The BIOPAMA programme produced a brief high-level assessment of the overlap between current and planned Extractive Industries with Protected Areas in the region for presentation and discussion during the fifteenth session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), Cairo, Egypt, at an IUCN – BirdLife International – WWF side event on 4 March 2015.
This spatial analysis, entitled “Discussion paper: Balancing the exploitation of mineral and hydrocarbon resources with conservation of biodiversity” is key to the strategic approach discussed and in support of the main recommendations made in the side event. The BIOPAMA Observatories for Protected Areas and Biodiversity can play a key role in ensuring that the relevant protected areas data and information is made available for these strategic planning processes. To this end, a more detailed BIOPAMA decision-support product is planned for 2015 to elaborate on the spatial overlaps of extractive industry plans and protected areas in the Eastern African region.
TAGS:
Related News
-
- Action component
- Assessment tools & their application
- Capacity Development
- Observatories
New Publication: Exploring the impact of grants in Eastern and Southern Africa
-
- Action component
- Data and information
- Observatories
- Planning and decision support
Results and lessons learned from grant implementation
-
- Observatories
Regional observatories in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific in support of the Global Biodiversity Framework implementation
-
- Observatories
The Ministry of the Environment of Côte d’Ivoire invited to the first African Protected Areas Congress
-
- Assessment tools & their application
- Observatories
The Network of Coaches for effective management of protected areas launched
-
- Planning and decision support
From knowledge to action: Two studies on protected areas are discussed in support of the implementation of the COMIFAC Convergence Plan
-
- Observatories
Request For Tenders: Consultancy To Develop A Sustainablility Plan For SPREP’s Regional Programme Of Support For Protected Areas
-
- Capacity Development
- Observatories
Training to assist Pacific island countries fulfil management effectiveness element of protected area reporting obligations
-
- Observatories
Crop wild relative conservation in protected areas in Southern Africa
-
- Data and information
- Observatories
Data inventorying exercise to support the Intergovernmental Authority on Development
-
- Observatories
Closing the gap: Conservation Trust Funds
-
- Assessment tools & their application
- Observatories
Atelier de recyclage des coaches sur l’outil IMET
-
- Observatories
Official launch of the Regional Resource Hub for Eastern and Southern Africa
-
- Capacity Development
- Observatories
Enhanced access to information resources, management tools and GIS for the Solomon Island’s protected areas
-
- Capacity Development
- Observatories
Introduction to OECMs
-
- Capacity Development
- Observatories
First-ever protected area management effectiveness assessment conducted for the Barbados Marine Reserve
-
- Observatories
JOIN US on the Global Landscapes Forum Biodiversity Digital Conference
-
- Observatories
Latin America and the Caribbean celebrate protected areas
-
- Observatories
Closing the gap: Payment for Ecosystem Services
-
- Observatories
East Africa learning series on communities combatting Illegal Wildlife Trade

next

prev
This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.
If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.