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17 August 2016: Recent weeks have
brought news about our energy system as it grows and changes. A report
on integrating solar and wind into the grid calls for taking whole
system value into account. Kenya's counties are preparing and planning
for sustainable energy systems, and solutions in the information and
communications technology (ICT) sector are being highlighted.
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19 August 2016: The High-Level Meeting
of the inaugural African Drought Conference, comprising African member
States and Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification
(UNCCD), adopted an overarching Strategic Framework to enhance
resilience to the impact of drought events in Africa, issued the 'The
Windhoek Declaration,' and underscored the importance of drought
resilience in achieving Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) under the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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The Tropical Forest Update, ITTO’s well-known and highly
respected newsletter dedicated to the conservation and sustainable use
of tropical forest resources, has gone mobile. ITTO has released a free
app that makes the newsletter instantly available on smartphones and
tablets. The app can be downloaded at Apple’s App Store and Google Play.
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| FSC-New book to foster FSC certification in Central Africa.
A new book by environmental activist and author Meindert Brouwer offers a
first-hand interesting account of the realities of FSC certification in
the Congo Basin as experienced by Congolese workers. “Central African
Forests forever" is Brouwer’s third book. It explores topics ranging
from forests to climate change and women’s empowerment. |
| Dear Partner,
The EU Facilitation of CBFP is happy to confirm that it has reached agreement with the Rwandan host authorities on holding the 16th Meeting of CBFP Parties in Kigali on 21-26 November 2016.
The Facilitation will issue invitations and further information on this meeting within the coming weeks.
For more Information, please contact:
Dr. Dany DOGMO POKEM
E-mail: dany.pokem@pfbc-cbfp.org |
| Following our tradition of sharing with
you our quarterly newsletter showcasing our efforts and achievements, we
are pleased to bring you this edition, a review of efforts conducted
from April to June 2016.
During the current quarter, we provided
technical assistance to our partners, including the Central African
Forest Commission (COMIFAC) in popularizing its new Convergence Plan. We
worked alongside local communities in the fight against poaching, the
REDD + process and natural resources management.pdf (4.7 Mo)
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| Climate change, sustainable palm oil and
illegal trade will be on the agenda when the United Nations’ Great Apes
Survival Partnership (GRASP) gathers for the 3rd GRASP Council that
will be held 21-24 November in Jakarta, Indonesia.
GRASP’s 105 partners – which
include national governments, research institutions, conservation
organizations, United Nations agencies, and private companies – will set
conservation priorities to protect chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans
and bonobos and their habitat going forward. |
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Rwanda has returned as a member State of
the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). Its Minister
of Foreign Affairs on 18 August 2016 in Libreville, handed the country’s
letter of reinstatement to the Secretary General of the sub-regional
organization.
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As part of the implementation of Motion
65 on intact forest landscapes (IFL) adopted in 2014 by the FSC General
Assembly, the COMIFAC Executive Secretariat has launched stakeholder
consultation among Congo Basin actors to develop the sub-region’s
position on the Motion. Statements of position coming out of the
consultation are presented in the attached concept note.
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The chain of custody certification standard FSC-STD-40-004 V3-0 is now open for consultation.
For easy consultation by our stakeholders, we’ll be using aweb-based consultation platform to collect feedback. Both documents will be open for public consultation from 15 June to 31 August 2016.
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| | | | FSC- Working group established to revise FSC Pesticides Policy
A balanced-interest working group has been established to revise the
FSC's Pesticides Policy. The working group comprises six stakeholders
and three technical experts who together represent Northern and Southern
perspectives on the FSC’s social, environmental and economic interests.
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| European
Conference of Tropical Ecology (GTOE) "(re)connecting tropical
biodiversity in space and time" - Brussels 6-10 February 2017. CALL FOR
SESSIONS AND WORKSHOPS
We are pleased to announce that the “European Conference of Tropical
Ecology” – the annual scientific meeting of the Society for Tropical
Ecology (GTOE) – will be organized in 2017 for the first time in
Brussels, Belgium. The overarching topic will be “(re)connecting
tropical biodiversity in space and time”. It highlights both the
importance of integrating fundamental sciences inferring past processes
(e.g. paleoecology, evolution, social history…) to understand current
patterns of biodiversity, and the urgent need to reconnect patches of
fragmented landscapes if we wish to conserve tropical biodiversity and
ecological services of tropical ecosystems for future generations.
