ARCOS Network

Members of ARCOS Regional Network (list under revision)

ARCOS partners with different institutions working in the Albertine Rift region, including government institutions, NGOs and the private sector, to deliver effective conservation action. For a better coordination and implementation of activities, ARCOS has already developed or is in a process to develop partnerships with the following organisations:

• Burundi
  • The Ministry of Environment
  • Association Burundaise pour la Protection des Oiseaux (ABO)
  • Institut National pour l’Environnement et la Conservation de la Nature (INECN)
• D.R. Congo
  • The Ministry of Environment
  • Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN)
  • Bureau d’Etudes Scientifiques et Techniques (BEST)
  • Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles (CRSN)
  • Réseau pour la Conservation et la Réhabilitation des Ecosystèmes Forestiers du Nord – Kivu (CREF)
• Rwanda
  • The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
  • The Rwanda Tourism Board (ORTPN)
  • Association pour la Conservation de la Nature au Rwanda (ACNR)
  • Association Rwandaise des Ecologistes (ARECO)
• Tanzania
  • National Environment Management Council
  • Tanzania National Parks Authority (TANAPA)
  • Tanzania Forest Conservation Group (TFCG)
• Uganda
  • The Ministry of Environment
  • Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA )
  • Africa 2000 Network (A2N)
  • Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation (ITFC)
  • Makere University Institute for Environment and Natural Resources (MUIENR)
  • NatureUganda (NU)
  • Wildlife Clubs of Uganda (WCU)
• Zambia
  • Wildlife and Environmental Conservation Society of Zambia (WECSZ)

Regional and International Partner organisations:

• Africa Wildlife Foundation (AWF)
• Dian Fossy Gorilla Fund International (DFGFI)
• International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP)
• Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
• World Wide Fund for nature (WWF-EARPO)