AR-News: (Africa) Mt. Kenya Communities Play Key Role in Return of Endangered Bongo Antel

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

Posted to the web February 19, 2004 
Eighteen mountain bongo antelopes, a critically endangered species, arrived 
safely in Mt. Kenya National Park last month from the United States via a 
special plane through an unprecedented international partnership that hinges on 
local communities.
The wild bongo population was decimated by unrestricted hunting and poaching 
and lions, and the last sighting was nine years ago. The goal is to 
re-establish the bongos, bred in captivity in the US, in their species' native habitat, 
now a World Heritage Site.
Their return is linked to a broader conservation effort - the Community 
Management of Protected Area Conservation (COMPACT) initiative, a joint programme 
of the UN Foundation and the Global Environment Facility's Small Grants 
Programme and administered by UNDP, that is helping communities protect ecosystems 
and species while improving their livelihoods.




full story:
http://allafrica.com/stories/200402190036.html 

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