African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

Repealed

This Convention was repealed on 2016-07-23 by Revised African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

Jurisdiction

African Regional Bodies · African Union (AU)

Date

15 September 1968

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Convention

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African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

Published
Commenced on 16 June 1969
[This is the version of this document at 15 September 1968.]

[Repealed by Revised African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources on 23 July 2016]

PREAMBLEWe the Heads of State and Government of Independent African States,FULLY CONSCIOUS that soil, water, flora and faunal resources constitute a capital of vital importance to mankind;CONFIRMING, as we accepted upon declaring our adherence to the Charter of the Organization of African Unity, that we know that it is our duty "to harness the natural and human resources of our continent for the total advancement of our peoples in spheres of human endeavour";FULLY CONSCIOUS of the ever-growing importance of natural resources from an economic, nutritional, scientific, educational, cultural and aesthetic point of view;CONSCIOUS of the dangers which threaten some of these irreplaceable assets;ACCEPTING that the utilization of the natural resources must aim at satisfying the needs of man according to the carrying capacity of the environment;DESIROUS of undertaking individual and joint action for the conservation, utilization and development of these assets by establishing and maintaining their rational utilization for the present and future welfare of mankind;CONVINCED that one of the most appropriate means of achieving this end is to bring into force a convention;

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The contracting States hereby establish an AFRICAN CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION OF NATURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

Article II – Fundamental principle

The contracting States shall undertake to adopt the measures necessary to ensure conservation, utilization and development of soil, water, flora and faunal resources in accordance with scientific principles and with due regard to the best interests of the people.

Article III – Definitions

For the purposes of the present Convention, the meaning of the following expressions shall be as defined below:

(a)“Natural Resources” means renewable resources, that is soil, water, flora and fauna;

(b)“Speciman” means an individual example of a species of wild animal or wild plant or part of a wild plant;

(c)“Trophy” means any dead animal specimen or part thereof whether included in a manufactured or processed object or otherwise dealt with, unless it has lost its original identity; also nests, eggs and eggshells;

(d)“Conservation area” means any protected natural resource area, whether it be a strict natural reserve, a national park or a special reserve.

(1)“Strict nature reserve” means an area:

(i)under State control and the boundaries of which may not be altered nor any portion alienated except by the competent legislative authority;

(ii)throughout which any form of hunting or fishing, any undertaking connected with forestry, agriculture or mining, any grazing, any excavation or prospecting, drilling, leveling of the ground or construction, any work tending to alter the configuration of the soil or the character of the vegetation, any water pollution and, generally, any act likely to harm or disturb the fauna of fora, including introduction of zoological or botanical species, whether indigenous or imported, wild or domesticated, are strictly forbidden;

(iii)where it shall be forbidden to reside, enter, traverse or camp, and where it shall be forbidden to fly over at low altitude, without a special written permit from the competent authority, and in which scientific investigations (including removal of animals and plants in order to maintain an ecosystem) may only be undertaken by permission of the competent authority.

(2)“national park” means an area:

(i)under State control and the boundaries of which may not be altered or any portion alienated except by the competent legislative authority;

(ii)exclusively set aside for the propagation, protection, conservation and management of vegetation and wild animals as well as for the protection of sites, land-spaces or geological formations of particular scientific or aesthetic value, for the benefit and enjoyment of the general public; and

(iii)in which the killing, hunting and capture of animals and the destruction or collection of plants are prohibited except for scientific and management purposes and on the condition that such measures are taken under the direction or control of the competent authority;

(iv)covering any aquatic environment to which all of the provisions of section (b) (1-3) above are applicable.

The activities prohibited in strict nature reserve under the provisions of section (a) (2) of paragraph (4) of this article are equally prohibited in national parks except in so far as they are necessary to enable the park authorities to implement the provisions of section (2) of this paragraph, by applying, for example, appropriate management practices, and to enable the public to visit these parks; however, sport fishing may be practiced with the authorization and under the control of the competent authority;

(3)“special reserve” means other protected areas such as:

(i)“game reserve” which shall denote an area

(a)set aside for the conservation, management and propagation of wild animal life and the protection and management of its habitat;

(b)within which the hunting, killing or capture of fauna shall be prohibited except by or under the direction or control of the reserve authorities;

(c)where settlement and other human activities shall be controlled or prohibited.

