Fisheries in the Southern Border Zone of Takamanda - Impact ...
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a basel<strong>in</strong>e for future research and conservation.<br />
<strong>Takamanda</strong> Forest Reserve was relatively unexplored<br />
until this project. Increas<strong>in</strong>g threats to <strong>the</strong> long-term<br />
survival <strong>of</strong> both flora and fauna <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Reserve prompted<br />
<strong>the</strong> authors and <strong>the</strong>ir respective affiliations to conduct <strong>the</strong><br />
biodiversity assessments that we report on <strong>in</strong> this book..<br />
An additional outcome <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Takamanda</strong> Project<br />
was formal tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g through courses conducted by <strong>the</strong><br />
Smithsonian Institution <strong>in</strong> collaboration with <strong>the</strong><br />
Bioresources Development and Conservation Program,<br />
<strong>the</strong> International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups,<br />
WWF Cameroon, <strong>the</strong> Wildlife Conservation Society and<br />
<strong>the</strong> US Agency for International Development’s Central<br />
African Regional Program for <strong>the</strong> Environment.<br />
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Cont<strong>in</strong>ued capacity build<strong>in</strong>g was conducted throughout<br />
<strong>the</strong> different field activities.<br />
As an outgrowth <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> International Cooperative<br />
Biodiversity Groups Program, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Takamanda</strong> Project is<br />
based on <strong>the</strong> premise that <strong>the</strong> discovery and development<br />
<strong>of</strong> products (<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g pharmaceuticals) from natural<br />
resources may well promote susta<strong>in</strong>able use <strong>of</strong> those<br />
resources and contribute to <strong>the</strong> economic and social wellbe<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>of</strong> local communities.<br />
Francisco Dallmeier<br />
National Zoological Park<br />
Smithsonian Institution