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The 18th Meeting of Parties of the Congo
Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) will take place on 27 and 28 November
2018 in Brussels in Belgium. Main theme: "Towards a sustainable
future for the Congo Basin forests, their inhabitants, flora and
wildlife" Registration and invitations, beginning 23 July 2018.
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Belgium 16 April 2018. Ghent University,
Department of Green Chemistry and Technology and Department of
Environment officially joined the members of the Congo Basin Forests
Partnership (CBFP). As part of the accession process, Ghent University
submitted the required documents and agreed to abide by the CBFP
members’ cooperation framework in promoting sustainable management of
forest ecosystems in Central Africa.
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If you wish to be able to attend the 18th MoP of the CBFP and related events, please register before August 25th, 2018 by completing the form below and clicking on the button “register”. It will not be possible to attend the meeting without a properly completed registration procedure.
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It is a bi-annual publication (April and October),
edited and published by RIFFEAC (Central African Network of Forestry
and Environmental Training Institutions).
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" We, the Heads of State and Government
of the member countries of the Congo Basin Climate Commission and the
Congo Basin Blue Fund, meeting in Brazzaville on 29 April 2018..
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New-York, 10 May 2018 - The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Rwanda
to the United Nations in partnership with the Central African Forest
Commission (COMIFAC) and in close collaboration with the CBFP
Facilitation of the Kingdom of Belgium held a high-level side event at
the UN Trusteeship alongside UNFF 13.
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Following the establishment of COMIFAC
in March 1999 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, by the Central African Heads of
State, the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the member
countries of the Congo Basin Climate Commission and the Congo Basin Blue
Fund held in Brazzaville in late April 2018 ratified the
institutionalization agreement of the two instruments.
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soldiers will deploy to Africa to help save endangered rhinos from poachers for
the first time, the Defence Secretary will announce today. The Army is sending
around two dozen troops to Malawi next month as Britain steps up its fight
against the ‘blood ivory’ trade, it can be revealed. |
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Wildlife in the Western Congo Basin is
rapidly disappearing. The Western Congo Basin—WCB, defined here as
being composed of Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Gabon, and the
Republic of Congo—is rapidly losing a significant proportion of its
wild animals to poaching and unsustainable hunting. This trend extends
across many species that face pressure from hunting for bushmeat and for
commercial export of valuable animal products, as well as habitat
degradation.
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TRAFFIC International and WWF jointly
organized a "Regional Awareness and Capacity Building Workshop Towards
FOCAC 2018", which took place in Nairobi, Kenya during 19-20 June 2018.
The main purpose of the workshop was to sensitize as well as build the
capacity of African countries in their preparation for and engagement in
the FOCAC 2018 Ministerial Conference and Heads of States and
Governments Summit to be held in Beijing, China in September 2018.
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The IPBES (Intergovernmental
Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) has
launched an external review of the global assessment of biodiversity
which will run until 29 June 2018 (documents available since 14 May).
The IPBES aims for the widest possible participation of reviewers in
this process: “Interested and qualified experts, including scientists,
policy makers, practitioners and other knowledge holders".
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The fourth regional meeting of the
Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA) 2020 Africa Palm Oil Initiative (APOI)
took place in Accra, Ghana on 17 May 2018, organised by Proforest in
collaboration with the Government of Ghana.
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May 10, 2018 Throughout history, people have depended on forests and
trees for the vital resources they provide, to sustain economies,
societies and human well-being. It is estimated that the economic value
of ecosystem services provided by forests globally could be worth as
much as US$16.2 trillion.
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The Amazon Sustainable Landscapes
Program (ASL) was approved by the GEF Council in October 2015, as a
pilot “Impact Program”, with incentives for an integrated regional
approach under the SFM Strategy.
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The 11th Forest Governance Forum will be
held from 30- 31 October 2018 in Brazzaville. It is the first forum to
be held under the EU-funded CV4C project. The FGF, modelled along the
well-known Chatham House bi-annual Illegal Logging Update meetings aims
to contribute to the wider aims of the CV4C project through experience
sharing, networking and raising awareness, and raising the profile of
FLEGT-VPA, land use change, REDD+, participatory forestry and other
relevant policy processes in the Congo Basin.
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This report is part of a broader effort
by the World Bank Group, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and
numerous conservation partners to explore innovative tourism
partnerships to help countries open up smart investment in this sector
and capitalize on their natural assets. The World Bank has experience
implementing over 300 tourism-related projects across, more than 86
countries since the 1960s. We help our clients maximize their
development resources and unlock the intrinsic value of their natural
assets.
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Biodiversity is an increasingly
important issue on the political agenda. Many believe that the process
initiated regarding the climate must now be undertaken for biodiversity.
Everyone remembers the excitement triggered by the conclusion of COP 21
on climate and the adoption of the Paris Agreement.
