Websites: Why we do them?
		We work in close association with the community development projects of our sister company, EcoAfrica. During numerous joint trips to communities in Southern Africa, it became obvious that there is an increased need for community organisations to expand their networks in order to successfully communicate with other groups, potential clients and donors. The establishment of an internet presence enables small NGO's and start-up ecotourism ventures to reach a large audience from their remote keyboards. At the same time donors and potential clients have the opportunity to easily interact with the service providers and beneficiaries and thus break the isolation.

Websites: Recent projects

DLIST (Distance Learning and Information Sharing tool)
DLIST Benguela aims to assist coastal planners, managers and resource users implement effective integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) solutions. By facilitating information sharing & knowledge management, DLIST seeks to promote the sustainable use, protection and development of our coasts for the benefit of all. This website funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) has been designed as the key interface point for many different types of DLIST information sharing and knowledge management activities currently underway.

FOP has been supporting this initiative by providing relevant images and graphics to illustrate processes and phenomena in interesting ways. DLIST Benguela covers the whole Benguela Current coastal regions including South Africa, Namibia and Angola. FOP will set up an image library to meet the needs of the DLIST users who include schools, local governments and local communities. Soon there will also be a DLIST Agulhas and Somali, covering the coastal areas flanked by these Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs), and FOP will provide a similar service to interest groups in these regions.

Visit DLIST online at: www.dlist.org

CLIENT:IPA (Artisanal Fishery Institute of Angola).
During a joint visit to Angola with EcoAfrica (through the BCLME Programme) it was clear that IPA was in need of a website to explain who they are and what they do, so that foreign donors could assist them in empowering the local fishing communities along the Angolan coast.

Angola is recovering from a protracted civil war and many of the coastal communities are in desperate need of developing a subsistence fishing industry. FOP collected the images and designed the web site, while EcoAfrica Angola provided the copy in English and Portuguese.

The site can be viewed at www.ipangola.org

CLIENT: EcoAfrica Botswana
This web site was developed for an ecotourism company that runs mobile safaris in the Okavango delta. The work involved filming and producing short video clips that illustrate both the tented safari experience and the beauty of the Okavango. EcoAfrica Botswana work in close association with FOP - they also specialize in documentary filming and photography.

FOP provided visual material, graphics and videos for the final site. See www.ecoafricabotswana.com

CLIENT: Madagascar Expedition Agency
FOP developed this site with support from the Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund (CEPF) to promote community-based tourism in Madagascar through a Malagasy-owned tourism business. The idea was to provide a direct link between local tour operators or guides and their potential clients, thereby avoiding the middle men who siphon off income from local tour operators. This site includes the use of short video clips.

The site can be viewed at www.tourmadagascar.com

		Films on CD and DVD
		Good ideas are only valuable if they are communicated - and video is an excellent tool to do exactly this in an engaging format. We have recently produced two videos on CD and DVD with great success. They are easily transferable and available to any person with a computer.

VCD: Examples of recent work

Client: Flower Valley Conservation Trust
A 12 minute video in English and German that explains how local communities near Gansbaai are using sustainable flower harvesting to protect the fynbos of South Africa's Western Cape region, one of the most diverse floral kingdoms in the world. The video has been very successful in promoting this conservation initiative and has helped to stop the destruction of fynbos for wine farms. For more information please email info@flowervalley.co.za or visit www.flowervalley.org.za.

Client: BCLME (Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem Programme)
A 16 minute video transferred onto CD and DVD that explains the large variety of activities along the Benguela Current. The BCLME Programme is a transboundary initiative that promotes the sustainable use and management of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem and involves the collaboration of the governments of SA, Namibia and Angola. For more information please visit www.bclme.org