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CBFP results driven governance now operational: The 2nd CBFP Council
meeting capitalizes gains, lends credibility to the governance reforms
and is actively preparing for the 17th Meeting of Parties of the CBFP. Please download the Document... |
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Public Private Partnership in
conservation as intervention for peace - Are PPPs in conservation an
effective intervention when it comes to peace-building? Or should we
leave this to UN peace keeping units?
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Brussels on 27 June 2017. The European
Facilitation of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership has officially
accepted the African Community Rights Network’s (ACRN) application for
CBFP (Congo Basin Forest Partnership) membership.
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Yaounde, 17 February 2017:
In line with the commitment at the CBFP’s November 2016 Meeting of the
Parties in Kigali, the Secretariat for Environmental Assessment in
Central Africa (SEEAC) has officially joined the 97 members of the Congo
Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP).
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Paris, 27 June 2017: Today the Government of Gabon and the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) signed a Letter of Intent for 18 million US dollars to protect the country’s forests and accelerate the fight against climate change. |
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decisions. Such was the main aim of the twenty-fifth meeting of the
Central African Working Group on Biodiversity (GTBAC 25) held in Douala
from 24 to 26 April 2017 which also provided an opportunity to take
stock of CBD-related initiatives underway at sub-regional level.
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The report on the current state of knowledge management and existing
tools have helped the COMIFAC Executive Secretariat define its needs and
expectations for better articulation and organization of knowledge
generated by COMIFAC during a mission conducted from 5 to 16 June 2017. |
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The report showcases several other successes achieved in the fields of
eco development, transborder cooperation, supporting indigenous people. A
major achievement to the FTNS/KfW’s credit is its contribution in
stabilizing the TNS in general and the Dzanga Sanha protected areas in
particular throughout the prolonged civil war the CAR recently went
through.
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Surprisingly little attention has been paid to variation among countries
in contributions to conservation. As a first step, we developed a
Megafauna Conservation Index (MCI) that assesses the spatial, ecological
and financial contributions of 152 nations towards conservation of the
world’s terrestrial megafauna. We chose megafauna because they are
particularly valuable in economic, ecological and societal terms, and
are challenging and expensive to conserve.
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The Letter of Intent (LOI) between the Government of Gabon and CAFI
establishes a partnership to implement the National Investment Framework
of Gabon. The LOI is signed by Gabon Minister of Economy, Norway’s
Minister of Climate and the Environment and the Multi Partner Trust Fund
Office of UNDP. A ceremony was held in Paris on 27 June 2017, and
highlighted the ways in which the LOI will help the country deliver on
its forthcoming Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris
Agreement. |
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As part of the Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme (RECP) between
Africa and the European Union, the AFD backed by EU funding, has
embarked on a string of studies seeking to identify key prerequisites
for renewable energy development in Africa, based on three main thrusts:... |
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Sourcing, bioprospecting, sustainable management, regulation, best
practices, such were the main themes of the meeting organized on 1 and 2
June 2017 in Paris, by the Union for Ethical Biotrade (UEBT). |
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The past month of May 2017 was marked by a host of activities conducted
by the Ministry of the forest economy, sustainable development and the
environment, with the most noteworthy being:... |
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This report by the Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group (ABCG) covers
the annual period from October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2016 of the
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Cooperative
Agreement No. AID-OAA-A-15-00060.
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| | | | The 11th edition of European Development Days opens tomorrow, 7 June, with a specific focus on investing in development.Europe's leading forum on international
cooperation and development promises to be the biggest ever with some 7
000 participants expected. The event's debates, panels, and special
events will provide insights into the most pressing development
challenges facing the world, and various approaches to dealing with
these challenges. |
| The Addressing agriculture, forestry and
fisheries in National Adaptation Plans – Supplementary guidelines
(referred to as the NAP-Ag Guidelines) responds to a call by the Least
Developed Group (LEG) of the UNFCCC, inviting international actors to
draft sectorial guidelines to the UNFCCC NAP Technical Guidelines.
