Landscape-Scale Conservation in the Congo Basin : Lessons Learned from the Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE) Edited by David Yanggen, Kenneth Angu and Nicodeme Tchamou Landscape-Scale Conservation in the Congo Basin : Lessons Learned from the Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE) Edited by David Yanggen, Kenneth Angu and Nicodeme Tchamou CONTENTS Contents INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................................7 SECTION ONE LANDSCAPE LAND USE PLANNING..........................................................................................................11 Landscape Land Use Planning : Lessons Learned from the CARPE Program.................................12 Case Study 1 - Landscape Land Use Planning : Lessons Learned from the Maiko - Tayna Kahuzi- Biega Landscape...................................................................................................................................................21 Case Study 2 - Landscape Land Use Planning : Lessons Learned from the Sangha Tri National Landscape..............................................................................................................................................................36 Case Study 3 - Landscape Land Use Planning : Lessons Learned from the Maringa - Lopori - Wamba Landscape...................................................................................................................................................46 PROTECTED AREA LAND USE PLANNING.................................................................................................59 Protected Area Land Use Planning : Lessons Learned from the CARPE Program..........................60 Case study 1 - Protected Area Land Use Planning : Lessons Learned from the Okapi Faunal Re- serve.........................................................................................................................................................................68 Case Study 2 - Protected Areas Land Use Planning : Lessons Learned from the Lobéké National Park...........................................................................................................................................................................75 Case Study 3 - Protected Areas Land Use Planning : Lessons Learned from the Tayna Commu- nity-Managed Nature Reserve.............................................................................................................................84 FOREST CONCESSION LAND USE PLANNING......................................................................................103 Forest Concession Land Use Planning : Lessons Learned from the CARPE Program....................104 Case Study 1 - Forest Concession Land Use Planning : Lessons Learned from the Cameroon Seg- ment of the Sangha Tri-National Landscape..............................................................................................111 Case Study 2 - Forest Concession Land Use Planning : Lessons Learned from the Enzyme Refi- ners Association (ENRA) Forest Concession................................................................................................122 Case Study 3 - Forest Concession Land Use Planning : Lessons Learned from Congolaise Indus- trielle des Bois (CIB) – PROGEPP Project..................................................................................................129 COMMUNITY-BASED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT LAND USE PLANNING.........137 Community-Based Natural Resource Management Land Use Planning : Lessons Learned from the CARPE Program....................................................................................................................................................138 Case Study 1 - Community-Based Natural Resource Management Land Use Planning : Lessons Learned from the Lac Télé Community Reserve..........................................................................................142 Case Study 2 - Community-Based Natural Resource Management Land Use Planning : Lessons Learned from Community Forests in Cameroon.......................................................................................151 Case Study 3 - Community-Based Natural Resource Management Land Use Planning : Lessons 3 CONTENTS CONTENTS Learned from the Monkoto Corridor CBNRM Zone....................................................................................159 THE ROLE OF ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS IN ACHIEVING A PEOPLE-CENTERED AP- PROACH TO CONSERVATION.......................................................................................................................168 The Role of Alternative Livelihoods in Achieving a People-Centered Approach to Conservation : Lesson Learned from the CARPE Program...................................................................................................169 Case study 1 - The Role of Alternative Livelihoods in Conservation : Lessons Learned from the Creation of the Community-Managed Tayna Center for Conservation Biology..................................180 Case Study 2 - The Role of Alternative Livelihoods in Conservation : Lessons Learned from the Maringa-Lopori-Wamba Landscape.............................................................................................................193 Case Study 3 - The Role of Alternative Livelihoods in Conservation : Lessons Learned from the Lakolama Area of the Salonga-Lukenie-Sankuru Landscape...............................................................203 SECTION TWO THE PROMOTION OF NATIONAL POLICY AND GOVERNANCE AGENDAS FOR CONSERVA- TION......................................................................................................................................................................213 The Promotion of National Policy and Governance Agendas for Conservation : Lessons Learned from the CARPE Program...................................................................................................................................214 Case study 1 - The Promotion of a National Policy and Governance Agenda for Conservation : Lesson Learned from Cameroon.......................................................................................................................225 Case Study 2 - The Promotion of a National Policy and Governance Agenda for Conservation: Les- sons Learned for Gabon......................................................................................................................................235 Case study 3 - The Promotion of a National Policy and Governance Agenda for Conservation : Lessons Learned from the Republic of Congo..............................................................................................243 Case study 4 - The Promotion of a National Policy and Governance Agenda for Conservation : Lessons Learned from the Democratic Republic of Congo.......................................................................251 THE USE OF SMALL GRANTS TO BUILD CIVIL SOCIETY CAPACITY TO SUPPORT CONSER- VATION.................................................................................................................................................................257 The Use of Small Grants to Build Civil Society Capacity to Support Conservation : Lessons Learned from the CARPE Program....................................................................................................................................258 Case study 1 - The Use of Small Grants to Build Civil Society Capacity to Support Conservation : Lessons Learned from Cameroon......................................................................................................................267 Case study 2 - The Use of Small Grants to Build Civil Society Capacity to Support Conservation : Lessons Learned from Rwanda.........................................................................................................................271 Case study 3 - The Use of Small Grants to Build Civil Society Capacity to Support Conservation : Lessons Learned from Republic of Congo....................................................................................................276 Case study 4 - The Use of Small Grants to Build Civil Society Capacity to Support Conservation : Lessons Learned from Gabon........................................................................................................................282 Case study 5 - The Use of Small Grants to Build Civil Society Capacity to Support the Conservation of Natural Resources : Lessons Learned from Democratic Republic of Congo................................287 CONTENTS 4 CONTENTS SECTION THREE THE MONITORING OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO SUPPORT CONSERVATION PRO- GRAMS.................................................................................................................................................................292 Case study 1 - USAID’s Monitoring and Evaluation System for CARPE : Lessons Learned from a Large-Scale Regional Environmental Conservation Program.................................................................293 Case study 2 - Forest Concession Monitoring : Lessons Learned from the CARPE Program World Resources Institute............................................................................................................................................300 Case study 3 - The Use of Satellite Mapping and GIS to Support Large Scale