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The International Conference of
Ministers of defense, security and protected areas on the fight against
poaching and other cross-border criminal activities, held from 23 to 25
January 2019, N'Djamena, Chad, was a resounding success (success story):
"Off to a flying start!!! ": Fruitful meeting between the Sahel and
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The main objectives of the meeting were to: Review available and possible funding in the light of the objectives
of the N'Djamena conference and proposals submitted by working groups
of the conference...Please download below: Minutes of meeting of technical and financial partners of the CBFP.
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The Brussels meeting, one of the activities of the Congo Basin Forest
Partnership, was a time for discussion, forecasts, analysis, soul
searching, but also an opportunity for advocacy on the part of various
partners who believe in the future of the Congo Basin forests, the
world’s second ecological lung, after the Amazon.
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TUnited Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, following
consultations with the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to UNCCD
announced the appointment of Ibrahim Thiaw of Mauritania as the next
Executive Secretary of the UNCCD.
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Douala- Cameroon, 04 February 2019- The 5thand
last session of the decision-making committee of the GIZ regional
project to support the Central African Forest Commission (COMIFAC)
funded by the German Ministry of Cooperation (BMZ) and implemented by
the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) took
place on 04 February 2019 in the meeting room of the Prince de Galles
Hotel.
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On 31 January 2019, the Prince de Galles
hotel in Douala, Cameroon, hosted a Workshop to present the results
achieved by project on fostering the conservation and sustainable use of
biodiversity and climate change measures in COMIFAC countries. The
meeting was held under the aegis of the Executive Secretariat of COMIFAC
and the Japanese Cooperation (JICA).
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The Ministry for Agriculture, Forests and the Environment, together with
the United Nations Organisation for Food and Agriculture (FAO), opened
on Thursday 7th February an institutional event at Hotel Anda China,
regarding a reaffirmation against climate change and the promotion of
green development. They also launched three new projects. |
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We reviewed current experiences in the Eastern province of the DRC and
found that nobody has carried out an estimation of the financial returns
of the business models they drew up for/with the communities involved.
We therefore conducted a financial feasibility analysis for two case
studies, estimating the costs of developing/ implementing activities and
the benefits expected for the communities within the next five years. |
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This briefing shows that to ensure long-term benefits for people and
forests it is imperative that community forests are grounded in
traditional land tenure and forest management systems, as opposed to
being driven by outsiders. The briefing also stresses the important role
that community mapping can play in this process when it is truly
participatory. |
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The Intergovernmental Meeting on the Sixth Global Environmental Outlook
(GEO-6) opened on Monday, 21 January 2019, at the UNEP headquarters in
Nairobi, Kenya. In the morning, delegates listened to opening
statements, elected officers for the meeting, and adopted the meeting
agenda. For the rest of the day, countries shared their general views on
the draft Summary for Policymakers (SPM). Starting Tuesday, delegates
will begin a line-by-line review of the draft SPM and make specific
suggestions for changes. |
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Douala, Cameroon, 24 October 2017- the
Prince de Galles hotel hosted the fourth meeting of the decision-making
committee of the "Implementing Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit
Sharing in COMIFAC countries” Project. Chaired by Mr. Raymond Ndomba
Ngoye, Executive Secretariat of the Central
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The Interim Strategic Plan (2019-2022) of the
Organization for Wildlife Conservation in Africa (OCFSA), which
supplements the Illustrated Briefing Note we recently developed in
consultation with stakeholders and key stakeholders in wildlife
conservation, capture what the intergovernmental agency must do in the
next four years. |
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This report is intended to provide
guidance to develop enabling legal frameworks governing community
forestry. It offers recommendations and a framework for reflection for
all actors engaged in creating, implementing or revising laws on
community forestry, and for civil society in particular. |
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Happy World Pangolin Day! -
Pangolin Conservation in Central Africa - Pangolins are the world’s
most heavily trafficked mammals. In 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service launched MENTOR-POP (Progress on Pangolins) in collaboration
with the Zoological Society of London to give a voice to Central
Africa’s pangolins.
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February 14, 2019 The President of
Suriname declared the adoption of the document known as the “Krutu of
Paramaribo Joint Declaration”. This followed two days of presentations
and appeals from delegations representing international organizations,
civil society groups both local to Suriname and international, and
official delegations of HFLD nations and other nations concerned for the
protection of forests.
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The seventeenth session of the Committee for the Review of the
Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 17) of the United Nations
Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), will be held at the Arthur
Chung Conference Center (ACCC) from 28 to 30 January 2019 in
Georgetown, Guyana.
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“Women’s role in managing forests other
natural resources can no longer be forgotten or overlooked,” said
Rosalie Matondo, Minister of Forest Economy of the Republic of Congo, in
a video played during a round table conference on Women, Forests and
the ITTO, at the 54th session of the International Tropical Timber
Council.
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A global water crisis looms on the horizon and is fast approaching due
to the exacerbating effects of global population growth and climate
change in many parts of the world. More than 50 scientists from 20
countries collaborated on a global study of the links between forests,
water, climate and humans.
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With just over a week to go until World Pangolin Day 2019 we've been
promoting the "green collection" in China which looks to provide
sustainable alternatives to traditional wildlife products.
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On Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 23 participants attending the Congo
Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) Meeting in Brussels, Belgium, gathered
to discuss priorities, gaps, and opportunities for wildlife
conservation capacity in the region. Organizations were invited to
discuss what they support and why.
