PAPFor

Community-based participatory management

Yuzhou — 2022-10-20T09:37:27Z

One of the major challenges of the PAPFor programme is to help the populations living around the high conservation value areas, through free and informed consent, to take ownership of the governance of natural resources at the local level and to adopt a sustainable development system. This system should enable the improvement of ecosystem services and agricultural practices, which will have a positive effect on the quality of life and income of households with a positive impact on the local development of the decentralised entities.

The project places particular emphasis on a gender and vulnerable people approach in the implementation of its activities

Support for Protected Areas

Yuzhou — 2022-10-20T09:35:46Z

PAPFor provides direct support to the two national agencies responsible for protected area management. A key support activity is WCF working to establish the Pensel-li-Soyah-Sabouyah area as a National Park and to update the management plan of the Outamba National Park which will serve as a basis for the interventions of technical and financial partners. PAPFor also supports training in management tools such as IMET (Integrated Management Effectiveness Tool) and village territory management plans. These tools help guide decision-making for effective management of threats and pressures on priority conservation targets. The programme also provides support for vehicles, computers, field equipment, and monitoring patrols. A vegetation monitoring system has been established to quantify the positive effects of restoration actions in the identified
corridor at the landscape level.

Maintaining forest cover and protecting threatened species

Yuzhou — 2022-10-20T09:34:04Z

In the context of rapid development of economic projects, illegal logging and urban expansion, the priority is to maintain the connectivity of high conservation value areas at the forest landscape level. PAPFor envisages the restoration of forest corridors with a strong involvement of the riparian communities. The programme works with local authorities and riparian communities to restore degraded areas in the corridor connecting Sabouyah (in Guinea), Kuru Hills and Outamba (in Sierra Leone). These areas are currently subject to illegal exploitation of rosewood, poaching, and degradation of natural habitats. Most recently, CITES has banned the exploitation of rosewood in Sierra Leone. The Guinean authorities have already taken strong measures to reduce timber
trafficking in the Mamou and Faranah regions. The project will support these two governments in their efforts to combat illegal logging and law enforcement.