What is BIOPAMA
The Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA) Programme assists the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries to address their priorities for improved management and governance of biodiversity and natural resources. BIOPAMA provides a variety of tools, services and funding to conservation actors in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.
The Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA) Programme contributes to improving the long term conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and natural resources in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific regions in protected areas and surrounding communities through better use and monitoring of information and capacity development on management and governance.
BIOPAMA is an initiative of the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States financed by the European Union’s 11th European Development Fund.
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The latest news from BIOPAMA
- Western Africa
The Ministry of the Environment of Côte d’Ivoire invited to the first African Protected Areas Congress
- Western Africa
Le ministère de l’Environnement de la Côte d’Ivoire est invité au 1er Congrès Africain des Aires Protégées en mars prochain à Kigali
- Central Africa
- Eastern & Southern Africa
- Western Africa
Lancement du Réseau des coaches pour l’efficacité de gestion des aires protégées (RACEGAP)
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Our events across the world
- Global
BIOPAMA at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, Marseille
- Eastern & Southern Africa
Regional Resource Hub Showcase series, 16 June – 7 July 2021
- Global
European Development Days 2021
Where we work
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9,000+ PROTECTED AREAS:
Supporting their improved management and governance
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1 BILLION+ PEOPLE:
Their livelihoods depend on the sustainable use of natural resources
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2000+ STAFF:
Already trained by BIOPAMA for enhancing their abilities to manage protected areas
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21 MIL EUR:
New commitments for actions on the ground
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Testimonials
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“Protected areas are a key element of sustainable development, benefitting local and rural communities. They underpin economic activities, like tourism, and they guarantee basic services, like water provision. When managed in an efficient way, they improve local governance and promote the stability of large territories. This is why the continued success of the BIOPAMA programme is so crucial.”
Stefano Manservisi
Former Director General of the European Commission's Department for International Cooperation and Development
Funding & Tools
BIOPAMA Action Component
The BIOPAMA Action Component provides funding opportunities to address protected and conserved areas, sustainable use of biodiversity, natural resources priorities for actions on the ground in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) countries.
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The Reference Information Systems (RIS)
The RRIS is a tool that gathers in one place the information from the many knowledge products, projects, databases on protected areas, species and related information, in addition to the data uploaded, created and generated by the users themselves. The Joint Research Centre is responsible for the development of these tools, uploaded with the information collected through the functions of the Observatories.
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