Project/activity information

The development objective of the project is to contribute to the protection of the Gorillas and of their habitats in the MMGS. The first specific objective is to put in place a collaborative management process for the sanctuary to ensure its protection, and the second specific objective is to initiate a process for cooperation between Cameroon and Gabon for the joint management of the sanctuary.

The fundamental focus of the project activities is to initiate a transboundary conservation (TBC) process, to search reliable data for sanctuary management planning, to build the awareness of local communities and to control poaching practices. The activities will be implemented in a first phase of two-year duration and will be centered around the following outputs; a sanctuary management infrastructure is constructed; sanctuary management goals are shared by local people and other stakeholders; Guidelines for management of production forest contiguous to the sanctuary and for transitional resource-use zone management are elaborated, structures for cooperation in TBC are set up, agenda defining and strategy-building process are initiated, a joint management plan for the sanctuary is elaborated.

The strategy for intervention is based on participation of local communities through collaborative management approach, search of alternative means of livelihood for local people, reinforcement of conservation capacity in the area, TBC, ecosystem-based management based on reliable data, deployment of joint on-the-ground transboundary activities particularly in combating poaching.