(ii)“partial reserve” or “santuary” which shall denote an area

(a)set aside to protect characteristic wildlife and especially bird communities, or to protect particularly threatened animal or plant species and especially those listed in the Annex to this Convention, together with the biotopes essential for their survival;

(b)in which all other interests and activities shall be subordinated to this end.

(iii)“soil” “water” or “forest” reserve shall denote areas set aside to protect such resources.

Article IV – Soil

The contracting States shall take effective measures for conservation and improvement of the soil and shall in particular combat erosion and misuse of the soil. To this end:

(a)they shall establish land-use plans based on scientific investigations (ecological, pedological, economic, and sociological) and, in particular, classification of land-use capability;

(b)they shall, when implementing agricultural practices and agrarian reforms,

(1)improve soil conservation and introduce improved farming methods, which ensure long-term productivity of the land;

(2)control erosion caused by various forms of land-use which may lead to loss of vegetation cover.

Article V – Water

1.The contracting States shall establish policies for conservation, utilization and development of underground and surface water, and shall endeavour to guarantee for their populations a sufficient and continuous supply of suitable water, taking appropriate measures with due regard to—

(a)the study of water cycles and the investigation of each catchment area;

(b)the co-ordination and planning of water resources development projects;

(c)the administration and control of all water utilization; and

(d)prevention and control of water pollution.

2.Where surface or underground water resources are shared by two or more of the contracting States, the latter shall act in consultation, and if the need arises, set up inter-State Commissions to study and resolve problems arising from the joint use of these resources, and for the joint development and conservation thereof.

Article VI – Flora

1.The contracting States shall take all necessary measures for the protection of flora and to ensure its best utilization and development. To this end the Contracting States shall:

(a)adopt scientifically-based conservation, utilization and management plans of forests and rangeland, taking into account the social and economic needs of the States concerned, the importance of the vegetation cover for the maintenance of the water balance of an area, the productivity of soils and the habitat requirements of the fauna;

(b)observe section (a) above by paying particular attention to controlling bush fires, forest exploitation, land clearing for cultivation, and over-grazing by domestic and wild animals;

(c)set aside areas for forest reserve and carry out afforestation programmes where necessary;

(d)limitation of forest grazing to season and intensities that will not prevent forest regeneration; and

(e)establish botanical gardens to perpetuate plant species of particular interest.

2.The Contracting States also shall undertake the conservation of plant species or communities, which are threatened and/or of special scientific or aesthetic value by ensuring that they are included in conservation areas.

Article VII – Faunal resources

1.The Contracting States shall ensure conservation, wise use and development of faunal resources and their environment, within the framework of land-use planning and of economic and social development. Management shall be carried out in accordance with plans based on scientific principles, and to that end the Contracting States shall:

(a)manage wildlife populations inside designated areas according to the objectives of such areas and also manage exploitable wildlife populations outside such areas for an optimum sustained yield, compatible with and complementary to other land uses; and

(b)manage aquatic environments, whether in fresh, brackish or coastal water, with a view to minimise deleterious effects of any water and land use practice which might adversely affect aquatic habitats.

2.The Contracting States shall adopt adequate legislation on hunting, capture and fishing, under which:

(a)the issue of permits is properly regulated;

(b)unauthorized methods are prohibited;

(c)the following methods of hunting, capture and fishing are prohibited:

(1)any method liable to cause a mass destruction of wild animals;

(2)the use of drugs; poisons, poisoned weapons or poisoned baits;

(3)the use of explosives;

(4)the following methods of hunting and capture are particularly prohibited:

(i)the use of mechanically propelled vehicles;

(ii)the use of fire;

(iii)the use of fire arms capable of firing more than one round at each pull of the trigger;

(iv)hunting or capture at night;

(v)the use of missiles containing detonators.

(d)the following methods of hunting or capture are as far as possible prohibited:

(1)the use of nets and stockades;

(2)the use of concealed traps, pits, snares, set-gun traps, deadfalls, and hunting rom a blind or hide.

(e)with a view to as rational use as possible of game meat the abandonment by hunters of carcasses of animals, which represent a food resource, is prohibited.

