The Radio Network of West African Environment (RERAO) has been established during a start-up workshop, organized by IUCN, WWF and RAMPAO from the 28th to 31st October 2014 at Dakar in Senagal. RERAO aims to improve radio communication by contributing to good governance, conservation and sustainable and equitable management of natural resources in West Africa. The founding members of the network are from nine different radio stations in West Africa and they are; Radio Balafon Burkina Faso, Broadcasting of Burkina (GNI) in Burkina Faso, Radio Morabeza of Cape Verde, FM Ivoire Ivory Coast, Radio Denguele Cote d'Ivoire, Star fm Gambia, Brikama Community Radio Gambia, Rural Radio Lower Guinea Kindia, National Radio of Guinea, Radio Voz di Lamparam Cantanhez of Guinea Bissau, Voice of Cacheu of Guinea Bissau, Radio Kledu of Mali, Radio Saghan Mali, National Radio Mauritania, FM Radio Cayar, Senegal, Radio Popenguine, Senegal, The Coast FM Senegal. "Through this network, the various stakeholders will be closer to the people through communication which is an essential tool of GO-WAMER project (governance, policy management of marine and coastal resources in the marine eco-region Warner). It will capitalize on the individual and collective experiences of countries in terms of resource management. "Ultimately, we want a radio network working primarily on environmental protection," said Dr. Taib Diouf, coordinator of GO-WAMER. According to him, RERAO will lead a dynamic West Africa to unite the efforts of radios to ensure the flow and sharing of environmental quality information capable of supporting the conservation policies in the region. While there are radios that have programmes on environment conservation and others do not, Ms. Diop Dominique Duval, general secretary of the Network of Marine Protected Areas in West Africa (RAMPAO) said, we are going to come together to share skills and experiences in order to build reports. "Willingness to implement the RERAO was born of the need to encourage effective participation of all stakeholders and to contribute to the awareness of public opinion to address environmental challenges for sustainable development in West Africa," Duval revealed. Racine Kane, head of IUCN Senegal programme noted that the West African economies depend mainly on the exploitation of natural resources. But these reserves are in danger and environmental projects are most important and most urgent as biodiversity disappears, and ecosystems degraded and resources overexploited. The creation of this network, according to Kane, will further raise awareness and mobilize public opinion on local, national and international levels on the need to ensure sustainable management of natural resources. Sara Camara, the general manager of Star FM radio in The Gambia who was part of delegates in Dakar, to form the network told Daily Observer that the RERAO was created through collaboration between the Network of Marine Protected Areas in West Africa (RAMPAO) Aires, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as part of its Partnership for Environmental Governance in West Africa (PAGE), funded by the Swedish cooperation (Sida) and WWF through the GO-WAMER initiative and funded by the EU and UNDP.