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Title | Director, Takamanda-Mone Landscape Project, Cameroon |
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Job Description Director, Takamanda-Mone Landscape Project, Cameroon The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), an international conservation NGO with headquarters at the Bronx Zoo, New York, USA, currently seeks candidates for the position of Project Director for its Takamanda-Mone Landscape Project in Cameroon. The Takamanda-Mone region is defined by the Government of Cameroon as a Technical Operation Unit (TOU) and a collaborative project to conserve this landscape is being conducted by the Cameroon Ministry of Forests and Wildlife (MINFOF) through the Program for Sustainable Management of Natural Resources PSMNR with the participation of a significant number of other technical and financial partners. The project covers the Takamanda and Mone Forest Reserves and the Mbulu forest, and is contiguous with the Okwangwo Division of Cross River National Park in Nigeria. This area is one of the most biologically diverse in Africa and provides the last remaining stronghold for the Cross River gorilla. WCS plays a leading role in a coordinated research and conservation program focused on this critically endangered ape across Cameroon and Nigeria. WCS collaborates with the Government of Cameroon, international and local organizations, researchers, and local communities to promote conservation actions, sustainable natural resource use, and proper planning and implementation of development activities. WCS has the lead role in the implementation of conservation-related activities within protected areas and other important forest areas of the Takamanda-Mone TOU. Project activities focus on biological and ecological research with special attention given to the status, distribution, ecology and the conservation challenges facing the Cross River gorilla; environmental education and community outreach; assistance in the management of conservation efforts through wildlife monitoring, socio-economic research, and the provision of advice and support to the government's protection activities; and community engagement and capacity building.
Responsibilities & Duties include, but are not limited to:
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Please apply on-line at www.wcs.org, scroll to careers at the bottom of the page, and follow the prompts to apply on-line (you must register in order to be considered). IN ADDITION TO APPLYING ONLINE: Please send a cover letter, resumé and at three references (with contact information including phone numbers) by email to the Hiring Manager Graeme Patterson (gpatterson@wcs.org) using the following in the Subject Line of the email “yoursurname_Takamanda_Director”. The deadline for applications will be 3rd May, 2013. EOE M/F/V/D
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