Chad - Overview

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Please note that this country profile has been prepared by the Secretariat on the basis of information provided in the NBSAP and national reports, but has not been reviewed by the Party concerned.

Status and Trends of Biodiversity

Overview

Chad is distinguished into 3 large bioclimatic zones: 1) The Saharan zone which covers 600,350 km2. The vegetation in this zone is typical steppe type and is only present in the plains and the oasis. 2) The Sahelian zone which is characterized as shrubby savannah, and marked with very open, woody formations. 3) The Sudanic zone which has a surface area of 193,080 km2... More »

Number and Extent of Protected Areas

Chad has 2 National parks (414,000ha), 7 wildlife reserves (11,675,300ha), 1 biosphere reserve (195,000ha), 10 ranked forests and 10 game reserves (11,250,800ha) that comprise 10% of the total, national surface area. The Zakouma Park, which has a surface area of 300,000ha, has maintained its biological diversity and is one of the richest protected areas in the country, despite all the climatic and anthropogenic hazards... More »

National Biodiversity Strategy Action Plan

Major features of National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan

Several strategic focus points were developed in order to meet the primary objective, which is the conservation and sustainable management of the biological diversity of Chad. These focal points are as follows: increased knowledge and surveillance of the biological diversity; threatened ecosystems and species inventoried, protected and/or restored; usage of substitute resources increased; sustainable use practices adopted and fair and equitable use of biological resources... More »

Implementation of the Convention

Measures Taken to Achieve the 2010 Target

One of the major initiatives was to have a minimum of 10% of national land designated as protected area. This initiative began with the development of PIDR (Plan d’Intervention pour le Développement Rural) whose programmes include natural resources management and preservation of the environment. The two main indicators used in attaining this objective were the surface area of already designated protected areas and the number of potential areas for future preservation... More »

Initiatives in Protected Areas

Recently, important work has been carried out, through financing by the European Union, the French Cooperative and the German Cooperative, for the restoration of the National Parks of Zakouma and Manda, and the natural resources of Mayo-Kebbi. Two programmes of work have been initiated: reintroduction of the giant eland (Taurotragus derbianus gigas) and the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) and the creation of a new ecological corridor between Manda, Zakouma and Siniaka-Minia national parks... More »

Initiatives for Article 8(j)

In what concerns this article there are several socioprofessional organizations in the area of traditional medicine, as well as the development of legislature concerning material and evaluation measures on the traditional knowledge in the National Strategy. There are currently programs in place to help increase awareness on the conservation of biological diversity among traditional practitioners... More »

National Contacts

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Convention on Biological Diversity

Mr. Habib Gademi	CBD Primary NFP, SBSTTA NFP
Mr. Tahir Hassan Mahamat	CHM NFP

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Mr. Kadiom Amidou

Cartagena Protocol Primary NFP, BCH NFP