Capture of animals with the aid of drugs or mechanically-propelled vehicles, or hunting or capture by night if carried out by, or under the control of, the competent authority shall nevertheless be exempted from the prohibitions under (c) above.

Article VIII – Protected species

1.The Contracting States recognize that it is important and urgent to accord a special protection to those animal and plant species that are threatened with extinction, or which may become so, and to the habitat necessary to their survival. Where such a species is represented only in the territory of one Contracting State, that State has a particular responsibility for its protection. These species which are, or may be listed, according to the degree of protection that shall be given to them are placed in Class A or B of the Annex to this Convention, and shall be protected by Contracting States as follows:

(a)species in Class A shall be totally protected throughout the entire territory of the Contracting States; the hunting, killing, capture or collection of specimens shall be permitted only on the authorization in each case of the highest competent authority and only if required in the national interest or for scientific purposes; and

(b)species in Class B shall be totally protected, but may be hunted, killed, captured or collected under special authorization granted by the competent authority.

2.The competent authority of each Contracting State shall examine the necessity of applying the provisions of this article to species not listed in the annex, in order to conserve the indigenous flora and fauna of their respective countries. Such additional species shall be placed in Class A or B by the State concerned, according to its specific requirements.

Article IX – Traffic in specimens and trophies

1.In the case of animal species to which Article VIII does not apply the Contracting States shall:

(a)regulate trade in and transport of specimens and trophies;

(b)control the application of these regulations in such a way as to prevent trade in specimens and trophies which have been illegally captured or killed or obtained.

2.In the case of plant and animal species to which Article VIII paragraph (1) applies, the Contracting States shall:

(a)take all measures similar to those in paragraph (1)

(b)make the export of such specimens and trophies subject to an authorization:

(1)additional to that required for their capture, killing or collecting by Article VIII;

(2)which indicates their destination;

(3)which shall not be given unless the specimens or trophies have been obtained legally;

(4)which shall be examined prior to exportation;

(5)which shall be on a standard form, as may be arranged under Article XVI.

(c)make the import and transit of such specimens and trophies subject to the presentation of the authorization required under section (b) above, with due provision for the confiscation of specimens and trophies exported illegally, without prejudice to the application of other penalties.

Article X – Conservation areas

1.The Contracting States shall maintain and extend where appropriate, within their territory and where applicable in their territorial waters, the Conservation areas existing at the time of entry into force of the present convention and, preferably within the framework of land use planning programmes, assess the necessity of establishing additional conservation areas in order to:

(a)protect those ecosystems which are most representative of and particularly those which are in any respect peculiar to their territories;

(b)ensure conservation of all species and more particularly of those listed or may be listed in the annex to this convention.

Article XV – Organization of National Conservation Services

Each Contracting State shall establish, if it has not already done so, a single agency empowered to deal with all matters covered by this Convention, but, where this is not possible a co-ordinating machinery shall be established for this purpose.[Please note: numbering as in original.]

Article XVI – Inter-State co-operation

1.The Contracting States shall co-operate:

(a)whenever such co-operation is necessary to give effect to the provisions of this convention, and

(b)whenever any national measure is likely to affect the natural resources of any other State.

2.The Contracting States shall supply the Organization of African Unity with:

(a)the text of laws, decrees, regulations and instructions in force in their territories, which are intended to ensure the implementation of this Convention;

(b)reports on the results achieved in applying the provisions of this Convention; and

(c)all the information necessary for the complete documentation of matters dealt with by this Convention if requested.

3.If so requested by Contracting States, the Organization of African Unity shall organize any meeting which may be necessary to dispose of any matters covered by this Convention. Requests for such meetings must be made by at least three of the Contracting States and be approved by two thirds of the States which it is proposed should participate in such meetings.

4.Any expenditure arising from this Convention, which devolves upon the Organization of African Unity shall be included in its regular budget, unless shared by the Contracting States or otherwise defrayed.

Article XVII – Provision for exceptions

1.The provisions of this Convention shall not affect the responsibilities of Contracting States concerning:

(a)the paramount interest of the State;

(b)"force majeure";

(c)defence of human life.

2.The provisions of this Convention shall not prevent Contracting States:

(a)in time of famine;

(b)for the protection of public health;

(c)in defence of property;

to enact measures contrary to the provisions of the Convention, provided their application is precisely defined in respect of aim, time and place.

