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ACRONYME _____________________________________________________________________________________________

REGIONAL BACKGROUND _______________________________________________________________________________

IUCN AT A GLANCE ______________________________________________________________________________________

STRATEGIC GUIDANCE __________________________________________________________________________________

WORK PROGRAMME AND MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS________________________________________________________

• CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABlE VAlUING OF BIODIVERSITY _______________________________________- Credible and reliable knowledge to value and conserve biodiversity is available, effectively used

and disseminated _____________________________________________________________________________- Effective implementation and enforcement of laws and policies that value and conserve biodiversity and

nature are accelerated. _________________________________________________________________________- The key drivers of biodiversity depletion are addressed by taking conservation measur________________

• NATURAl RESOURCE GOVERNANCE _________________________________________________________________- Credible and reliable knowledge is made available by IUCN for the evaluation and improvement of

natural resources governance at all levels.________________________________________________________- Nature and natural resource governance is strengthened at the national and infra national levels by

the application of a rights-based approach and by mainstreaming good governance principles_________- Regional and global governance systems for the conservation of nature and of its resources

are established, supported and strengthened.____________________________________________________

• NATURE – BASED SOlUTIONS TO MEET GlOBAl CHAllENGES_________________________________________- Credible and reliable knowledge on the way nature-based solutions that can directly assist in

addressing the main society issues are available and used by decision-makers at all levels_____________- Inclusive governance and financing mechanisms that enable effective deployment of

Nature-based Solutions are tried out and adopted by decision-makers and various actors at all levels____- Untouched, modified or degraded Terrestrial and marine landscapes and their watersheds that

provide direct benefits to society are protected, managed and /or restored equitably__________________

PARTNERSHIPS__________________________________________________________________________________________

MEMBERS AND COMMISSIONS___________________________________________________________________________- JOINT OR CONCERTED PlANNING AND IMPlEMENTATION______________________________________- ACTIVITIES OF THE REGIONAl COMMITTEE OF MEMBERS________________________________________

9TH FORUM OF THE PRCM : BALANCE SHEET AND PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE PHASE _________________

FINANCE ________________________________________________________________________________________________- PORTFOlIO__________________________________________________________________________________- DONORS_____________________________________________________________________________________

HUMAN RESOURCES ____________________________________________________________________________________- STAFFING EVOlUTION________________________________________________________________________- BREAKDOWN BY PROFESSIONAl CATEGORIES IN 2017__________________________________________- STAFF TURN OVER____________________________________________________________________________

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ABE: Benin Environment Agency

AD: Action for Development

AFD: French Development Agency

AfDB: African Development Bank

AGED : Environmental Management and DevelopmentAssociation

AGEREF/CL: Inter village Natural Resources and wildlifeManagement Association of Comoé-léraba

AGRHYMET: Regional Agro-Hydro-Meteorological Center

ANAR: National Association for Rural Action

ANPN: National Agency of National Parks

APPEL: Parliamentarians and local Representatives Alliancefor the environment protection in the West African coastalcountries

APROS: Association for Social Work Promotion

AWHF: African World Heritage Fund

BAO: Ad Hoc Bureau

BEES Benin: Benin Environment and Education Society

BESNet: Businesses in Environmental Stewardship Network

BIOPAMA: Biodiversity & Protected Area ManagementProgramme

BMU: German Foreign Ministry:

BRICKS: Building Resilience through Innovation,Communication and Knowledge Services

BRIDGE: Building River Dialogue and Governance

BUSAC: Business Sector Advocacy Challenge

CAR: Central Africa Republic

CC: Climate Change

CEC: Commission on Education and Communication

CEDC: Cameroon Environment and Development Center

CEM: Commission on Ecosystem Management

CEW: Cameroon Environmental Watch

CHF: Swiss currency

CICOS: International Congo-Oubangui-Sangha BasinCommission

CIFOR: Center for International Forestry Research

CILSS: Permanent Inter-State Committee on Drought Control inthe Sahel

CIRAD: Centre for international cooperation in agronomicresearch and development

CITES: Convention on international trade in EndangeredSpecies

CLE: local Water Committee

COMIFAC: Central Africa Forest Commission

CoP13: Conference of Parties

COSTEA: Project Scientific and Technical Committee on Waterand Agriculture

CREDI ONG: Regional Research and Education Center forIntegrated Development

CREMA: Community Resource Management Area

CREMACO: Regional Committee of PACO Members

CSO: Civil Society Organization

DRC: Democratic Republic of Congo

ECCAS: Economic Community of Central Africa States

ECOWAS: Economic Community of West African States

EDF: European Development Fund

EMC: Ecological Monitoring Center

EPIC: Ecosystems for Infrastructure and Community ProtectionProject

ETIS: Elephant Trade Information System

FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization

FGEF: French Global Environment Facility

FLEUVE: local Environmental Front for Green Union

FLR/BC: Forest landscape Restoration as part of the BonnChallenge

FLR: Forest landscape Restoration

GAED: Master’s degree in extractive activity impactmanagement

GCCA: Global Climate Change Alliance

GCF: Green Climate Fund

GEF: Global Environment Facility

GGW: Great Green Wall

GGWI: Great Green Wall Initiative

GHG: Greenhouse effect gases

GIS: Geographic Information System

GIZ: German International Development Cooperation Agency

GWI: Global Water Initiative

GWP/WA: Global Water Partnership for West Africa

IBAP: Institute of Biodiversity and Protected Areas

ICCN: Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature

ICPO: International Criminal Police Organization

IFDD: Institute of Francophony for Sustainable Development

IMET: Integrated planning and monitoring of protected areamanagement effectiveness tool

INTERPOL: International Police Organization

IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature

IWRM: Integrated Water Resources Management

LCBC: lake Chad Basin Commission

lIED: International Institute for Environment and Development

MACO: PACO Regional Thematic Marine and CoastalProgramme

MDG: Millennium Development Goals

MEEATU: Burundi Minister of Water Environment, land Planand Urban Development

MEOR: Forest landscape restoration opportunity evaluationmethodology

MIKE: Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants

MINEPDED: Ministry for Environment, Nature Protection andSustainable Development

MINFOF: Ministry for Forest and Wildlife

MIP: Multisectoral Investment Plan

MOLOA: West African littoral Observation Mission

ACRONYMS

MRC-GIE: Regional Consultation Mechanism on IntegratedEcosystem Management

NBA: Niger Basin Authority

NGO: Non- Governmental Organization

NRM: Natural Resource Management

NTFP: Non-Timber Forest Products

NWP: National Water Partnership

OBPN: Burundian National Parks Office

OHADA: Organization for the Harmonization of Business law in Africa

OMVS: Organization pour la Mise en Valeur du fleuve Sénégal(Senegal River Development Organization)

ONAHA: Office national des aménagements hydro-agricoles(National Office of hydro-agricultural infrastructure)

ORYX: lake Chad Basin Water Ambassadors

PA: Protected Areas

PAB: Protected Areas and Biodiversity Programme

PACO: IUCN Central and West Africa Programme

PACOF-CC: Support for adaptation of forest –dependentcommunities to climate change

PAGE: West Africa Environmental Governance Partnership

PAPF: Support Project for Forest-Dependent Populations

PCBAC: Central Africa Elephant Conservation in Savanna-NorthEcosystems Programme

PDALM: Mauritanian littoral Development Master Plan

PMA: Protected Marine Aria

PRCM: Regional Partnership for the Conservation of the WestAfrican Coastal and Marine zone

PREAO: West Africa Regional Water Policy

PREFELAG: Project on lake Guiers Ecological and EconomicFunctions Restoration

PREZOH: Regional thematic Programme on Water andWetlands /PACO

RAMPAO: Regional Network of Marine Protected Areas of WestAfrica

RAPAC: Central Africa Protected Areas Network

REDD+: Reduction of Emissions due to Deforestation and forestDegradation

REEP: Regional Environment Education Programme

REPES: Network of Parliamentarians for Environment Protectionin Senegal

RERAC: Network of Central Africa radios for the Environment

RERAO: Network of West Africa radios for the Environment

RIP: Regional Indicative Programme

RRD/NB: Regional Network of Parliamentarians of Niger BasinMember Countries

SAWAP: Sahel and West Africa Programme

SDAGE: Master Schemes on water harnessing andmanagement

SIDA: Swedish International Development Agency

SIP: Small Initiative Programme

SIPP5: Small Initiative Programme Phase 5

SLM: Sustainable land Management

SOS: "Save Our Species" Initiative

SSC: Species Survival Commission

TNS: Tri-National of Sangha

TRAFFIC: The wildlife trade monitoring network

TRIDOM: Tri-National Dja-Odzala-Minkébé

TRP: Regional Thematic Programmes

UEMOA: West Africa Economic and Monetary Union

UN: United Nations

UNCCD: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme

UNODC: United Nations Office against Drugs and Crime

USAID: United States Agency for International Development

VBA: Volta Basin Authority

WABICC: West Africa Biodiversity and Climate ChangeProgramme

WACA: West Africa Costal Areas Management Programme

WAP: W-Arli- Pendjari Complex

WASCAL: West African Science Service Centre on ClimateChange and Adapted land Use

WB: World Bank

WCPA: IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas

WCPA: World Commission on Protected Areas

WCS: Wildlife Conservation Society

WFP: World Food Programme

WRCC/ECOWAS: ECOWAS Water Resources Coordination Center

WWF: World Wildlife Fund


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REGIONAl BACKGROUNDThe African continent is endowed with tremendous flora andfauna wealth, ranging from individual species (elephant,rhino, hippopotamus, giraffe and gorilla) to endemic habitats(hotpots). The growing interest in environmental protectionin general and ecosystems in particular has led a numberof African States to establishing protected areas in theirterritories. Over the past decades and following the

acknowledgment by the international community of thethreats looming on biological diversity, growing importanceis being given to conservation. Initiatives undertakentowards conserving the biological diversity were up scaledand widely spread within West and Central Africa in year2017. These include among others:

• Adoption by the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State andGovernment of the ECOWAS Directive on West Africahydraulic infrastructure development. This adoption is asign of the success of regional consultations on thedevelopment of large water infrastructure projects in theECOWAS zone which have been supported by severalIUCN initiatives since 2009. It makes it binding toimplement the recommendations and measures aimed atmonitoring the decision-making process towards theconstruction and management of large waterinfrastructure such as dams.

• Furthermore, increased interest was noted among severalinternational players, particularly in issues relating toterrestrial biodiversity (WABICC/USAID, RIP 11th EDF),coastal erosion (WACA/World Bank) and mangrovelandscapes (RIP 11th EDF, AfDB). The actors areexpected to strengthen on-going dynamics.

