Regional Marine Centre

The Observatory for Biodiversity and Protected Areas in West Africa (OBAPAO) has organized a five (05) day workshop in Geographic information system (GIS) for protected area managers in West Africa. The training which took place from 18th to 22nd May 2022 in Dakar, Senegal, drew 16 participants from five (5) West African countries (The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana and Nigeria). The participants included officers from environment protection agencies and protected area authorities. This training was a follow up to the first session was held in Conakry (Republic of Guinea) earlier this year (12th to 15th April 2022), which brought together representatives from Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania and Senegal. Group photograph of training participants In his opening remarks, Oumar Sarr, Director of Administration and Finance (Centre de Suivi Ecologique) urged the participants to take advantage of the training to increase their knowledge in GIS and its applications. Mr. Oumar Sar...

Participants in the 5-day capacity building workshop for National Focal Points of the Observatory for Biodiversity and Protected Areas of West Africa (OBAPAO) was a successful event. The participants were drawn from the 16 West African countries members of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) or the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Stating her view on the workshop, the representative of the Federal Ministry of Environment of Nigeria, Mrs Ebunoluwa Ajagun, said: "The goal and the objectives of the workshop were well achieved. I am leaving as a different person, in that I have gained more knowledge on OBAPAO and will definitely go back and share the knowledge and strive to make all the necessary corrections to the World Database on Protected Areas (WPDA) data for Nigeria." Mrs Ebunoluwa Ajagun, Federal Dapartment of Forestry,  Federal Ministry of Environment of Nigeria The purpose of the OBAPAO National Focal Points capacity building workshop...