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| TRAFFIC-Welcome to this week's news update
Dear TRAFFIC Supporter,
I write this on World Elephant Day as
another busy week comes to an end. It began with news from Viet Nam,
where our latest efforts to promote the FairWild Standard to secure
sustainable harvesting of wild medicinal and aromatic plant species were
boosted through an event where 30 trainers were themselves trained in
use of the Standard: they will, in turn, pass the training on to local
harvesters so the message is amplified across Bac Kan province. Please
watch this short video to learn more about our work in this region.
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| | | | Take a look at PASA’s new website !
Dear Primate Protector,
The Pan African Sanctuary Alliance launched a new website last week and we’re excited to share it with you. Please go to www.pasaprimates.org to learn how PASA and our member wildlife centers are rescuing apes and monkeys and protecting them from extinction.
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| 29 July 2016: On International Tiger Day, UN entities called for urgent
action to combat illegal trade in wildlife and to protect tigers. As
part of its 2016 ‘Wild for Life' campaign, the UN reiterated its call
for everyone to stop wildlife trafficking and crime.
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| This project's main objective is to organize biodiversity data collected
in Kenya’s protected areas since the 1950’s. The data include records
of terrestrial and marine species, threatened species and invasive alien
species, currently stored in different formats and scattered across the
Kenya Wildlife Service headquarters and its field stations
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The project targets the conservation of
populations of flagship species for WWF. To this end, WWF Gabon actively
seeking a Project Manager based in Makokou.
Under the general supervision of the
Sub-Regional Coordinator (SFC), and with direct technical guidance from
the Forestry Officer (SFC), the consultant will be responsible for
project management and reporting and will also have the primary
responsibility for all technical aspects of the project with an emphasis
on the need to document best-practices and lessons learned from the
pilot sites. The specific tasks are as follows:
World Wildlife Fund seeks a Chief of
Party to plan, coordinate and oversee program activities related to the
contract between WWF and USAID's Central Africa Forest Ecosystems
Conservation (CAFEC) of the Central Africa Regional Program for the
Environment (CARPE), Phase III, to support the goal of CAFEC which is to
maintain the ecological integrity of the humid forest ecosystems of the
Congo Basin through sustainable management of forests and reduction of
threats to biodiversity, specifically in four Landscapes of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
ABCG, via its host organization the
Wildlife Conservation Society, seeks a motivated part-time Engagement
Intern to support this consortium of seven U.S. based non-governmental
organizations NGOs. The Engagement Intern will have the opportunity to
learn about communicating key messages, building brand awareness, and
deepening stakeholder engagement that will protect wildlife and natural
resources across the African continent, and learn about the
environmental communications and conservation landscape in Washington.
S/he will work closely with the ABCG Coordinator to support ABCG's
efforts to explore emerging and high priority themes affecting
biodiversity conservation in Africa.
Special Requirements: 5+ years of
off-grid renewable energy project development; Knowledge of load
forecasting, demand side management, and energy efficiency optimization
and energy/environmental markets is an advantage; Technical knowledge of
micro grids and other isolated grid systems...
Requirements: PhD in geography,
economics, development, environmental sciences, or a related field;
Minimum three years of experience, preferably more, in cross-sectoral
climate adaptation, vulnerability and development research
WWF seeks a Chief of Party (CoP) to
plan, coordinate and oversee program activities related to the contract
between WWF and USAID’s CAFEC of the CARPE Phase III... WWF is looking
to fill this position as quickly as possible and it is currently funded
until November 2018...
In order to stem the conversion of large
swaths of high conservation value areas into oil palm plantations,
ECCAS and WWF are seeking a consultant to develop a regional strategy
for sustainable development of the palm oil value chain in the Member
States based on a review of the two results mentioned above. Complete
application files should be submitted no later than August 31, 2016...
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Email :dany.pokem@pfbc-cbfp.org /and ccing info@pfbc-cbfp.org
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