Kigali,=20 la capitale rwandaise a =E9t=E9 choisie par le Programme des = Nations Unies=20 pour l'environnement (PNUE) comme h=F4te de la journ=E9e mondiale = de=20 l'environnement c=E9l=E9br=E9e le 5 juin 2010. Diverses = activit=E9s sont=20 envisag=E9es sur plusieurs jours visant =E0 inspirer les Rwandais, = les=20 Africains dans leur ensemble et la population =E0 travers le monde = =E0 agir=20 pour l'environnement. En soutien =E0 l'Ann=E9e internationale de = la=20 biodiversit=E9 des Nations Unies c=E9l=E9br=E9e en 2010, alors = qu=92environ 17.291=20 esp=E8ces sont menac=E9es d'extinction dans le monde, le th=E8me = de cette ann=E9e=20 est =AB Des Millions d'Esp=E8ces. Une plan=E8te. Un Avenir commun = =BB. Le PNUE a=20 choisi le Rwanda comme h=F4te pour sa richesse environnementale, = qui=20 comprend des esp=E8ces rares et =E9conomiquement importantes = telles que le=20 gorille de montagnes. Le pays d=E9veloppe des strat=E9gies = prospectives, dont=20 le d=E9veloppement des =E9nergies renouvelables comme l'=E9nergie = solaire et la=20 production de biogaz, est internationalement reconnu pour avoir = interdit=20 l'usage et la fabrication de sacs plastiques, pour ses campagnes=20 nationales de nettoyage et pour la volont=E9 de mettre en place un = =AB couloir=20 =BB de protection pour les = chimpanz=E9s.

Catastrophes dans le paysage des = Virunga/Parc=20 National des Volcans (PNV)

Dans la = semaine du 10=20 au 16 mai 2010, la r=E9gion du paysage des Virunga/PNV a connu des = pluies=20 diluviennes qui ont occasionn=E9 beaucoup de d=E9g=E2ts, notamment = la=20 destruction des cultures et des habitations des populations. Au = pied du=20 volcan Nyiragongo localis=E9 en R=E9publique D=E9mocratique du = Congo, plus d=92une=20 vingtaine de morts ont =E9t=E9 enregistr=E9es. Du c=F4t=E9 du PNV = au Rwanda, un=20 gorille et son b=E9b=E9 ont =E9t=E9 retrouv=E9s morts. Ces = d=E9c=E8s, certainement dus=20 aux intemp=E9ries selon l=92organisation en charge du Tourisme et = de la=20 Conservation, le =AB Rwanda Development Board =BB, surviennent au = moment o=F9 le=20 pays se pr=E9pare =E0 accueillir le 5 Juin 2010, les = c=E9r=E9monies de la Journ=E9e=20 Mondiale de l=92Environnement au cours de laquelle il est pr=E9vu = de donner=20 les noms aux nouveau-n=E9s des Gorilles. habiyambereth@yahoo.fr

La Journ=E9e internationale de la = diversit=E9=20 biologique 2010 a 10 ans

L=92Organisation des=20 Nations Unies (ONU) a d=E9clar=E9 2010 =AB Ann=E9e internationale = de la=20 biodiversit=E9 =BB afin de mobiliser l=92ensemble de la = communaut=E9=20 internationale sur la richesse et la fragilit=E9 de toute forme de = vie. La=20 Journ=E9e internationale de la biodiversit=E9 a =E9t=E9 = c=E9l=E9br=E9e le 22 mai dernier=20 sous le th=E8me =AB = Biodiversit=E9,=20 d=E9veloppement et r=E9duction de la pauvret=E9 =BB. Cr=E9=E9e = en 2000 par les=20 Nations Unies, cette =E9dition avait une signification sp=E9ciale = pour tous=20 les v=E9g=E9taux et les animaux, en particulier au cours de cette = ann=E9e=20 internationale de la biodiversit=E9 o=F9 elle f=EAte ses 10 ans. = La Journ=E9e=20 internationale de la diversit=E9 biologique vise =E0 mieux faire = comprendre=20 les enjeux de la biodiversit=E9 et =E0 sensibiliser =E0 = l=92importance des=20 =E9cosyst=E8mes et de la biodiversit=E9 pour le bien-=EAtre de=20 l=92humanit=E9.

Journ=E9e internationale de la = biodiversit=E9 : Le=20 Cameroun anticipe l=92=E9v=E9nement =20

En = partenariat avec=20 l=92UICN, le WWF, la GTZ, le Minist=E8re de l=92environnement et = de la=20 protection de la nature (MINEP) du Cameroun a anticip=E9 = l=92=E9v=E8nement en=20 c=E9l=E9brant le 12 mai dernier, au pied du Mont Fako =E0 Limb=E9, = ville situ=E9 au=20 sud-ouest du pays, la biodiversit=E9 sous le th=E8me : =AB = Biodiversit=E9 et 50=20 ans de d=E9veloppement =BB. La forte d=E9l=E9gation d=92experts, = d=92administrations=20 en charge de l=92environnement, d=92Organisations non = gouvernementales a=20 parcouru la for=EAt secondaire afin d=92exp=E9rimenter la = biodiversit=E9 dans son=20 milieu et de se rendre compte de la richesse faunique et = v=E9g=E9tale de cet=20 =E9cosyst=E8me tropical, marin, forestier, sah=E9lien et = montagneux. Ils ont=20 =E9galement d=E9couvert un =E9cosyst=E8me fragilis=E9 par le = passage en 1999, des=20 laves de l=92=E9ruption volcanique du Mont Cameroun. leonard.usongo@iucn.org

