Front Cover Photos: Top left: View on the mountain range in the dry season, Majete Wildlife Reserve, Malawi, Hanneke Hogerheijde Bottom left: A view of a waterfall and gallery forest in Darfur, Sudan, Ata El Mannan Nature & Faune is a peer-reviewed open access international bilingual (English and French) publication dedicated to the exchange of information and practical experience in the field of wildlife and protected areas Right: Elephant, Majete Wildlife Reserve, Malawi management and conservation of natural resources on the African continent. Nature & Faune has been in Back Cover Photos: wide circulation since 1985. Top left: Buffalos, Majete Wildlife Reserve, Malawi Nature & Faune is dependent upon your free and voluntary contribution in the form of articles and Bottom left: Rhino & baby, Majete Wildlife Reserve, Malawi announcements in the field of wildlife, forestry and nature conservation in the Region. Right: East African Yellowwood (Podocarpus falcatus), of the central and eastern highlands of Ethiopia, Bekele- Editor: F. Bojang Tesemma Assistant Editor: A. Ndeso-Atanga Advisers: F. Salinas, A. Yapi, R. Czudek Front Cover Photos: Top left: View on the mountain range in the dry season, Majete Wildlife Reserve, Malawi, Hanneke Hogerheijde Bottom left: A view of a waterfall and gallery forest in Darfur, Sudan, Ata El Mannan Nature & Faune is a peer-reviewed open access international bilingual (English and French) publication dedicated to the exchange of information and practical experience in the field of wildlife and protected areas Right: Elephant, Majete Wildlife Reserve, Malawi management and conservation of natural resources on the African continent. Nature & Faune has been in Back Cover Photos: wide circulation since 1985. Top left: Buffalos, Majete Wildlife Reserve, Malawi Nature & Faune is dependent upon your free and voluntary contribution in the form of articles and Bottom left: Rhino & baby, Majete Wildlife Reserve, Malawi announcements in the field of wildlife, forestry and nature conservation in the Region. Right: East African Yellowwood (Podocarpus falcatus), of the central and eastern highlands of Ethiopia, Bekele- Editor: F. Bojang Tesemma Assistant Editor: A. Ndeso-Atanga Advisers: F. Salinas, A. Yapi, R. Czudek Nature & Faune Vol. 23, Issue 2 Success stories in management of wildlife and nature in Africa Editor: Foday Bojang Assistant Editor: Ada Ndeso-Atanga FAO Regional Office for Africa [email protected] http://www.fao.org/africa/publications/nature-and-faune-magazine/ FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Accra, Ghana 2008 BOARD OF REVIEWERS El Hadji M. Sène, Forest Resources Management & Dry Zone Forestry Specialist Dakar, Senegal Christel Palmberg-Lerche Forest Geneticist Rome, Italy Douglas Williamson Wildlife specialist England, United Kingdom Mafa Chipeta Forest Industries specialist Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Alan Rodgers Conservation practitioner – forestry/wildlife Nairobi, Kenya. Jean Djigui KEITA Forest management specialist Bamako, Mali Guy Debonnet Programme specialist Natural Heritage Paris, France Fred Kafeero Environmentalist and natural resources management expert Rome, Italy Kai Wollscheid Game and Wildlife specialist Budakeszi, Hungary Advisers: Fernando Salinas, Atse Yapi, René Czudek The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The views expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 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Applications for such permission should be addressed to the Chief, Electronic Publishing Policy and Support Branch, Communication Division, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy or by e-mail to [email protected]. ©FAO 2008 Nature & Faune Vol. 23, Issue 2 Table of Content Message to Readers..........................................................................................................................1 Maria Helena Semedo Editorial............................................................................................................................................3 Pape Djiby Koné Announcements................................................................................................................................5 News...................................................................................................................................................8 Special Feature:...............................................................................................................................10 African Parks Network, the first Private Park Management Institution in Africa that takes on long-term management responsibility of parks by combining conservation practice with business expertise. Hanneke Hogerheijde, Anthony Hall-Martin and Patricio Ndadzela Articles Forestry in Ethiopia: building blocks for success in the sector.............................................16 Michel Laverdière, Million Bekele, Habtemariam Kassa, Meshack Malo and Mafa Chipeta The quest for taking due account of wildlife in forest management efforts of.....................26 Ghana. Christopher Manu & William Oduro Redefining a wildlife management strategy to stem imminent bushmeat crisis...................32 in Liberia Samuel N. Koffa, Somorgar S. Zwuen and Jonathan Yiah Best Practices in Sustainable Hunting: success stories from Southern Africa......................38 Rolf D. Baldus, Gerhard R. Damm and Kai-Uwe Wollscheid Reconciliation of resource value differences of stakeholders in sustainable.........................41 landscape management: the case of a tri-national landscape in central Africa sub-region Chi Augustine Muam Reflections on the Integrated Management of Plants and Animal wildlife in.......................47 Jebel Marra Forest in western Darfur, Sudan Mohamed Adam Khamis The Lagoon crab, an emerging fishery in the Assomlan community in the..........................52 South-East region of Côte d'Ivoire Séraphin Dedi Nadje Dom, a tiny village in the Bamenda highlands of Cameroon swings into............................58 prominence Paul N. Mzeka Networking for forest health in Sub-Saharan Africa: the Forest Invasive Species ..............64 Network for Africa (FISNA) fights against invasive species Paul P. Bosu and Clement Z. Chilima Nature & Faune Vol. 23, Issue 2 i Country Focus: Ghana Nature & Faune magazine presents the views of a Ghanaian conservation practitioner...................67 and two government officials on dimensions of a well served forest sector Kwabena Tufuor, Fredua Agyeman, and Alex Asare FAO Activities Major FAO activities in Africa in 2008................................................................................74 Links................................................................................................................................................76 Theme and Deadline for Next Issue..............................................................................................77 Guidelines for Authors, Subscription and Correspondence.......................................................78 Nature & Faune Vol. 23, Issue 2 ii Message to Readers Maria Helena Semedo1 Everyone wants to be part of a good thing! Several writers in this Issue narrate success stories in management of wildlife and nature in Africa. Nature & Faune magazine is raising this subject because it is important to understand how a project, programme and a community initiative can succeed where others failed. It is time to develop a deeper and comprehensive critique of what the civil society, government, conservationist and network are doing right in Africa. This is more so as Africa is a very diverse continent (socio-culturally, economically and ecologically), with one of the richest biological diversity on planet earth. This Issue of the magazine aims at reflecting on and rekindling interest in successful field projects, capacity-building initiatives and networking of natural resources practitioners. It is a strategy to sustain ideas that could enhance conservation of wildlife and natural ecosystems and improve Africa's rural livelihoods. This edition of Nature & Faune offers project managers and natural resources practitioners a platform to showcase and describe their activities, thus offering readers the opportunity to communicate with them and exchange information on areas of common interest. If you are looking for heartening accounts and chronicles from Africa, then this issue is for you. The Cairo (Egypt) based FAO Senior Forestry Officer, Pape Djiby Kone, leads off with the editorial “Wildlife and Nature management in Africa: evolution and success stories.” Hanneke Hogerheijde, Marketing Manager, Majete Wildlife Reserve in Malawi, then provides a special feature about