Article XVIII – Settlement of disputes

Any dispute between the Contracting States relating to the interpretation or application of this Convention which cannot be settled by negotiation, shall at the request of any party be submitted to the Commission of Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration of the Organization of African Unity.

Article XIX – Signature and ratification

1.This Convention shall be open for signature immediately after being approved by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity.

2.This Convention shall be ratified by each of the Contracting States. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Administrative Secretary General of the Organization of African Unity.

Article XX – Reservations

1.At the time of signature, ratification or accession, any State may declare its acceptance of this Convention in part only, provided that such reservation may not apply to the provisions of Articles II - XI.

2.Reservations made in conformity with the preceding paragraph shall be deposited together with the instruments of ratification or accession.

3.Any Contracting State which has formulated a reservation in conformity with the preceding paragraph may at any time withdraw it by notifying the Administrative Secretary General of the Organization of African Unity.

Article XXI – Entry into force

1.This Convention shall come into force on the thirtieth day following the date of deposit of the fourth instrument of ratification or accession with the Administrative Secretary General of the Organization of African Unity, who shall inform participating States accordingly.

2.In the case of a State ratifying or acceding to the Convention after the depositing of the fourth instrument of ratification or accession, the Convention shall come into force on the thirtieth day after the deposit by such State of its instrument of ratification or accession.

3.The London Convention of 1933 or any other Convention on the conservation of flora and fauna in their natural state shall cease to have effect in States in which this Convention has come into force.

Article XXII – Accession

1.After the date of approval specified in Article XIX paragraph (1), this Convention shall be open to accession by any independent and sovereign African State.

2.The instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Administrative Secretary General of the Organization of African Unity.

Article XXIII – Denunciation

1.Any Contracting State may denounce this Convention by notification in writing addressed to the Administrative Secretary General of the Organization of African Unity.

2.Such denunciation shall take effect, for such a State, one year after the date of receipt of its notification by the Administrative Secretary General of the Organization of African Unity.

3.No denunciation shall, however, be made before the expiry of a period of five years from the date at which for the State concerned this Convention comes into force.

Article XXIV – Revision

1.After the expiry of a period of five years from the date of entry into force of this Convention, any Contracting State may at any time make a request for the revision of part or the whole of this Convention by notification in writing addressed to the Administrative Secretary General of the Organization of African Unity.

2.In the event of such a request the appropriate organ of the Organization of African Unity shall deal with the matter in accordance with the provision of sections 3 and 4 of Article XVI of this Convention.

(i)At the request of one or more Contracting States and notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Article, the annex to the Convention may be revised or added to by the appropriate organ of the Organization of African Unity.

(ii)Such revision or addition shall come into force three months after the approval by the appropriate organ of the Organization of African Unity.

Article XXV – Final provisions

The original of this Convention of which both the English and the French texts are authentic, shall be deposited with the Administrative Secretary General of the Organization of African Unity.IN WITNESS WHEREOF, WE, the Heads of State and Government of independent African States, assembled at Algiers, Algeria on 15^th September 1968 have signed this Convention.

1. Algeria	(Signed)
2. Botswana	(Signed)
3. Burundi	(Signed)
4. Cameroon	(Signed)
5. Central African Republic	(Signed)
6. Chad	(Signed)
7. Congo	(Signed)
8. Democratic Republic of Congo	(Signed)
9. Dahomey	(Signed)
10. Ethiopia	(Signed)
11. Gabon	(Signed)
12. Gambia	(Signed)
13. Ghana	(Signed)
14. Guinea	(Signed)
15. Ivory Coast	(Signed)
16. Kenya	(Signed)
17. Lesotho	(Signed)
18. Liberia	(Signed)
19. Libya	(Signed)
20. Madagascar	(Signed)
21. Malawi	(Signed)
22. Mali	(Signed)
23. Mauritania	(Signed)
24. Mauritius	(Signed)
25. Morocco	(Signed)
26. Niger	(Signed)
27. Nigeria	(Signed)
28. Rwanda	(Signed)
29. Senegal	(Signed)
30. Sierra Leone	(Signed)
31. Somalia	(Signed)
32. Sudan	(Signed)
33. Swaziland	(Signed)
34. Togo	(Signed)
35. Tunisia	(Signed)
36. Uganda	(Signed)
37. Untied Arab Republic	(Signed)
38. United Republic of Tanzania	(Signed)
39. Upper Volta	(Signed)
40. Zambia	(Signed)

