Description:

As part of the Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme, legal experts work closely with natural resource management experts and anthropologists across 15 countries members of the Organisation of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific States to support the development of institutions and laws adapted to wildlife use situation/model specific to each region, country or province. The SWM Programme has developed and tested an innovative legal diagnostic approach and associated tools that ensure a complete overview of sectors relevant to sustainable wildlife management, including land tenure and land use planning, forestry, protected areas, animal production, animal health and food safety. The resulting comprehensive analysis forms a solid basis to guide future law reforms so that they take full consideration of the existing legal frameworks, whether statutory and/or customary, as well as international obligations, and thus ensure more equitable access and rights to wildlife to all. The SWM Programme is an initiative of the Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS), which is funded by the European Union (EU) and co-financed by the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) and the French Development Agency (AFD). It is being implemented by a dynamic consortium of four partners with expertise in wildlife conservation and food security: