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WSPA/APE ALLIANCERECIPES FOR SURVIVALleader in pioneering action in Central Africa (wa Musiti, 2002). It has facilitatedCEFDHAC (Central African Moist Forest Ecosystems), which assists collaboration ofconcerned groups in the Central African region. IUCN-ROCA has also circuated a GlobalEnvironment Fund/United Nations Development Program (GEF/UNDP) proposal forimplementing management strategies and instituting alternatives to bushmeat (waMusiti, 2002). Collaboration of IUCN-ROCA with the UN Food and AgricultureOrganisation (FAO) and CITES Bushmeat Working Group has assisted in developmentof a National Bushmeat Action Plan and establishment of the Central African WorldHeritage Forest Initiative (CAWHFI).In 2001, the Congolese government’s Ministry of Forestry Economy stipulated thatall forest concessions operating in Northern Congo were to develop and fund wildlifemanagement programmes (Elkan, 2002). In 2002, it proposed the design,implementation and monitoring of standardised guidelines for achieving this.In February 2005, leaders of seven Central African nations signed a treaty to establishcross-border partnerships to help save the Congo Basin. Striving for protection againstillegal logging, poaching and the ivory and bushmeat trades, the project is relying on a60% contribution from international aid. The total projected budget for 2004 – 2013 ise1.25 billion. So far, only France and the US have contributed, donating e50 millionand $53 million respectively (Gouala, 2005).Five African Presidents have also talked about creating a megapark in West Africa.(Black, 2004).In September 2005, a ‘Strategie et Plan d’Action pour la Survie des Grandes Singesen Republique Democratique du Congo’ was produced after a national workshop andextensive consultation with stake-holders, forming the basis for government policyin relation to all great apes and their habitats in the Democratic Republic of Congo.5.1.1.2 USAThe US led in facilitating the historic launch of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership(CBFP) at the World Summit of Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa,in 2002. CBFP comprises 29 partners, including 15 governments, 7 NGOs, 2 industryassociations and 5 international organisations (McAlpine & Roth, 2002). The USDepartment of State, US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the UnitedStates Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) have supported the CITES Bushmeat WorkingGroup and Bushmeat Crisis Task Force (BCTF, 2004c).The USFWS’s Division of International Conservation (DIC) is involved in project supportthroughout sub-Saharan Africa (Ruggeiro, 2002). The USFWS administers fourmultinational species conservation funds, which include the African ElephantConservation Fund (AfECF), The Great Ape Conservation Fund (GACF) and theRhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund. Together with USAID’s Central AfricanProgram for the Environment (CARPE), the USFWS uses these funds to assist Africangovernments, NGOs and conservationists to address the bushmeat crisis. This includesthe Noubabalé-Ndoki National Park (NNNP) partnership in the Republic of Congo, whichis becoming a model for international government collaboration (Ruggiero, 2002).CARPE also provides support for gorilla conservation in Central Africa (BCTF, 2002).The US Forest Service (USFS), a CARPE partner, has also been instrumental insupporting bushmeat work and providing support for various symposia throughout1990 – 2002 (BCTF, 2002). Other US institutions, including the Subcommittee onFisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, and US Department of the Interior,have been involved in bushmeat symposia (BCTF, 2002).5.1.1.3 EuropeIn March 1996, a resolution drawn up by the World Society for the Protection ofAnimals (WSPA) was passed at the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group and EuropeanUnion (ACP-EU) joint assembly in Namibia, calling for political action to end hunting andkilling of apes for food in Central and West Africa. However, this did not succeed inreaching political agendas.In 2001, European zoos participated in an extensive campaign initiated by theEuropean Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) and the International Fund for AnimalWelfare (IFAW). A resulting petition against the illegal bushmeat trade, signed by 1.9million people, was presented to European Parliament in January 2002, resulting ina resolution being passed in January 2004.5.1.1.4 UKGovernment action in the UK, as at February 2005, has been described by theParliamentary Office of Science and Technology (Kümpel, 2005) and is outlined herein summary.ACTIONS ONGOING63WSPA/APE ALLIANCE62Below: Eland andelephants arespecies huntedfor their meat.© David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust© Ian Redmond