Environmental Education Programme in Joal Fadiouth: using paintings to sensitize
The second phase of the environmental education programme started in Joal Fadiouth
Wamer Infos
The publication of this issue of WAMER Info, the last for 2008 and the first for 2009 provides us with an opportunity to take stock of our progress and set our sights on the future. Not just because it’s the end of a year andthe start of a new one but also because many of our projects are winding up while new ones are getting started.
Joal-Fadiouth: The making of a community-based MPA
Lessons learned: WWF WAMER’s MPA knowhow moves to Ghana. A Ghanaian delegation from the NGO Friends of Earth and the Ministry of Fishery were in Senegal early in March 2009 to see how WAMER models could be adapted for Ghanaian needs. At the same time, the Senegalese Government called on WWF WAMER to take part in a technical mission of the Intergovernmental oceanographic Commission in Senegal aiming at improving MPA policies. WWF WAMER’s success in the creation and management of MPAs is due to the central role played by local communities, targeted capacity building of all stakeholders and the creation of income generating activities. Joal- Fadiouth’s MPA is a good example.
Battered sharks get critical listing
Four of the most commercially valuable sharks - one a staple of fish and chips - have just been listed as being of conservation concern by the International Convention on Migratory Species. WWF has actively lobbied for this recognition
WWF Signs New Agreement for African Cetaceans
WWF-West African Marine Ecoregion Programme today signed a new intergovernmental agreement to conserve the West African Manatee and Small Whales in Western Africa and Macaronesia. The conservation instrument consists of 2 Action Plans for the conservation of theses species, and was first adopted by 15 countries in Togo in October, and opened for signatory by implementing partners today.
Tuna commission comes up with "a disgrace, not a decision"
The commission tasked with preventing a collapse of the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery today opted for catch quotas still far higher than its own scientists recommend and leaving industrial fleets free to scoop up tuna at the height of its spawning period.
West Africa Marine Newsletter (April 08)
News, views and information from WWF's West Africa Marine Ecoregion (WAMER) programme based in Senegal.
New guide to reducing bycatch goes online
As a service to the long-term sustainability of both fish stocks and fishing communities, WWF has established an online resource providing up-to-date information on bycatch (the capture of non-target creatures in fishing gear) and how to reduce it.
Green turtle nesting sites discovered in Senegal
A WWF survey has discovered new marine turtle nesting sites on the beaches of Senegal, prompting calls from conservationists to improve protection of the endangered species.
Sea turtles threatened by rising seas
Sea turtles lay their eggs into the beach sand. Many return to the exact beaches that they were hatched to lay the eggs for the next generation of turtles. But sea level rise due to climate change threatens beach habitat. A new study predicts that turtle reproduction will be hard hit.