List of protected species

Class A

Mammalia	Mammals
Primates	Primates
Lemuroidae	All Malagasy lemuroids
Macaca sylvana	Barbary ape
Theropithecus gelada	Gelada baboon
Cercocebus galeritus galeritus	Tana River mangabey
Cercopithecus diana	Diana monkey
Colobus badius kirkii	Zanzibar red colobus
Colobus badius rufomitratus	Tana River red colobus
Colobus badius gordonorum	Uhehe red colobus
Colobus verus	Green colobus
Pan troglodytes	Chimpanzee
Pan paniscus	Pygmy chimpanzee
Gorilla gorilla	Gorilla
Rodentia	Rodentia
Epixerus spp.	African palm squirrels
Carnivora	Carnivora
Canis simensis	Simenian jackal
Osbornictis piscivora	Water civet
Fossa fossa	Malagasy civet
Eupleres spp.	Falanouc
Felis nigripes	Black-footed cat
Felis aurata	African golden cat
Acinonyx jubatus	Cheetah
Pinnipedia	Pennipedia
Monachus monachus	Mediterranean monk seal
Sirenia	Sirenia
Dugong dugon	Dugong
Trichechus senegalensis	West African manatee
Perissodactyla	Perissodactyla
Equus asinus	Wild ass
Equus zebra zebra	Cape mountain zebra
Ceratotherium simum	Square-lipped rhinoceros
Artiodactyla	Artiodactyla
Choeropsis liberiensis	Pygmy hippopotamus
Cervus elaphus barbarus	Barbary stag
Okapia johnstoni	Okapi
Taurotragus derbianus derbianus	Western giant eland
Cephalophus jentinki	Jentink’s duiker
Hippotragus niger variani	Giant sable antelope
Alcelaphus buselaphus tora	Tora Hartebeest
Alcelaphus buselaphus swaynoi	Swayne’s hartebeest
Nesotragus moschatus moschatus	Zanzibar suni
Dorcatragus megalotis	Beira antelope
Gazella dorcas neglecta	Algerian dorcas gazelle
Gazella dorcas massaesyla	Moroccan dorcas gazelle
Gazella gazella cuvieri	Cuvier’s gazelle
Gazella leptocerus leptocerus	Slender-horned gazelle
Gazella pelzelni	Pelseln’s gazelle
Gazella spekei	Speke’s gazelle
Gazella dama mhorr	Mhorr gazelle
Gazella dama lazonoi	Rio de Oro dama gazelle
Capra walie	Walia ibex
Aves	Birds
Pelecanidae	All pelicans
Ciconiidae, Scopidae et Ardeidae	All storks, hammerkops, ibises, spoonbills,
Phoenicopteridae	herons, egrets and bitterns All Flamingos
Sagittarius serpentarius	Secretary bird
Aegypius, Gyps, Pseudogyps, Torgos	All vultures
Trigonoceps, Neophron et Necrosyrtes	Lammergeyer
Gypaetus barbatus	Crowned hawk-eagle
Stephanoaetus coronatus	Teita falcon
Falco fasciinucha	White-headed guineafowl
Agelastes meleagrides	Congo peacock
Afropavo congensis	All cranes
Gruidae	All ground bornbills
Bucorvus spp.	White-necked rockfowl
Picarthartes oreas	Grey-necked rockfowl
Warsanglia johannis Reptilia	Reptiles
Cheloniidae, Dermochelyidae	All marine turtles
Testudo gigantea	Giant tortoise
Testudo yniphora	Angulated tortoise
Testudo radiata	Testudo radiata
Macroscinous coctei	Cape Verde skink
Gecko uroplates	Leaf-tailed gecko
Casarea dussumieri	Plate Island boa
Bolioria multicarinata	Ronde Island boa
Acrantophis madagascariensi	Acrantophis madagascariensi
Acrantophis dumerili	Acrantophis dumerili
Amphibia	Amphibians
Bufo supereiliaris	Cameroon toad
Nectophrynoides occidentalis	Viviparous toad
Pisces	Fishes
Caecobarbus, Cacomastacembelus	Blind fishes
Eilichtys, Typhleotris	“ “
Phreatichthys, Uegitglanis	“ “
Plantes	Plants
Welwitschia bainesii	Welwitschia
Encephalartos laurentanus	Encephalartos
Encephalartos septentrionalis	Encephalartos

