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Yaounde, 16 February 2017: The European
Facilitation of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership has officially
accepted the Institute of Agricultural Research for Development’s(IRAD)
application for CBFP (Congo Basin Forest Partnership) membership.
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World Wildlife Day is on March 3 every
year to raise awareness of endangered animals and plants, and ways to
fight against wildlife crime. World Wildlife Day will be celebrated in
2017 under the theme “Listen to the Young Voices.”...Working Together for Congo Basin Wildlife - We can all do something in favour of the Congo Basin wildlife…
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Yaounde, 17 February 2017: The Network of Communicators for the
Environment and Information in Central Africa (RECEIAC) was recently
legalized in Cameroon!
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The validation workshop on the regional
environmental and social strategy assessment report on the use of the
Ngoyla-Mintom Forest took place in Mbalmayo from 2 to 3 March 2017. The
opening ceremony was chaired by Mr Arnaud AFANA, representing the
Ministry of the Economy, Planning and Territorial Management (MINEPAT).
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19 January 2017, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland – The Government of Norway
is setting up a new fund to kick-start investments in deforestation-free
agriculture in countries that are working to reduce their forest and
peat degradation.
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The Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) is mandated in paragraph 69 of
the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF’s) Governing Instrument which States that
“(t)he Board will establish an independent redress mechanism that will
report to the Board. The mechanism will receive complaints related to
the operation of the Fund and will evaluate and make recommendations.”
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Keep the momentum: Outcomes and highlights from the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2016 As we move into 2017, the world needs
nature more than ever. And while the challenges facing our planet are
great, momentum is building toward a sustainable future. Last year, the
world took giant steps in moving the Sustainable Development Goals,
Paris Agreement and 2015’s other historic agreements into action, and
the IUCN Congress was a big part of it.
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| | | | | Communiqué from NGOs of the Société Civile Environnementale Du Nord Kivu:
We, the Environmental civil society organizations of North Kivu,
learned with great sadness of the tragic deaths of the heroes of
Humanity’s World Heritage following the drowning of brave Environmental
Activists (3 rangers and 1 Observer / TGAL / ENANGA site) which occured
on Lake Edouard on February 16, 2017 between KISAKA and MURAMBA.
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Brownse through the CBO key Messages: Urbanization is both a challenge
and an opportunity to manage ecosystems and services Urban regions must
take increased responsibility for motivating and implementing solutions
that take into account their profound connections with and impacts on
the rest of the planet
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| What is this questionnaire about? This online Accreditation
Self-Assessment Tool has been developed to outline the minimum
requirements that an institution must meet before it can be accredited
to receive funding from the Green Climate Fund (GCF)...
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Introducing the Citizen Voices for
Change: Congo Basin Forest Monitoring Project (CV4C). This 4-year
project aims to strengthen the contribution of non-state actors (NSA),
such as civil society, Indigenous Peoples and community organisations,
to improving forest governance, sustainable forest management and the
contribution of forests to development in five Congo Basin countries.
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We know about the “tragedy of the commons”. But how about the
opportunity they present? The crisis facing the ultimate global commons –
the very conditions that make human civilization and economic
prosperity possible – confronts us with the necessity of making our
societies and economies more sustainable and less inequitable
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World Wildlife Day is on March 3 every
year to raise awareness of endangered animals and plants, and ways to
fight against wildlife crime. World Wildlife Day will be celebrated in
2017 under the theme “Listen to the Young Voices.” Given that almost one
quarter of the world’s population is aged between 10 and 24, vigorous
efforts need to be made to encourage young people, as the future leaders
and decision makers of the world, to act at both local and global
levels to protect endangered wildlife.
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In deploying its resources, the Green Climate Fund will work through a
wide range of institutions to finance projects and programmes. To access
funding, these institutions will go through a process of “accreditation,”
designed to assess whether they are capable of strong financial
management and of safeguarding funded projects and programmes against
any unforeseen environmental or social harm.
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The Forest Ecosystems Conservation managed by Village Communities and
Indigenous Peoples Project in the municipality of Dimako abbreviated in
French as PREFOCAD, is an initiative of the Sustainable Alternatives for
Development (ADD) organization. It is part of the call for proposals
launched by the GEF / SGP in October 2012. Having gained the approval of
the National Steering Committee, the project began taking shape with
the signing on 10 July 2013 of the Memorandum of Understanding between
the GEF / SGP and ADD, to provide a grant of 14,304,500 CFA francs for
its implementation from July 2013 to 31 December 2014.
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February 2017 – This issue of the Carbon Mechanisms Review analyses the
outcomes of the Marrakech climate summit and looks at the Carbon Market
negotiations ahead. Also in this issue, the possible transition of CDM
activities, credits, rules and institutions to the Paris Agreement
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This
consultancy will support cocoa activities under a Cameroon Community Forestry
project by providing training on improving productivity and farmer business
skills to cocoa farmers in community forests and cocoa landscapes in the Sangmelima-Djoum-Mintom
corridor (South region). Consultant will also provide support to the Central
Africa Manager in following up and implementing overall project activities.
Expressions
of interest must be written in French, explicitly bearing the label
"Expression of interest in the recruitment of a technical auditing firm of
the PARAFE Project" and must be submitted no later than 27 March 2017
September 2014 at 2 p.m. local time...
The Sud
Expert Plantes Développement Durable Programme has launched a call for projects
aimed at supporting plant collections (herbariums or botanical gardens).
Deadline for applications: 2 April 2017.
GBIF
invites the submission of concept notes for project funding from Africa under
for the Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) programme. The deadline
for submissions is 9 April 2017, midnight CET / 2300 UTC/GMT.
The Country
program director is responsible for overseeing all aspects of management of WCS
programs in Nigeria and for identification and assessment of additional
opportunities as they arise. The Nigeria Program is managed within WCS's
Sudano-Sahel Region.
The
Communications and 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 about the environmental communications and conservation
landscape in Washington DC. 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.
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