La Guin=E9e Bissau c=E9l=E8bre la=20 biodiversit=E9

L=92Institut = pour la=20 Biodiversit=E9 et les Aires Prot=E9g=E9es (IBAP) et ses = partenaires ont d=E9di=E9 la=20 semaine du 17 au 22 mai 2010 =E0 des initiatives de promotion des = efforts de=20 conservation r=E9alis=E9s en Guin=E9e Bissau. Ceci dans l=92espoir = de valoriser=20 les efforts du Gouvernement guin=E9en et de ses partenaires locaux = et=20 internationaux pour la gestion durable des ressources naturelles, = de=20 mettre en valeur le patrimoine naturel et culturel du pays et de=20 sensibiliser la population sur la n=E9cessit=E9 de prendre soin de = l=92environnement. Une exposition pr=E9sentant la diversit=E9 = naturelle et=20 culturelle du pays a permis de sensibiliser de nombreux enfants de = la=20 capitale sur l=92importance de la biodiversit=E9. Un concours de = gastronomie=20 de l=92archipel des Bijagos a permis de rappeler =E0 tous = l=92importance de la=20 biodiversit=E9 pour la s=E9curit=E9 alimentaire du pays. Enfin, = une marche=20 sportive a rassembl=E9 plus de 1000 personnes pour un grand =E9lan de = solidarit=E9 en faveur=20 de l=92environnement de la Guin=E9e Bissau. Cet =E9v=E9nement a = =E9t=E9 organis=E9 avec=20 le soutien de l=92Ambassade de France en Guin=E9e Bissau, le PRCM, = l=92UICN, No=E9=20 Conservation, la FIBA et AFRIPECHE. alfredo.dasilva@iucn.org / = frederic.airaud@iucn.org / = nelson.gomes.dias@iucn.org

Le Cameroun et l=92Union Europ=E9enne = paraphent=20 l=92Accord de Partenariat Volontaire = FLEGT

Le Cameroun = a paraph=E9,=20 le 6 mai dernier =E0 Yaound=E9, l=92Accord de Partenariat = Volontaire =AB Forest=20 Law Enforcement on Governance and Trade =BB (APV FLEGT) avec = l=92Union=20 Europ=E9enne (UE). Cet acte permettra de poursuivre et de = d=E9velopper les=20 exportations des bois tropicaux du Cameroun vers l=92UE dans un = cadre l=E9gal.=20 Le Cameroun et l=92UE se sont engag=E9s depuis septembre 2007 dans = la=20 n=E9gociation de cet accord ; la partie Camerounaise = b=E9n=E9ficiant de l=92appui=20 technique de la coop=E9ration allemande depuis le d=E9marrage =E0 = travers le=20 Programme des Politiques Foresti=E8res Internationales (IFP) et le = Programme=20 d=92appui au Programme Sectoriel For=EAts Environnement (ProPSFE). = L=92accord=20 avec le Cameroun est le 3^=E8me accord de partenariat = volontaire=20 FLEGT sign=E9 par l=92UE dans le monde, apr=E8s celui du Ghana en = septembre 2008=20 et de la R=E9publique du Congo en mai 2009. De plus, cet accord = est le=20 2^=E8me sign=E9 par un pays du Bassin du Congo, la plus = grande for=EAt=20 tropicale au monde apr=E8s l=92Amazonie, une zone de = biodiversit=E9 d=92importance=20 mondiale et un gigantesque r=E9servoir de carbone. leonard.usongo@iucn.org / = cleto.ndikumagenge@iucn.org

Le Secr=E9tariat, les Membres et les = Commissions de=20 l=92UICN au Burkina Faso resserrent leurs = liens

Le programme = de l=92UICN=20 au Burkina Faso a eu une s=E9ance de travail avec les Membres de = l=92Union=20 dans ce pays le 7 mai 2010 =E0 Ouagadougou visant =E0 dynamiser = leurs=20 partenariats. Cette rencontre plac=E9e sous la c=E9l=E9bration de = l=92ann=E9e de la=20 biodiversit=E9, a permis d=92identifier les domaines potentiels de = collaboration, de convenir des activit=E9s =E0 conduire et de = s=92accorder sur=20 les partenariats =E0 =E9tablir pour la conduite =E0 terme du = programme=20 quadriennal. A ce propos, il a =E9t=E9 convenu que soit = =E9labor=E9 d=92ici fin=20 novembre, un plan de communication entre les diff=E9rentes = composantes de=20 l=92UICN (Commissions, Membres, Secr=E9tariat). Un planning = concert=E9 a =E9t=E9=20 =E9tabli pour la mise en =9Cuvre de certaines activit=E9s = prioritaires et qui=20 voit la responsabilisation des Membres des Commissions =AB = Droit de=20 l=92Environnement =BB et =AB Aires prot=E9g=E9es =BB. D=92ores et = d=E9j=E0, pour un suivi=20 cons=E9quent, les participants ont convenu de deux rencontres par = an et ont=20 planifi=E9 la 2^=E8me rencontre de cette ann=E9e au 23 = septembre.=20 moumini.savadogo@iucn.org / = clarisse.honadia@iucn.org=20

