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Gestion durable de la faune sauvage pour l’amelioration des conditions de vie des populations locales (Sustainable Wildlife Management)
ACP/FED/038-835

Agreement No. ACP/FED/038-835: Gestion durable de la faune sauvage pour l’amelioration des conditions de vie des populations locales (Sustainable Wildlife Management) for an amount of €45.0 million was signed on 9th June 2017. The programme will be implemented over a period of 84 months (excluding the closure period fixed at 24 months).

Implementation modality

Indirect management with Food and Agricultural Organisation of the UN

Objective

The overall objective of the programme is to contribute to the conservation of the wild animals and their ecosystem as part of improving the conditions of life and food security of the populations who depend on these resources in the ACP countries.

The programme is fully in line with the provisions of the Intra-ACP Strategy Paper 2014-2020 and the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 15).

The specific objective is to contribute to the legal and sustainable exploitation of the wild animals by the rural populations as a means to find alternative proteins as part of the food security and the conservation of the wild animals in the ACP countries.

Expected results

  • The institutional and legal framework permitting the sustainable use of the wild animals in line with the “Especes Sauvage Resilients a la Chasse ou a la Peche (ESRCP) is improved;
  • The management of ESRCP is improved;

 

“The programme is ongoing and is expected to end in June 2024.

Following the Mid-term Evaluation conducted during the previous report June-December 2022), the focus during the current reporting period has been on the implementation of the nine recommendations made by the external evaluators of the programme

Beneficiary countries

Guyana, Papua New Guinea, Congo DRC, Congo, Senegal, Madagascar, Zambia, Botswana and Zimbabwe

For more information, contact: Department of Environment and Climate Action

For more information, contact: Department of Sustainable Economic Development and Trade