FAO-CIC Co-operation on Best Practices in sustainable wildlife management in SADC region

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FAO-CIC Co-operation on Best Practices in
sustainable wildlife management in SADC region

• René Czudek
• FAO Forestry and Wildlife Officer
• FAO Sub-regional Office for Southern Africa

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Themes

• AFWC Support countries initiatives for
  sustainable wildlife management in order to
  attain food security and poverty alleviation
• SADC priorities Trans-boundary Conservation and
  Policy and Law harmonization
• AFWC/SADC Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation

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Lessons learnt from Community Based Natural
Resources Management (CBNRM)

• Long history of CBNRM in the region (since 70s)
  mainly Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, South Africa
  and Tanzania)
• Community Areas Management Programme for
  Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE) and others
• Different implementation and results
• Aim of the study
• analyse the experience, results, limitations
• formulate conclusion and practical recommendation

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Trans-boundary Conservation

• T-B Conservation Areas many in Africa (Peace
  Parks)
• Determinants of successful Trans-boundary
  conservation Cooperation Learning experiences
  and conclusions from the Selous-Niassa Corridor
  (Tanzania/Mozambique)

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Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation

• Development of a Took Kit on HWC for capacity
  building on HWC mitigation at all levels (with
  other partners CIRAD, WWF, IUCN-AfESG, BIO-HUB)

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Legal studies

• Legal empowerment of the poor for sustainable
  wildlife management
• Principles for developing sustainable wildlife
  management laws
• Meetings, workshops organized in collaboration
  with the SADC Secretariat

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• Thank you
• For more information
• Rene.Czudek_at_fao.org