Chair
Germain Ngandjui
ngandjuigermainyahoo.fr

Geographical coverage
West Africa and Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. The intent is to have, over time, also a balanced representation from Burundi, Rwanda and Saõ Tomé and Principé.

Membership and discipline coverage
Approximately 20, representing the following disciplines: ecology, forestry, geography, and sociology.

Topical coverage
The following topics have been identified as priorities:

• Strengthening community-based management of forests.
• Improving knowledge and management of wild species.
• Artisanal fisheries.
• Exchanging information with bodies empowered to adopt legal and institutional frameworks.
• Establishing and developing a functional consultation and information exchange framework.