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The 9th Workshop of the Working Group of the United Nations Convention
to Combat Desertification (WGCCD) of the COMIFAC member countries was
held in N'Djamena (Chad) at the Mercure Hotel in Chari, from 6-7 July
2017, in preparation for the Conference of the Parties 13 to the UNCCD
and to develop a common consensual sub- regional position on items on
the agenda of the next CoP, scheduled for 6-16 September in Erdos,
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From 3 to 5 July 2017, in Douala, Cameroon, the African Women’s Network
for Sustainable Development (REFADD) will be hosting a sub-regional
workshop on feedback from COP 21 and 22, and to prepare the Network for
COP23. The final communiqué of this workshop is available for download. |
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Washington, D.C. (July 10, 2017) — The
Adaptation Fund Board approved US$ 20.4 million in new project funding
during its intersessional review period ending in early July – including
a regional food security project along the Colombia-Ecuador border, a
regional water security project in the Lake Victoria Basin of East
Africa, and a mangrove restoration project in Senegal.
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To read: Welcome to the Streams of the 17th Meeting of Parties of the
CBFP… Minutes of the second Meeting of the CBFP Council - Libreville, 16
May 2017… Congo Basin is mobilizing in Brussels at the European
Development Days… Welcome to the new member of the CBFP: African
Community Rights Network (ACRN)…
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The Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Amy
Ambatobe Nyongolo, announced Friday, 07 July 2017, during a press
conference, that the contracts of 5 forest concessions had been
cancelled. These include the Bâtisseurs duCongo Sarl Group, the Ondika
group with two concessions, Isolado and Action for the Congo. |
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Prof. Simon Lewis, a co-author of an article on peatlands in the Congo
Basin published in Nature, recently proposed to scientists working on
tropical forests that they sign an open letter
asking the Norwegian government, which finances most of the CAFI
(Central Africa Forests Initiative) programme in the Democratic Republic
of Congo (DRC), to reject the “sustainable forest management” project
proposed by the French Development Agency, to be funded by the CAFI. |
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The European Commission and the High Representative/ Vice-President have
set out today the EU's political priorities and concrete proposals for a
stronger strategic partnership with Africa. |
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Bologna, 12 June 2017 – The G7 today joined the G20, other countries and
markets in throwing its weight behind a growing movement to turn the
power of the global financial system to sustainable development. |
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Once again, the past year was the hottest ever. Sixteen of the 17
warmest years on record have occurred during this young century. This
trend not only threatens the world’s ecosystems and biodiversity but
poses a serious risk for peace, security and sustainable development.
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A second setback for the French
Development Agency (AFD, partner of Monde Afrique): its "Sustainable
management of forests" programme was once more rejected by Norway, which
funds the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI), at an 18 July
meeting in Kinshasa.
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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.
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ZSL are 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. The post holder will be
responsible for the development and implementation the programme of
work, managing the associated human and financial resources, leading on
technical and scientific oversight and ensuring a continuity of delivery
of high quality outputs with significant conservation impacts.
Date of training: From 21 to 28 August
2017. Training venue: Abidjan - Cote d'Ivoire. This course aims to
develop innovative approaches and sustainable solutions to hurdles in
supply chains of agricultural raw materials.
The course is suitable for professionals
who would want to deepen their understanding of the HCV Approach or be
part of HCV assessment teams. However, this is most suitable for those
who would want to achieve the HCVRN ALS Lead Assessor qualification
especially for the RSPO and FSC HCV assessments. Equally suitable are
auditors for the various agriculture and forest certification schemes
which HCVs are integrated into their requirements.
The Greening Consumption and Production
Massive Open Online Course runs from 31 May through 12 July 2017. This
FREE, trilingual, six-week facilitated course is hosted by UNDP, in
partnership with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological
Diversity, the NBSAP Forum and The Nature Conservancy. Each week, the
course facilitators will guide you to take online lessons as well as to
read supplemental material, complete homework assignments, and engage
through webinars and online discussions. The course can be taken in
English, Spanish and French.
To support the delivery of its
programmes in West and Central Africa and Eastern and Southern Africa
Regions, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is
launching a new project entitled "Stabilizing Land Use: PA categories V
and VI as landscape mechanisms for enhancing biodiversity in
agricultural land, ecological connectivity and REDD+ implementation". To
enable successful delivery of the project in each of the target
countries, IUCN is seeking talented, motivated, experienced and
visionary persons to fill the position of Senior Programme Officers who
will serve as the National Coordinators.
The Business and Biodiversity Technical
Advisor will be responsible for the management, coordination and
delivery of the Programme's contribution to in-country Africa
conservation projects and grants. In particular, this includes
deliverables for landscape projects in Cameroon, with a focus on oil
palm, rubber, timber, and mining. The Technical Advisor provides
technical support on private sector engagement, industry best practice,
particularly environmental best practice for production, and represents
Zoological Society of London in its relationship with relevant industry
groups and companies.
African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) is
seeking a qualified candidate to support its brand awareness efforts and
further AWF's position as Africa's conservation leader. The position
will play a key role in digital marketing efforts focusing on creating,
editing and optimizing compelling content to ensure the breadth of our
work is communicated across AWF's websites, blogs and marketing
campaigns.
World Wildlife Fund, the world's leading
conservation organization, seeks a Chief of Party candidate for the
USAID - funded Combatting Wildlife Crime Project (CWCP) in KAZA and
Namibia, a part of USAID's regional Combatting Wildlife Crime in
Southern Africa Program. The CWCP seeks to counter growing threats from
transnational wildlife crime to globally important populations of black
rhino and elephant in northwest Namibia and the Kavango Zambezi
Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA), respectively.
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