• The ministers of the States Parties to the AbidjanConvention have adopted three draft supplementaryprotocols during the 12th conference of parties to thisconvention held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire in March, 2017.These protocols relate to environmental norms andstandards in the area of petroleum and gas drillingoffshore, mangrove conservation and integrated coastalareas management. The protocol on mangroveconservation constitutes an expansion of the enforcementscope of the Regional mangrove Charter signed by theministers in charge of environment of the six membercountries of the West Africa Regional Partnership forConservation of the Coastal and Marine Zone) in 2010,and which was developed with the support of IUCN,Wetlands International Africa as part of the RPCM.

• The Sahel zone (Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad,Northern Nigeria and Northern Cameroon) have again thisyear experienced harassment by armed extremistgroups, and this despite the national, regional andinternational actions designed to provide an appropriateresponse to the issue. Also, armed conflicts in the CentralAfrican Republic have become rampant as well as unrestdue to post-electoral objection (liberia) or people’s fightfor political alternation (Togo, DRC).

• In spite of this, the cause of conservation has gainedincreasing support in Central and West Africa:

• The site of the world heritage in the National W Park hasbeen expanded to cover the entire W-Arly- Pendjari(WAP) complex thus increasing from 220.000 ha to nearly1.500.000 ha. This transboundary expansion now coversthe largest terrestrial, semi-aquatic and aquaticecosystem continuum of the West Africa savanna belt.The property is haven to the largest West African elephantpopulation and to most of the typical large mammals inthe region, such as the Africa manatee, cheetah, lion, andleopard. It also hosts the single viable population of lionsin the region.

• The Comoé National in Côte d’Ivoire was withdrawn fromthe list of endangered property of the world heritage asits wildlife is being regenerated after having been harshlyhit by civil unrest. This is the first site from the worldHeritage in the region to be removed from the list ofendangered of property for the past more than ten yearswhereas half of the 20 natural sites of the world Heritagein the region were registered as being endangered.However, IUCN recommendations indicate a possibleregistration of the Dja wildlife reserve in Cameroon in theendangered list in 2018. The Dja reserve is threatened bythe impacts of the new hydroelectric dam of Mekin andthe planned imminent nickel-cobalt mining project.

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• The Republic of Gabon has created over the past fewmonths a network of 20 protected marine areas,composed of 9 marine parks and 11 aquatic reservescovering 26% of the territorial waters of Gabon. It shouldbe recalled that the Head of State of Gabon is thechairman of the Strategic Committee of the NationalMarine Council, the body in charge of formulating thenational maritime policy since April 2014.

• The government of Guinea-Bissau has classified newProtected Areas in the Dulombi-Boé-Tchétché Complex.These are 2 national parks and 3 ecological corridors.The national surface area of protected areas in Guinea-Bissau has thus been expanded from 15% to 26.3% (ofwhich 12.4% represent marine areas and 13.9% terrestrialareas) thereby partly achieving the Objectives of the2011-2020 Aichi-Nagoya Strategic Plan.

At IUCN level, new programmes and projects were initiatedor are in the process of being established with the assistanceof notably GEF, GCF, the EU commission and World Bankas well as other donors. These include among others theSOS Initiative (Save our Species) financed by the EuropeanUnion Commission which will facilitate coexistence ofcarnivorous species and humans across Africa.The objective of the programme consists in protecting lions,cheetahs and other emblematic African species by assistingthe local communities in coexisting with such predators. Theprogramme has a small and medium grant scheme of up toEuro 9 million for conservation actors in the region.

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IUCN is a membership Union uniquely composed of bothgovernment and civil society organisations. It providespublic, private and non-governmental organisations withthe knowledge and tools that enable human progress,economic development and nature conservation to takeplace together.

Created in 1948, IUCN is now the world’s largest and mostdiverse environmental network, harnessing the knowledge,resources and reach of more than 1,300 Memberorganisations and some 10,000 experts. It is a leadingprovider of conservation data, assessments and analysis.Its broad membership enables IUCN to fill the role ofincubator and trusted repository of best practices, tools andinternational standards.

IUCN provides a neutral space in which diversestakeholders including governments, NGOs, scientists,businesses, local communities, indigenous peoplesorganisations and others can work together to forge andimplement solutions to environmental challenges andachieve sustainable development.

Working with many partners and supporters, IUCNimplements a large and diverse portfolio of conservationprojects worldwide. Combining the latest science with thetraditional knowledge of local communities, these projectswork to reverse habitat loss, restore ecosystems andimprove people’s well-being.

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STRATEGICGUIDANCE

Year 2017 marks the beginning of the implementation of theIUCN four-year 2017-2020 programme which was validatedby the Assembly of IUCN Members during the WorldCongress in Hawaii in September 2016. Though newmechanisms were introduced to ensure better monitoring,documentation and communication of impacts, this newfour-year programming cycle is still building the three pillarsthat have constituted the foundation for the previous four-year programme, namely:

• Valuing and conserving nature ;

• Effective and equitable governance of nature use;• Deploying nature-based solutions to meet global

climate challenges, for food security anddevelopment.

The first two areas namely “Valuing and conserving nature”and “effective and equitable governance of nature use”,constitute the core center of IUCN’s work. They are essentialfor nature conservation and to influencing policy, economicand social processes that determine biodiversity loss,ecosystems management, nature-based livelihoods, rights toand accountability for nature.

The third programme area “Deploying nature-based solutionsto global climate challenges, for food security anddevelopment” relate to the application of IUCN knowledge tosustainable development and poverty reduction. Resilientnature is essential to societies and to the economy.

Throughout 2017 and under the impulse of its DirectorGeneral, in view of strengthening programmatic integration,consolidating and effectively deploying the Union’s globalProgramme, IUCN has finalized and validated the newprogrammatic framework which revolves around threeBusiness lines notably the programmatic pillars that will in thenext few years, structure and direct IUCN’s action at all levels.In a bid to strengthen internal synergy as well, the IUCN globalprogrammes have undertaken, in their respective interventionfields, a strategic thinking with the regional thematicprogrammes, around the three business lines so as tooptimize vertical integration of the organization’s programmes,thus facilitating the building of a single global, multi-thematicprogramme at multiple scales.

The IUCN Central and West Africa Programme (PACO) ishence a delivery mechanism of the IUCN mission and visionin the regional component made up of 25 countries. PACO isrolled out through country Programmes and regional thematicProgrammes:

• Seven country programmes: Burkina Faso,Cameroon, Guinea- Bissau, Mali, Mauritania,Democratic Republic of Congo and Senegal. In2017, the number of country programmes wascurbed down to five, due to the fluctuation of theproject portfolio which reduction in DRC Mali andMauritania has led to their turning into mere projectoffices.

• Four regional thematic programmes (RTP): i)Forest Conservation; ii) Water and WetlandsResources; iii) Marine and Coastal Ecosystems; ivProtected Areas and Biodiversity.

• Three project offices: Niger, Ghana, and Guinea,to which Mauritania and DR Congo were recentlyadded.

Towards the end of 2017, PACO started thinking about howto take advantage of the recently globally validatedBusiness lines to strengthen the vertical and horizontalintegration of the regional programme in Central and WestAfrica.

The outcomes and achievements presented below give apicture of the IUCN dynamics in the region and itscontribution to conservation, sustainable management ofnatural resources and sustainable development goals.

PACO is more active in the field of nature-based solutionsthan in the first two domains. In the mid-year, while allprojects were started, the programme budget was asfollows:

In terms of fund raising for its action, PACO has widened inyear 2017 the scope of its efforts to develop and implementGEF and GCF projects and also develop regional projectswithin the framework of the European Union RegionalIndicative Programme with UEMOA and ECOWAS asRegional Authorizing bodies.

Valuing and conserving nature

Deploying nature-based solutionsto meet global climate challenges,for food security and development

Effective and equitable governance of nature use

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• The Protected Areas and Biodiversity Programme(PAB) has focused on knowledge generation anddissemination, capacity building of actors andpromotion of new management tools and sharedgovernance models.

• The Forests Programme has promoted (i) landplanning models that restore optimum balance inecological, social, climate and economic benefits offorests, trees and other timber plants, (ii)empowerment of forest-dependent groups indecision-making on the management and valueenhancement of forests, and (iii) reduction ofgreenhouse gas effects through the conservation anddevelopment of forest carbon stocks, reduction ofdeforestation and forest degradation, sustainablemanagement of all types of forests.

• The Water Resources and Wetlands Programme(PREZOH) has fostered integrated water resourcesmanagement (IWRM), the mainstreaming of theenvironmental and social dimension in themanagement of drainage basins, mainstreaming ofclimate change in national and local planning,sustainable management of ecosystem-generatedgoods and services and restoration of degradedecosystems; The Programme has also worked ongovernance and land tenure security for the benefitof the local population affected by large hydraulicinfrastructure (dams and irrigated plots) andtransboundary governance of water resources.

• The Marine and Coastal Programme (MACO) hasfocused on strengthening the observation of the WestAfrican littoral; implementation of a programme onWest African mangroves, building of a strategic visionof PMAs of the Africa Atlantic coast; and territorialintegration of protected marine and coastal areas intotheir respective settings (fisheries, urban planning,hydrocarbons…).

• The Regional Partnership for Coastal and MarineConservation (PRCM), has focused its efforts onconserving the marine and coastal zone by promotingparticipatory governance, sustainable resourcesmanagement, risk and problem prevention andmanagement in the coastal and marine zone; it hasalso laid emphasis on partnership, notably on theoccasion of the Regional Coastal and Marine Forumheld in Conakry in October 2017.

Regarding Country Programmes, they focus typically onachieving national objectives. However, certain CountryProgrammes coordinate the implementation of regionalprojects/programmes outside their geographic coverageareas or national boundaries. This is the case for instance ofthe Cameroon Programme which is involved in severaltransboundary zones such as the savanna ecosystems –Northern Central Africa (Chad-Cameroon transboundarycomplexes), lake Chad Basin, Sangha Tri-NationalTransboundary Complex.

The PACO work programme and roll – out on the fieldcovered a set of projects, programmes and initiativesimplemented by Country Programmes, ThematicProgrammes and PACO-related initiatives. The projects andprogrammes implemented in the region are of differentscopes. While certain projects have a national or regionalcoverage, others are multi-continental and coordinated fromIUCN Headquarters in Switzerland with the PACOcomponent executed through internal implementationagreements. This is the case for instance of the Biodiversity& Protected Area Management Programme (BIOPAMA).

