OpportunityTitle: Wildlife Without Borders - Africa Program - Gabon Parks
CategoryExplanation: Notice of Intent to Award to a Single Source without Competition.    Recipient: Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux (ANPN)    Project Title: Parks Gabon; Reinforcing the Institutional Capacity of Gabon&apos;s National Parks Service.
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Single Source Justification:  Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux (ANPN), the Gabon National Parks Agency, is a unique parastatal agency granted financial and technical independence by the Gabonese law that created it.  ANPN is charged with transforming Gabon&#146;s national parks network into a global model for protected areas management.  This charge includes stimulating the development of a tourism industry, combining sustainable development and conservation to enhance, rather than simply maintaining the geophysical character of a tourism site.  ANPN is responsible for the management of Gabon&#146;s 13 national parks and their buffer zones.  ANPN&apos;s special role in government puts it in the best position to conserve Gabon&#146;s wildlife heritage and to become a premier African parks agency within five years.  ANPN is best poised to respond to immediate wildlife threats, including poaching and the impacts of extractive industries in national parks and their surrounding buffer zones.  ANPN will build their institutional capacity to improve national park and buffer zone management in Gabon.
Description: Parks Gabon: Reinforcing the Institutional Capacity of Gabon&#146;s National Parks Service. In partnership with Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux (ANPN) with World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. The purpose of this project is to conserve Gabon&#146;s wildlife heritage by transforming ANPN into a premier African parks agency. Specific activities respond to immediate wildlife threats, including poaching and the impacts of extractive industries in national parks and their surrounding buffer zones, and building long-term institutional capacity to improve national park and buffer zone management.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Grants Officer email
GrantorContactText: Derek Litchfield &lt;br/&gt;International Affairs Specialist &lt;br/&gt;Phone 703-358-2634
CloseDateExplanation: Single Source Award