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| Costa Rica’s new president has announced
a plan to ban fossil fuels and become the first fully decarbonised
country in the world. Carlos Alvarado, a 38-year-old former journalist, made the announcement
to a crowd of thousands during his inauguration on Wednesday.
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| FSC is a global not-for-profit organization that helps take care of the
environment and boost the global economy by ensuring responsible
management of close to 190 million hectares of the world’s forests.
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The United Nations Forum on Forests, concluding its thirteenth session
this afternoon, adopted an omnibus resolution regarding the activities
it will carry out to support the United Nations Strategic Plan for
Forests (2017-2030). The aim is to implement a communication and
outreach strategy, to raise public awareness of the Plan.
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Songdo, 27 Apr 2018 A guide to NAPs and why GCF is supporting this UN process to spark catalytic climate action. The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season
across the Caribbean was one of the most destructive on record,
according to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). Extreme
weather killed several hundred people, impacted the lives of millions,
and will likely require years for the worst hit Caribbean islands to
recover.
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| PEFC Invitation to participate in SFM Public Consultation
“Our revised Sustainable Forest Management benchmark is now up for public consultation,
and we are asking you to share your insights and knowledge to help us
further improve this vital document. The deadline for comments is 26
June 2018.
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This edition of ITTO Tropical Forest News reports some of ITTO’s recent
work aimed at scaling up investments in productive forests and
sustainable supply chains across the tropics. We believe that such
investments are crucial for generating equitable economic growth and
ensuring wellbeing at the local to planetary scales. They will also help
in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, especially SDG 15
(“life on land”).
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As a partner, the Adaptation Fund will have an active presence at the
premier international conference on climate change adaptation at the
Adaptation Futures held June 18-21, 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa –
the country which is also home to two innovative Adaptation Fund
projects.
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Ubiquitous in Asia in objects from chopsticks and bowls to scaffolding
and screening, bamboo has often been disregarded as a material for
large-scale architecture. But Vo Trong Nghia, who grew up in a forest
village in northern Vietnam and knew how strong, light and tactile it
could be, saw no sense in that.
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This study uses an ensemble of 25 transient Regional Climate Model (RCM)
simulations from the CORDEX initiative, forced with the Representative
Concentration Pathway (RCP) 8.5, to investigate the potential
temperature and precipitation changes in Central Africa corresponding to
1.5 °C and 2 °C global warming levels.
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FTNS NEWS is the official bimonthly newsletter of the Sangha
Tri-national Trust Fund (FTNS). Founded in 2007, FTNS is an
environmental Trust fund which has as objective, to guarantee a
sustainable funding of TNS ( The Sangha Tri-national), the first
trans-boundary forest complex (shared between Cameroon, Congo Republic
and The Central Africa Republic) in Central Africa and World Heritage
Site.
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The Central
African Republic (CAR) has called on the United Nations labour agency to
provide special assistance to the conflict-torn nation and make it a “pilot-country”
for the implementation of a programme to build peace and resilience through job
creation.
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Conserving the global commons can mean
grappling with complex issues, studying the science underlying them, and
making far-reaching commitments. But it can also involve measuring
crabs in a hot village square.
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A year ago, 51-year old grandmother Janine Nyota-Nguburu traded in her
traditional cookstove, about the size of a large metal lantern, for an
energy-efficient version that she bought just around the corner from her
small urban farmhouse in Kinshasa. The ceramic center of Janine’s new
cookstove does a better job of harnessing radiant heat and reduces the
amount of charcoal she needs to burn to prepare her signature fried
beans. This also means a 70-kg bag of charcoal that costs about $20 now
lasts her two months instead of two weeks.
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Civil society actors who are working to end the illegal timber trade,
travelled to Europe from 5 to 14 March 2018 to meet representatives of
the European Commission, the European Parliament, the European External
Action Service and the German, Belgian, French and Dutch governments.
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It’s a first! Last Friday and Saturday
was organized by Maisons du Monde Foundation a public event around the
preservation of forests, climate and biodiversity in Nantes.
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On 21 and 22 June, the ATIBT organized
the Racewood in Libreville, as part of Gabon WoodShow, the first timber
fair in the Congo Basin. ATIBT has decided to take advantage of the
launch this year of Gabon WoodShow, Gabon’s first wood and technology
show in Gabon, to join the event and hold a new edition of the Racewood.
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We are now accepting
applications for participants and contributors for the Forest Governance
Forum, Brazzaville from 30-31 October 2018. CIDT does not cover
subsistence allowances or transportation of participants to forum.
We are looking for an experienced,
bilingual (French and English) consultant to provide an assessment of EU
policies and processes including funding that support the development
and implementation of community forests.
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you have any questions about any of issues CBFP is engaged on or would
like to know more about any aspect of our work, please do forward your
suggestions or do get in touch, we'd love to help:
Email :dany.pokem@pfbc-cbfp.org /and ccing info@pfbc-cbfp.org
Tel: 0049 176 24 09 5050
Web site : visit
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