{"id":8558,"date":"2022-07-27T09:03:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T09:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=8558"},"modified":"2022-07-27T09:03:34","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T09:03:34","slug":"wwf-in-africa-has-launched-its-strategic-plan-for-africa-2021-2025-a-call-to-move-beyond-business-as-usual-and-make-nature-everyones-business-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=8558","title":{"rendered":"WWF in Africa has launched its \u201cStrategic Plan for Africa: 2021 \u2013 2025\u201d\u00a0 \u2013 a call to move beyond business as usual and make nature everyone\u2019s business. The launch occurred at the Africa Protected Areas Congress \u2013 APAC, at the Kigali Conference Centre in Rwanda."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This strategic plan fits with the objective of the Africa Protected Areas Congress \u2013 taking place in Kigali, Rwanda, this week \u2013 to position Africa\u2019s protected and conserved areas within the broader goals of economic development and community wellbeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WWF International Director General Marco Lambertini said, \u201cAPAC presents us with a unique opportunity to bring everyone together to reconnect after what seems like far too long in isolation \u2013 to reflect on the challenges and opportunities of protected and conserved area conservation in Africa and make progress towards a collective vision and a clear way forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWWF\u2019s new Africa strategy \u2013 nested in WWF\u2019s global conservation strategy \u2013 provides a framework for strengthening how we work together in the region, both within WWF and in partnership with all relevant stakeholders, from governments to businesses and investors, organized civil society, youth, indigenous peoples and local communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WWF Africa\u2019s new strategic plan provides a framework for consolidating the organisation\u2019s work in the region and leveraging the outcomes of the critical APAC conference to strengthen conservation in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two impact areas of this strategy \u2013 are shared space which ensures co-existence between people and nature and making nature everyone\u2019s business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Debunking the myths that conservation and nature are the reserves of an elite few \u2013 has been echoed throughout the Africa Protected Areas Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alice Ruhweza, WWF Africa Region Director on her part said \u201cthe urgency of meeting the needs of people and the planet sustainably has never been greater. Both are facing enormous pressures and hold significant promise too. But these pressures cannot be overcome, or these promises realized, by one person or one organization alone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, she said, \u201cWe must embrace these challenges and opportunities together \u2013 with diversity as our strength \u2013 a collection of voices across communities, countries, sectors and political perspectives coming together as one voice for people and planet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Building on WWF\u2019s work at country, landscape, regional and global levels, WWF\u2019s strategy leverages the power of people to transform lives and landscapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By ensuring coexistence in shared spaces, transforming Africa\u2019s balance sheet, and an integrated and inclusive whole-of-society approach, we are committed to working together to change the conservation narrative in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To achieve this, we will create space for genuine discussion and learning, reach across boundaries to ensure voices are heard, strengthen our partnerships with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs), the private sector, governments, and civil society and implement robust environmental and social safeguarding frameworks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ruhweza added: \u201cThere is hope. Today there is unprecedented interest in nature. Individuals, communities, and governments are coming together across Africa to achieve net zero and reverse biodiversity loss. To build a better future for Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe challenges and opportunities for conservation in Africa \u2013 at scale \u2013 have never been greater.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Wwf-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Wwf-1.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Wwf-1-480x320.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 960px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This strategic plan fits with the objective of the Africa Protected Areas Congress \u2013 taking place in Kigali, Rwanda, this week \u2013 to position Africa\u2019s protected and conserved areas within the broader goals of economic development and community wellbeing. 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