21 March 2014, IISD news - The main conclusions of the second meeting of the Sub  Working Group on Protected Areas and Wildlife in Central Africa (SGTAPFS), as  reported by the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP), include the development  of a strategy for sustainable wildlife management, which integrates the Forest  and Wildlife Crime Analytic Toolbox.

The meeting also addressed the draft guide on the creation of transboundary  protected areas in Central Africa; the wildlife crime analytic toolbox; and  prospects for collaboration between the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and  the Commission des Forêts d'Afrique Centrale (COMIFAC) countries in the  fight against wildlife crime. A series of recommendations were developed,  which included the call to: finalize the sub-regional strategy for the  sustainable wildlife use by indigenous and local communities in COMIFAC  countries; and to use the Wildlife and Forest Crime Analytic Toolbox.

The meeting, which took place from 25-27 February 2014 in Libreville,  Republic of Gabon, brought together experts in wildlife and protected areas from  the Wildlife and/or Protected Areas Departments of COMIFAC  countries, the COMIFAC National Coordinating Bodies of the Congo and Gabon, the  Central African Biodiversity Working Group (GTBAC), the General Secretariat of  ECCAS, the Executive Secretariats of COMIFAC and RAPAC, and development partners  such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), among  others.

Source: http://forests-l.iisd.org/news/