Indena has announced that CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) and ITTO (International Tropical Timber Organisation) released the documentary, ‘Custodians of the Forest’, the first documentary about a successful example of sustainable management and corporate social responsibility programme in the Prunus Africana.
The project was set up to provide thorough on-going monitoring of the status of the species in Cameroon, and to collect data on the biology, availability, management, use and trade of products derived from the Prunus. The CITES officers in Cameroon use the data to regulate the collection of Prunus tree bark and to ensure this natural resource is managed sustainably. The project, named ‘Nondetriment Findings for Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman in Cameroon’, has been sponsored by the ITTO, an intergovernmental body that promotes the conservation and sustainable management of tropical forest resources, fruit of a programme of cooperation with CITES, and received backing from Indena and other European companies particularly committed to making the world more valuable for the people who live in it. The video is available at Indena’s YouTube channel: http://tinyurl.com/d9stva7
Photo Credit: www.en.wikipedia.org Marco Schmidt