WORK PROGRAMME ANDMAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

PACO WORK PROGRAMME

IUCN’s interventions in the region are organized around regional thematic programmes and country programmes. Addingto these, is the PRCM which is a programme in partnership with other actors. The main business lines of the regionalprogramme also depend on the topics addressed:


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Promotion and strengthening of regional waterstrategies : PACO has achieved the following results andcontributions to regional policies and strategies:

• adoption of the ECOWAS Directive on West Africahydraulic infrastructure;

• final validation of draft statutory texts and action Planof the Regional Consultation Mechanism onIntegrated Ecosystems Management (RCM-IEM).

Promotion and strengthening of regional foreststrategies: PACO has made great progress andcontributions to regional forest dynamics, policies andstrategies:

• IUCN has contributed to mobilizing COMIFACMember Countries for a common position defendedat the United Nations Forum on Forests in New Yorkin May 2017. This position paper has notablyaddressed the implementation in Central Africa ofthe 2017-2030 United Nations Strategic Plan onForest, focusing on monitoring and evaluation andreporting, implementation means of therecommendations, cooperation strengthening,coordination and participation, concerning forest-related issues, new problems and challenges;

• Mainstreaming and consolidating Forest landscapeRestoration as part of the Bonn Challenge (FlR/BC)in the COMIFAC Convergence Plan and nationalstrategies, through IUCN engagement and work,with a set of other commitment of COMIFACGovernments and Ministers:

- The COMIFAC Secretariat and Ministers in chargeof forests have agreed to organize with thetechnical support of IUCN, a high level MinisterialConference in March 2018 to discuss and concuron a strategy for concretely moving towards thedesign and implementation of forest landscapefield projects in the COMIFAC zone, further to thecommitments made under the Bonn Challenge;

- A number of COMIFAC countries (DR Congo,Burundi, Chad and Rwanda) as well as theCOMIFAC Secretariat have joined in July 2017, theSADC (South African Development Community)actors to review the lilongwe Call for Action toPromote and Restore Forest landscapes in Africa.This was in the sidelines of the High levelRoundtable on Forest landscape Restorationorganized in lilongwe by IUCN, the Governmentof Malawi and SADC ;

- The official Cameroon and Chad membership ofthe Bonn Challenge with the respectivecommitment by both countries to restore by 2030,12 million ha of degraded forests for Cameroonand 5 million ha for Chad ;

- The signing by the Government of Cameroon ofthe Kigali Declaration on landscape Restoration;

- The implementation by Burundi, with the supportof IUCN in collaboration with the World Bank, ofthe evaluation of Restoration OpportunitiesAssessment Methodology (ROAM) in threelandscapes in the country.

• The incorporation of FlR/BC by ECOWAS as a keystrategy for the implementation of the ForestConvergence Plan. Following this measure, it wasagreed that ECOWAS, IUCN and WABiCC, incollaboration with other partners, will organize a highlevel Ministerial Conference in view of designing FlR/BC mainstreaming strategy in the implementation ofthe Forest Convergence Plan.

• The setting up of the Consultation Group namedBusinesses in Environmental Stewardship Network(BESNet), on 10 March, 2017 in Ghana, as astrengthening mechanism of the natural resourceprocessing private sector’s engagement in naturalresource conservation and sustainablemanagement.

SUMMARY OF MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS

n Outstanding progress and contributions to regional natural resources conservation andsustainable management policies, strategies and dynamics.

To ensure the emergence of effective institutional andgovernance frameworks that are conducive to naturalresources conservation and sustainable management,IUCN has pursued its engagement and synergy buildingwith Central and West Africa economic and monetaryinstitutions. This, in a bid to enable the consolidation and

mainstreaming of knowledge and lessons learned fromnature conservation and sustainable management intopolicy and economic decision-making. This approach hashelped to make progress and contribute to naturalresources governance and management as follows:


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Reliable knowledge and tools are critical to facilitatepolicy, strategic and operational decision-making in thearea of natural resource conservation and managementand for making information available and accessible forthe general public and for a diverse audience.

To meet this need, PACO interventions in 2017 haveenabled to make progress towards the development andrelease of a set of tools and knowledge bases.

• Establishment of Protected Area Observatories andopening them to countries and regional partners;

• Making available to countries and partners of theregion of IMET as a tool for information collection andfor planning designed to improve the effectivenessof PA management and ensure effective functioningof the Observatories;

• Drafting of Guidelines on tenure security of hydroagricultural land in Niger”;

• Participatory development of: (i) the Chari-logonetransboundary sub-basin water resourcesmanagement plan and its validation in a regionalworkshop under the supervision of the lake ChadBasin Commission; (ii) the community-basedmanagement plan of the transboundary Ramsar siteof Baga Channel (Benin/Togo);

• Publication of the study on Biodiversity and GreatGreen Wall : managing nature for sustainabledevelopment in the Sahel;

• The contribution of PACO to the production of apractical Guideline on in-depth diagnosis for theimplementation of community management of villagehunting in Central Africa, by CIFOR in collaborationwith CIRAD and FAO;

• Drawing of thematic maps on shared resources ofthe Chari logone sub-basin in lake Chad Basin aswell as thematic maps on the location of mining siteand their trends in the Mano and Moa/MakonaTransboundary Basins;

• The BRIDGE project, under the supervision of lCBC,has supported the Chari logone Sub-BasinTransboundary Platform to obtain an operationalplan for the management of Chari logone sub-basinwater resources, with 4 project fact sheets;

• Financing of the 3rd General Assembly of theTransboundary Management Committee of ManoRiver water resources.

In 2017, all PACO Country Programmes have continued making progress and effective contributions to natural resourcesconservation and sustainable management policies, strategies and dynamics, notably:

n PACO contribution to local and national policies, strategies and dynamics

The development and release of knowledge and tools for informed decision-making in the area of natural

resources conservation and sustainable management

In 2017, PACO definitely positioned itself as one of theprogramme areas for concrete allocation of GEF and GFCfunds in support of conservation at country andtransboundary levels. Thus, the PACO portfolio currentlyhas a minimum 15 GEF and GCF projects underpreparation or already approved, of which 7 are underGEF funds and 8 under GCF.

All current or future GEF funds account for a total financingvolume of about $ 27.09 million. We hope that in thecourse of 2018, PACO will receive the first approvals forinitial GCF projects the proposals of which are beingconsidered. The final materialization of all these fundallocations will place PACO countries in a conduciveenvironment for natural resource conservation andsustainable management in the next few years.

Anchoring innovative GEF and GCF financing opportunities to increase support for natural resource

conservation and sustainable management action.

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In 2017, the cooperation between IUCN, sub-regionalinstitutions and donors, has resulted into major initiatives,which in the next five years, will make it possible to havean impact on regional issues affecting several countries.

In West Africa, the cooperation with ECOWAS (EconomicCommunity of West African States) and UEMOA hasyielded in 2017 a number of large scope sub-regionalinitiatives such as WACA (West Africa Costal AreasManagement Programme) carried by UEMOA andfinanced by the World Bank. Similarly, as part of theEuropean Union Regional Indicative Programme 11thFund for Environment and Development 2014‐2020 (RIP11), IUCN and UEMOA are well advanced in the

formulation of proposals for Components C1-Mangroveand C2-Governance designed to result into financingagreements for interventions in the area of coastalmanagement under component C1 and protected areamanagement under component C2.

In Central Africa, strengthening collaboration with theEconomic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)has led to the implementation of the Programme on CentralAfrican Elephant Conservation in savanna –Northecosystems (PCBAC) financed by AfDB. In terms ofprospects, ECCAS is currently negotiating with AfDB andtechnical partners like WWF and IUCN, a second four-yearphase of the PCBAC.

A growing portfolio of major initiatives in multi-country dynamics .

• 56% of PACO’s investment is in the Pillar on “Nature-

Based Solutions for climate, food and development” ;

• 23% of investment in the Pillar on “Effective andequitable Governance of nature use” ; and

• 21% of PACO’s investment is in Pillar “Valuing and

conserving nature”.

In terms of investment volume, PACO has made significant contributions to the strategic objectives of IUCN (see figure 1below), notably the three programmatic pillars that lay the foundation for the Four-Year Programme (2017-2020), namely:

n PACO’s contribution to the IUCN results frameworks.

Nature-based solutions forclimate, food and development

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CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE VALUINGOF BIODIVERSITY

Nearly 21% of PACO’s investments in the Pillar on “Valuing and conserving nature”, in view of contributing to the globalIUCN result on “ the risk on species and ecosystems is reduced”. Specifically, the following progress has been achievedin relation to this result:

SR 1.1 Credible and reliable knowledge to value and conserve biodiversity is

available, effectively used and disseminated.

In the course of year 2017, PACO has produced andreleased a number of decision-making and management

tools for protected areas. Regional Observatories of

protected areas were established and made available tothe regional partners.

To strengthen the effective functioning of the saidObservatories, IMET was made available to partnersand countries as an information collection and planningtool intended to improve the effectiveness of PAmanagement. PACO built the capacities of over 200professional officers from supervising agencies ofProtected Areas and more than 1200 stakeholders acrossthe region. The IMET tool was adopted by many countries(Burundi, Burkina, Niger, Cameroon, Gabon, DRC, Guinea-Bissau) and regional networks and was mainstreamed inthe curricula of vocational trainings in Benin(www.biopama.org). The Observatories and IMET are theoutcomes of Phase 1 of the Programme that ended inFebruary 2017.

A practical guideline on in-depth diagnosis for theimplementation of community management of villagehunting in Central Africa was produced by CIFOR withthe contribution of PACO and in collaboration with CIRADand FAO. This is the outcome of research on the linkbetween forests and poverty in Central Africa, the goal ofwhich was to ensure the conservation and sustainablemanagement of bush meat.

Knowledge on forest resources, water and soil Boé miningsites (bauxite), Salquenhe (phosphate) and Varela miningsites (heavy sand) in Guinea-Bissau, was produced andpackaged in the form of videos and brochures anddisseminated among the riparian communities of miningsites and main community radios.

Concepts around the definition of a protected area,protected area management categories, participatorymanagement and nature conservation financing, weredisseminated among 60 PA managers and actors workingat the periphery of PA management associations.

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examples of application in Central Africa. Working Document 183. Bogor, Indonesia: CIFOR.

Production and dissemination of management tools and knowledge

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Radio Environnement which is one of the IUCN’s and itspartners’ communication instruments, was stronglymobilized for environmental education and massawareness creation. In collaboration with the Central andWest Africa community radio network, many radioprogrammes were produced and broadcast for thepurposing of educating and sensitizing the population.