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| Imported wood flooring lost market share in the US in 2016 and US
domestic flooring manufacturers can gain an advantage says the National
Wood Flooring Association. In 2016 prices for imports increased by an
average 9.6%. Prices of Chinese engineered wood flooring increased by
more than 13% while US-made flooring prices declined 8%. China
increasingly imports hardwoods from the US to make flooring for export.
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This study reviewed the state of transparency and accountability in the
forestry sector in developing countries focusing on contributions of EU
actions and provisions on the same. The study was based on review of
literature, policies and reports on forest governance, using three
FLEGT-VPA case study countries, namely Cameroon, Ghana and Tanzania.
More than 200 million Euros have been invested into FLEGT-VPA and
related activities around Africa with positive impacts on transparency,
accountability and overall governance. |
| | | | | More than 800 participants from civil society, national and local
governments, academia, the private sector and international
organisations from around the world gathered in Brussels from 6-8 June
2017 for the Third Edition of the World Reconstruction Conference
(WRC3). |
| Lima / Songdo, 09 Jun 2017 The Green Climate Fund has begun disbursing resources to the first
project it approved in Peru’s Amazon, providing dual benefits by
safeguarding the ‘planet’s lungs’ and bolstering the resilience of
indigenous people. |
| Washington, D.C. (May 30, 2017) — As part of ongoing outreach activities
through its Readiness Programme aimed at increasing access to climate
finance for vulnerable countries, the Adaptation Fund convenes more than
35 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) at a Climate Finance Readiness
Workshop for LDCs in Ethiopia this week. |
| The European Consensus on Development is a shared vision and framework
for action for development cooperation for the European Union (EU) and
its Member States. It is a blueprint which aligns the Union's
development policy with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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This first Annual Report produced by WWF’s Regional Office for Africa
features highlights from the FY16 conservation programme run from 11
country offices across the continent. The report covers a period of transition as the WWF Network moves from a
global conservation programme which rested on Global Initiatives, such
as the Coastal East Africa and the Green Heart of Africa, to a new
conservation framework based on six Global Goals – freshwater...
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On 19 May, the Council adopted a new European consensus on development.
This joint statement by the three institutions (Parliament, Council and
Commission) sets out a new framework for development cooperation for the
EU and its member states.
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With shared determination, participants in a sub-regional workshop held
from 25 to 27 May 2017 in Douala, laid the groundwork for reflection on a
harmonized process for collecting COMIFAC data, while securing the
gains from existing processes.
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22 honey harvesters from 7 neighboring
villages to the Bouba-Ndjidda National Park of (PNBN) have been trained
on enhanced honey production and hive building techniques. 20 large
hives and 20 small hives were built and offered to the beekeepers.
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In
2017-2018, CLEAA seeks to re-boot the program to continue facilitating a
“learning-by-doing” experience for promising African EA professionals
throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, including by...The curriculum vitae and proposal
should be sent, by email by July 31, 2017.
We will pay
a monthly stipend of € 1.520,- (gross). Please send us your cover letter, CV
and writing samples until 25 June 2017 via the GIZ job page. Writing samples
can be short texts, articles or, if you have so far only written in an academic
context, academic papers. Interviews will be scheduled for the first week of
July.
The AUC
launches the Call for Proposals for the implementation of the Global Monitoring
for environment and Security (GMES) and Africa Programme.
The
Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is seeking a Landscape Manager with
extensive and relevant management and technical experience, to ensure the
effective delivery of ZSL's exciting and rapidly expanding programme of work in
and around the Dja Reserve.
Conservation
International is looking for an innovative Regional Programme Manager who can
provide strategic support and programmatic direction for Wildlife and Wildlife
Enforcement Programmes across Africa. Reporting to the Executive Director,
Wildlife Programmes in our Africa Field Division, s/he will be responsible for
the support and management of a portfolio of conservation, livelihoods....
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