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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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 International Union of Forest
Research Organizations (IUFRO) recently published an ITTO-commissioned
global study on teak, one of the world’s most valuable tropical
hardwoods.
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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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Tokyo, Japan, 27 July 2017. ITTO and the
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have agreed to increase
their collaboration on the conservation of tropical forests worldwide
through specific collaborative activities in the remainder of 2017 and
in 2018.
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| | | | | | | The FAO-EU FLEGT Programme is now accepting
concept notes from government institutions, civil society, indigenous and
tribal peoples, and private sector organizations in countries engaged in
Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) with the European Union. Grants up to
USD 110 000 are available through the Programme to support ongoing VPA
processes in targeted countries.
Endangered
Ecosystems of Northern Tanzania (EENT) is a Cooperative Agreement
(AID-621-A-15-00004) funded by USAID/Tanzania and is designed to protect
critical habitats and wildlife, as well as improve livelihoods in a
well-defined ecosystem in northern Tanzania. The Chief of Party (COP) will be
responsible for EENT institutional coordination and grant management with USAID
and other USAID/Tanzania sponsored projects.
The
Director, Climate Change, will be responsible to lead, plan and implement
innovative solutions to address the climate change challenges Africa is facing
today. Working within the framework of CI's Africa strategy as well as CI's
institutional Climate Change strategy, this position will be an integral member
of CI's team in Africa.
Conservation
International (CI) is seeking an experienced leader to serve as the Country
Director for our Madagascar program. Setting the strategic and
programmatic direction of the country program, the Country Director will
be responsible for senior-level program management and ensuring that program
strategies, initiatives and outcomes advance CI's human development and
conservation priorities. The Country Director provides broad programmatic,
project, monitoring and technical oversight and continuously engages key
internal and external partners critical to program success.
The
Senior Enterprise Officer will lead in the development and management of the
Conservation Enterprise Program in Ihemi/ Kilombero cluster of Kilombero Valley
and support African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) partners in other Southern
Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania clusters for maximum conservation and
development impact.
The call
for funding from the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation will be open online
from 3rd July 2017 to 11th August 2017 included. The pre-selected projects will
be rewieved for a potential grant from 2019. Therefore, the funding requested
must cover activities carried out from 2019.
As part of
a team of four staff, the DRC Land Use Planning Coordinator will participate in
the implementation of the DFID-funded Community Forests project, providing
permanent support to the RFUK DRC Programme team as well as DRC partner
organisations. She/he will take responsibility for developing pilot project(s)
on participatory land use planning in DRC, which will be implemented at field
level with input and engagement of relevant national and local government
institutions.
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