Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Atmosphere
Biodiversity
Biotechnology
Capacity-building
Climate change
Consumption and production patterns
Demographics
Desertification and Drought
Disaster management and vulnerability
Education
Energy
Finance
Forests
Freshwater
Gender equality
Health
Human settlements
Indicators
Industrial development
Information for decision-making and participation
Institutional arrangements
Integrated decision-making
International cooperation for an enabling environment
International law
Land management
Major Groups
Marine Resources
Means of Implementation (Trade, Finance, Technology, Tranfer, etc.)
Mining
Mountains
Oceans and seas
Partnerships
Poverty
Protecting and managing the natural resources
Rural Development
Sanitation
Science
Sustainable Tourism
Sustainable development for Africa
Sustainable development in a globalizing world
Sustainable development of SIDS
Technology
Toxic chemicals
Trade and environment
Transport
Waste (hazardous)
Waste (radioactive)
Waste (solid)
Waste Management
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Geographic scope: |
Regional
Africa
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Country of activity: |
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Guinea Bissau
Mali
Congo
Algeria
Liberia
South Africa
Benin
Senegal
Uganda
Kenya
Mauritania
Malawi
Somalia
Comoros
Libya
Niger
Morocco
Sudan
Mozambique
Botswana
Cameroon
Chad
Togo
Angola
Zimbabwe
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Central African Republic
Equatorial Guinea
Namibia
Rwanda
Burkina Faso
Gabon
Seychelles
Zambia
Guinea
Côte D'Ivoire
Djibouti
Madagascar
South Sudan
Tunisia
Burundi
Egypt
Mauritius
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Ghana
Lesotho
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Millennium Development Goals: |
Ensure environmental sustainability
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Mission statement: |
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Year established: |
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Year of registration: |
2001 |
Organizational structure: |
Board of Trustees
Chairman
Chief Executive
Staff and Volunteers
Members
Conserve Africa is registered as a Company Limited by Guarantee and charity in England and Wales. The Board of Trustees which is elected at the Annual General Meeting comprises 5 men and 2 women with a range of skills and experience in sustainable development issues, human resources management, finance, law and administration . The Members of the Board of Trustees are responsible for setting strategy, providing leadership and directing the organisation towards the realisation of its mission. They set policy, define goals and evaluate performance against targets. It generally meets 4 times a year and is the prime responsible for the overall input management, administration management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the service. The Service Management Team comprises the Chairperson, the Coordinator, the Secretary and the Treasurer who meet every month. Weekly meetings are organised for staff to discuss weekly action plan and to evaluate the work done during the previous week. It is on that occasion that Management Committee’s decisions are passed and reported to staff and volunteers. The Board of Trustees is supported by the Chief Executive. |
Number and type of members: |
350 African NGO members.
Conserve Africa Foundation manages three networks on sustainable development:
Africa Network for Environmental Rights (ANER): http://www.conserveafrica.net/, The Africa Network for Environmental Sustainability (ANFES): http://www.anfes.net, Reseau African pour les droits environnementaux (RAPDE): http://www.environnementjuste.org/
Conserve Africa’s most activities and related funds are implemented in African countries to support project managed by its partners. |
Affiliation with NGO networks: |
BOND (British Overseas NGOs for Development): http://www.bond.org.uk/ |
Funding structure: |
Foreign and international grants
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