Description de l'offre
Détails de l'annonce Poste proposé : Chief Technical Advisor-FaroThe African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) is an international non-governmental conservation organization with the mission to ensure wildlife and wild land thrive in modern Africa. Over the last 50 plus years, AWF has provided landscape conservation solutions across the African continent and the organization supports conservation and sustainable management of priority biodiversity landscapes through support of Protected Area (PA) authorities, local communities and ecologically sound private sector development. AWF has a long history of working with African Governments to improve protected area management and species conservation and currently has co-management agreements in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Cameroon and Tanzania. The Faro landscape is a priority AWF site. The landscape covers 8,078 km2 of mostly semi-arid Sudanian savanna woodland comprising key landmarks such as the Faro National Park (FNP) (3,000 km2), Gashaka Gumti National Park (nearby in Nigeria), Benoue National Park (nearby) and Adamawa Plateau. The Park is managed by Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife of Cameroon (MINFOF). FNP supports important wildlife populations including elephant, lion, hippo and giant eland. AWF signed an MOU with MINFOF outlining collaboration for the protection and improved management of Faro National Park, Dja Faunal Reserve and Campo Ma’an. AWF is now seeking a Chief Technical Advisor (TA) to be based full time in FNP for AWF to support the conservator, build capacity of the Service de Conservation, develop management and operational plans, facilitate coordination with the surrounding landscape and improve the overall management and conservation of the Park. Responsibilities Oversee all aspects of AWF’s work in Faro National Park and surrounding landscape. Work in partnership with the MINFOR Conservator to improve overall natural resource governance of the TOU Faro and its periphery, protected area management and conservation. Develop a general management plan and operational plan; build …