Les Parlementaires et =E9lus locaux = renforcent leurs=20 capacit=E9s

3D"Corporate L=92Alliance = des=20 Parlementaires et Elus Locaux pour la Protection de = l=92Environnement des=20 Pays du Littoral Ouest Africain =AB APPEL =BB, a organis=E9, le 19 = mai dernier =E0=20 Dakar au S=E9n=E9gal, un atelier de travail sur les th=E9matiques = P=EAche,=20 Hydrocarbures, et Mangrove. Les parlementaires, =E9lus locaux et = techniciens=20 de la Sierra L=E9one, du S=E9n=E9gal, du Cap Vert, de la Guin=E9e = Bissau, de la=20 Guin=E9e, de la Gambie et de la Mauritanie y ont pris part. Ils = ont =E9chang=E9=20 de fa=E7on sp=E9cifique sur des probl=E9matiques telles que = l=92=E9tat de la=20 ressource et les pressions exerc=E9es sur elle par la p=EAche = artisanale et=20 industrielle, les risques politiques, =E9conomiques, sociaux et = =E9cologiques=20 dans le domaine de l=92exploitation offshore et le transport des=20 hydrocarbures sur le littoral ouest-africain et sur la charte = relative =E0=20 la mangrove. Les parlementaires ont profit=E9 de cette occasion = pour visiter=20 le quai de p=EAche de Kayar et la Soci=E9t=E9 Africaine de = Raffinage (SAR) pour=20 s=92impr=E9gner de la r=E9alit=E9 du terrain et appr=E9hender = ainsi les difficult=E9s=20 r=E9elles que rencontrent les acteurs de ces secteurs. = racine.kane@iucn.org=20 /=20 safietou.sall@iucn.org

Les experts maliens se penchent sur = l=92am=E9nagement=20 et la gestion des eaux du Sourou

Dans le = cadre de=20 l=92ex=E9cution du Projet de Gestion Int=E9gr=E9e des Ressources = en Eau dans le=20 Sourou (PGIRES), une r=E9union s=92est tenue le 24 mai 2010 =E0 = Bamako au Mali=20 sur le processus d=92=E9laboration du sch=E9ma directeur = d=92am=E9nagement et de=20 gestion des eaux (SDAGE) de la portion nationale du bassin du = Sourou. Elle=20 a regroup=E9 les repr=E9sentants du Partenariat National de = l=92Eau du Mali, de=20 l=92UICN et des diff=E9rentes directions nationales impliqu=E9es = dans le=20 processus global de l=92am=E9nagement du territoire (Direction = nationale de=20 l=92am=E9nagement du territoire, Direction nationale de = l=92hydraulique,=20 Direction nationale de la planification et du d=E9veloppement, = Direction=20 nationale des eaux et for=EAts). Ils ont =E9chang=E9 sur les = termes de=20 r=E9f=E9rences pour l=92=E9laboration d=92un document d=92=E9tat = des lieux du bassin du=20 Sourou et propos=E9 une feuille de route du processus = d=92=E9laboration du=20 SDAGE. La rencontre a permis d=92harmoniser les visions sur le = processus en=20 cours au Mali depuis l=92adoption du plan d=92action pour la = gestion int=E9gr=E9e=20 des ressources en eau. Il a =E9t=E9 sugg=E9r=E9 de formaliser ce = cadre en Comit=E9=20 de suivi restreint de l=92ensemble du processus d=92=E9laboration = du SDAGE.=20 cessouma@yahoo.fr / = rokia.konare@iucn.org

Les outils de planification et = d=92=E9valuation de=20 l=92efficacit=E9 de gestion des aires prot=E9g=E9es pass=E9s en=20 revue

La r=E9union = du groupe=20 de travail du R=E9seau des Aires Prot=E9g=E9es de l=92Afrique = Centrale (RAPAC)=20 s=92est tenue =E0 Douala au Cameroun du 28 au 30 avril 2010. Elle = a permis de=20 passer en revue certains outils de planification et = d=92=E9valuation de=20 l=92efficacit=E9 de gestion des aires prot=E9g=E9es (PAMETT, MIST, = Mod=E8le=20 Conceptuel, EoH) et d=92en choisir trois qui seront vulgaris=E9s = davantage=20 dans le RAPAC (PAMETT, MIST et plan de gestion). Les fiches = techniques de=20 formation sur les outils identifi=E9s ont =E9t=E9 =E9labor=E9es. = La rencontre a=20 donn=E9 l=92occasion de constater que l=92utilisation de ces = outils de=20 planification et d=92=E9valuation de l=92efficacit=E9 de gestion = reste un=20 v=E9ritable d=E9fi =E0 relever au niveau de la plupart des sites = du RAPAC. A ce=20 titre, l=92=E9valuation RAPPAM de certains de ces sites pr=E9vue = en mai 2010=20 pourrait =EAtre un excellent moyen d=92impulser l=92am=E9lioration = de la gestion=20 des sites du R=E9seau, mais aussi renforcerait la collaboration = entre l=92UICN=20 et le RAPAC. L=92outil EoH, en cours de mise en =9Cuvre au niveau = des sites du=20 patrimoine mondial de l=92Afrique de l=92Ouest sera vulgaris=E9 = davantage,=20 courant 2010, dans certains sites en Afrique centrale. Par = ailleurs, les=20 participants ont =E9labor=E9 le plan de travail 2010 du RAPAC. = youssouph.diedhiou@iucn.org / = geoffroy.mauvais@iucn.org