The topics and messages of this year were, among otherissues, on the causes and consequences of climatechange, combating means, people’s participation, the roleof the Government and development partners, legal set-up

for wildlife protection and poaching control. A little more

than 200 radio programmes (micro programmes,magazines, roundtables, messages, etc.) were producedand disseminated by community radios.

The study on Biodiversity and Great Green Wall:

managing nature for sustainable development in theSahel was published. Conducted within the framework ofthe BRICKS project, it explores the dependency of mankindon nature and the importance of biodiversity for humanwell-being and sustainable development in arid zones inthe Sahel. The publication concludes that the value ofbiodiversity in sustainable land management andsafeguard of ecosystem services should be widelyunderstood so as to identify in a coordinated manner andwith all sectors, the best investment options for thecountries. It further concludes that the GGW is abiodiversity-inherent initiative and that its objectives cannotbe achieved unless biodiversity is conserved andecosystem services are protected. The study wasdisseminated during the CCD CoP 13.

The study on “Strategic reflection on the contribution of

hydro-electric projects to sustainable local developmentof dam-affected zones in Guinea” has been validated.Based on the case of the Fomi dam, the Ministry for Energyand Hydraulics has accepted to widen the reflection onbenefit sharing with PAP at the national level by openlyadhering to the principle of inclusive sustainabledevelopment

The application of ROAM by the Forest Programme hashelped to generate credible and reliable knowledge forinformed decision-making on biodiversity conservation andvaluing of the Kibira and Ruvuba (Burundi) national parks.A first draft of the evaluation of restoration opportunities wasthus developed which unveils the importance of sustainablymanaging protected areas and their surroundings as apriority in future landscape restoration interventions.

Elie Hakizumwami, IUCN Forests Programme Officer promoting landscaperestoration and MEOR to Honorable Célestin Ndayizeye, MEEATU, Burundi

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19 students from 8 West African countries havegraduated from the university in the field of protected areamanagement. This was under the technical supervision ofthe PACO Protected Area Programme, in collaboration withSenghor University of Alexandria. The qualifications

acquired are on 8 modules : Conservation Policies and theissue of protected are management, Protected areamanagement evaluation and planning, tropical ecosystemecology and fundamentals of conservation biology,specifically marine conservation, Participatory approachesand biodiversity management, ecological monitoring,wildlife inventory techniques and GIS fundamentals, Fieldtrip and data processing, environmental law andsustainable development in Africa, Environmental andNatural Resource Economics.

Additionally, IUCN has assisted in the graduation of 17

students of the 2nd batch of the Master’s degree in

Extractive Activity Impact Management (EAIM) fromvarious countries. The goal of this Master’s degree is tofacilitate the building of regional expertise for extractiveactivities’ impacts in West Africa.

In Burkina Faso, IUCN has trained 30 teachers in pupils’

coaching techniques for the establishment andmanagement of school woodlands in 06 primary schools inthe vicinity of forests covered by the support project forpopulations depending on the forest (PAPF) which isfinanced by the World Bank.

A total of 1500 teachers and education senior staff

members from 7 countries in the West African coastal

zone (Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea,Mauritania, Senegal and Sierra leone) were tooled withscientific, technical and teaching knowledge on species,ecosystems, sustainable natural resources use, agriculture,sustainable fishing and climate change. Moreover,teaching materials that highlight the bulk of ecologicalissues affecting the countries in the sub-region areavailable and circulated to hundreds of schools andteachers.

In Guinea-Bissau, 17 parliamentarians, 21 journalists and

35 teachers were trained on environmental and socialimpacts of mining activities. This was done in view ofsensitizing people and influencing policy making in relationto the environmental and social impacts of the Boé(bauxite), Salquenhe (phosphate) and Varela (heavysands) mining sites.

For the 5th phase of the Small scale Initiative Programme

(SIP.5), the 34 selected projects will be implemented in 11

Central and West African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso,Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon,Ghana, Niger, DRC, Sao Tomé and Principe and Togo).

Among the selected projects, 20 are the so-called

"Medium grants" (70 K€ over 2 years) and 14 are "Small

Grants" (30 K€ over 18 months). The intervention topicsare notably territorial governance improvement issues inrelation to biodiversity conservation, territorial planning andcitizens’ engagement in nature protection, the promotion ofsustainable biodiversity valuing sector promotion, etc. Theapplicants have benefited from the support of IUCN for theformulation of comprehensive requests for SIP grants andcapacity building in view of the effective implementation ofprojects.

39 officers from 5 countries (Cameroon, Congo, Gabon,CAR and DRC), representatives of ICPO-INTERPOl andCOMIFAC were trained in the use of AFRICA-TWIX andspecies identification, investigation techniques and themain circuits used by traffickers in Central Africa. AFRICA-TWIX is an online tool developed to facilitate the exchangeof wildlife information and cooperation among executingagents in Central Africa countries. The system includesboth a secure mailing list and a data base on wildlifeseizures and prosecutions. A year after its launch, it hasabout one hundred active users from forest and judiciarydepartments, customs office, the police, ICPO -INTERPOl,UNODC and WCO.

Also, 4 investigations were triggered on the basis ofinformation shared in the system. AFRICA-TWIX feeds intoan Elephant Trade Information System (ETIS), the largestdata base on elephant product seizures managed byTRAFFIC on behalf of Parties to CITES.

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SR 1.2. Effective implementation and enforcement of laws and policies that value and

conserve biodiversity and nature are accelerated.

Throughout 2017, PACO has continued recording progressand making outstanding contributions to theimplementation of national environmental, conservation andsustainable value addition policies of the natural capital.

The enforcement of the wildlife legislation in the WAPcomplex was strengthened in 2017 within the framework ofthe CITES-MIKE-IUCN agreement. With the amendment ofthe agreement for the implementation of the MIKE project,and in support of the current initiatives, an amount of USD390,000 was thus dedicated to the enforcement of thewildlife legislation in the complex, one of the largesttransboundary protected area continuum in the region.

The capacities for effective enforcement of waterlegislations and policies in West Africa have been

developed through the training of 400 actors of regional

water governance, notably transboundary basinmanagement, PREAO, rules and regulations, financing andplanning.

In Guinea-Bissau, the national ecotourism strategy thepreparation process of which was initiated in 2016 with theRias do Sul project was adopted. IUCN will also pursue itswatching work regarding the 5 years moratorium in force inthe domain of logging.

IUCN contributes to the implementation of environmentalassessment procedures in mining, using public hearings

and environmental impact assessments. 2 terrestrial

protected areas and 3 identified corridors were

approved in a cabinet meeting, thus expanding theprotected space to 26% of the national territory.

30 civil society leaders of the Mayo Kebbi West region(Chad) were trained in the enforcement of texts andlegislation governing the management of the fauna, floraand fish resources, in migration zones of elephants and thevarious human-elephant conflict prevention measures.

IUCN has guided and facilitated the technical validation ofthe updated PDAlM and of its Multisectoral InvestmentPlan (MIP). The latter proposes actions of priorityinvestment that are climate change and natural disasterresilient.

Two central Africa countries namely Cameroon and Chadhave stated their commitments to the Bonn Challenge with

a total surface area of 17 million hectares (12 million in

Cameroon and 5 million in Chad). These commitmentsconstitute the outcome of advocacy initiated by IUCNresponding to a call by the Ministers of the COMIFAC zoneduring the 9th ordinary session of the Council of Ministers.

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SR1.3 : The key drivers of biodiversity depletion are addressed by taking conservation

measures

PACO has supported and promoted the CREMAapproach developed in Ghana by organizing an exchange

visit in the North for about 80 persons (in the margins of

the 4th SAWAP conference) from 12 countries and

partners. CREMAs are zones that are created andmanaged by the local communities. The managementauthority is entrusted with the local communities thatorganize themselves to manage natural resources andwildlife. The countries were highly interested and willing toreplicate and adapt the concept to their own setting.

In northern Burkina, forest resources are so degraded thatit is increasingly difficult for households to find firewood.Thus, IUCN has continued providing support for thedissemination of the bio-digester technology, started twoyears back within the framework of the EPIC project. In

fact, the bio-digester technique adopted by 36

households in 4 municipalities in the North region(Barga, Koumbri, Namissiguima and Titao) makes itpossible to reduce the use of firewood which is among themajor factors of deforestation.

Deforestation, the use of mono-filament fishing nets andoverfishing are the main factors of biodiversity depletionon Guinea-Bissau. To cope with the situation, governmentauthorities, with the support of IUCN and of its Membersand partners which provide monitoring, have set a fiveyear moratorium on logging. Moreover, IUCN hassupported the promotion of the ban on mono-filament netsand application of biological rest in small scale fishing,and assists the Government in negotiating fishingagreements with the European Union.

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RESUlTS AREA 2: NATURAL RESOURCE

GOVERNANCE

Nearly 23% of PACO’s investment was devoted to this Pillar.

For this domain, natural resource governance at all levels has yielded effective results in terms of conservation, andequitable results at the social level, by mainstreaming good governance principles and rights-based approaches.

SR2.1: Credible and reliable knowledge is made available by IUCN for the evaluation

and improvement of natural resources governance at all levels.

In collaboration with IFDD and UN Environment, PACO hasdeveloped legal indicators on the implementation of theEnvironmental law. The idea is to monitor and evaluatethe application of Environmental law by the countries inthe region. In the same vein, a manual on“Environmentallaw” was drafted which will be used in training schools of

magistrates in Africa. Overall, 5 pilot schools wereidentified for testing the teaching of the modules containedin the said manual. The capacities of the trainers were built

in the use of the manual in 9 pays.

PACO supports NBA for enhancing its tool for social,environmental and economic costs, benefits riskassessment in the form of a socio-economic andenvironmental post-treatment module. The module will usethe results of simulations of the water resource allocationmodel in the Niger Basin in its 2012 updated version. It willalso allow the calculation of relevant socio-economic andenvironmental indicators, to supplement the existinghydrological post-treatment module.

In addition, the operationalization process of the webmapping interface of gallery forest and source heads inWest Africa has been launched by building the capacitiesof 5 Geographic Information System managers andobservatory directors of West African transboundary basinorganizations.

The WACA project has successfully conducted rapidassessments of national littoral observation mechanismsin Benin, Côte d’Ivoire and Togo. These exercises haveenabled a better understanding of (i) existing inter-institutional and multi-actor coordination mechanisms forthe coastal zone and also the coastal risks, (ii) existingenvironmental information systems for the littoral and (iii)their interactions so as to propose strengthening plans ofsuch mechanisms and improved articulation with theMOlOA.

