African Great Apes Update - Number 1
Recent News from the WWF African Great Apes Programme
More patrols for Guinea Bissau's marine parks
As part of a West African coastal zone and marine regional conservation programme, WWF donates two patrol boats to protect marine parks in Guinea Bissau.
Le WWF dit NON au projet de stockage de gaz au large de la Baie de Hann
Dakar - Sénégal : Le WWF (Fonds Mondial pour la Nature), organisme de protection de la nature et de l’environnement, est opposé au projet de stockage flottant et de distribution de gaz butane au large de la baie de Hann. Ledit projet est initié par la société Africaine de gaz (Sag) et consiste à mettre en place un dispositif permanent de stockage flottant de 30 000 tonnes de gaz butane au large de la baie de Hann, déjà fortement polluée et considérée par les habitants de la commune comme un dépotoir de calamités.
WWF Senegal (WAMER) E-newsletter
WWF West Africa Marine Programme quarterly e-bulletin.Issue August 2004
WWF urges West Africa to implement its regional conservation plan for marine turtles
Dakar, Senegal. Following the regional training workshop on marine turtles monitoring held in Bissau in early July 2004, WWF, the conservation organisation, calls on West African countries to implement the regional conservation plan for marine turtles and help create alternative sources of income for local communities.
WWF congratulates Senegal for its environmental leadership in Africa
Dakar, Senegal. WWF, the conservation organisation, wishes to express its satisfaction over the recent creation of four (4) new Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) by the government of Senegal to better conserve its marine resources and habitats.
WWF congratulates the government of Senegal for its leadership role in environmental protection in Africa
Dakar, Senegal. WWF, the conservation organisation, wishes to express its satisfaction over the recent creation of four (4) new Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) by the government of Senegal to better conserve its marine resources and habitats.
Senegal declares four new marine protected areas
Four marine protected areas have been created in Senegal’s coastal zone, protecting fisheries and biodiversity covering more than 7,500km2.
Senegalese artisanal fishers weep over loss of noble fish
Over the past few decades, the formerly abundant fishing resources of Senegal have plummeted. The presence of foreign, and in particular EU, fishing fleets in Senegalese waters is exacerbating a problem caused, in part, by the unregulated development of local artisanal fisheries.