Le Programme th=E9matique r=E9gional de = conservation=20 de for=EAts peaufine ses strat=E9gies

La = 2^=E8me=20 r=E9union de Coordination s=92est d=E9roul=E9e du 26 au 30 avril = 2010 =E0 Sogakofe=20 au Ghana. Elle visait =E0 assurer une meilleure synergie entre le = Programme=20 for=EAt et les autres composantes du PACO (Programmes pays et = th=E9matiques=20 r=E9gionales) pour l=92atteinte des r=E9sultats sur la gestion = durable des=20 ressources foresti=E8res. Elle a regroup=E9 les Membres de = l=92UICN et quelque=20 personnel du programme au niveau global, r=E9gional et national. = La=20 formation sur le Plaidoyer a abouti =E0 l=92=E9laboration des = plans d=92action.=20 Par ailleurs, les projets et concepts disponibles ont =E9t=E9 = r=E9pertori=E9s, une=20 feuille de route et une strat=E9gie de d=E9veloppement du = programme for=EAt en=20 Afrique centrale et occidentale =E9labor=E9es. Plusieurs = recommandations ont=20 =E9t=E9 formul=E9es dont le d=E9veloppement des notes de concept = sur les domaines=20 th=E9matiques non encore couverts ; la mise en place d=92un = Programme=20 d=92approbation des projets lors des r=E9unions de planification ; = l=92=E9tablissement d=92un mode op=E9ratoire (r=F4le et = responsabilit=E9s =E0=20 diff=E9rentes =E9chelles) pour la pr=E9paration et la mise en = =9Cuvre de la=20 2^=E8me phase du programme Paysages et Moyens = d=92existence (LLS) ;=20 la n=E9gociation avec les bailleurs des cycles de financement de 4 = ans pour=20 la phase 2 de LLS. cleto.ndikumagenge@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

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De=20 nouveaux coll=E8gues au sein de = l=92UICN-PACO

M. Oumar Ndiaye, Coordinateur de = l=92Initiative pour=20 la R=E9duction de la Pauvret=E9 et la Gestion de = l=92Environnement (PREMI) bas=E9 =E0 = Ouagadougou au=20 Burkina Faso. De = nationalit=E9=20 s=E9n=E9galaise, M. Oumar Ndiaye est titulaire d=92un DEA en = g=E9ographie, d=92un=20 DEA en socio-anthropologie, d=92un DESS en am=E9nagement, = d=E9centralisation et=20 d=E9veloppement territorial et finalise actuellement sa th=E8se de = doctorat en=20 environnement et d=E9veloppement. Il a une exp=E9rience = diversifi=E9e touchant=20 notamment =E0 la r=E9duction de la pauvret=E9, la vulgarisation = des m=E9thodes=20 participatives, la gouvernance des ressources naturelles, la = gestion=20 durable des terres, l=92adaptation =E0 la variabilit=E9 climatique = et le=20 lobbying et le plaidoyer. Il a occup=E9 diverses fonctions et la = derni=E8re=20 avant de rejoindre l=92UICN =E9tait celle d=92expert en gestion = des ressources=20 naturelles (capitalisation et suivi technique et scientifique des = projets)=20 au Comit=E9 permanent Inter-=E9tat de Lutte contre la S=E9cheresse = au Sahel=20 (CILSS). Auteur de cinq catalogues sur les m=E9thodes et = techniques de lutte=20 contre la d=E9sertification, la fertilit=E9 des sols et = l=92adaptation au=20 changement climatique, il a pris fonction le 1^er juin = 2010.=20 oumar.ndiaye@iucn.org / = felir2003@yahoo.fr / = ousmane.diallo@iucn.org

M.=20 Sylvain Zabr=E9, Facilitateur des projets =ABCC-PREMI/ASDI - = int=E9gration du=20 changement climatique dans les=20 politiques de r=E9duction de la pauvret=E9 =BB et =AB CC/DANIDA - = renforcement de=20 l=92efficacit=E9 de la contribution de la soci=E9t=E9 civile dans = la mise en =9Cuvre=20 du programme changement climatique =BB bas=E9 =E0 Ouagadougou au = Burkina Faso.=20 L=92Ing=E9nieur=20 des Eaux et For=EAts Burkinab=E8 dispose d=92une exp=E9rience = professionnelle de=20 plus de 15 ans dans la mise en =9Cuvre des projets et programmes = de gestion=20 des ressources naturelles tant =E0 l=92int=E9rieur qu=92=E0 = l=92ext=E9rieur du Burkina=20 Faso. Au Burkina Faso, il fut sp=E9cialiste en am=E9nagement = forestier et en=20 environnement dans plusieurs projets dont le =AB Projet = Am=E9nagement des=20 For=EAts Naturelles =BB, le =AB Projet R=E9gional pour le Sous = Secteur des=20 Energies Traditionnelles =BB, le =AB Projet d=92Appui =E0 la = R=E9duction de la=20 Pauvret=E9 au Niveau Communal =BB, le =AB Projet de = D=E9veloppement Rural=20 D=E9centralis=E9 et Participatif dans les provinces du Baz=E8ga et = du Kadiogo =BB.=20 M. Zabr=E9 a =E9galement travaill=E9 au PNUD/N=92djam=E9na (Tchad) = comme sp=E9cialiste=20 en environnement et au PNUD/Moroni (Iles Comores) comme = Sp=E9cialiste en=20 Gestion des Ressources Foresti=E8res et D=E9veloppement = Communautaire. Il a=20 pris fonction en avril 2010. sylvain.zabre@iucn.org=20 / moumini.savadogo@iucn.org=20

