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Conservation in Benin with the help of the European Economic Community

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Jacques Verschuren ,
Jean-Claude Heymans  and
Willy Delvingt
Jacques Verschuren
Affiliation:
Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, 29 rue Vautier, 1040 Bruxelles, Belgium.
Jean-Claude Heymans
Affiliation:
Université de Cotonou, Benin.
Willy Delvingt
Affiliation:
Service de la päche, Ministère de la Région Wallone, 5150 Wépion, Belgium.
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Abstract

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In 1985 the European Economic Community embarked on a major nature conservation project in Benin, the first time that the EEC has become involved in this way in a national park in Africa. The project is centred on Pendjari National Park in the north of the country, whose lands are a vital barrier against the spread of the desert from the north. The park is being reorganized, poaching is being controlled and the future looks brighter, not only for Pendjari but for the neighbouring lands also.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , January 1989 , pp. 22 - 26
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1989