SanghaTri-NationalProtectedAreasComplex
TheophileZognou
[email protected]
+237671659276 http://www.fondationtns.org/dev/index.php/en/
Cameroon,CentralAfricanRepublic,Congo
Size:25000km2+(7,542km2TNSsite,17,880km2bufferzoneloggedforestconcessions)
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Participantsincoordinatingtheongoingtransboundarycooperation:
NationalGovernment:
• Ministriesinchargeofforestsandprotectedareasinthethreecountries
(Cameroon,CARandCongo)
LocalGovernment:
• PrefectsoflocalitiesfallingintoTNSlandscape
Protectedareaadministration:
• Nationalconservationservicesofthethreeparks
• LobekeinCameroon
• DzangaSanghainCAR
• NouabaleNdokiinCongo
InternationalNGOs:
• WWF(Cameroun,CAR)
• WCS(Congo)
Objectives:Developtransboundarycooperationinordertojointlypreserveandvalorize
TNSrichbiodiversity.
Values and importance: The TNS is the first three-country transboundary area to be
nominatedasaworldheritageSitebyUNESCOsinceJuly2012.Thiswasaconsequenceof
its natural values and features which include ongoing ecological and evolutionary
processesinamostlyintactandpristineforestlandscapeataverylargescale.TNSisalsoa
harbor for viable populations of complete faunal and floral communities, including top
predatorsandrareandendangeredspecies.
Aspectsoftransboundarycooperation:CooperationincludesAnti-poachingactivities,
ecotourism,scientificresearchandforestconservation.
Stage in the process: Heads-of-state agreement signed and land use management plan
underimplementation.
DateEstablished:December7,2000.
OfficialProtectedAreaDesignation:UNESCOWorldHeritageSitesinceJuly2012.
TheCatalyst:AftertheCentralAfricaSummitheldinYaoundé(Cameroon)in1999,Headsof-Statesdecidedtojointheirefforttopreservetheirforestasacontributiontoworldwide
initiativetoconservebiodiversityandtropicalforest.Joinedmanagementof
Transboundaryprotectedareaswasamongthemainstrategiesadoptedattheendofthe
summit.
History:ThemainfactorwasthepoliticwillofHeads-of-StatesaftertheYaoundéSummit
inCameroon.
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Barriers,challenges,obstacles,orconstraints:
• IncreaseofpoachingespeciallydrivenbythedevelopmentofivorymarketinAsia
• Miningandindustrialprojects
• Lowfinancialresources
TofacethesechallengestheTri-nationaltrustfund(FTNS)wascreatedtosupport
protectedareasandcooperationactivities.Alsosensitizationanddialogamongdifferent
stakeholdersareregularlyencouraged.
TheGovernanceandManagementStructures
TheTNScooperationagreementcreatedthreegovernancestructures:
• ATri-nationalcommitteeforsupervisionandarbitration(CTPE)whichincludesthe
threeministersinchargeofprotectedareasfromeachTNScountry.Thecommittee
isinchargeofdecision.
• ATri-nationalcommitteeformonitoring(CTS)whichincludesthethreeDivisional
OfficersfromeachTNScountrywiththeroleofmonitoring.
• A Tri-national committee for planning and implementation (CTPE) which is
constitutedbyparksmanagersandtheirpartners.CTPEhastheroleofplanningand
implement joint actions such as: anti-poaching patrols, ecotourism and wildlife
monitoring.
Results
• CreationofaTri-nationalBrigade
• NominationofTNSintheworldheritagelist
• CreationofaTrustFundforsustainablefinancingofTNSactivities
LessonsLearned
• The TNS cooperation is the first transboundary cooperation in the Congo Basin
region.Itsexperienceisinspiringandfosteringmanyotherconservationinitiatives.
• Besides of the legal governance structure, the presence of a permanent body (i.e
executive secretary) will help to better coordinate activities, improve
communication between the different governance structures and impulse new
ideas.
ForMoreInformation
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Name
Mengamenya
Achile
Title
ParkManager
Organization
Email
Phone
LobékéNational
Park
[email protected]
ChristianNdadet ParkManager
DzangaNdoki
NationalPark
[email protected]
RichardMalonga
NouabaléNdoki
Foundation
[email protected]
Director
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