M.=20 Molenge Mangenza Toussaint, Point Focal du Programme r=E9gional en = faveur de=20 l'environnement en 3D"100_1136" Afrique=20 centrale (CARPE) bas=E9 =E0 Kinshasa en R=E9publique = D=E9mocratique du Congo=20 (RDC). Ing=E9nieur=20 Agronome de formation (option Economie Agricole), il a une = expertise en=20 Am=E9nagement Durable de For=EAt, en audit et certification = foresti=E8re et en=20 technique de plaidoyer. M. Molenge a travaill=E9 aussi bien pour = le compte du Minist=E8re de = l=92Agriculture et de=20 l=92environnement de la RDC, que pour les organismes de conservation, les ONG = nationales=20 et internationales =E0 l=92instar de la Coop=E9ration Technique = Belge (CTB/BTC),=20 du Fonds Mondial pour la Nature (WWF), de l=92Observatoire des = For=EAts=20 d=92Afrique Centrale (projet FORAF), du Comit=E9 de Droit de = l=92Homme et D=E9veloppement (CODHOD = asbl) et=20 enfin du Groupe d=92Action Pour la protection de l=92Environnement = =AB GAPE-RDC=20 =BB. Il a pris fonction le 1^er juin 2010. toussaintmolenge@yahoo.fr=20 / kenneth.angu@iucn.org

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u=20 Recrutement=20 d=92un Coordonnateur=20 du projet =AB Mobilisation des connaissances environnementales = pour=20 l=92am=E9lioration des politiques r=E9gionales en Afrique de = l=92Ouest =BB.=20 Les CV et lettre de motivation joints au formulaire de candidature = doivent=20 =EAtre envoy=E9es au plus tard le 15 juin =E0 18 heures = 2010 =E0 l=92adresse=20 suivante : jobs.paco@iucn.org=20

u=20 Recrutement=20 d=92un Consortium=20 ou cabinet d=92experts pour l=92=E9valuation =E0 mi-parcours = (2008-2011) du=20 Programme R=E9gional de Conservation de la zone c=F4ti=E8re et = Marine en Afrique=20 de l=92Ouest (PRCM). Veuillez prendre connaissance des = termes de=20 r=E9f=E9rences et envoyer les offres, de pr=E9f=E9rence par mail, = au plus tard=20 le 25 juin 2010 =E0 17 heures GMT =E0 l=92adresse suivante : = Barth=E9l=E9my Jean=20 A. Batieno - Charg=E9 de programme suivi - =E9valuation - = capitalisation -=20 Unit=E9 de coordination PRCM - BP : 4167 UICN Nouakchott - = Mauritanie -=20 Email : barthelemy.batieno@iucn.org

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Rapport=20 annuel 2009 UICN-PACO

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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 Forum de la=20 soci=E9t=E9 civile dans le cadre du dialogue r=E9gional sur les = barrages,=20 S=E9lingu=E9, Mali, du 07 au 09 juin 2010.

u=20 R=E9union de=20 validation du projet Mangrove, Douala, Cameroun, du 16 au 17 juin=20 2010.

u=20 R=E9union du=20 Programme global de conservation des for=EAts, Gland, Suisse, du 6 = au 12=20 juin 2010.

u=20 Inauguration=20 officielle du nouveau Centre de la conservation de l=92UICN, 4 = Juin 2010,=20 Gland, Suisse.

u=20 R=E9union du=20 Conseil de l=92UICN, du 29 mai au 06 juin 2010, Gland,=20 Suisse

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&n= bsp; =20 PACO=20 NEWS, Mai 2010

Kigali,=20 capital of Rwanda, has been named by the United Nations = Environment=20 Programme (UNEP) as the global host of the World Environment = Programme=20 which will be celebrated on June 5, 2010. Several-days=92 = activities=20 envisaged aims at inspiring Rwandan and Africans as a whole = throughout the=20 world to act in favour of the environment. About 17,291 species = are=20 endangered with extinction in the world and in support of the UN=20 International Year of Biodiversity celebrated in 2010, this = year=92s theme=20 is =AB Many Species, One = Planet, One=20 Future =BB. UNEP has named Rwanda as global host due to its=20 environmental richness including rare and economically-important = species=20 such as the mountain gorilla. The country is developing = forward-looking=20 strategies including the development of renewable energies as = hydropower,=20 solar power, biogas and methane gas for power generation. Rwanda = is also=20 already internationally-renowned for having introduced a ban on = plastic=20 bags, its nationwide environmental clean-up campaigns and its = willingness=20 to implement a chimpanzee conservation programme.

