Faso. Both parties resolved to strengthen their = collaboration=20 starting with the above-mentioned subjects. aime.nianogo@iucn.org

Evaluation of=20 protected areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo=20 (DRC)

In=20 a bid to improve efficiency in the management of protected areas = in the=20 DRC, IUCN in collaboration with GTZ, organised from = 26^th to=20 28^th April, 2010 a workshop on evaluation of protected = areas in=20 the DRC. The workshop brought together some 30 experts of the = Congolese=20 Institute for Nature Conservation (Institut Congolais pour la = Conservation=20 de la Nature) (ICCN), heads of sites, as well as several partners = working=20 in previously selected pilot sites. The objective of the workshop = was to=20 strengthen the ICCN in the management of protected areas by = putting at its=20 disposal indispensable tools and methods to ensure efficiency of = current=20 management methods and their follow up in future. After three days = of=20 work, an analysis of the general situation was made that gave an = updated=20 status of protected areas in the DRC. An analysis of the data = collected on=20 pressures and threats will make it possible to identify priority = actions=20 for each site. sadia.demarquez@iucn.org=20 / antoine.eyebe@iucn.org=20 / dorothee.swedi@iucn.org

The project=20 =93Rehabilitation of Degraded Ecosystems of the Inner Delta of = Niger=94=20 launched.

Organised=20 by the IUCN Mali Programme with funding from the Swedish = International=20 Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), the national launching = workshop of=20 the project =93Rehabilitation of Degraded Ecosystems of the Inner = Delta of=20 Niger=94 (REDDIN) took place in Bamako in Mali on 23^rd = April,=20 2010. It brought together 30 participants, made up of = representatives of=20 technical and financial partners (mostly Sida and UNDP), national=20 directors of technical services and research institutes as well as = NGOs=20 and partner projects and programmes. It aimed at appropriation of = the=20 REDDIN Project by national actors, notably the Ministry of = Environment and=20 Sanitation and its partners. Given that, this appropriation is = even more=20 necessary as the REDDIN project is an preparatory phase of the = sustainable=20 development programme of the Inner Delta of Niger as concerns its=20 preparation at the Ministry of the Environment and Sanitation. The = said=20 meeting is a recommendation at launching and planning workshop for = activities of the REDDIN Project held with all regional actors of = the=20 project from 12^th to 14^th March, 2010 at the = Jean=20 Bosco Centre of S=E9var=E9. rokia.konare@iucn.org=20 / hamma_garey2003@yahoo.fr=20 / yves.bathiono@iucn.org

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IUCN-PACO=20 welcomes a new colleague:

Mr.=20 Antoine Ekodo Mani, Operations Officer with the IUCN Cameroon=20 Programme.=20 Cameroonian by nationality, accountant=20 by training, he is a holder of Maitrise in Management and a = University=20 Studies Certificate in Accounting and Finance obtained from the = University=20 of Ngaound=E9r=E9 in Cameroon. Today, he has 7 years of = professional=20 experience in administration, accounting, finance and auditing. He = has=20 worked as assistant administrator and internal auditor for more = than 3=20 years at WWF Jengi for the Es-Financial Auditing Chambers (EFAC);=20 administration and finance officer for Save Our Wildlife Cameroon=20 (2002-2005), Consultant (freelance) for C&A Technologies, GETP = and=20 International Relationship Cameroon. He took office on = 1^st=20 April, 2010. antoinemani@hotmail.com.br=20 / leonard.usongo@iucn.org

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u=20 Recruitment=20 of a Deputy Regional Coordinator of the Protected Areas = Programme.=20 The candidate shall be based in Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso. CVs = and=20 motivation letters attached to the candidate application = form=20 should be sent no later than 21^st May, 2010 to the = following=20 address: jobs.paco@iucn.org

u=20 Recruitment=20 of the Coordinator of the Project for the Improving of Water = Governance=20 in the Volta Basin (PAGEV). He/she will be based in = Ouagadougou in=20 Burkina Faso. Interested candidates should fill the candidate=20 application form to which will be attached their CVs and = motivation=20 letter before submitting no later than 25^th May, 2010, = at the=20 following address: jobs.paco@iucn.org

u=20 In=20 the context of support to the institutionalization of the regional = network=20 of marine protected areas RAMPAO (PRCM II), FIBA is recruiting a=20 Project manager for the Gap Analysis of RAMPAO, for a = period of=20 eighteen (18) months starting from 1^st July 2010. The = details=20 of the position and requirements are presented in the terms of = reference.=20 Applications consisting of a CV and a handwritten letter will be = sent by=20 email to the following address karibuhoye@lafiba.org=20 no later than 31^st May, = 2010.

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u=20 Celebration=20 of Biodiversity Week, Bissau, Orango National Park, Guinea Bissau, = from=20 17^th to 21^st May, 2010. =

u=20 5^th=20 Coastal and Marine Forum, Nouakchott, Mauritania, from = 28^th to=20 30^th June, 2010.

u=20 Regional=20 meeting of IUCN members of Central and West Africa and training on = climate=20 change, Dakar, Senegal, from 15^th to 17^th = June,=20 2010.

u=20 Civil=20 Society Fora in the framework of the regional dialogue on dams:=20

* Nouakchott, Mauritania = from=20 24^th to 26^th May, 2010 =

* S=E9lingu=E9, Mali, = from=20 7^th to 9^th June, = 2010

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u=20 Contact the = PACO=20 Regional Office : paco@iucn.org=20

u=20 The website : www.iucn.org/paco=20

u=20 PACO = Newsletter :=20 http://www.iucn.org/fr/propos/union/secretariat/bureau= x/paco/res_pub_paco/paconews =

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