Growing a solid protected areas system
When the Gabon government committed itself to setting aside a large part of the country for protected areas, WWF took the opportunity to help this vision become a reality.
What's going on in the Gamba?
Elephants stroll along the beach. Leatherback marine turtle hatchlings wander off from their nest into the Atlantic Ocean.
470 bird species cruise the skies. And WWF is helping to keep all this magic happening for generations to come.
Read about our work in the Gamba Complex of protected areas.
In Gamba... A major focus of WWF's work in Gabon is the Gamba Complex of Protected Areas, in the southwest part of Gabon along the Atlantic coast.
WWF is making sure that effective long-term management of the national parks and other parts of the Complex tackle the main threats.
WWF is also working with the Government and other partners to create long-term funding for conservation, by creating a system of user fees, trust fund, sponsorship and private sector based initiatives.
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In Minkebe ... The project aims the gazettement of the Minkebe reserve, the production of a land-use and management plan for the reserve and periphery, the creation of support for conservation in the region and the building of capacities to protect and manage biodiversity in this large zone.
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New or updated projects
Modified: Sep 2008
- Started: Jul 2006
Gamba-Conkouatie Forest Landscape Programme
Building on WWF and its consortium partners’ progress over the past 3 years, CARPE funding over the next 5 years will assist the government of Gabon (...
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Modified: Sep 2008
- Started: Aug 1990
Conservation of the Gamba Protected Area
The project aims to safeguard the Gamba Protected Area Complex's original and representative ecosystems and maintain biodiversity in harmony with sust...
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Modified: Sep 2008
- Started: Feb 1989
Minkebe Forest
Since 1997, with funds from DGIS (Netherlands Development Cooperation) and CARPE (USAID), WWF has undertaken the Minkebe Conservation Project together...
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Modified: Sep 2008
- Started: Jul 2000
African Elephants Programme
WWF has supported elephant conservation since it was first established. However, until now, WWF has not developed a specific continent-wide programme ...
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Modified: May 2008
- Started: Apr 2002
WWF African Bushmeat Initiative
The WWF Africa and Madagascar Programme has developed a bushmeat programme to implement projects that contribute to the protection of species threaten...
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Modified: Dec 2007
- Started: Jan 2005
Capacity Building Programme in Sustainable Forest Management Practices in the Congo Basin
This capacity building project on sustainable forest management (SFM) in the Congo basin is supervised by WWF Belgium and executed by WWF CARPO with t...
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Modified: Jun 2007
- Started: Jul 2004
Movements of Atlantic Leatherback Turtles - Trans-Oceanic Cooperation for Bycatch Reduction
WWF's gobal programme of work on bycatch, of which this project forms part, aims to mitigate bycatch in a coordinated and strategic manner. The progra...
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Modified: Jan 2007
- Started: Nov 2006
Sustainable Forest Management and Certification in the Congo Basin
The project supports sustainable management of forest products in the Congo Basin (Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of C...
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Modified: Nov 2006
- Started: Jan 2004
Poverty Alleviation Programme
The Central Africa Forests and Poverty Alleviation Programme (CAFPAP) is developed within the framework of the Natural Livelihood Resources and Povert...
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Modified: Jul 2006
- Started: Jan 1999
Capacity Building for Conservation in Africa-Madagascar
WWF proposes to faciliate the design and delivery of a capacity building programme that will result in the evolution of an African environment in whic...
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