2 studies conducted by Iram on farmer systems inSélingué (Mali) and Bagré (Burkina Faso) have been

finalized and validated. The first of their kind in WestAfrica and reference work for the GGWI and IUCN, thestudies highlight the high poverty and food insecuritylevels (about 70% and 45% respectively) among differentcategories of producers. The findings of these studieswere used by the World Bank and AFD within theframework of the Irrigation Initiative in the Sahel led byCIlSS and the COSTEA Project.

Studies on poverty-forest interrelation Central Africa werecapitalized on in collaboration with CIFOR, CIRAD andFAO. They aim at developing a practical guideline andapplication example of the in-depth diagnosis for theimplementation of community-based management ofvillage hunting. In addition to ensuring the conservationand sustainable management of bush meat in CentralAfrica, the guideline is intended to bridge the gap amongconservation institutions, prescribe guidance to policymakers, that would direct conservation actors towardsenhance value addition to bush meat.

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As part of the BRIDGE Project, 3 thematic maps (fishproduction resources, farm production resources andlivestock production resources) were developed for theChari logone sub-basin in lake Chad Basin. These mapswere supported by a GIS data base. The lCBC and thecountries involved have knowledge instruments anddialogue elements on the implementation of joint actionsfor the sound and peaceful use of shared resources.Moreover, an operational plan for integrated waterresources management of this sub-basin has also beendeveloped to support the action of the national andtransboundary multi-actor consultation platforms that wereput in place.

PACO has launched the "IUCN Protected Area Green list"process in Côte d’Ivoire. The personnel of the Taï andComoé National Parks as well as those of the relatedprojects through GIZ and KfW, have been informed aboutthe process that will enable both parks to be recognizedfor their effective management and governance.

An ecotourism charter has been developed to promotesustainable tourisms in the islands of Guinea- Bissau.Three management plans exist and cover the Buba,Cacheu and Cacine rivers.

Sustainable natural resources management promotion tools

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SR2.2: nature and natural resource governance is strengthened at the national and

infra national levels by the application of a rights-based approach and bymainstreaming good governance principles.

The ECOWAS Directive on West Africa hydraulicinfrastructure development was adopted by the ECOWASStatutory Ministers’ Council. This adoption materializes theoutcome of regional consultations on large waterinfrastructure projects development in the ECOWAS Zone.Supported by PAGE, it makes it binding for the States toimplement the recommendations and measures relating tothe said infrastructures.

IUCN has supported the planning of sustainable rupicolousforest management alongside water courses in Benin,Burkina Faso and Togo within the framework of PAGE ; thishas enabled PAGE to have a rupicolous forest developmentand management plan in the municipality of Dissin, Burkina,and to undertake the preparation exercise of rupicolousforests development and management plans in Bassila,Benin and Agoulou, Togo.

IUCN has supported the concerted planning for sustainablemanagement of the inter-commune forest of Sablogo (13,000 ha), of the Soudigui borrassus plantation in the Center-East region and Silly shea nut parks in the Center-Westregion of Burkina Faso. The Union also assisted the newlyelected community representatives, technical departmentsand local NGOs in planning strategic actions andimplementing good governance principles. With the

support of PAPF, 32 municipal units were put in place forthe management of disputes and complaints, thuspromoting active participation in ecosystems management

in 5 regions.

In the surroundings of Bagré Dam, the Burkina FasoCountry Programme, with the support of the GGWI project,has produced a farming advice guide and a new profile ofagricultural extentionist that was validated by stakeholders,in order to promote good governance of the developedlowland (Bagrépôle). Some members of farmerorganizations were trained in cooperative management(principles of the Africa Business law HarmonizationOrganization - OHADA); and a community radio was usedto educate producers on compliance with the lowlandmanagement rules, using interactive broadcastprogrammes.

In the field of fisheries, the principle of reserved access rightfor resident fishermen in Rios Buba, Cacheu and Cacine.This is a stringent fish and forest resource (mangrove)governance principle of the three rivers, which is based ontransparency through the setting up of general assemblies.Fishing is strictly forbidden for non-resident people of eachriver.

The Towards Pro-poor REDD+ project has helped to makesome progress in a number of countries:

• In Cameroon about fifty persons were trained in Pro-poor approaches and rights-based approaches forthe communities in the area of natural resources. Inaddition, IUCN has assisted in forming a civil societyworking group the mandate of which is to advocatefor the rights of the local communities in terms ofland tenure security. A study on the current status ofland tenure was conducted in the TNS/TRIDOMlandscape. The research made it possible to have abetter knowledge of the rights and benefits ofcustomary lines of land tenure management andidentify the aspects of such lines that could beaccommodated in the land tenure reform.

• In Ghana, the Towards Pro-poor REDD+ Project

supported the constitution of 11 Community

Resource Management Committees (CRMCs)which are the building blocks of the CommunityResource Management Area (CREMA) in South-West of the country. These pilot committees weretrained in planning, leadership, management andtime keeping techniques. At the national level, IUCNhas succeeded in getting the rights-basedapproaches recognized in the programmedocument of Greenhouse gas emission reduction inthe so-called cocoa zone, developed as part of thecountry REDD+ strategy.

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IUCN and the A Rocha NGO have provided support to theprivate sector to establish and facilitate a 9 memberworking group called Businesses in EnvironmentalStewardship Network (BESNet). The Group serves as anadvocacy platform for strengthening water resourceprotection in the Atewa massif, which is required for watersupply to the city of Accra.

The GGWI has ensured the feedback and validation of theGuide on land Tenure Security in Niger River hydro-agricultural infrastructure. The national Office of hydro-agricultural infrastructure (ONAHA) has taken ownership ofthe land tenure issue of irrigated plots and is positionedtoday as a champion of the promotion of irrigationmanagement that complies with the legislation and the rightsof the various parties (State, farmers) present on the land.

With the BRIDGE Project, IUCN has conducted studies andproduced tools that are likely to facilitate virtuous naturalresource governance:

• PACO has continued supporting the ORYX network(water ambassadors of lake Chad Basin) so as toidentify some revival and visibility axes. The lCBCwas questioned on the need to pursue advocacyactions directed to the countries that have not yetratified the Basin Water Charter. The Charter wasratified in August 2017 following the ratification byNigeria, the 4th ratifying countries after Chad,Cameroon and Niger.

• In collaboration with the Mano River Union, theBRIDGE Project has carried out a research on miningand energy in the national portions of the Mano andMoa/Makona transboundary basins in Guinea, liberiaand la Sierra leone. The research enabled theproduction of thematic maps on mining activities. Inthe longer run, they will make it possible to measurethe impact of mining on water resources.

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SR2.3: Regional and global governance systems for the conservation of nature and of

its resources are established, supported and strengthened

Under the impulse of IUCN, the ECOWAS EnvironmentDepartment has recognized the relevance of Forestlandscape Restoration (FlR) and of the Bonn Challengein triggering the implementation of the West Africa Forest

Convergence Plan. To start this dynamics in its 15

member countries, ECOWAS has accepted to organizein 2018, a regional conference on FlR and the BonnChallenge, in view of getting an FlR development strategyand agenda for the ECOWAS zone adopted by nationalforest experts. The WABiCC Programme with the supportof USAID has already expressed their agreement tosponsor the conference.

Similarly, IUCN has contributed to mobilizing theCOMIFAC Member countries around a common positiondefended at the United Nations Forest Forum held in NewYork in May 2017. This position document notablyaddressed the implementation in Central Africa, of the2017-2030 UN Forest Strategic Plan, focusing onMonitoring and Evaluation and reporting, implementationmeans of the recommendations, strengthening ofcooperation, coordination and participation, on forest-related issues and emerging issues and challenges.

PAGE provided technical and financial support to theNiger Basin Authority (NBA) in the organization andholding in Cotonou in Benin of the Regional Forum onNiger River, a source of transboundary cooperation forintegrated development. The forum brought together 74representatives of all categories of players and enabledthe sharing of information on transboundary watergovernance of the Niger Basin. Moreover, PAGE hassupported the development of the transboundarymanagement plan of the Baga Channel in collaborationwith the Benin Environment Agency (BEA).

Based on the mandate received from ECOWAS, IUCNconvened the regional institutions active in the field ofnatural resource management that have revised andvalidated the first drafts of statutory texts and the actionplan of the Regional Consultation Mechanism onIntegrated Ecosystem Management (RCM-IEM). ThisMechanism entails the coordination of existing ecosystemmanagement frameworks and the promotion of integratedecosystem management in West Africa. Additionally, aRegional Network of Parliamentarians of Niger Basinmember countries (RNP/NB) and a platform of 30 civilservice organizations of Mono Basin were put in place.

PACO has also contributed to mobilizing COMIFACMember countries to develop a Position/Policy Documentthat was defended during the United Nations Forest Forum(New York, 1-5 May, 2017). This position documentnotably dealt with the implementation of the UN strategicplan on forests (2017-2030), monitoring-evaluation andreporting, implementation means of the recommendations,strengthening of cooperation, coordination andparticipation in forest-related issues.

As part of the FlEUVE project, a self-evaluation tool ofcommunal performance in the fields of NRM, SlM and CCwas developed. This is software that enabled players toself-evaluate their performance, pool their observationsand impressions during the term of office of city councilmembers in order to suggest actions that could improvethe efforts deployed. It also help to have a referenceframework for the players to improve the support andadvice mechanism by better assessing the impacts oftheir interventions and by redirecting support and capacitybuilding axes.

IUCN provided support to 2 cooperative enterprises thatvalue Non - Timber Forest Products (NTFP) throughtrainings and value addition equipment. These enterprisesare now engaged in creating awareness for theconservation of natural resources, notably shea nuts and

Néré (parkia biglobosa). In addition, 4 CLE (watermanagement committees) of the Sourou sub-basin werereenergized (renewal of members who were trained andgiven a three-year plan). Similarly, the SDAGE of Sourouwas promoted for improved ownership by the variousstakeholders, in particular technical and financial partnersof the zone.

Furthermore, 4 PMs and 2 FACIs were supported and twopromising sub-sectors (onion and potatoes) werepromoted in Nioro Circle of the Sahel/Kayes region,

Senegal. The 271 producers in 6 sites have quit loggingto now engage in woodlands conservation.

In the same vein, IUCN has conducted the training of 26

members of 13 female groupings from adjacent villagesof Mouhoun River, Burkina Faso on the "Market Analysisand Development" approach of promising sub-sectors.This action has led to the formation of two femalegroupings union for shea butter and “soumbala spice”production. To support the productive activities of thesetwo unions, two business plans were developed and arein the verge of being finalized.


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RESULT AREA 3: NATURE – BASED SOLUTIONSTO MEET GLOBAL CHALLENGES

This IUCN action domain has received the most significant volume of PACO’s efforts in 2017, accounting for nearly 56%of investment.

