CERCONEWS June edition out now!

1. CERCO‐NEWS
VOLUME 2, ISSUE 6 J U N E 2 0 1 0
INSIDE THIS
ISSUE: With this festivity I thee WED
With this festivity 1 and the wonder of nature to theme ‘Biodiversity: Our
I thee WED rural and urban schools. This Survival Depends On It’. The
programme culminates in schools’ performances had
From the 2 World Environment Day the audience rolling with
Director when all of the children laughter, and the children’s
involved come together for a enthusiasm and
Canada’s got 2
carnival parade through the understanding for the topic
talent streets of Calabar and prize shone through!
giving ceremony A tree‐planting ceremony
Sow and piglets 2 This year’s events were followed, and then the
doing fine made even more special children returned to be
when Cross River’s Governor awarded prizes for the
Putting the Fun in 3 Liyel Imoke used the day as a environmentally themed
Fundraising platform to let the world competitions CERCOPAN had
know about the State’s 1 organised this year. A
Governor Liyel Imoke
Billion Naira, 5 year tree‐ cleanest school competition,
Award & addressing the packed planting campaign. the drama performance, and
Recognition 4 audience The day was full of colour the parade mascot
and excitement as huge competition all helped
Release moves a 4 Like a happy couple that waves of children arrived in cement the theme of
step closer hosts a party to celebrate costume to parade through biodiversity firmly into the
their anniversary, once a the streets complete with forefront of everyone’s
Two cute for 5 year on June 5th we bring marching bands. After the minds. The winning children
words together thousands in Cross parade, children, government also gained cash prizes to
River State, Nigeria on World officials, and NGOs packed help improve the facilities in
Environment Day and go into the over‐flowing venue their schools.
The benefits of 5 public on our love for our where they were soon joined While looking back on the
Union support work. The WED events in by the State Governor stirring moments of the day,
Calabar organized by himself. Live televised we would like to appreciate
Want to be a part 6 CERCOPAN mirror at the speeches were given out by our many contributing
of it ? mid‐point of the year the prominent national sponsors, but in particular
renowned Carnival events at environmentalists including thanks go to Cincinnati Zoo &
Christmas. the State Commissioner of Botanical Gardens who
For CERCOPAN, it’s the the Environment, the State underwrote the main costs
high point of the year and a Chairman of the Forestry for the event for the third
great opportunity to get Commission, Special advisor year in a row.
across the message about on Forests and Biodiversity
the vital need to conserve and, not least,
the environment, Cross CERCOPAN!
River’s globally‐important In the interludes
forests, and wildlife in between speeches
particular. plays from three
All year round we finalist schools were
undertake an environmental performed. The
education outreach schools had been
programme to spread the asked to produce a
word about conservation drama based on the

2. PAGE 2
From the Director
Ever arrived at your steady progress on simultaneously reinforcing
vacation destination and multiple fronts. Our new CERCOPAN’s reputation
your baggage didn’t come long‐term construction for delivering results, at
with you? Or ordered a volunteer received his IUCN’s international
parcel and it got lost in the visa, and joined us in a conference in Burkina
post? Sometimes work in very short time (see Faso.
our operating below). The alternative I always find it difficult to
environment gets to feel a livelihoods programme in tear myself away from the
Claire Coulson
little like that. Iko Esai sustained its organisation, even for the
CERCOPAN We can be all built up momentum, and we briefest periods of time.
Director with excitement for the completed the latest step With our programme
next stage of a project, on the critical path running so smoothly
and then there’s a delay towards our next primate however, I judged that this
we can do nothing about – release that will occur was a good time to take a
supplies unavailable, before the end of the year. short break back to the
something broken down, a We also pulled off an UK. So far so good...my
huge destructive storm– it organisational multi‐ luggage arrived safely!
happens here. tasking feat by successfully
But this past month, hosting World
we’ve passed a number of Environment Day in
key milestones, and made Calabar, while
Canada’s Got Talent
Canadian Dallas Buleziuk making money. Last year project managing the
has just arrived at Dallas gave his time to community centre build
CERCOPAN to take up a work on an orphanage (taking it to completion in
volunteer position co‐ project in Ghana building the near‐term), the
ordinating our mud‐brick buildings with construction of two new
construction efforts. Dallas limited tools. Now it’s an deluxe eco‐tourist huts,
has 13 years of building even bigger step as he has and an extension of the
experience and is also a left his home in Calgary for Education centre to
whizz with electricals, a full 12 months to incorporate a move of our
auto‐mechanics, and support our cause. office facilities in Rhoko.
pretty much anything Dallas will undertake With that and general
Dallas already well hands‐on. supervision of our larger maintenance tasks, we’ll
settled in camp For volunteers there’s a construction projects. His be sure to make maximum
lot more to life than simply main focus will be on use of his skills.
“…...a living
Sow and piglets doing fine
can be made Regular readers will For the youths involved,
without reliance recall our article in April the relatively low effort
on the alternative required, and rapid results
on vulnerable
livelihoods programme. are proving the concept
natural resources Our pilot project with that a living can be made
which can only pig farming has continued without reliance on
retain their value successfully through June vulnerable natural
to the community with the birth of the first sow in the sty. Staying on resources which can only
litter of piglets, and more plan, we will shortly retain their value to the
if reserved for
are on the way with the complete the purchase of community if reserved for
sustainable use” pregnancy of the second three further sows. sustainable use.