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Excellent results were demonstrated from an innovative Visa platform and
partnership with UNFCCC, where nearly 20,000 taps (19,723) resulted in
US$ 67,453 generated for the Adaptation Fund during the COP 24 climate
change conference in Katowice, Poland to support the Fund’s mission in
helping vulnerable communities in developing countries adapt to climate
change. |
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A global water crisis looms on the horizon and is fast approaching due
to the exacerbating effects of global population growth and climate
change in many parts of the world. More than 50 scientists from 20
countries collaborated on a global study of the links between forests,
water, climate and humans.
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Harrison is a Kenyan Citizen and has a background in forestry,
environment and natural resource management. He studied forestry at the
Universities of Nairobi, Helsinki and British Columbia. After graduating
from the University of British Columbia in 1989, he had a 5-year stint
as an academic at Moi University in Kenya. |
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The first substantive session of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group
towards a Global Pact for the Environment convened on Monday, 14 January
2019 at the United Nations Office at Nairobi, Kenya. During the
week-long session, delegates considered the report of the United Nations
Secretary-General titled “Gaps in international environmental law and
environment related instruments: towards a global pact for the
environment” (A/73/419).
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Katowice, Poland (December 14, 2018) — Building on its pioneering,
effective and scalable adaptation actions on the ground, the Adaptation
Fund launched three new small grant funding windows during the COP 24
climate change conference in Katowice, Poland. |
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UN Climate Change, 15 January 2019 – The provisional program for Africa
Climate Week 2019, which is being hosted from 18–22 March in Accra,
Ghana, has now been published online – showcasing a dynamic schedule of
activities that will demonstrate enhanced ambition across the continent.
Full details concerning topics and speakers will follow in due course.
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When Tabi Joda of GreenAid returned from university to the rural
Cameroon villages he knew as a child, he found some of them totally
abandoned because the land had become too degraded to support villagers’
livelihoods. He was horrified and asked himself, “Why did I go to
university, if not to make a difference?”
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The DSA's annual conference in 2019 will take place at the Open
University, which celebrates its 50th birthday that year. The conference
will focus centrally on "Opening up Development", while also
encompassing the broad range of development studies interests. As with DSA2018,
we will have sessions for early career scholars - including on
publishing and an ECR plenary; as well as assisting participants from
the Global South to attend.
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The EU Carbon-CAP project assembled a comprehensive portfolio of
consumer initiatives in order to assess the potential total impact of
consumer options on national carbon footprints. Existing evaluations of
behavioural change have focused primarily on direct energy reductions,
typically in households and buildings. However, changes in consumer
demand have deeper impacts via their upstream supply chains.
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Nature-10 Groups to Watch in 2019. Some of the most important change agents are not the most visible.LET'S BE FRANK: 2018 was not exactly a
banner year for the planet. Nearly every major environmental assessment
presented grim results: crucial habitats like tropical forests continue
to disappear; wildlife populations declined 60% over the last 40 years;
and, perhaps most alarming, we’re failing to make the progress we need
to keep the climate within safe boundaries.
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Central African Forests Forever, first published in 2017, takes
readers to the heart of the continent, introducing them to the people
and wildlife of this region. Its author, independent communications consultant Meindert Brouwer,
says the book also functions as a tool for sharing information about
efforts to address poverty and environmental issues in the region. Mongabay spoke with Brouwer to learn more about his motivations and the reception of his work in Central Africa.
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The German government has called for European “binding regulations” to
set a standard for sustainably-produced cocoa. The call was made as
part of a national 10-point Action Plan for cocoa, launched on 23 January by German Agriculture Minister Julia Kloeckner and Development Minister Gerd Mueller.
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For two weeks, the conference has brought together thousands of climate
action decision-makers, advocates and activists, with one key objective:
adopting global guidelines for the 197 parties of the 2015 Paris Agreement,
when countries committed to limiting global warming to less than 2°C –
and as close as possible to 1.5° – above pre-industrial levels.
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The Small-Scale Initiatives Program
(PPI), created in 2006 by the French Facility for Global Environment
(FFEM), and implemented by the French Committee of IUCN (IUCN France),
in partnership with the IUCN Central and West Africa Program (IUCN
PACO), launches a new call for proposals “small grants” projects.
Deadline for sending pre-proposal forms: 31st of March 2019 (6.00 pm,
Paris Time GMT+1).
The World Wide Fund for Nature seeks
a TRIDOM Landscape Financing Coordinator
We are
looking for a motivated and passionate professional for the position of TRIDOM
Landscape Financing Coordinator whose role will be to support the development
of project concepts and ensure their alignment and coherence with Emission Reduction-Programs
design process in Cameroon and Congo, and eventual GCF proposals for Gabon (or
other green funding sources under development). The subject should read
TRIDOM-LFC Deadline for applications: 28 February 2019.
WWF
seeks the services of a consultant to assess current and future financial investment flows into
the TRIDOM landscape region (Cameroun-Republic of Congo- Gabon). Applications
must be submitted no later than March 4th, 2019
In the
frame of the preparation of the coming calls for proposals for the BIOPAMA
Action Component, IUCN seeks applications from qualified individuals to serve
on the Regional Advisory Committees (RAC). Applications must be submitted by 15
March 2019
Email a
cover letter and CV to recruit-roaydehub@wwfafrica.org. The subject should read
CD-DRCFEB19. Deadline for applications: February 25th, 2019. Thank you in
advance for your interest in this position. Please note that only candidates
under serious consideration will be contacted for follow up. If you have not
been contacted six weeks after closing, consider your application unsuccessful.
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