The result expected under this domain is that the enterprises acknowledge and build the capacity of restored and healthyecosystems for effectively helping to meet address society issues i.e. climate change, food security, health and humanwell-being, economic and social development.

SR3.1 : Credible and reliable knowledge on the way nature-based solutions that can

directly assist in addressing the main society issues are available and used by

decision-makers at all levels

The evaluation framework of EbA projects’ effectivenesswhich was developed by IUCN Headquarters incollaboration lIED researchers was successfully tested in04 intervention communes of the EPIC project in NorthBurkina Faso (Barga, Koumbri, Namissiguima and Titao).The information collected during the test was used in aglobal process which results were presented by IIED at the11th international Conference on community adaptation toclimate change (Kampala, 22-29 June 2017).

In the Oio, Bafata and Gabu regions, Guinea - Bissauwhere ecosystem degradation is a cause for concern,IUCN has produced and released to school teachers of167 villages and academic inspectors, brochures andvideos on improved cooking stove and solar salt making

techniques. The dissemination of such tools has enabledstudents and households in the villages covered to makeby themselves improved cooking stoves designed toreduce firewood consumption.

In May 2017, a team composed of 6 producers fromSenegal carried out an experience exchange visit to theEPIC intervention zone in Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso. Thisvisit led them to increase their knowledge on climatechange adaptation strategies and their use in the field, withthe support of the project.

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SR 3.2 : Inclusive governance and financing mechanisms that enable effective

deployment of Nature-based Solutions are tried out and adopted by decision-makers

and various actors at all levels.

The competitive micro-financing of community-basedclimate change adaptation projects, initiated by IUCN inBurkina Faso back in 2009, has been strongly rooted withthe PAPF/DGM project that made it possible to establish an

operational micro-project financing mechanism. Thus, 14

micro-projects were selected and financed for an overallbudget of more than CFA Franc 200 million. The Steering

Committee of the PAPF/DGM, on which 11 local community

representatives including 3 women have seats, activelyparticipate in REDD+ activities in Burkina Faso.

The WACA project has conducted diagnoses of coastobservation mechanisms and developed improvementplans for Benin, Côte d’Ivoire and Togo. These diagnoseshave entailed the participation of various stakeholders(national technical institutions, local governments and civilsociety organizations) thus helping to strengthen naturalresource and coastal area governance.

The partnership with the ministries in charge of water of

Mali and Togo has helped to inform and educate 50

representatives and special delegations of communesand prefectures of the Volta Basin in Togo, technicaldepartments, civil society and territorial communities of

Mali. The Togolese actors were sensitized on the nationalwater policy of Togo and the regional policy of WestAfrican water resources and the related action plan. PAGE

has ensured the editing and dissemination of 1000 copies

of the water code and its decrees. The Malians on theirside were tooled on water management regulations,financing and planning.

The results of the economic evaluations of Bagré, Sélinguéand Niandouba, and the experiences of the regional andnational Coordination units (Niger and Guinea) of NigerBasin natural resource users, were shared during thenational workshop on ECOWAS guidelines co-financed byGWI, GIZ and PNE.

These measures are being implemented within theframework of school meals governance and military food

stewardship. 167 improved cooking stoves are built invillages that provide school meals in Bafata, Gabu and Oioregions. Several thousands of persons were sensitized onthe adverse effects of deforestation and the importance ofimproved cooking stoves for forest ecosystemsconservation. This action is being taken in conjunction withWorld Food Programme and the PAlMERINHA ONG.

• In collaboration with the World Bank and theGovernment of Burundi, IUCN has continued theevaluation of landscape restoration opportunities in06 provinces of Burundi (Bubanza, Kayanza andBujumbura Rural in the north-west part, Cankuzo,Muyinga and Ruyigi in the East part). This evaluationhas generated reliable knowledge that will help theBurundian Government and other stakeholders to

draft a project proposal (USD 50 million) anddevelop and implement Provincial land PlanningSchemes during the 2018-2020 period.

• 1000 copies of the document on forest landscaperestoration opportunities in Côte d’Ivoire were

disseminated. The restoration approach isinnovative and the dissemination of the document toconservation actors opens pragmatic interventionoptions in Côte d’Ivoire and beyond. The othercountries of the Mano River Union (liberia, Sierraleone and Guinea) will build on that to identifyintervention opportunities for the restoration of therecently PACO-launched GEF project sites ofecosystem conservation and IWRM in the membercountries of the Mano Rivers.

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SR 3.3 : Untouched, modified or degraded Terrestrial and marine landscapes and theirwatersheds that provide direct benefits to society are protected, managed and /or

restored equitably.

PACO provides support to 12 SAWAP countries to protectand restore degraded ecosystems through sustainableland management actions. Thus, PACO will supportNigeria to sustainably manage the watersheds in the northof the country, including the restoration of forestlandscapes.

Through cumulated actions of the PAPF/DGM and PAGE

projects, IUCN has supported the restoration by the local

communities themselves of 15 ha of degraded farmlands

and 10 km of Mouhoun river banks in Burkina Faso.Also, 2 local conventions on the gazetting of Dogometforests (Guinea) and Gandé forests (Senegal) were signedand 2 village committees were installed with the missionto monitor the restoration activities to be implemented andcompliance with the set local management rules. Thus,

212 ha of gallery forests were gazetted in Senegal and

36.18 ha in Guinea. Concrete restoration actions ofgallery forests and source heads were taken. In fact, theboundaries of the gazetted sites were delineated and

nearly 30,000 seedlings were planted in their degradedzones.

Moreover, 19 signposts were installed on the sitesconcerned so as to indicate the gazetting and createawareness among the communities with respect to poorpractices to be banned (logging, hunting, fire, etc.).

In addition, with the technical support of IUCN, 10 ha weregazetted for the conservation of Arabic gum in the Diaye-Coura commune in Mali, by the GGWI. The initiative aimsat alleviating the local pressures on this species andsupporting its regeneration process in sensitive areas ofthe country.

To facilitate the implementation of Cameroon’s

commitment to restore 12 million hectares of forests aspart of the Bonn Challenge, IUCN has undertakenadvocacy that resulted into the signing of a joint decisionby the Ministry of Environment, Nature Protection andSustainable Development (MINEPDED) and the Ministry ofForests and Fauna (MINFOF) : Decision number0261/MINFOF/MINEPDED of 09 June, 2017 governing theestablishment, organization and functioning of a workinggroup on national monitoring and evaluation coordination,implementation and promotion of forest landscaperestoration and rehabilitation of degraded land inCameroon.

A participatory governance system of Buba, Cacine andCacheu Rivers is put in place. Part of its actions is: naturepreservation, species preservation (prohibiting the use ofmonofilaments and biological rest), ecosystem restoration(mangrove planting).

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PARTNERSHIPS

Certain partnerships are addressing thematic issues:

Regional Partnership for protected areas

The BIOPAMA programme supports numerous partnersthereby contributing to build their skills: COMIFAC andUEMOA that respectively host a sub-regional observatoryand many national institutions (ANPN in Gabon, ACFAP inCongo, OBPN in Burundi and ICCN in DRC) within theframework of the IMET tool training phases and datacollection for the Observatory and for their institutionaldevelopment. Phase 1 of this programme was completedin February 2017 and phase 2 was launched in the secondsemester of 2017.

Partnership for arid zones

The BRICKS project is built upon a partnership withCIlSS and OSS, two regional institutions supported justlike IUCN, by the World Bank. This partnershipcontributes to strengthening the linkages with the AfricanUnion Great Green Wall Initiative and its manycontributors. This partnership could also lead to bringingPACO close to the institutions in charge of landdegradation reversing in some countries like Nigeria.

Strategic Partnership with UEMOA, CSE and the World Bank

The strategic partnership among UEMOA, CSE, the World Bank and IUCN was established following the recognitionof the initiatives launched since 2011 on the observation of the littoral and of coastal risks in West Africa and thereadiness of the technical and financial partners to build upon the achievements and resolutely invest in that sector.The partnership was materialized through the implementation of the joint project on« Erosion and adaptation in thecoastal zone of West Africa ». It has been strengthened through its implementation and the coordination of thedevelopment of new projects aimed at consolidating the regional observation and implement mechanism of initiativesintended to build the coastal resilience.

In Central and West Africa, the action of IUCN was undertaken in collaboration with several groups of partners:

Many financial partners including GEF and FGEF, GCF, the World Bank, lux-Dev, European Union, AFD, GIZ, SIDA,SDC, DANIDA, Federal Ministry for the Environment, The Nature Conservancy, Building and Nuclear Safety of Germany,the German Foreign Ministry (BMU), BUSAC Fund, UKaid, Africa Practitioners Network, Norad, AWHF/World Heritage,Proforest initiative, the World Bank/IBRD-IDA, PREREDD, the Green Climate Fund, AfDB, MAVA Foundation and HowardG. Buffet Foundation.

The list of technical partners includes:

• Sub-regional institutions (ECOWAS, UEMOA, ECCAS),

• Specialized sub-regional institutions (COMIFAC, CIlSS, the UEMOA Water and Environment Division, the CIlSSWater Resources Harnessing Division, GWP/WA, WASCAl, AGRHYMET, CCRE/ECOWAS),

• United Nations Institutions (UNEP-WCMC Abidjan Convention UNEP, UNCCD global Mechanism), River Basinand lake Organizations (NBA, VBA, OMVS, lCBC, CICOS, logone-Chari Sub-Basin Natural ResourcesManagement Platform), Universities (Senghor University of Alexandria, Universities of Ouagadougou, UniversityAube Nouvelle of Ouagadougou),

• Partnerships (PRCM) and

• Regional networks (RAMPAO, RAPAC, RERAC, RERAO, APPEl, ORYX-lake Chad Basin water AmbassadorsNetwork), Global Alliance against Climate Change (GACC), the Nature Education Foundation of the Global Fundfor Nature.

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Strategic Partnership with RAMPAO

The MACO programme has provided technicalassistance to RAMPAO for the building and updating ofdatabase on West Africa PMAs. RAMPAO was alsosupported in its restructuring process (revision of itsstatutes) and as part of the projects that it develops andimplements notably on the relations between PMAs andfishing.

Partnership with the WABiCC programme

The Protected Area and Biodiversity programme on onehand and the Forest programme on the other are strivingto build a strategic partnership with the USAID-financedWABiCC programme. In addition to the fact of joining thebodies of their respective initiatives, IUCN and WABiCCare working hard to build trust and confidence for longterm relations based on common objectives, in particularthat of influencing ECOWAS.