Class B

Mammalia	Mammals
Insectivora	Insectivora
	All other shrews of the family
	Potamogalidae
Primates	Primates
Lorisidae	All prosimians of the family
Primates	Lorisidae
	All monkeys except common baboons
Pholidota	Pholidota
Manis gigantea	Giant pangolin
Manis temmincki	Cape pangolin
Manis tricuspis	Tree pangolin
Manis longicaudata	Long-tailed tree pangol in
Carnivora	Carnivora
Lutrinae	All others of the sub-family Lutrinae
Proteles cristatus	Aardwolf
Hyaena brunnea	Brown hyaena
Hyaena hyaena barbara	Barbary hyaena
Felis caracal	Caracal lynx
Felis serval	Serval
Felis loo	Lion
Pant hera pardus	Leopard
Tenrecidae	Madagascar Tenrecs (all species) Fossa
Cryptoprocta ferex	Foassa
Galidiinae	All Malagasy mongooses of the sub-family
	Galidiinao
Tubul identata	Tubul identata
Olycteropus afer	Aarwark
Proboscidea	Proboscidea
Loxodonta africana	Elephant
Perissodactyla	Perissodactyla
Equus zebra bartmannae	Hartmann’s mountain zebra
Eqqus burchelli	Burchell’s zebra
Equus grevyi	Grevy’s zebra
Diceros bicornis	Black rhinoceros
Hylochoerus meinertzhageni	Artiodactyla
Hippopotamus amphibius	Giant forest hog
Hyemoschus aquaticus	Hippopotamus
Giraffa camel opardalis	Water chevrotain
Tragelaphus angasi	Giraffe
Tragelaphus buxtoni	Nyala
Tragelaphus spekei	Mountain nyala
Tragelaphus imberbis	Situtunga
Tragelaphus strepsiceros	Lesser Kudu
Taurotragus oryx	Greater Kudu
Taurotragus derbianus	Eland
Boocercus eurycerus	Giant eland
Syncerus caffer	Bongo
Cephalophus adorsi	Buffalo
Cephalophus ogilbyi	Zanzibar duiker
Cephalophus silvicultor	Ogilby’s duiker
Cephalophus spadix	Yellow-baked duiker
Cephalophus zebra	Abbott’s duiker
Kobus ellipsiprymnus	Banded duiker
Kobus defassa	Waterbuck
Kobus leche	Defassa waterbuck
Kobus megaceros	Lechwe
Adenota kob	Nile lechwe
	Kob
Redunca arundinum	Reedbuck
Redunca fulvorufula	Mountain reedbuck
Redunca equinus	Bohor reedbuck
Hippotragus equinus	Roan antelope
Hippotragus niger	Sable antelope
Oryx gazella	Oryx
Oryx tao	Scimitar-horned oryx
Adax nasomaculatus	Addax
Damaliscus lunatus	Tsessebe (Sassaby)
Damaliscus korrigum	Topi
Damaliscus dorcas dorcas	Bontebok
Damaliscus dorcas phillipsi	Blesbok
Damaliscus hunteri	Hunter’s hartebeest
Alcelaphus buselaphus	Hartebeest
Alcelaphus lichtensteini	Lichtenstein’s hartebeest
Connochaet es gnou	Black wildebeest
Connochaetes taurinus	Wildebeest
Oreotragus oreotragus	Klipspringer
Ourebia spp.	Oribis (All species)
Neotragus pygmaeus	Royal antelope
Neotragus batesi	Dwarf antelope
Madoqua kirki	Damara dikdik
Aepyceros melampus	Impala
Ammolorcas clarkei	Dibatag
Litodranius walleri	Gerenuk
Gazella dorcas	Dorcas gazelle
Gazella rufifrons	Korin gazelle
Gazella tilonura	Houglin’s gazelle
Gazella dama	Dama gazelle
Gazella scommerringi	Doemmering’s gazelle
Capra ibex nubiana	Nubian ibex
Ammotragus lervia	Barbary sheep (Aoudad)
Aves	Birds
Struthio camelus	Ostrich
Falconiformes et Strigiformes	All birds of prey and all owls not in
Otididae	All bustards
Reptilia	Reptiles
Crocodylia	All crocodiles

