Wildlife of northern Central African Republic in danger - press release 29/06/17 EN/FR

The Bekou Fund, Ministry of Environment of Central African Republic (CAR), Wildlife Conservation Society, ECOFAUNE+ project and AGRECO published a press release showing the alarming results of an aerial survey of wildlife populations in the north of CAR.

According to the press release: "Northern Central African Republic historically supported some the most pristine wilderness and intact and abundant wildlife assemblages in Africa, including species of global importance such as elephant, Kordofan giraffe, hippopotamus, lion, giant eland, and more. The wildlife populations of this spectacular landscape have been subject to heavy poaching during various periods over the past decades, and conservation efforts in the area, carried out thanks to longstanding EU financial support through PDRN, ECOFAC and ECOFAUNE projects, have been negatively impacted by the past three years of armed conflict. In addition to the armed conflict and resulting humanitarian crisis currently impacting the country, widespread natural resource pillaging (specifically mining, wildlife poaching and trafficking, and pastoralist pressures) involving armed groups has been widely reported."

The survey findings and analyses generated a series of critical recommendations for action, which are set out in the press release. 

EN press release: https://europa.eu/capacity4dev/b4life/documents/press-release-29-june-2…

FR communiqué de presse: https://europa.eu/capacity4dev/b4life/documents/communique-de-presse-29…