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field define our roles and capability to shape the policies and actions of larger institutions and 

 collaborating partners in the region. 



The following are WWF's priority strategies: 



1 . Creating and Sustaining Protected Areas: Assuring that critical habitats, 



both terrestrial and manne, are preserved in effective and sustainable systems 

 of protected areas. 



Establishing p;irks has been one of the hallmarks of WWF's conservation 

 efforts. Creati ig effective and sustainable systems of protected areas continues 

 to be a centnJ dement of our efforts to conserve biological diversity in Africa. 

 There continues to be a need for our help in creating protected areas, 

 developing management plans and training staff. 



In the coming years, WWF will fecus particular effort on employing more 

 sophisticated methodologies for designing systems and identifying gaps in 

 existing systems. We will be working to assure that protected areas are 

 economically aid socially sustainable in the long-term by working to integrate 

 then into broader economic development and promoting community 

 participation in management. We will be working to assure that protected areas 

 are zoologically sustainable by promoting a landscape approach to 



