Protected and conserved area(s) concerned

Niokolo Koba National Park

The BIOPAMA AC Objectives addressed

• Enhance the management and governance of priority protected areas by addressing existing limitations (strengthening on-site infrastructure/equipment for patrolling, poaching control, developing capacity of staff)

Priority need addressed

• Provide survey (baseline and/or monitoring) of a minimum number of key elements before any management decision on key species and ecosystem services; Minimise the threats to the PA: poaching, nomadic grazing, invasive species, etc

The change the project implementation will bring for the protected area(s)

• Protected Areas of regional/global importance such Niokolo Koba National Park generally have comprehensive monitoring programs which keep track of the health status and trends of key natural assets, permitting an early warning and the formulation of corrective measures should a specific species, biome or important habitat feature come under threat. All such mechanisms are currently lacking in Niokolo-Koba, and the park authorities depend on outside assistance to produce relevant updates on the status of key wildlife and habitat features.
• In the context of the BIOPAMA AC objective “to enhance the management and governance of priority areas by addressing existing limitations” the proposed project will strengthen the ability of the DPN to effectively (and eventually autonomously) manage the park´s irreplaceable biodiversity assets by generating relevant and updated ecological information and by providing the DPN with the tools and the capacity for an appropriate, comprehensive, standardized and easily replicable park monitoring system, targeting all key wildlife species and habitat features.​

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Implementing organisations

Panthera

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