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History of this document

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Repealed by Revised African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

16 June 1969

Commenced

15 September 1968 this version

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Last updated: 2022-03-25

Country 55	Signature Date 46	Ratification Date 33	Deposit Date 33
Algeria	1968-09-15	1983-02-05	1983-05-24
Angola	2010-02-02	2014-02-17	2014-03-28
Benin	1968-09-15
Botswana	1968-09-15
Burkina Faso	1968-09-15	1969-08-16	1969-08-29
Burundi	1968-09-15
Cabo Verde
Cameroon	1968-09-15	1977-07-18	1978-09-29
Central African Republic	1968-09-15	1970-03-16	1970-03-16
Chad	1968-09-15
Comoros	2004-12-07	2004-03-18	2004-04-16
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1968-09-15	1976-05-29	1976-10-14
Djibouti	2005-11-15	1978-04-11	1978-04-17
Egypt	1968-09-15	1972-03-06	1972-04-12
Equatorial Guinea	2011-01-30
Eritrea
Eswatini	1968-09-15	1969-03-25	1969-04-07
Ethiopia	1968-09-15
Gabon	1968-09-15	1988-05-09	1988-11-18
Gambia	1968-09-15
Ghana	1968-09-15	1969-05-17	1969-05-17
Guinea	1968-09-15	2012-05-07	2012-09-17
Guinea-Bissau	2012-01-27
Ivory Coast	1968-09-15	1969-01-15	1969-01-15
Kenya	1968-09-15	1969-05-12	1969-05-12
Lesotho	1968-09-15
Liberia	1968-09-15	1978-09-21	1978-11-22
Libya	1968-09-15
Madagascar	1968-09-15	1971-09-02	1971-09-23
Malawi		1973-03-06	1973-03-12
Mali	1968-09-15	1974-06-03	1974-06-20
Mauritania	1968-09-15
Mauritius	1968-09-15
Morocco		1977-09-19	1977-11-11
Mozambique		1981-02-28	1981-04-01
Namibia
Niger	1968-09-15	1970-01-10	1970-01-27
Nigeria	1968-09-15	1974-04-02	1974-05-07
Republic of the Congo	1968-09-15	1981-04-04	1981-04-29
Rwanda	1968-09-15	1979-11-19	1980-02-04
Sao Tome and Principe	2010-02-01
Senegal	1968-09-15	1972-02-03	1972-02-24
Seychelles		1977-08-31	1977-10-14
Sierra Leone	1968-09-15
Somalia	1968-09-15
South Africa
South Sudan	2013-01-24
Sudan	1968-09-15	1973-10-09	1973-10-21
Tanzania	1968-09-15	1974-09-07	1974-11-15
Togo	1968-09-15	1979-10-24	1979-11-20
Tunisia	1968-09-15	1976-12-21	1977-02-04
Uganda	1968-09-15	1977-11-15	1977-11-30
Western Sahara	2018-12-14
Zambia	1968-09-15	1972-03-29	1972-05-01
Zimbabwe

African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

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African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

Article 1

Article II – Fundamental principle

Article III – Definitions

Article IV – Soil

Article V – Water

Article VI – Flora

Article VII – Faunal resources

Article VIII – Protected species

Article IX – Traffic in specimens and trophies

Article X – Conservation areas

Article XV – Organization of National Conservation Services

Article XVI – Inter-State co-operation

Article XVII – Provision for exceptions

Article XVIII – Settlement of disputes

Article XIX – Signature and ratification

Article XX – Reservations

Article XXI – Entry into force

Article XXII – Accession

Article XXIII – Denunciation

Article XXIV – Revision

Article XXV – Final provisions

List of protected species

Class A

Class B

History of this document

23 July 2016

16 June 1969

15 September 1968 this version

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