Disasters in=20 the Virunga landscape/Volcanoes National Park=20 (PNV)

In=20 the week from May 10th to 16th, 2010, the Virunga Landscape = region/PNV was=20 hit by torrential rains causing serious damage, including = destruction of=20 people=92s cultures and homes. At the foot of Nyiragongo volcano = located in=20 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), there were more than twenty = deaths. In=20 Rwanda=92s PNV, one gorilla and its baby were found dead. These = deaths,=20 certainly due to bad weather according to the agency in charge of = tourism=20 and conservation, =ABRwanda Development Board =BB, occurred when = the country=20 is preparing to celebrate on June 5^th, 2010, the World=20 Environment Day during which it is planned to name the newborn = gorillas.=20 habiyambereth@yahoo.fr =

The=20 International Day of biological diversity 2010 is 10 years=20 old

The=20 United Nations Organisation (UNO) has proclaimed 2010 =AB International Year of = biodiversity=20 =BB in order to mobilize the whole international community = around the=20 richness and fragility of all lifeforms. The International day of=20 biodiversity was celebrated last May 22^th, 2010 under = the theme=20 =AB Biodiversity, = Development and=20 Poverty alleviation =BB. Created in 2000 by the United = Nations, this=20 edition is especially significant in that it marks 10 years of the = creation of the International day of biological diversity. The=20 International Day of Biological Diversity aims at creating better=20 understand of biodiversity issues and raising awareness about the=20 importance of ecosystems and biodiversity to human=20 well-beings.

International=20 Day of Biodiversity: Cameroon anticipates the=20 event

In=20 partnership with IUCN, WWF, GTZ, the Ministry of Environment and=20 Protection of Nature of Cameroon celebrated the event on May=20 12^th, 2010 at the foot of Mount Fako in Limb=E9, a town = located=20 in the South-West of the country. The theme of the celebration = was: =AB Biodiversity and 50 = years of=20 Development =BB. The strong delegation made up of experts from = administrations in charge of the environment and Non Governmental=20 Organisations went through the secondary forest in order to = experience=20 biodiversity in its natural setting and to perceive the richness = of plant=20 and animal diversity of this tropical, marine, forest, sahelian, = and=20 mountainous ecosystem. They also discovered an ecosystem weakened = by the=20 lava flow from the Mount Cameroon volcanic eruption in 1999. = leonard.usongo@iucn.org

Guinea-=20 Bissau celebrates biodiversity

The=20 Institute for Biodiversity and Protected Areas (IBAP) and its = partners=20 dedicated the 17^th - 22^th May week to = initiatives=20 for promoting conservation efforts in Guinea-Bissau, in the hope = of=20 valuing the Guinean Government and its local and international = partners=20 effort for sustainable management of natural resources, to enhance = the=20 natural and cultural heritage of the country and to raise people = awareness=20 about the necessity to take care of environment. An exhibition on = the=20 natural and cultural diversity of the country helped educate many = children=20 of the capital on the importance of biodiversity. The organisation = of a=20 gastronomic competition of the Bijagos Archipelago helped to = remind all=20 about the importance of biodiversity to food security in the = country.=20 Finally, a walking sport gathered more than 1,000 people for a = huge surge=20 of solidarity in favour of the environment of Guinea-Bissau. This = event=20 was organised with the support of French Embassy in Guinea-Bissau, = PRCM,=20 IUCN, No=E9 Conservation, FIBA and AFRIPECHE. alfredo.dasilva@iucn.org=20 / frederic.airaud@iucn.org=20 / nelson.gomes.dias@iucn.org

Cameroon and=20 European Union sign the FLEGT Voluntary Partnership=20 Agreement

Cameroon=20 signed, on 6^th May in Yaounde, the voluntary = partnership=20 agreement =AB Forest Law Enforcement on Governance and Trade =BB = (APV FLEGT)=20 with European Union (UE). This will help pursue and develop = tropical wood=20 exports from Cameroon towards EU under a legal framework. Cameroon = and EU=20 have been engaged in negotiations since September 2007 on this = agreement;=20 Cameroon has benefited, since the start of negotiations, from the=20 technical support of German Cooperation, through the International = Forest=20 Policy (IFP) and the support programme for the implementation of = the=20 forest environment sector Programme (ProPSFE). This agreement with = Cameroon is the third FLEGT voluntary partnership agreement signed = with EU=20 in the world, after Ghana in September 2008 and Democratic = Republic of=20 Congo in May 2009. In addition, this agreement is the second = signed by a=20 country of Congo Basin, the world=92s largest tropical forest = after=20 Amazonia, a globally significant biodiversity Area and a huge = carbon=20 reservoir. leonard.usongo@iucn.org=20 / cleto.ndikumagenge@iucn.org

IUCN=20 Secretariat, Members and Commissions in Burkina Faso strengthen = their=20 relations

