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The Research and Nature Conservation Programme in Equatorial Guinea was launched in 1985, financed by the Spanish Technical Co-operation Agency. The Programme's main objectives were to: (i) increase scientific research; (ii) set up a Museum of Natural History for the country; (iii) update environmental legislation; (iv) create a network of protected natural areas; (v) promote Equatorial Guinea's participation in international forums on the environment; (vi) train local per­ sonnel and (vii) implement environmental education programmes. Actions undertaken and results obtained over a ten-year period are reviewed herein. The Programme has been important in raising the level of scientific awareness of the country's resources but more importantly, it has catalysed the inception of the country's existing legal framework for environmental protection (Ley 8/1988). Within this law, regulations with respect to wildlife, protected areas and hunting were promulgated. These include the legal basis to create other reserve areas and non-profit orga­ nizations related to wildlife protection. The Programme has been able to employ the law to stop exploitation and road-building along the south of Bioko ; Peer reviewed

La cooperación internacional en materia de conservación de la biodiversidad comenzó en Guinea Ecuatorial hace más de 20 años con el fin de apoyar a las autoridades del país en la conservación de su rico patrimonio natural. A lo largo de estos años, un amplio número de proyectos se han llevado a cabo con importantes resultados, pero con similares limitaciones y retos. A pesar de los importantes esfuerzos llevados a cabo por las autoridades ecuatoguineanas, aun no se ha asumido plenamente que la conservación de la biodiversidad es, sobretodo, un desafío propio. Junto a ello, el desarrollo de las recientes instituciones nacionales de conservación y la adecuada formación del suficiente número de personal local, sería el siguiente reto. Conseguir una financiación continuada en el tiempo para las acciones de conservación de la biodiversidad ayudará al establecimiento de estrategias de conservación en el país que puedan conseguir resultados eficaces a largo plazo. ; International cooperation with the Equatorial Guinean administration in biodiversity conservation issues started more than 20 years ago. Since then, an ample number of projects have been implemented with different outcomes but similar limitations and challenges. Despite of most governmental effort, future conservation proposals in the country will have to attain authorities assume like own the biodiversity conservation of the country. Next to it, the development of the recent national conservation institutions and the appropriate training of sufficient number of local staff could be the following challenge. To obtain a continued funding to support conservation actions will help to the establishment in the country of a strategy of conservation that secure effective results in the long term.