Policy
Improved Law Enforcement Coordination Leads to Two Convictions for Illegal Poaching and Pet Trading in Liberia
Jun 26, 2020Biodiversity Loss, Conservation, Partnership, Policy, wildlife trafficking
By Jacob Tweh, Communication Officer, Wild Chimpanzee Foundation For the first time in the Taï-Grebo-Krahn-Sapo (TGKS) Transboundary Forest Landscape shared by Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire, convictions have been made for illegal poaching and wildlife trafficking on the Liberian side. The quick crackdown on these unlawful acts is credited to the work of the Transboundary…
ECOWAS Ministers Adopt Strategic Documents for a Cleaner, Sustainable Environment
Feb 14, 2020ECOWAS, Policy
By Adejumobi Adegbite Ministers representing the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have adopted the revised Environmental Action Plan (EAP) and associated Monitoring & Evaluation Plan (MEP) of the ECOWAS Directorate of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), which were submitted for adoption during a three-day Experts and Ministers Meeting at the Ouagadougou International…
Mano River Union Member States Endorse Institution’s Five-Year Strategic Plan
Feb 14, 2020Mano River Union, MRU, Partnerships, Policy
By Fatmata Katta Delegates representing the four Mano River Union (MRU) countries—Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire—endorsed the sub-regional body’s five-year (2020–2025) Strategic Plan and Action Plan after a two-day deliberation to critically review both documents Feb. 4–5 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The MRU is a core regional partner of WA BiCC. Its…
CITES Master’s Graduates Chart a Path Toward Regional Collaboration
Jan 29, 2020Capacity Building, CITES, Policy, West Africa, wildlife trafficking
By Chaz Kyser, WA BICC Communications Manager The West Africa Biodiversity and Climate Change Program (WA BiCC) organized a vibrant exchange on “Knowledge Products and Lessons from CITES Master’s Training and Research in West and Central Africa,” held in Accra Jan. 23–24. Not only did the gathering succeed in bringing WA BiCC-supported CITES MSc…
My first CoP Experience
Sep 04, 2019Capacity Building, CITES, Policy
My name is Mercy Koomson, a Wildlife Manager at the Kotoka International Airport in Ghana, and a graduate of the 2018/2019 Master’s Program in Management and Conservation of Species in Trade, at the University of Andalucia. As one of the 34 graduates from the 2018/2019 edition of the ‘CITES Masters’ program’ in Spain, the 18th…
My First CITES CoP Experience: The Realities of Decision Making
Sep 04, 2019Capacity Building, CITES, Policy
The 18th Conference of the Parties for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has just ended in Geneva Switzerland at the Palexpo international conference centre. The events took place from August 17th to the 28th and it was an incredible experience. CITES is a global agreement that…
Africa’s Atlantic Coast Gets a Boost for Sustainable Management
Jul 15, 2019Abidjan Convention, Coastal Areas, Increasing Coastal Resilience to Climate Change, Policy
The Plenipotentiaries to the Abidjan Convention met on July 2nd 2019 in Abidjan for what participants soundly agreed was a very successful gathering, taking unprecedented steps towards the conservation and sustainable management of marine and coastal ecosystems from Morocco to South Africa. Under the chairmanship of Cote d’Ivoire’s Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, his…