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Belgium, a member of the partnership
since the initiative was launched in 2002, has just announced that it
will be taking over the facilitation of the initiative for the next two
years (2018- 2019). Mr. François-Xavier de Donnea, an Honorary Member of
Parliament and Minister of State of the Kingdom of Belgium, will act as
CBFP Facilitator during these two years.
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Belgium has agreed to
resume the Facilitation of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP)
for the period 2018-2019. Belgium will thus be taking over from the
European Commission, which did an outstanding job of establishing a
structure which has enhanced CBFP governance, which the Belgian
Facilitation can now build on.
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Main conclusions of the extraordinary Council of COMIFAC Ministers
Brazzaville (Congo) - 15 March 2018 - An
extraordinary session of the Council of Ministers of the Central
African Forest Commission (COMIFAC) took place. The session was
preceded from 13 to 14 March by the Expert meeting. Please download the
Final Communiqué of the Extraordinary Council of COMIFAC Ministers..
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The United Nations General Assembly
proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests (IDF) in 2012. The
Day celebrates and raises awareness of the importance of all types of
forests. On each International Day of Forests, countries are encouraged
to undertake local, national and international efforts to organize
activities involving forests and trees, such as tree planting campaigns.
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We compared village sales and trade chains between 2002-2003 and 2014.
Hunters reported pangolins to be the most frequently requested species
in 2014, and the value of pangolins had increased at every point along
their trade chain. In Libreville, giant pangolin prices increased 211%
and arboreal pangolin prices 73% whilst inflation rose only 4.6% over
the same period.
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In a bid to help Gabon’s participatory forestry sector reach its full
potential, the Ministry of Forestry and the Environment has conducted a
study to review participatory forestry with the technical assistance of
the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The FAO’s
framework for assessing the extent and effectiveness of Participatory
Forestry was used to conduct the study. A validation workshop on the
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Pangolins are burrowing animals with
overlapping scales; conical heads; and long, sticky tongues that enable
them to eat mostly ants and termites. Nocturnal and secretive, they have
been difficult for scientists to study in the wild. They’ve also become
the most trafficked wild mammals in the world, according to the
Zoological Society of London.
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Brazzaville, 23 March 2018 –
In an unprecedented move to protect the Cuvette Centrale region in the
Congo Basin, the world’s largest tropical peatlands, from unregulated
land use and prevent its drainage and degradation, the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC), the Republic of Congo and Indonesia jointly
signed the Brazzaville declaration that promotes better management and
conservation of this globally important carbon store.
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14 March 2018 Participants at the
International Conference on Forestry Training: Addressing the Challenges
of Training for Sustainably Managing the Congo Basin Forests, which
ended on 7 March 2018, have called on ITTO and the international
community to provide ongoing technical and financial support to improve
facilities, equipment, materials, training and capacity building for
forestry training in the Congo Basin subregion.
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Brazzaville, 23 March 2018 –
In an unprecedented move to protect the Cuvette Centrale region in the
Congo Basin, the world’s largest tropical peatlands, from unregulated
land use and prevent its drainage and degradation, the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC), the Republic of Congo and Indonesia jointly
signed the Brazzaville declaration that promotes better management and
conservation of this globally important carbon store.
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ONN, Germany (Landscapes News) — A new
international agreement aims to protect a massive tract of
environmentally sensitive peatlands in the Congo Basin from
unsustainable exploitation that could otherwise potentially lead to the
release of the equivalent of three years of global greenhouse gas
emissions, U.N. Environment (UNEP) reports.
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Songdo, 26 Feb 2018 The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board has
today appointed two new Co-Chairs at its nineteenth meeting in Songdo,
Republic of Korea. Paul Oquist has been elected as the developing
country Co-Chair, whilst Lennart Båge is the developed country Co-Chair.
They replace the outgoing Co-Chairs, Ayman M. Shasly (Developing
Countries) and Ewen McDonald (Developed Countries).
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This global celebration of forests
provides a platform to raise awareness of the importance of all types of
woodlands and trees, and celebrate the ways in which they sustain and
protect us.
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| | | | Dear GCF Partners and friends,We at the Green Climate Fund hope 2018
has started well for you and that it will be a productive and rewarding
year. As 2018 rolls on, we would like to outline our plans for the next
twelve months. The Board’s work programme for 2018 underscores GCF’s
overarching priority of focusing on quality, while increasing efforts to
move more funding proposals into implementation and scaling up
disbursement.
