On 13 November 2006, the Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group (ABCG), in coordination with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), hosted a meeting on the Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE) in Washington, DC. Please see the meeting agenda and materials on the CARPE website at: http://carpe.umd.edu/carpe-meeting-13-nov-2006
The objectives of the meeting were to:
The presentations included:
Overview of CARPE: Goals and Partnerships by Doreen Robinson, USAID
CARPE landscape activities and lessons learned in Phase II:
1. Monte Alen - Mont de Cristal Inselbergs Forest Landscape
10. Maiko - Tayna - Kahuzi Biega Forest Landscape
2. Gamba - Mayumba - Conkouati Landscape
4. Dja - Minkebe - Odzala Tri-national Landscape
5. Sangha Tri-national Forest Landscape
8. Salonga - Lukenie - Sankuru Landscape
12. Virungas Landscape
3. Lope - Chaillu - Louesse Landscape
6. Leconi – Bateke - Lefini Landscape
7. Lac Tele - Lac Tumba Swamp Forest Landscape
11. Ituri - Epulu - Aru Landscape
9. Maringa - Lopori - Wamba Landscape
Approaches by other Partners:
IUCN- The World Conservation Union by Nick Kulibaba
Bonobo Conservation InternationaI by Michael Hurley
Innovative Resources Management by Michael Brown
World Resources Institute by Karl Morrison
Roundtable of U.S. Government partners and their activities:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration/ University of Maryland by Diane Davies
U.S. Agency for International Development by David Yanggen
USDA Forest Service by Oliver Pierson
U.S. Department of State by Ellen Shaw
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service by Richard Ruggiero
U.S. National Park Service by Rudy D'Alessandro
Smithsonian Institute by Jefferson Hall