conservation international training workshop on chm csir - accra may 11 – 15, 2009 nicholas jengre...
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Conservation InternationalConservation International
Training Workshop on CHM
CSIR - Accra
May 11 – 15, 2009
Nicholas Jengre
Conservation International - Ghana
Conservation InternationalConservation International- Our Mission- Our Mission
Our mission is to conserve the earth’s living natural heritage, our global
biodiversity, and to demonstrate that human societies can live
harmoniously with nature.
Nicholas JengreConservation International - Ghana
Biodiversity Initiatives –Biodiversity Initiatives –Priority Setting Workshop in 1999Priority Setting Workshop in 1999
• Kakum National Park Canopy Walkway• Human Wildlife Conflict• Cocoa Agroforestry Initiative• Southwest Ghana Project – 13 GSBAs• Key Biodiversity Areas• Incorporating biodiversity into mining• Environmental Education • National Biodiversity Strategy for Ghana•Bushmeat Awareness Campaign
Conservation International’s Work in Ghana
• CI and partners
•Secured the park and developed it into classical ecotourism destination with all the attractions
KNP Canopy Walkway
Human Wildlife ConflictHuman Wildlife Conflict Elephant numbers in the Kakum park increased As long distance animals the elephants began to destroy
nearby crops CI brought together anti-crop raiding experts with
support from FAO CI also trained some environmentalists from Sierra Leon,
Ivory Coast on anti-crop raiding methods Technical and Farmers manual produced and available
Cocoa Agroforestry Initiative
Conservation Cocoa Agroforestry Project• Background
• Stakeholders
• Farm practices
• Lessons learnt
•Supported the FSD
•Pillaring carried out
•Management plans developed and available
Management Plans for 13 GSBAs – SW/G
Key Biodiversity Areas - KBAs
Background Biodiversity under siege Most effective response – safeguard important
sites for biodiversity Expand IBAs criteria and methodology to other
taxonomic groups Builds upon success of IBAs framework Require quantitative, justifiable, globally
consistent targets for conservation at the site scale
Integrating Biodiversity Integrating Biodiversity into Mining Activitiesinto Mining Activities
Field Activities:
- Biological Surveys
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Community Biodiversity Use
- Education and Awareness creation
- Restoration
- Biodiversity Offset
Stakeholder Engagement
Local – DA, communities etc National – Govt. agencies etc International – IFC etc
Community Biodiversity Use
Products• Participatory Methodology• CBU Assessment –Akyem • CBU Assessment - Ahafo South
Awareness Creation & Educ.
Target Groups• Staff of Company• Communities • General Public • Media• Special Groups- Civil Society etc
Restoration/Rehabilitation
Main Activities• Identification of tree species • Establishment of nursery• Community Seed Hunting Gangs • Design of Nursery Site • Training of Rehabilitation Team
Rapid Biological Assessment - RAP
Taxonomic Areas: - Plants - Birds- Mammals - Ants- Fishes - Streams - Butterflies - Katydids- Amphibians and Reptiles
Alcoa – Atewa FRNewmont Ajenjua Bepo FR Mamang River FR
Websites/Links• http://newmontghana.com/images/stories/pdf/community_biodiversity_use_as
sessment-ahafo_south_ci_ghana.pdf
• http://newmontghana.com/images/stories/pdf/community_biodiversity_use_assessment-akyem_ci_ghana.pdf
• http://newmontghana.com/images/stories/pdf/participatory_methodology_for_assessing_community_biodiversity_use_ci_ghana.pdf
• http://www.globalconservation.info/wbdb/login.php
• http://www.infibeam.com/Books/info/Jennifer-McCullough/A-Rapid-Biological-Assessment-of-the-Atewa/1934151092.html
• http://search.barnesandnoble.com/A-Biological-Assessment-of-the-Terrestrial-Ecosystems-of-the-Draw-River-Boi-Tano-Tano-Nimiri-and-Krokosua-Hills-Forest-Reserves-Southwestern-Ghana/Jennifer-McCullough/e/9781881173908
• http://www.nhbs.com/conservation_international_rapid_assessment_program_bulletin_of_biological_tefno_118667.html