3. VOLUME 2, ISSUE 6 PAGE 3
Putting the Fun in Fundraising
Use our on‐line posters
It might come as a surprise thing to do. each time they backslide.
to publicise your event
to you to find out that in The CERCOPAN Everyone wins!
some years more than a Fundraising Pack Not every idea
quarter of CERCOPAN’s demonstrates that very will suit you, so
income comes from private much the opposite is true. we’ve gone some
donations. When times are We’ve produced this way to list a wide
hard and Corporate and brochure to provide all the range of
Foundation grants are ideas, materials, and possibilities, from
squeezed, our very ability to support information that clearing out your
survive depends on the the amateur CERCOPAN attic, and sponsored
amazing generosity of fundraiser needs! challenges, to a
individuals like you! The pack explains how bake sale. There are
fundraising doesn’t plenty more ideas in
have to be a chore, the Fundraising
and there’s every Pack, together with
reason why it can tips from those who
become fun. have been there
Yes you could before successfully.
stand in the We’ve also got
shopping mall pre‐printed
rattling coins for a sponsorship forms,
donation jar, but invitation cards,
then again you posters and more tools like
could stroll down this... so some of the work
to your favourite has already been done for
“We’ve produced
bar, have a drink, you! Head to our web sites
One of eight For anyone who is and ask the manager if they (see the back page of this brochure to
pages considering giving again, or would place a CERCOPAN CERCO‐NEWS) from 15th provide all the ideas,
loaded with for the first time, there is donations jar in a prominent July and you’ll find the pack materials, and
information always the option of position for the long‐term. available to download. support information
fundraising. An event can How about those team‐ And when you do hold a
that the amateur
raise much larger sums than building events at work successful event, we’d love
any one individual can where you get to discuss to tell everyone about it. CERCOPAN
afford to give. What puts your colleagues’ most Please send us photos and a fundraiser needs!”
most people off fundraising irritating habits? Back in the short description, and you’ll
is that they’ve never done it office, they’ll have to place soon be featuring right here
before, and assume it’s a cash in the CERCOPAN jar in CERCONEWS.
difficult and
uncomfortable
The front page of
our fundraising
pack

4. PAGE 4
Award & Recognition
The University of our work in Rhoko and Iko behavioural studies,
Calabar (UNICAL) is one Esai provides a ‘living surveying and census
of our most important classroom’ for students in methods, and then the
partners. It’s very which to learn how effective practical aspects of
natural for two environmental conservation community work such as
institutions that are is carried out in this part of alternative livelihoods. In
both conducting the world. 2009, we had to conduct the
research in the same For many years now, training in two successive
areas of interest to look the Unical students have programmes as the demand
for collaboration taken their field‐based was so high.
opportunities. However, training from us. In 2008, a Last month completely
our relationship goes a group of Forestry and out of the blue, the students
lot further than that. Wildlife students spent a themselves presented us
Our long‐term future week in Calabar with an Award of Excellence
Administration
lies at the UNICAL site, with understanding primate in recognition of our work. It
and Operations 11.2 hectares there granted taxonomy, primate care, was a wonderful thought,
Manager, Amy to us to develop a Rainforest and the principles behind and a heartening
Baxter, accepting Conservation Institute. community‐based experience, and represents
the award Both our future conservation. Then they the promise we have for
relationship and today’s are spent a week at the field continued success together
grounded on the fact that site learning the methods of into the future.
Release moves a step closer
Our efforts to reintroduction protocol and Wanna all successfully
undertake a successful designed to ensure the moved with the help of our
release of mona guenons successful release of eight vet nurse, Austin, and our
into Rhoko Forest have monas currently housed in tireless research assistants.
taken us yet another step Calabar. Learning from the A decision to wait to move
closer to our goal. Last last release, we decided to Bebe & Bosco was made
week, our small group of move all of our other Rhoko due to the age of the new
monas, headed by the captive monas into forest infant, but they will be
enclosures, to prevent the reunited with their group
release group from being very soon.
attracted by a large group
Moving home can
of primates calling from the
be stressful for monkeys
main primate centre. This
and as a result, our research
plan will also facilitate the
assistants have watched
release of an additional two
them constantly for the past
Mona groups in the near
week, just to make sure that
future given that the
they settled comfortably
primates will be housed at
into their new home.
their future release sites
Thankfully all of the group
( spaced in the forest in
seem to be enjoying the
dominant male July, were accordance with natural
Vet nurse moved to a forest enclosure new sights, sounds and
Mona home range size) and
Austin smells – in fact they actually
far from their current living will therefore have an
seem to prefer being
darting the accommodation. opportunity to acclimatize.
located deeper inside their
mona’s ready The relocation of
The move is an forest home!
July’s group went very
for their move important part of the
smoothly with July, Noname
carefully considered

