The Senegal Hen Atlas is an initiative of the Cheikh Anta Diop College in Dakar, with the assist of the African-Eurasian Migratory Landbird Motion Plan (AEMLAP). The challenge is a primary for a French talking nation in Africa and an integral a part of the Africa Hen Atlas Mission.
The Senegal Hen Atlas challenge was launched on the Cheikh Anta Diop College, Dakar on November 20th, 2023. The launch introduced collectively varied stakeholders together with Cheikh Anta Diop College, Switzerland Ornithological Institute, Senegal Nationwide Parc Course (DPN), Senegal Group Marine Protected Areas Division (DAMCP), Nature Communauté et Développement (BirdLife Companion in Senegal), Wetlands Worldwide Africa, Ligue pour la Safety des Oiseaux(LPO), Senegal Ecological Monitoring Heart (CSE), Senegal Division of Water and Forests, Searching and Soil Conservation (DEFCCS) and the College Gaston Berger of Saint-Louis (UGB).
The Senegal Hen Atlas is an initiative of the Cheikh Anta Diop College in Dakar, with the assist of the African-Eurasian Migratory Landbird Motion Plan (AEMLAP). The challenge is a primary for a French talking nation in Africa and an integral a part of the Africa Hen Atlas Mission.
Hooded, Eurasian Griffon, Rupell’s Griffon and White-backed Vultures, Senegal, copyright Yeray Seminario
Africa boasts nice avian range, with greater than 2400 chook species, together with greater than 1300 species in West Africa. Senegal’s geographical location provides a range of ecosystems which can be essential for the conservation of biodiversity, notably birds, starting from seabirds to forest birds and savannah birds.
The challenge can be developed in collaboration with native stakeholders comparable to the varied departments of the Ministry of the Surroundings, Sustainable Improvement and Ecological Transition, civil society associations, ornithologists’ golf equipment, protected space eco-guards and ecotourism guides, in addition to worldwide organizations.
In keeping with Dr Ngoné Diop, a analysis professor within the Division of Animal Biology at Cheikh Anta Diop College and co-initiator of the challenge, “an Atlas of African Birds already exists”. She provides, “this can be a main milestone as beforehand, the African Hen Atlas has solely profiled English-speaking nations e.g., South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya. That is the primary chook Atlas for a Francophone nation.”
After the workshop of Senegal Hen Atlas challenge, Dr Yvette Diallo, East Atlantic Flyway Conservation Officer at BirdLife Worldwide expects the general public to affix in. “For me, that is the foremost problem of this challenge. Over and above the involvement of stakeholders, we additionally want the Senegalese residents to undertake this challenge, which can contribute to the conservation of biodiversity and birds on the whole. It’s going to assist decision-makers to revive and implement conservation measures.”.
Alain Jacot, a member of the Swiss Ornithological Institute, a associate within the challenge, spoke of the significance of such an initiative to preserve species and the habitats during which they hibernate. “On this motion plan, we’re specializing in the prevention and safety of endangered species. We’re looking for out the place these birds are going. And to try this, we want monitoring and atlas tasks the place individuals exit and do chook counts.“
“Senegal has nice ornithological potential. The profitable completion of this Atlas challenge will enhance data of chook species. However most significantly, it can allow us to higher report on species with dependable information, in order that we are able to higher draw up conservation tasks” says Moussa Ka, Nature Communauté et Développement consultant for northern Senegal.
The general purpose of this workshop is to place in place mechanisms to gather up-to-date, dependable information on chook distribution for the Senegal Hen Atlas. To attain this, the challenge will depend on environmental training approaches to lift consciousness of birds and conservation, bringing individuals from completely different sectors collectively and present them the significance of monitoring tasks based mostly on citizen science. Along with the analysis already carried out on Senegal’s avifauna, the challenge will promote the development of chook analysis insurance policies by adopting conservation planning approaches based mostly on up-to-date, dependable information.
