{"id":21060,"date":"2016-10-06T16:45:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T16:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=21060"},"modified":"2016-10-12T16:48:17","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T16:48:17","slug":"sahel-un-and-french-conservation-group-partner-on-sustainable-water-bird-management-for-food-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2016\/10\/sahel-un-and-french-conservation-group-partner-on-sustainable-water-bird-management-for-food-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Sahel: Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ and French conservation group partner on sustainable water bird management for food security"},"content":{"rendered":"

6 October 2016 \u2013 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO<\/a>) today announced a new partnership with the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM), aiming at adopting sustainable water bird hunting management to protect wetland resources in Africa\u2019s Sahel region which are crucial for food security and economic development.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is to adapt water bird hunting by promoting sustainable hunting management and bird conservation policies which will benefit those local communities who rely on birds for their livelihoods,\u201d Eva Muller, Director of FAO’s Forestry Policy and Resources Division, said in a new release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The newly-signed agreement between FAO and FFEM will co-fund one third of the five million euros project, specifically targeting the following main wetlands in the Sahel region: Chad, Egypt, Mali, Senegal and Sudan.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Strengthening expertise in Sub -Saharan Africa on birds and their rational use for communities and their environment\u2019 (RESSOURCE) project will focus on wetlands situated in the Senegal River Valley, Inner Niger Delta, Lake Chad and the lower and middle reaches of the Nile.<\/p>\n

Many water bird species, including Garganey and Ruff spend the winter in the Sahel wetlands before returning to breed in Europe. Since 1960, the number of water birds in the area has declined by about 40 percent \u2013 a dramatic fall that possibly relates to three main factors: the shrinking of flood plain size due to drainage, reduced rainfall and other climate change related events; changing plant biodiversity, including the introduction of invasive species; and, unsustainable hunting.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn many Sahelian wetlands, hunting is crucial to local food security and the economy,\u201d said Ms. Muller. Nearly a billion people depend on agriculture, livestock and natural resource use, including fishing and bird hunting.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis project is about improving management of wetlands, water birds and their habitats,\u201d said Francois Xavier Duporge, General Secretary of FFEM.<\/p>\n

FAO, FFEM and other partners will promote sustainable management of migratory water birds through bird census, surveying, and monitoring techniques, as well as capacity building activities.<\/p>\n

Not only will these efforts support the creation or adaptation of a legal and regulatory framework, and foster policies on sustainable hunting and enhanced bird conservation, but they will also benefit the ecosystems and local communities that rely on them for food and other resources, including income.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will eventually benefit local populations and for the first time we will work at the regional level mobilizing multi-stakeholders partnerships,\u201d said Mr. Duporge.<\/p>\n

Via Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News Centre\u00a0https:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/news\/story.asp?NewsID=55230#.V_5onfkrLcs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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