IUCN=20 - Burkina Faso held a working session with the Union Members in = this=20 country on 7^th May and it aimed at boosting their = partnerships.=20 This meeting came under the celebration of the year of = biodiversity and=20 helped identify potential areas of collaboration, agreed on = activities to=20 be carried out and partnerships to establish to bring the = four-year=20 programme to completion. In this regard, it was agreed to draw up = by the=20 end of November a communication plan between the different UICN = Members=20 (Commissions, Members, Secretariat). A concerted planning was = drawn up for=20 the implementation of some priority activities including = accountability of=20 Members of the =AB Environmental Law =BB and =AB Protected areas = =BB Commissions.=20 For the moment, for a consistent follow-up, participants agreed on = holding=20 two meetings a year and scheduled the second meeting of this year = on=20 23^rd September. moumini.savadogo@iucn.org=20 /=20 clarisse.honadia@iucn.org

Parliamentarians and=20 elected local representatives strengthen their=20 capacities

3D"Corporate Alliance=20 of parliamentarians and local elected representatives for the = protection=20 of the environment in the countries on the west coast =AB APPEL = =BB organised=20 a workshop on 19^th May in Dakar, Senegal, on the = following=20 theme: fishing, hydrocarbons, and mangrove. Parliamentarians, = local=20 elected representatives and technicians from Sierra Leone, = Senegal, Cape=20 Verde, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Gambia and Mauritania participated = in this=20 workshop. Issues discussed include: the state of the resource and=20 pressures exerted on it by artisanal and industrial fishing, = political,=20 economic and ecological risks in the offshore exploitation field = and=20 hydrocarbon transportation on the West African coastline and the = mangrove=20 charter. Parliamentarians took this opportunity to visit Kayar = fishing=20 harbour and the African Petroleum Company (SAR) to have a clearly = image of=20 the field issues and thus better understand the real difficulties = met by=20 actors of the sectors. racine.kane@iucn.org=20 / safietou.sall@iucn.org

Malian=20 Experts consider water management in = Sourou

As=20 part of the implementation of the Integrated Water Resources = Management=20 Program in the Sourou, a meeting was held on 24^th May, = 2010 in=20 Bamako, Mali on the process for drawing up a master plan for water = management (SDAGE) of the national part of the Sourou Basin. It = gathered=20 representatives from the National Water Partnership, IUCN and the=20 different national departments involved in the country global = planning=20 process (National Department of country planning, National = Department of=20 hydraulics, National Department of planning and Development, = National=20 Department of water and forests). They discussed the terms of = reference=20 for drawing up a stocktaking paper on the Sourou Basin and = suggested a=20 road map for the SDAGE drawing up process. The meeting helped = harmonize=20 views on the ongoing process in Mali since the adoption of the = action plan=20 for the integrated management of water resources. It was suggested = to=20 formalize this framework for a small follow up committee of the = whole=20 SDAGE drawing up process. cessouma@yahoo.fr=20 / rokia.konare@iucn.org

The planning=20 and assessing tools of the protected areas management = effectiveness=20 reviewed

The=20 meeting of the work group of Central Africa protected areas = network=20 (RAPAC) took place in Douala, Cameroon from 28^th to=20 30^th April, 2010. It helped review some planning and = assessing=20 tools of protected areas Management effectiveness (PAMETT, MIST, = Mod=E8le=20 Conceptuel, EoH) and chose three out of them which will be more = spread out=20 in the RAPAC (PAMETT, MIST and management plan). Training = specification=20 sheets on the identified tools were drawn up. The meeting was the = occasion=20 to note that use of these planning and assessing tools of = management=20 effectiveness remains a real challenge to be faced by most of = RAPAC sites.=20 In this regard, RAPPAM evaluation of some of these sites planned = in May=20 2010 could be an excellent means to better improve management of = the=20 Network sites, but also should reinforce collaboration between = IUCN and=20 RAPAC. The EoH tool, which is being implemented in the West = African world=20 heritage sites, will be more spread out in 2010, in some Central = African=20 sites. Furthermore, participants drew up the 2010 RAPAC workplan.=20 youssouph.diedhiou@iucn.org=20 / geoffroy.mauvais@iucn.org

The Regional=20 Thematic Programme on forest conservation refines its=20 strategies

The=20 2^nd Coordination meeting took place from = 26^th to=20 April 30^th, 2010 at Sogakofe, Ghana. It aimed at = ensuring a=20 better synergy between the forest programmes and the other = components of=20 (country Programmes and regional thematics) for achieving = performance in=20 forest resource sustainable management. It gathered IUCN Members = and few=20 members of staff of the programme at the global, regional and = national=20 levels. Training on advocacy led to the drawing up of an action = plan.=20 Furthermore, projects and concepts were listed, a road map and a=20 development strategy of the Forest programme in Central and West = Africa=20 was drawn up. Several recommendations were formulated including=20 development of concept notes on thematic areas not yet covered; = the=20 creation of a Programme for approving projects during planning = meetings;=20 the drawing up of procedures (role and responsibilities at = different=20 scales) for preparing and implementing the 2^nd phase of = the=20 Livehoods and Landscapes Strategies (LLS); negotiations with = sponsors of=20 the four-year funding cycles for LLS for the second phase. = cleto.ndikumagenge@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).=20 This call for projects shall be closed latest 5^th of = September 2010 at 6 pm, Paris time. Meanwhile files received = before=20 the 15^th of July 2010 shall be given priority. = Files should=20 be sent to the following addresses: 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