Read more …
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This Toolkit has been created to support the ‘Community of Practice’
working on changing behaviour to reduce consumer demand for illegal
wildlife products. It brings together a wide range of best practice evidence, latest
research findings and other resources from the field of consumer
behaviour change, based on experience from the conservation sector and
beyond.
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Peatlands take up only 3% of the earth’s
surface yet they store almost 550 billion tons of carbon, twice as much
as all the world’s forests together. Peatlands are potentially one of the
most effective tools for combating climate change. By preserving and
restoring the world’s peatlands, we can reduce CO2 emissions and revive a
fundamental ecosystem that delivers several benefits, including their
role as natural carbon sinks.
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Jakarta, February 26th 2018 - The Tropical Landscapes
Finance Facility (TLFF), a partnership between UN Environment, World
Agroforestry Centre, ADM Capital and BNP Paribas, today announced its
inaugural transaction, a landmark US$ 95 million Sustainability Bond to
help finance a sustainable natural rubber plantation on heavily degraded
land in two provinces in Indonesia.
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The Minister marked the agreement of the
President of Gabonese Republic, Ali Bongo Ondimba to organize Gabon
WoodShow from June 20 to 22, 2018 in Libreville, Gabon.
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Humans shape nature, not only since the
onset of industrialization. Such influences are well documented in the
Amazonian rainforest. The influence of humans was debated in Central
Africa where major interventions seem to have occurred 2,600 years ago.
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The 4th Powering Africa: Summit (PAS) will take place from 28th
February - 2nd March 2018 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Washington,
D.C.
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Songdo, 01 Mar 2018 The first Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board
meeting of 2018 concluded today after approving 23 projects, valued
together at USD 1,093.5 million of GCF funding.
The new approvals bring the GCF portfolio to a total of 76 projects and
programmes, amounting to USD 3,730.2 million in GCF funding to assist
developing countries in their low emission and climate resilient
development.
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This study analyses the correlation
between forest governance and deforestation and aims to improve national
understanding of the challenges involved in land-use governance. The
multistakeholder Voluntary Partnership Agreement process has created an
unprecedented opportunity for dialogue on improving transparency and
accountability in the forestry sector. The study outlines the efforts
needed to improve forest governance in Cameroon.
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Forest ecosystems of Central Africa- Cameroon (CEFDHAC) was held on 13
and 14 February 2018 at the Yaoundé Conference Centre.
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The High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (HLEG), submitted its
final report on sustainable finance on Wednesday 31 January. The
20-member group of experts from civil society, the financial sector and
academia, established by the European Commission in December 2016, has
released a series of recommendations setting out a comprehensive
strategy on sustainable finance in the European Union.
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The
deadline for receipt by the secretariat of both new and revised project and
pre-project proposals for this project cycle is: 27 April 2018
ITTO offers
fellowships through the Freezailah Fellowship Fund to promote human resource
development and to strengthen professional expertise in member countries in
tropical forestry and related disciplines. The goal is to promote the
sustainable management of tropical forests, the efficient use and processing of
tropical timber, and better economic information about the international trade
in tropical timber.
Find below
a list of funding and graduate studies opportunities for your research and
conservation ideas: Young champions of the earth: seven people, one person from
the each of the global regions, will be given significant financial and
technical support to actualize their environmental ideas. Do you have any
outstanding idea on how to solve environmental problems? This is a great
opportunity to present your ideas and receive support for it. Apply by April 2,
2018...
The African
Wildlife Foundation (AWF) is looking to fill a Country Director position in
Uganda. She/He will provide overall leadership for the development, management,
and successful implementation of programs in Uganda. The Country Director will
manage day-to-day program operations, which include effective team management,
effective administration and tracking of project finances, program monitoring
and evaluation, timely donor reporting, and effective coordination between
project implementing partners and AWF staff.
The
Wildlife Conservation Society is looking to fill a Regional Security Manager
position. She/He will design, implement and monitor threat mitigation
strategies, including personnel risk management, asset management and
communications protocols, in cooperation with all country directors. The
Regional Security Manager will assist all country directors with the
recruitment and/or designation of staff best suited to oversee security
processes within each country program.
8 March
2018 · FSC is currently looking for an Engagement and Outreach Officer (m/f) to
be based in Bonn, Germany. Deadline for applications: 05 April 2018.
8 March
2018 · FSC is currently looking for a Stakeholder Engagement
Officer (m/f) to be based in Bonn, Germany. Deadline for applications: 05
April 2018.
14 March
2018 · FSC is currently looking for a Global Revenue Manager /Deputy Head of
Finance (m/f) to be based in Bonn, Germany. Deadline for applications:
11 April 2018.
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