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Malabo, 10 April 2017. The exchange
meeting took place in the hall of the Faculty of Environmental Science
and Forestry and was chaired by Dr. Maximiliano FERO MEÑE, a Lecturer at
UNGE, Mrs Lydie NGO BOUM ép. NGUIMBOUS, Technical Assistant in charge
of Monitoring and Evaluation at the PREREDD+ Project, representing the
PREREDD+...
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Bangui, C.A.R, Saturday 08 April 2017.
The SIKI amphitheater of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of
Bangui hosted an exchange meeting with the scientific communities of the
University of Bangui, Central African Republic.
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Songdo, 18 Apr 2017. The Green Climate
Fund launches “GCF 101” – a new web-based guide that provides Partners
with detailed information on how to access the Fund’s resources. The
guide aims to help GCF stakeholders better navigate the many elements of
engaging with the Fund. |
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Douala (Cameroon), 5 to 7 April 2017 -
The network of communicators on the environment and information in
Central Africa (RECEIAC) held a workshop. The sub regional workshop
aimed to strengthen the capacities of journalists and communicators in
the field of climate change and REDD+ for sustainable management of
ecosystems in the Congo Basin.
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The year 2016 was one of alarming
revelations and remarkable successes for WWF Cameroon. We made some
significant contributions to conservation in Cameroon in particular,
Congo Basin and the world as a whole. Census carried out in 2015 to
re-evaluate the state of wildlife covering a total 3,376,700 ha, sho-
wed that the population of gorillas and chimpanzees are relatively
stable....
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APA-Douala (Cameroon) - The Cameroon
Government and the European Union (EU) have signed a Voluntary
Partnership Agreement (APV) to improve forest resources management
through closer monitoring of logging activities, corroborating sources
said on Wednesday .
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The Democratic Republic of Congo is one
of the toughest places on earth to run a nonprofit. But JACK Sanctuary
rescues chimpanzees in this country from the illegal wildlife trade and
gives them lifesaving care.
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All the activities organized for World
Migratory Bird Day are united by a common theme. With the 2017 theme
"Their Future is our Future", WMBD will throw light on the topic of
"Sustainable Development for Wildlife and People".
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These tools and instruments,
collectively known as financial protection, can help people cope with
the impacts of climate-related disasters, reduce costs of recovery and
reconstruction, and encourage risk reduction. Linking financial
protection and climate adaptation in development planning and policy has
the potential to increase the resilience of affected communities. |
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World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) was
initiated in 2006 and is an annual awareness-raising campaign
highlighting the need for the conservation of migratory birds and their
habitats. It has a global outreach and is an effective tool to help
raise global awareness of the threats faced by migratory birds, their
ecological importance, and the need for international cooperation to
conserve them.
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| | | | In line with the Governing Instrument for the Green Climate Fund (the
GCF) and the Rules of Procedures of the Board, the Co-Chairs in
consultation with the Board, invite accredited observer organizations to
the seventeenth meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund, to be
held in July 2017. |
| 5 April, 2017, Rome - Forests contribute
to achieving most of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and must
be given higher priority in development agendas, Eva Müller, Director of
FAO's Forestry Policy and Resources Division, told the 19th
Commonwealth Forestry Conference (CFC) today.
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| This edition of The REDD+ Resource includes a look into the true value
of forests, the effectiveness of logging bans, inclusive agriculture
green growth, updates from our partner countries and much more. |
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The Small Scale Initiative Programme (SSIP) has launched a new call for
project proposals. The goal of this programme is to strengthen the civil
society in Central and West Africa by supporting the implementation of
biodiversity protection and local development projects. |
| | | | | Within the scientific literature we fail to find a single applied
example of the landscape approach in the tropics that adequatelythat is
with reliable, in depth collection and reporting of datademonstrated
the effective balancing of social and environmental trade-offs through
multi-scale processes of negotiation for enhanced outcomes. |
| Issued late February, to be delivered to our ATIBT Forum in Dubai early March, our Activity report 2016 is online! This report highlights the significant changes that have taken place within the Association during the year 2016. |
| Cameroon - As global demand for palm oil has grown in recent years, so
has consumer concern over deforestation caused by expanding plantations.
In response, the industry devised systems for certifying “sustainably
produced” palm oil, but they haven’t been as effective as expected. |
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ITTO recently published the issue 26/1
of its newsletter Tropical Forest Update (TFU), covering the following
topics: Sub-Saharan Africa’s invisible timber markets; Fair progress
towards fair trade; Restocking nature’s medicine cabinet; Conserving
teak for future generations; Boosting wood processing in Guyana;
Fellowship report; Market trends; Tropical and topical; Recent
editions; Meetings. Read more…
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The RIFFEAC Regional Coordinator has declared closed the period for submission of applications for REDD+ scholarships.
The present work aims to provide a
practical and easy-to-use tool for more effective implementation of
participatory micro-zoning and land use planning processes in CARPE
landscapes and across the DRC. The following are specific objectives
aimed at achieving the above main objective...
Terms of
Reference for the recruitment of a consultant to carry out a Review and
Analysis of ESIAs and ESMPs of selected infrastructure, extractive and
agro-industrial projects in the Campo Ma’an Technical Operations Unit.
The Congo
Basin Grant Program (CBGP) has been established to provide competitive research
grants of up to $5,000 USD for African graduate students and early career professionals
working in the areas of biodiversity, conservation and environmental
sustainability in the Congo Basin region.
The CMS
Secretariat would like to draw attention to a call from the Intergovernmental
Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) to take
part in the review of the four regional assessments of biodiversity and ecosystem
services, and the thematic assessment on land degradation and restoration.
The officer
will work in close relationship with the FAO REDD+ regional technical advisors
based in Rome and Nairobi, and with the programme assistant to the FAO
Representative in DRC. The officer will work in close relationship with the FAO
REDD+ regional technical advisors based in Rome and Nairobi, and with the
programme assistant to the FAO Representative in DRC. The post is located in
the FAO Representation Office in Kinshasa, DRC.
Applications
for accreditation as an observer organization should be submitted by Tuesday, 9
May 2017, 18.00 KST (UTC+09.00) to the following address: observers@gcfund.org.
The Small
Scale Initiative Programme (SSIP) has launched a new call for project
proposals. The goal of this programme is to strengthen the civil society in
Central and West Africa by supporting the implementation of biodiversity
protection and local development projects. Short listing of a concept note
followed by submission of full proposal before September 15th, 2017
latest.
GCF values
diversity and encourages applications from people of all backgrounds,
regardless of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship, religion,
disability, or similar other attributes. If you are motivated by our mandate
and believe your profile could be of value to the Fund, consult the current
opportunities below.
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