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Gambia, 5 other W/African states pledge to finance protected areas
Saturday, 30 October 2010 19:29
PANA - Representatives of Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Senegal, Mauritania, Guinea and Gambia, who attended the
just-concluded 10th Conference on the Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan, (18-29 Oct), have pledged to finance protected marine areas (AMP) in West Africa, according to a statement from the international organization, WWF.The commitment was made during a round table, organized on the sidelines of the conference, under the aegis of the regional programme of conservation of coastal and marine areas (PRCM), and the lifeweb Initiative of the secretariat of the Biological Diversity Convention.
The statement noted that the initiative was followed by development partners: Germany, Holland, Spain, the World Environment Fund (FEM), the European Union, WWF International and Wetlands International Africa.
All the ministers who took the floor showed the achievements and results obtained in terms of conservation, acknowledging that there was still much to be done, according to the statement.
Guinea announced it would extend its covering rate of protected areas, currently eight per cent, to 25 per cent by 2020; Cape Verde would create new AMP, while Guinea Bissau would increase its marine areas from 15 per cent to 24 by 2020.
Mauritania will take its covering rate from 30 per cent to 40 per cent in 2011 and Gambia, from two to 17 per cent by 2020.
Senegal confirmed its commitment for the conservation of biodiversity, even beyond its borders, through the Great Green Wall (GMV) to go across eleven countries, from Dakar to Djibouti, over 7,000 km length and 15 km width.
A round table of the donors for the financing of protected areas in West Africa will be organized in the first half of next year, the statement added.
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