Pauwel De Wachter WWF-CARPO TRIDOM CARPE Inception Workshop Yaoundé, Cameroon February 7-9, 2007

Pauwel De WachterPauwel De Wachter

WWF-CARPOWWF-CARPO

TRIDOM

CARPE Inception Workshop 

Yaoundé, CameroonFebruary 7-9, 2007

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Feb 2005COMIFACTRIDOM

agreement:

Complex of PA’sInterzone

ConservationSust. DevRegional

collaborationGovernance Structures

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• TRIDOM MEETING LBV MAY 2006(60 people)

• Governance Agenda• Zoning issues• Financial Planning - LCPM

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New methods: Buy out of logging rights in certain areas? Partial compensation mechanisms?

New threats: - Major Mining

projects (Belinga)- Hydro dams- New roads

bisecting major forest blocks

- Palm Oil ?

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Challenges:

Combining mining with conservationMinimizing impact of major mining developmentIncreasing primary forest protection – (partial) compensation for logging rightsAvoiding fragmentation of TRIDOMImproved application of lawsManagement agencies adapted to managing landscape (segments) Corridors (intra landscape and interlandscape)Averting / redirecting large scale forest transformation for palm oil

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• USFWS LUP guide

• Current STRATEGY DOCUMENT: Workplan 36 pages!

• Simplify ! Focus ! Prioritize!

• Learning from last previous phase and building the desired conditions

• Less data collection / more work with landscape stakeholders and Government

• Working with Government and Private Sector to be able to influence some mega developments

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Thank you for your attention