118/119 Biodiversity and Tropical Forest Assessment for Angola

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• Angola’s institutional framework is undergoing a process of evolution andconsolidation. This is particularly true of MINUA, the institution with overallresponsibility for the environment. Nonetheless, the implementation structures arenot yet set and the Ministry is chronically understaffed.• There is a chronic lack of clarity as to the respective environmental responsibilitiesof certain sectoral ministries and MINUA. This is particularly serious with respectto the MINADER. In light of this lack of definition and poor institutional capacity,protected areas and environmental regulation chores are left unattended.• There is some movement towards cross-sectoral coordination on environmentalmatters through the CTMA.B5. International CooperationB5a. Bilateral and Multilateral DonorsGiven Angola’s post-conflict status, over the past five years the donor communitycentered its attention on the country’s immediate needs: getting its agriculture sectorback on its feet, reinserting ex-combatants into the economy, strengthening governance,repatriating refugees, and meeting health needs, among others. The focus is nowbeginning to shift, or broaden, to include issues of sustainability; among themenvironmental management and conservation.For example, in February 2008 the German Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ)signed a two-year, $2 million agreement with the GOA to provide capacity building ondifferent aspects of conservation and environmental management. One aspect of theagreement is training ex-combatants to become park guards. The GEF has signed a $1.9million agreement with the government to increase sustainable land managementcapacity in Huambo Province. Finally, while conducting interviews in Luanda the teamlearned that the European Union, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Norway are consideringincluding the environment in their assistance portfolio.The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization is a key player in thedevelopment of the forestry policy and proposed forestry law. FAO, supported by theNetherlands, is conducting a forestry inventory and developing the regulatoryframework for wildlife (hunting), conservation areas, forestry, and monitoring.The UNDP is developing a project to support the implementation of the NationalBiodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. One of the components will establish animplementation unit within MINUA.At the regional level, the GEF provides $5 million to FAO, in coordination with theOkavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM), for a project aimed atimproving management and utilization of resources in the Okavango River Basin.In short, there is a clear indication that donor-interest on environmental issues in Angolais on the upswing. There are a number of initiatives under development and a clearenunciation by certain donors that they are prepared to fund environmental activities.22 118/119 BIODIVERSITY AND TROPICAL FOREST ASSESSMENT FOR ANGOLA
B5b. Extractive IndustriesThe financial support of extractive industries to environmental activities has been smallbut significant. Esso (Exxon) is a key supporter of the Giant Sable Conservation Project,to which it donated approximately $50,000. SONANGOL supports the KissamaFoundation’s effort to save the Kissama National Park, and donated $300,000 to helpfund the erection of an electric fence, reintroduce a number of species from SouthAfrica, and pay the salary of a park manager. British Petroleum funds research on theimpact of platforms on the deep sea environment and environmental education.Investments by oil companies from Angola-derived revenue on development assistanceprojects in Angola must be approved by SONANGOL, because any investment in nonoilrelated activities detracts from the bottom line. This is not the case, however, if thefunds are provided from company funds from outside the production sharingagreements.The petroleum industry has provided some assistance towards very specificenvironmental management and conservation activities. The magnitude of theassistance, however, is small relative to the size of their operations in Angola. The teamfound no evidence that the mining industry is contributing to conservation in Angola,beyond that which is required by law.118/119 BIODIVERSITY AND TROPICAL FOREST ASSESSMENT FOR ANGOLA 23
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