Partnership on irrigation in the Sahell

Over the last few months, the GWI has strengthened itspartnership with AFD and the World Bank in the area ofirrigation in the Sahel. These two partners add value tothe GWI achievements through their respective initiatives:the COSTEA project (AFD) and the Sahel irrigationinitiative (World Bank). This partnership is materializedthrough the participation of IUCN in various regionalworkshops organized by the above-mentioned partners.The same applies to the joint financing by AFD of thenational workshop on the presentation and validation ofthe Guide on land tenure security in the hydro-agriculturalinfrastructure in Konni, Niger, organized by GWI, with thecontribution of the Niger Government.

Partnership with COMIFAC and ECOWAS

The Forest programme builds its strategy for thedissemination of the forest landscape restorationapproach through a close partnership with the sub-regional organizations. The latter help to furtherstrengthen the creditworthiness of IUCN with a largenumber of countries and to give visibility to theengagement of the countries.

Partnership with the PRCM

The MACO programme has worked in close collaboration with the PRCM in the emergence of a regional mangroveprogramme. The regional activities of PACO in support of mangrove conservation have been from the start implementedin consultation with the Wetlands International NGO within the framework of the PRCM. After the definition of anambitious regional programme, the coordination with the PRCM has led to many other meetings and raised the interestof the Green Climate Fund in a multi-country programme.

Strategic Partnership with UEMOA in the area of protected area governance

The identification process of the 11th Regional Indicative Programme (RIP) of the European Union, including UEMOAis the regional authorizing agency, was an opportunity for the Protected Area programme to deepen their relationswith the latter institution. UEMOA has made the decision in concurrence with the European Union, to entrust theexecution of component 2 of the RIP to IUCN. This component 2 is dedicated to building the regional governance ofprotected areas. The prospect for this programme engages IUCN in a partnership the objective of which is to buildthe capacity of UEMOA in the field of conservation.

Partnership with Basin Agencies and ECOWAS

PAGE is operating thanks to partnerships with Basin Agencies (NBA, VBA, etc.) of the sub-regional and the ECOWASWater Resources Coordination Center. Through such partnerships, IUCN is capable for monitoring long terminstitutional processes such as the publication of the regional Directive on large water infrastructure the idea of whichwas born in 2009. It values the MoU with ECOWAS to trigger a reflection on the approaches and tools used by regionalinstitutions.


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While since 2013, the membership of PACO has increasedrelentlessly, with the holding of the last 2016 WorldConservation Congress, PACO has added 27 Members tothe list of members that were suspended for diverse

reasons including mainly the "default payment" ofmembership fees. This was done in enforcement of Article12 (c) (iii) of the statutes and in compliance with theprovisions of Article 13(a).

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As usual several PACO programmes (notably BurkinaFaso, Senegal, Guinea - Bissau and Cameroon) organizeevery year with the Members and sometimes with theexperts of the Commissions, planning or strategicreflection meetings. Such meetings help to identify areasof synergy or activities of programme projects that can beentrusted to the Members as executing partners in thefield, establishing collaboration agreements with thesepartners.

For year 2017, the following activities were jointlyimplemented by the Secretariat and Members:

In Mali, the OMADEZA NGO contributed to thedevelopment of promising sub-sectors as an alternative tologging, as part of the FlEUVE Project and through theMEDEMA Consortium;

In Guinea - Bissau, NGO Members of IUCN were involvedin the implementation of the PREE and GPTIE projects (AD,NANTIGNAN, Tiniguena, Palmeirinha and IBAP) and alsoin the preparation of GEF and GCF projects (AD, IBAP,TINIGUENA, NANTIGNAN, DGFF, GPC, Palmeirinha).Hence, the ecotourism project was executed by IBAP andthe Ministry for Fisheries;

In Burkina Faso, 6 Members (Ministry for Environment,Green Economy and Climate Change, Naturama, AGED,ANAR, Green Cross Burkina Faso, A2N and SOS SahelInternational Burkina Faso) participate in theimplementation of the PAPF-DGM project, through theCNP and the CSO platform for REDD+ and SustainableDevelopment. The Government of Burkina Faso is alsoinvolved in the implementation of the Readiness andpreparatory support to Burkina Faso (GCF Readiness).Moreover, the NGO APROS participates in theimplementation of the activities of the EPIC project in theNorth region.

Furthermore, IUCN and u Burkina Faso, through theMinistry for the Environment, Green Economy and ClimateChange, were implementing partners of the PACOF-CCproject financed by SIDA.

The 13 Member States of IUCN in the region, as well asRAPAC, RAMPAO, WWF and WCS were involved in theProgramme on Biodiversity and Protected AreaManagement;

5 Member States are continuing their collaboration with theSecretariat for the implementation of the BRICKS projectwhich was initiated in 2014 and financed by the World Bankand GEF: Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, Niger and Senegalwhich are already involved in the Great Green Wall Initiative(http://www.grandemurailleverte.org/) ;

As part of the PPI5, AGEREF-Cl, BEES Benin, CREDINGO and CEW have received a total amount of Euro 157,559. Their initiatives generally focus on biodiversitypreservation in relation to climate change, through nature-based solutions while facilitating the improvement of theliving conditions of the local population;

In Cameroon, some initiatives were recorded:implementation of the joint CEW-Secretariat project on"Support for sustainable management of and valueaddition to the Ngog-Mapubi/Dibang forest massif" ; jointimplementation of the Advocacy process for themainstreaming of the rights of vulnerable populations inthe land tenure legislation; joint production of the followingdocuments: (i) Experience and lessons learned from theREDD+ process in Cameroon ; (ii) sub-regional Guide onthe development of R-PP and national REDD+ strategiesand (iii) 2 advocacy policy briefs on legislations. With theCEDC, IUCN is carrying out activities on logone ChariSub-Basin actors’ consultations and development ofstrategic tools for the sustainable management of thiszone. Many radio programmes were produced andbroadcast with the involvement of IUCN Members.

The Burundian Office for Environmental Protection and theNatural Resource Protection Association have providedtechnical assistance for the ROAM project in Burundi withthe World Bank;

In Côte d’Ivoire, the Ministry for the Environment, UrbanCleanliness and Sustainable Development is involved inthe implementation of the Mano River Union Project, anddevelopment of the GCF and GEF projects;

In Ghana, the NGO A Rocha is an implementing partnerof three projects: Stabilizing land Use Project, TowardsPro-Poor REDD Project (Phase II) and living Water fromthe Mountain Project, Protecting Atewa Water Resources;

Senegal has continued collaborating with the Members.Thus, as part of the initiatives of the project on Building theResilience of ecosystems and communities through therestoration of the productive bases of salted soils (GreenClimate Fund) and MOlOA, the CSE remains a keypartner. Similarly, the Government of Senegal, through theMinistry for Hydraulics and Sanitation, is partnering as partof the PREFElAG. ENDA TIERS MONDE (Enda ThirdWorld) is also one of the partners for the implementationof the FlEUVE project in Senegal. The Office hassupported the REPES for the finalization of its contributionto the development of a PIF/GEF6 that was initiated by theGlOBE Network for strengthening the involvement ofMembers of the Parliament in REDD+ and value additionto the natural capital. This support is part of the financialempowerment of the REPES. The PIF was submitted andendorsed by the Board of GEF and will be turned into aproject in the course of year 2018.

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The collaboration with the CEC was continued under theBRICKS Project. About fifty participants from 13 countries,made up of SAWAP (Sahel and West Africa Programme)project communication experts and journalists haveattended a training session in July 2017, on communicatingthe results of projects to different audiences. Thebeneficiaries, the members of the network put in place aspart of the BRICKS Project, learned to communicate to keytarget audiences, on how the results of the SAWAP projectsare supporting the implementation of the Great Green WallInitiative (GGWI), by producing success stories that giveevidence of the value added by the various countryprojects of the GGW.

In Burkina Faso, the Commission on Environmental lawsupported the EPIC project, on ad hoc basis. The WorldCommission on Protected Areas and that on Environmentallaw provide regular support to the office for theimplementation of its activities.

In Guinea Bissau, the work with the CEM was on theanalysis of progress made, recruitment process of newMembers and development of a road map.

Moreover, under the leadership of IUCN, the Mauritanianlittoral Development Master Plan (PDAlM) was updatedand its action plan developed. This was done with thesupport and participation of the chairperson of the groupof coastal specialists of the IUCN Commission onEcosystems Management.

In collaboration with the Commissions (WCPA, SSC and

CEL), IUCN has developed thematic maps and anoperational plan on integrated water resourcesmanagement of the Chari logone sub-basin. The jointreflection was carried out on the impact of the variousCameroon dams on certain aquatic plants and inventoriesin the Ngog Mapubi-Digang Forest Massif.

WORK WITH THE COMMISSIONS

At the end of the General Assembly of CREMACO held in2016 in Hawaii, during the World Conservation Congress,an ad hoc Bureau Ad Hoc (BAO CREMACO ) was set upwith the mandate of re-energizing the CREMACO andpreparing the election of the new Executive Committeewith the support of PACO. A work plan for theimplementation of the Ad Hoc Bureau was defined whichincludes inter alia: (i) the review of statutory documents;(ii) organization of the election of the Executive Committeeand (iii) formulation of recommendations aimed atstrengthening the Committee.

The Ad Hoc Bureau is gradually moving towards the endof its mandate as well as the attainment of the objectivesassigned to it. The Bureau was supported in this work withcontributions from the Representative of CREMACO withinthe IUCN Global Group, in order to fulfill the commitmentsmade.

To this end, library documents and archives of theRegional Committee were made available, the statutesand rules and regulations were revisited and amendmentswere proposed to all Members; recommendations are inthe process of being developed.

In terms of observations made and challengesencountered, the Bureau deplores (i) the weak responseof the members, which remains a real challenge toreviving the CREMACO, knowing that the Bureau isaccountable for their actions to all members. The latter inturn should influence and take ownership of the processand results obtained from this work; (ii) the lack of financialresources to support physical meetings which iscompounded by the scattering of the members (over 23countries). These main constraints worsen the challengeto facilitating the Regional Committee, in a context markedby a low access to the Internet tool, and also the relativeweakness in the use of new information andcommunication technologies, notably the social media, soas to increase communication within the Committee.Innovative and incentivizing approaches to enhancedengagement of the Members are being worked out, whichwill contribute to the effectiveness of CREMACO.

