In January 2011, the 38th APAO newsletter (see www.papaco.org) was giving a quick overview of the work achieved by PAPACO since 2008. This work has of course continued this year, with a developing team (12 people now), new studies (including the one on extractive industries impacts on PA in West Africa), new projects, new sites or countries assessments (Congo Brazzaville, for example), new training courses etc. All these results are presented in the newsletter month after month so you know them already well, not to mention your contributions, your actions, your results also included... But what matters now is 2012!
In preparation for this new and most certainly critical year (20 years after Rio…), we held, a few weeks ago, near Ouagadougou, a large meeting with various stakeholders involved in protected areas, in Africa or elsewhere. The meeting aimed at describing and understanding the situation of the parks on the continent, at suggesting new ways of thinking, of working (better) and finally at writing a roadmap for our AP, for the months and years ahead. This roadmap will be our "green line" in 2012: a line that we’ll follow and that will give us priorities and will (hopefully) bring altogether our partners. A green line that will be resolutely turned towards results in terms of conservation: more nature preserved, more biodiversity saved ... a green line that will lead us perhaps to a "green list" of the best conservation areas of the continent? Why not, it would be an exciting challenge... .…[…]
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