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UICN-PACO=20 welcomes new colleagues

Mr = Oumar Ndiaye, Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management = Initiative=20 (PREMI) Manager based in = Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Native=20 from Senegal, Mr. Oumar Ndiaye holds a post graduate diploma (DEA) = in=20 Geography, a post graduate diploma (DEA) in socio-anthropology, a = one-year=20 post graduate diploma (DESS) in planning, decentralization and = territorial=20 development and is finishing his Environment and Development PhD. = He has a=20 diversified experience notably in the fields of poverty = alleviation,=20 dissemination of participative methods, governance of natural = resources,=20 land sustainable management, adaptation to climate variability and = lobbying and advocacy. He held various positions and the last one = before=20 joining UICN was natural resource management expert = (capitalisation and=20 scientific and technical monitoring of projects) at the Permanent=20 Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS). He = is the=20 author of five catalogues on methods and techniques for fighting = against=20 desertification, soil fertility and climate change adaptation. He = took his=20 position on 1^st June, 2010. oumar.ndiaye@iucn.org=20 / felir2003@yahoo.fr=20 / ousmane.diallo@iucn.org

Mr=20 Sylvain Zabr=E9, Facilitator of the following projects = =ABCC-PREMI/ASDI -=20 integration of climate change in poverty=20 reduction policies =BB and =AB CC/DANIDA =96 reinforcement of the = effectiveness=20 of the contribution of civil society in the implementation of the = climate=20 change programme =BB based in Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso. = Native=20 from Burkina Faso, Mr ZABRE is a forest expert and has a = professional=20 experience of more than 15 years in the implementation of natural=20 resources projects and programmes inside Burkina as well as = outside. In=20 Burkina Faso, he was specialist in forest planning and environment = in many=20 projects including =ABNatural forest planning project =BB, =AB = Regional=20 Programme for the traditional energy sub sector =BB, =AB Support = Project to=20 poverty reduction at the communal level, =AB Project for = decentralised and=20 participative rural development in the provinces of Baz=E8ga = and Kadiogo =BB.=20 Mr ZABRE also previously worked at UNDP/N=92djam=E9na (Tchad) as = environment=20 Specialist and at UNDP/Moroni (Comoro Islands) as Specialist in = forest=20 resources and community Development. He took office in April 2010. = sylvain.zabre@iucn.org=20 / moumini.savadogo@iucn.org

Mr=20 Molenge Mangenza Toussaint, Central Africa Regional Programme for=20 Environment (CARPE) Focal 3D"100_1136" Point,=20 based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo = (DRC).=20 Agronomist, (option Agricultural Economics), he is expert in = Forest=20 sustainable management, forest audit and certification and in = advocacy=20 techniques. Mr Molenge worked for the Ministry of Agriculture and=20 Environment of DRC, conservation agencies, National and = international=20 NGO=92s as well as for Belgium technical Cooperation (BTC), World = Wide Fund=20 for Nature (WWF), Observatory for the Forests of Central Africa = (OFAC=20 project), Committee on Human Rights and Development (CODHOD asbl) = and=20 finally for Action = group for=20 environment protection =AB GAPE-RDC =BB. He took office on = 1^st June=20 2010. toussaintmolenge@yahoo.fr=20 / kenneth.angu@iucn.org

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u=20 Recruitment of = a Coordinator=20 for the project =AB Mobilising environmental knowledge to improve = regional=20 policies in West Africa =BB. The Curriculum Vitae and = covering=20 letter attached to the application form should be sent at the latest by June 15, 2010 = at 6:00=20 PM a the following address : jobs.paco@iucn.org

u=20 Recruitment of = a Consortia=20 or expert firm for the mid-term assessment (2008-2011) of the = Regional=20 Coastal and Marine Conservation Programme for West Africa = (PRCM).=20 Please, read terms of reference and submit by e-mail your proposal = (preferably electronically) at the latest by June 25, 2010 = at 5:00=20 PM: Barth=E9lemy Jean A. Batieno - Programme officer =96 = Monitoring -=20 Evaluation - Capitalization - PRCM - PO Box : 4167 UICN Nouakchott = -=20 Mauritania - Email : barthelemy.batieno@iucn.org =

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

u=20 Regional=20 meeting of UICN Members in Central and West Africa and training on = climate=20 changes, Dakar, Senegal, from 15^th to 17^th = June=20 2010

u=20 Civil=20 Society Forum under the regional dialogue on dams, S=E9lingu=E9, = Mali, from=20 7^th to 9^th June 2010 June = 2010

u=20 Validation=20 meeting of the Mangrove Project, Douala, Cameroon, from = 16^th to=20 17^th June 2010

u=20 Global=20 forest conservation Programme meeting, Gland, Switzerland, from=20 6^th to 12^th June 2010

u=20 Official=20 opening of the IUCN new Conservation Centre, 4^th June, = Gland,=20 Switzerland

u=20 IUCN=20 Council Meeting, from 29^th May to 6^th June = 2010,=20 Gland, Switzerland

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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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