Finally, in view of fulfilling the commitments made,electronic elections will be organized in 2018 with thesupport of the Secretariat

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9TH FORUM OF THE PRCM: BALANCE SHEETAND PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE PHASE

On the theme on “Investing in coastal resilience for aprosperous future in West Africa” the 9th Forum of the PRCMbrought together actors of the West African littoral from 23to 26 October in Conakry. The Forum was open by H.E.Mamady Youla, Prime Minister of the Republic of Guinea,in the presence of Mr. Amedi Camara, Minister for theEnvironment and Development of Mauritania, MadamAssiatou Baldé, Minister for the Environment, Water andForest of Guinea and several other members of theGuinean Government.

This edition had a record attendance with about 280participants from the sub-region and other regions in theworld. Overall, 12 conferences of leaders enabled figuresfrom policy institutions and organizations dedicated toscientific research, to debate on coastal resilience, blueeconomy and mobilization of actors. 6 thematicworkshops then helped to have in-depth deliberations ofthese introductory themes through 23 presentations on theopportunities given by the blue economy and its impactson the value addition to resources, climate change, PMAs,etc. The partners supplemented these exchanges with 15side meetings where new initiatives and research findingsas well as field activities were presented.

The PRCM used the opportunity of this 9th edition whichcoincided with the completion of its 3rd phase to presentthe balance sheet of its activities initiated since 2004 andshare the broad lines of its future phase. From theexchanges, it appeared that there good will to expand theinstitutional base of the PRCM and widen its scope to largerregional communities such as ECOWAS. The call fordiversification of partnerships was recurrently madethroughout the debates, reminding each and every one theimperative need for finding strategies and mechanisms thatcould lead to the consolidation of the achievements of thePRCM beyond 2022.

At the end of the Forum deliberations, the participantsproduced a series of recommendations aimed atstrengthening coastal and marine zone conservationinitiatives and urging actors of the coastal zone to mainstreamresilience in the core center of environmental policies.

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FINANCES

For year 2017, PACO has implemented a multi-annualportfolio worth CHF 35.7 million including CHF 16.5million for the 2017 budget, which represents a 60%increase compared to the previous year. This increase isbasically owed to the fact that certain projects arereaching their cruising speed and also new GEF projectsare endowed with significant budgets. The average sizeof 62 projects implemented is CHF 266,214, or an

increase of 46% compared to the previous year. Thisbudget is broken down as follows: 55% for all fourregional thematic programmes (RTPs), 45% for countryprogrammes (Fig. 2). Taking into account the Core fundand other resources, the total amount of the annualbudget for the entire region is CHF 17.7 million.

PROJECT PORTFOLIO

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HUMAN RESOURCES

Apart from some relatively high variations, the analysis ofstaffing trends shows fairly similar trends than previousyears. However, the following was observed:

- Decline in number of workers compared to 2016, byabout 4%.

- An increase in newly recruited staff members: 20 in2017 against 11 in 2016

- An increase in separations (27 in 2017 against 23 in2016) ; in terms of separations, 20 were for reasonsof end of contract, 4 resignations, 3 retirements.

In these numbers, the female /male ratio as well as that ofexpatriate staff remains low or more or less stable over thepast 3 years: 27% of women in 2017, 27.65% in 2016,26.55% in 2015. As for the expatriates, they account for14% of the staff in 2015, 13% in 2016 and 14% of the staffin 2017.

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PUBlICATIONS

Annual Reports, study findings and guides

• Davies, J. (2017). Biodiversity and the Great Green Wall:

managing nature for sustainable development in the

Sahel. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: IUCN. xiv + 66 pp.

• IUCN-PACO (2016). 2016 Annual Report.Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. IUCN. 44p.

• IUCN-PACO (2016). Rapport annuel 2016 : REDD+,

lutte contre la criminalité faunique et gouvernance de

l'eau : acquis de 2016 et persectives. Yaoundé,Cameroun. UICN. 40p.

• UICN-Guinée-Bissau (2017). Rapport annuel 2017.Bissau, Guinée-Bissau. UICN, 18p.

• IUCN-Guinea-Bissau (2017). Managing mangroves

and production landscapes for climate change

mitigation. Document-projet. Bissau, Guinée-Bissau.UICN-FEM, 112p.

• UICN-Guinée-Bissau (2017). Evaluation du projet

Riquezas Partilhadas, Parque Natural do Tarrafe do Rio

Cacheu. Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. IUCN, 127p.

• Brief on Enhancing Livelihoods and Promoting REDD+

Agenda around Mole Ecological Landscape.

• Brief and Poster on Sustainable Livelihoods Enhancing

Business Models for Incentivizing REDD+ Action at the

Landscape level in Ghana.

• Brief on Rights-Based Approach to REDD+

implementation in Ghana: Addressing equitable benefit

sharing, tree tenure and rights of vulnerable groups.

• Policy Brief on Community Resource Management

Areas (CREMA) in Ghana, Recommendations for

Scaling up and experiences/ lessons, processes and

improvements proposed by the Wildlife Bill to give legal

backing/recognition to CREMAs, Accra, IUCN/ARocha.

• Gender and FlR Diagnostic, completed and submittedto GGO, covering Cameroon, Burundi and Côted’Ivoire.

• Endamana D., Shepherd G., Akwah N., G., Angu AnguK., Ntumwel B., C., Eyong Ako C. (2017) Rapid

Assessment of the Value of Forest Income for People in

Central Africa, in preparation for submission to SpecialIssue "Plant Diversity and Phytogeography in Forests".

• Mbile P, Angu K, Endamana D, Hakizumwami E,Atangana A, Mbenda R, Nsabiyumva C, Ahoussi D,Kouame T, Mouzong E (in prep.). (2017). A Gender

and Landscape Restoration Diagnostic: preliminary

assessment of success factor (s) in Cameroon, Burundi

and Côte d’Ivoire.

• UICN-Sénégal (2017). Rapport technique sur le

diagnostic du Schéma d’aménagement du Ndiael –

Avis des Experts de la CMAP. UICN, 22 pp

• UICN-Sénégal (2017). Rapport d'évaluation externe du

projet EPIC. UICN, 23 pp

Newsletters

• IUCN (2017). PACO News, monthly bilingualnewsletter of the IUCN Central and West AfricaProgramme, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. 11éditions.

• UICN (2017). Suudu Echos, Bulletin bimestriel deliaison des partenaires de la gestion durable del’environnement en Afrique de l’OuestOuagadougou, Burkina Faso. 4 numéros.

• IUCN (2017). Quaterly Journal N°7. Yaoundé. 24p.


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Video Productions

• GWI Afrique de l’Ouest (2017). Sécuriser les droitsfonciers des populations affectées par les barragesen Afrique de l'Ouest. Vidéo animation. 5mn.

• GWI Afrique de l’Ouest (2017). Négocier desaccords justes autour de la construction desgrands barrages. Vidéo animation. 5mn.

• GWI Afrique de l’Ouest (2017). Utiliser des fondscontrôlés au niveau local pour soutenir ledéveloppement des communautés affectées parles grands barrages. Vidéo animation. 4mn.

• UICN-Guinée-Bissau/Ministère de l’EducationNationale du Sénégal (2017). Erosion Côtière.Vidéo Education à l’Environnement. Dakar,Sénégal. 13.32 mn.

• IUCN-Guinea-Bissau/ Ministry of Basic andSecondary Education (2017). Erosion Côtière,biodiversité et déchets. Vidéo Education àl’Environnement. Banjul, The Gambia, 30 mn.

• UICN-Guinée-Bissau/Radio Comunotario Vaz deQuelele (2017). Emissions radiophoniques sur lapêche, les forêts, les déchets, l’agriculturedurable, les industries extractives et les impactsenvironnementaux. Emissions éducatives endirectes. Bissau, Guinée-Bissau. 5 heures.

Publications in partnership

• UICN/AD/AIN/IBAP/Bout (N) & Ghiurghi A (2017).Guia dos Mamiferos do Parque Nacional de

Cantanhez, Bissau, Guinée-Bissau. UICN-AD-AIN-IBAP, 183p.

• Bazin F., Hathie I., Skinner J. et Koundouno J. (dir.)(2017). Irrigation, sécurité alimentaire et pauvreté.

Leçons tirées de trois grands barrages en Afrique

de l’Ouest. IIED, londres et UICN, Ouagadougou.Burkina Faso, Mali, Sénégal. 112 p.

• Niasse M. (2017) GWI Afrique de l’Ouest.

Capitalisation de 10 ans d’intervention sur la

gouvernance des grandes infrastructures

hydrauliques à travers la revue d’une sélection

d’expériences. Afrique de l’Ouest. 43 p.

• ONAHA (2017), Guide de sécurisation foncière sur

les aménagements hydro-agricoles au Niger. IIED,londres et UICN, Ouagadougou. 44p.

• Ministère de la Ville et de l’Aménagement duterritoire de Guinée (2017), Manuel d’opérations

sous forme de "lignes directrices" pour

l’expropriation pour cause d’utilité publique et la

compensation des terres et des ressources

naturelles en République de Guinée. IIED, londreset UICN, Ouagadougou. 64p.

• GWI Afrique de l’Ouest/Office de développementrural de Sélingué (2017). Rapport. Analyse des

systèmes de production du périmètre irrigué de

Sélingué. Mali. 74p.

• Van Vliet N., Vanegas l., Sandrin F., Cornelis D.,le Bel S., Dominique E., Gevais O. O., Gaidet N.,Fargeot C., Essiane E., Sicard J. -C., Gely M.,lescuyer G., Billand A., Nasi R., Jepang C., AyayaI,. Broussolle l., Muhindo J., Houngbegnon F.,Fagot R., Mve Ba Zibe SA., Granier E., Kidiba A,Yapi F. et Ngohouani D. (2017). Diagnostic

approfondi pour la mise en œuvre de la gestion

communautaire de la chasse villageoise : Guide

pratique et exemples d’application en Afrique

centrale. Bogor, Indonésie : CIFOR.

• UICN-Guinée-Bissau/Ministère de l’EducationNationale du Sénégal (2017). Recueil de fiches

pédagogiques en Education Environnementale.Dakar, Sénégal. Ministère de l’Education-UICN,46p.

• UICN-Guinée-Bissau/Ministère de l’EducationNationale de Mauritanie (2017). Recueil de fiches

pédagogiques en Education à l’environnement.

Nouakchott, République Islamique de Mauritanie.Ministère de l’Education-UICN, 72p.

• UICN-Guinée-Bissau/Ministère de l’EducationNationale de Guinée (2017). Recueil de fiches

pédagogiques en Education à l’environnement.

Conakry, Guinée. Ministère de l’Education-UICN,63p.

• UICN-Guinée-Bissau/Ministère de l’EducationNationale de Guinée-Bissau (2017). Recueil de

fiches pédagogiques en Education à

l’environnement. Bissau, Guinée-Bissau. Ministèrede l’Education Nationale-UICN, 65p.

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