BAP SGO-ENDEAVOUR

Design and launch of the Action Plan for Biodiversity Management on the Massawa concession site (SGO-ENDEAVOUR). This action plan focuses on the conservation of the West African chimpanzee species (Pan troglodytes verus), the only species that qualifies as critical habitat under the SFI performance standards followed by the mining company. The action plan was designed to cover a 25-year period (revised every 5 years). It integrates all of the intervention axes and conditions for the proper conservation of species and their habitats, with the notions of information / awareness / protection / development / control / economic development and community inclusion / review of local governance / stakeholder engagement. A reforestation/reforestation component was developed to ensure the ecological continuity of critical environments. The conservation area was defined and mapped according to the different levels of effort required for the habitats concerned.