Ambassador marquardt certainly had in mind the us contribution to the korup national park project leading to the modern conservation of the forest. The politics of land use in the korup national park mdpi. The government of cameroon realized that the establishment of a protected national park did not remove the needs of both commercial logging companies and the local communities. In 2003, the korup project ended, leaving the korup national park management with little to no financial and logistical support.
The action for primates afp conservation project in korup national park knp. The korup national park and natural resources of the support. Conservation initiatives and local responses around korup national. The impacts of an impact assessment at the 22nd annual. Pdf assessing longterm management options for the villages in. This project will work on restoring trust and information sharing between local communities and the park staff through culturally sensitive and realistic school. This affected the park managements ability to efficiently protect the wildlife from illegal hunting. Its purpose is to protect and maintain the park as well as integrating it into regional development plans. The park is well maintained with resident scientists and wellmarked trails. The birds of korup national park and korup project area, southwest province, cameroon article pdf available in bird conservation international 401. The team project operates from the chimpanzee camp. The korup project area included a support zone and the forest reserves of ejagham, nta ali and rumpi hills. Other prizes for participating in this quiz included 20 tshirts, 200 books, and.
Korup had wildlife censuses and humanwildlife conflict studies. Korup national park is in the southwest province of cameroon and extends over 1,260 km2 of. The camps are in the phase of rebuilding, as all buildings were destroyed by villagers in 2008 in a conflict over poaching. Afp project was aimed at increasing antipoaching patrol coverage of ecoguards in korup as a way safeguarding the endangered primates. Korup project area, southwest province, cameroon paul g. Korup national park is a vast area, comprising 126,000 hectares of evergreen forest. The korup national park is the largest and most famous project undertaken by the world wide fund for nature wwf. Knp a park free from humans, and a smaller step towards curbing the destructive. Americas best idea is a sixepisode series on the history of the national parks, directed by ken burns and written and coproduced by dayton duncan. The korup project area included a support zone and the forest reserves of ejagham, nta.
In addition, the study has made use of books, journals. The action for primates afp conservation project in korup national park knp, cameroon is a future conservationist award, 2012. Korup national park book korup national park tour packages. The first is the 126,000 hectare, korup national park, where uses are limited to the protection and observation of the forest ecosystem, and the second is a 300,000 hectare area surrounding the park, where an integrated rural development activity takes place. Pdf the birds of korup national park and korup project. The resettlement project was the first step towards making the. The birds of korup national park and korup project area. The project is actually a joint venture of the government of cameroon, oda, gtz, eu and wwfuk. Korup national park the displacement of the indigenous people. Helped and supported by organisations such as wwf and overseas development administration oda of uk government. Home notes ordinary level notes o level geography tropical forest case study.
Better communication and questioning old prejudices might have helped to ease the implementation of the project. National parks tshirts, hats and accessories made with purpose. The korup national park has a number of camps, two of which harbour scientists. Korup national park is one of the wettest and most isolated remnants of the atlantic coastal forest that once spread all the way from the niger delta to gabon gartlan, 1986.
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