5. VOLUME 2, ISSUE 6 PAGE 5
Two cute for words
We have recently better lives in our care. Just a stay inside the office
received two extra monkeys few months old, Bingo, a in the warm. The
voluntarily donated to putty‐nosed guenon, two are enjoying
CERCOPAN by thankfully arrived in good their regular milk and
compassionate owners who condition. As the first stage the rope swings our
understood they would live for our new intakes is solitary keepers have set up
observation and testing for them inside their
in quarantine, you could cosy new home. They
not fail to feel for her at were both very
the absence of her nervous when they
mother, killed for arrived, but are
Bingo and
bushmeat, and the need finding solace in each other’s
for comfort from her company. Everyone needs hugs Casper: finding
own kind. don’t they? solace in each
A few days later The important next others arms
Casper, a Mona guenon, step is to integrate them with a
even smaller and more larger group of their own
desperate for affection, species, where surrogate
arrived in similar mothers can secure the full “Everyone
circumstances and the development of their natural
needs hugs
pair quickly became instincts. We ensure minimal
inseparable. possibility of human don’t they? ”
Currently living together dependence for the monkeys in
in a large travel box, CERCOPAN’s care. One day
Bingo: they are too small for either or both Bingo and Casper
I’m not other monkeys to play will hopefully need to defend
sure... with and they have to themselves back in the wild.
The benefits of Union support
CERCOPAN Director Claire on a scientifically prioritized CERCOPAN’s work in Iko Esai as
Coulson traveled to basis. a case study.
Ouagadoudou, Burkina Faso The conference was CERCOPAN has
from 1st to 5th June to take attended by representatives received support for
part in a forum organized by from 34 NGO’s from 14 West Community
the International Union for African countries and Conservation work
the Conservation of Nature provided an excellent from IUCN
(IUCN) on the place, role, opportunity for the Netherlands since
experiences and future of organisations, all working on 2007 and so this was
NGO's in West African similar issues but in different the perfect occasion
Protected Areas countries, to learn from each at which to showcase
management. others’ experiences and all of the amazing
IUCN is a hugely important successes. work our organisation
organization in the The sessions included has been able to
biodiversity conservation presentations, discussion achieve thanks to
world. The IUCN Red List of groups, workshops and site their support.
threatened species is the visits. The IUCN Ecosystem
definitive catalogue for CERCOPAN was one of the Grants Programme
focusing species NGO’s selected to give a funded project ends
conservation efforts presentation at the forum and in August this year,
globally. IUCN’s grants Claire chose to highlight the but we hope to
sustain the efforts of NGO’s role of community continue to work with Claire’s talk at the
such as CERCOPAN in conservation in protected IUCN on other projects in the conference
providing a viable response areas management, using future.

6. WANT TO BE A PART OF IT? • Undertake a sponsored event to raise funds for
CERCOPAN. Use the Fundraising Pack on our
• Stay in touch with our on‐going programme by web site to help you.
bookmarking our home page
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and our Blog site website...every little helps!
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buy a month's supply of fruit for growing
• Volunteer for CERCOPAN in either Nigeria or CERCOPAN orphan monkeys ‐ called in the
the UK. We offer a range of different catalogue 'A‐peeling Monkeys' for only £20!
programmes so there is something for The price of the gift is passed on to CERCOPAN.
everyone! Visit our website volunteer So, it is an excellent way of solving your gift
section for further details. problems, and supporting our work!
Alternatively visit the CERCOPAN gift shop on
• Help CERCOPAN attain corporate funding. If our website today.
you work for a corporate sponsor who may be
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contact claire.coulson@cercopan.org building and fencing materials, veterinary
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