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A recently
published manual on good rural practices (Manual de buenas practicas rurales)
will assist farmers to increase the productivity of their fields and grazing
lands by using trees to produce woodfuel, fruits and fodder, stabilize soils,
store carbon, assist water infiltration, and generate other benefits. The
manual, is a product of ITTO project RED-PD 045/11 Rev.2 (M), which
aimed at a quantitative assessment of the goods and services provided by the various
types of tropical forests...
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| greenclimate.fund: GCF concludes final meeting for 2016, approves USD 315 million in funding
Apia, 16
Dec 2016: The first Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board meeting to be held in the
Pacific, and the final for 2016, closed today having approved eight new funding
proposals and accredited seven new partner entities.
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These
minutes have been prepared and published under the responsibility of the
Chairman of the Council and translated from English into French. Please
download the French version of the minutes of the inaugural session of the CBFP
Council…
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Streams1 : Forest management policies and land use planning…Stream 2 :
Conservation and sustainable use of wildlife resources, including fight
against Poaching and wildlife trafficking…Stream 3: Climate Change:
Adaptation and Mitigation…Stream 4: sustainable economic development and
the private sector…Stream 5: Knowledge-Based Decision-Making.
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Please
download: CBD Communiqué - UN Biodiversity Conference results in significant
commitments for action on Biodiversity. Agreements reached on actions to
integrate biodiversity in forestry, fisheries, agriculture, and tourism sectors
and to achieve the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development…
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If ever
there was a year to make significant progress on forest conservation and
climate change, it was 2016. Coming on the heels of the historic COP21 Paris
Agreement, 2016 was a year to demonstrate the commitment the World Bank Group
has to support countries as they take forward their nationally determined
contributions to address our global climate change challenge.
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Marrakech / Songdo, 21 Nov 2016 The
Conference of Parties (COP) has issued its latest guidance to the Green
Climate Fund (GCF) at its 22nd meeting in Marrakech, Morocco. The
decision of the COP sets out the requests from the governments that are
Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC), and that will guide the Fund over the coming year.
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The issues
around the environmental integrity of international market mechanisms have
gained a great deal of attention in the wake of the Paris Agreement. In
addition, with the agreement on market-based measures for international
aviation being reached, these issues are likely to gain even more prominence in
countries’ efforts to prepare for the implementation of international market
mechanisms.
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Sound quantitative estimates of forest extent and quality are essential for
REDD+. The observation of forest change is fundamental to demonstrate emission
reductions that result from policies and measures. Developing forest reference
emission levels (emission baselines) and monitoring capacity requires REDD+
countries to make a number of technical and policy decisions and build
capacity.
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The DRC
initiative, in the Mai Ndombe region, encompasses 12.3 million hectares total
(9.8 million of which are forest) and will focus on activities to address
slash-and-burn agriculture, charcoal production, and logging, along with other
drivers of deforestation. Collaboration with forest dwellers, NGOs and local
communities have been an important part of the design of the initiative, and
consultation plans have been validated by these groups to ensure active participation
in decision making.
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ITTO
commissioned the report from WRI as part of its contribution to the Global
Partnership for Forest Landscape Restoration (GPFLR) in order to increase
understanding of the factors to be taken into account in successful forest and
landscape restoration and rehabilitation of degraded forests in the tropics.
The report presents a review of restoration activities in project sites in
Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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An
ecoregional approach within an international framework can effectively conserve
forests and forest biodiversity in transboundary areas, according to
conservation projects showcased at the 13th Conference of the Parties (COP13)
of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), underway in Cancun, Mexico.
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Information, please consult the following PDF Document…The Novacel Kwamouth
South Agro-forestry Project (NSK), funded by the Congo Basin Forest Fund
(CBFF), was launched in 2011. The NSK project aims to curb deforestation on the
Batéké plateaus by promoting sustainable agroforestry techniques and
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Central Africa is a region with a very strong potential for agricultural
development. The desire of the countries in the sub-region for economic
emergence, the availability of arable land, and encouraging prices on
the world market for perennial crops will inexorably lead to increased
production of cash corps. In Central Africa this growth, which will be
sustained by both agro-industrial firms and by hundreds of small
producers, significantly increases the risks of deforestation and of
anthropogenic transformation of natural environments.
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This report entitled "Illegal Logging and Related Timber Trade –
Dimensions, Drivers, Impacts and Responses" presents the results of the
fifth global scientific assessment undertaken by the GFEP initiative.
The report set out to gain deeper understanding of the meaning of
illegal logging and related timber trade, its scale, drivers and
consequences. It provides a structured synthesis of available scientific
and expert knowledge on illegal logging and associated timber trade
while adding to existing studies and reports by sharing new insights,....
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The COP22 President highlighted the positive energy from the opening
ceremony earlier in the morning that marked the transition from COP21
Presidency to COP22 Presidency and thanked outgoing COP21 President
Segolene Royal for all of her collaboration over the past year in
preparation for COP22.
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Successful projects demonstrate
a firm commitment to increase human and institutional taxonomic and/or
collection management capacity. The favorable outcome of the applications will
depend on the quality of the submitted project, the quality of the candidate as
judged from his CV, the eligibility of the candidate and the expertise,
collections and infrastructure available at the Royal Belgian Institute of
Natural Sciences and in Belgium.
The World Wide Fund for
Nature seeks a Wildlife Officer. Duration: Two (2) years. Location: Mintom,
with regular travels within Tridom Cameroon segment. Reports to: Jengi TRIDOM
Programme Manager. Supervises: Field Assistants.
The Data Entry Assistant
will be responsible for inputting information in an accurate and consistent
manner into TRAFFIC's database as part of the ‘Reducing trade threats to
Africa’s wild species and ecosystems (RETTA) through strengthened knowledge and
action in Africa and beyond’ project as well as into the AFRICA-TWIX database,
and support the AFRICA-TWIX Project Manager.
Dear Friends of the
Foundation, we are pleased to announce that our Call for proposals for 2017 is
now open: "All sectors" projects will henceforth extend to Burma and
small-scale projects on endangered animal species. The deadline for submission
of concept notes is 1 February 2017, regardless of project type.
Department: Natural
Resources research group, Contract type: Permanent, Salary: £42,924 -
£53,374 per annum depending on experience, plus benefits, Location: London or
Edinburgh, Closing date: 12pm on Monday, 6 February 2017.
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