Subject: CBFP Flash News 11/2016

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Newsletter October, 2016
TOP NEWS
Draft of official program… Guidelines for the work of the "streams" … Venue of the MoP 16 - 21 to 26 November 2016… Rwandan Visa… Accommodation- Hotel… Exhibition Center of the 16th CBFP Meeting of Partners - Registration open …
 

How can we improve policies, strategies and intervention methods on every level to ensure long-term forest conservation in the Congo Basin and the food security of the people who depend on them for their livelihoods?


The scale and the means allotted to imports of sawn wood into Chad from Cameroon are little documented. Two surveys were carried out to produce an up-to-date diagnosis of the trade: sawn wood flows were monitored at N’Djamena and Moundou from July to December 2015, ....


New edition of volume 7 of the Congo Basin’s Scientific and Technical Forest and Environment Review Edited and published by RIFFEAC, the biannual magazine is a tool both for publishing and valuing scientific advances and biodiversity conservation.


REDD+ projects database

You can access freely to the recently updated database of REDD+ projects…ID-RECCO is a project from the Climate Economics Chair (Paris-Dauphine university, France), CIRAD (Montpellier, France) and IFRI (University of Michigan, United States).


GSAC NETWORK: An Alliance for large-apes in Central Africa is born

On 19 October 2016, a constituent General Assembly (AG) of the Alliance for the conservation of great apes in Central Africa (abbreviated in French as Alliance-ACMG) was held in Limbe. The AG was the fruit of discussions that began in early 2016 between 6 civil society organizations (CSOs) from 4 Central African countries (CA), actively involved with biodiversity conservation issues in the Congo Basin.


Un amendement ambitieux du Protocole de Montréal a été adopté lors de la 28ième Réunion des Parties au Protocole au Rwanda. L'amendement de Kigali est l'étape d'atténuation du climat la plus importante jamais franchie par le monde  depuis la ratification de l'Accord de Paris.


greenclimate : Board to consider committing USD 788 million in project proposals and recruiting a new Executive Director at B.14 meeting

Over the next three days, the 24 members of the Board will consider ten new project proposals. The project and programme proposals have a total project value of more than USD 2.7 billion, with requests for GCF funding totaling USD 787.8 million.
 


The CBFP New Partners !

The Conference on Dense and Humid Forests Ecosystems of Central Africa (CEFDHAC), 87th member of the CBFP
The CBFP welcomes the Tropical Ecology Research Institute (IRET)!
The CBFP family welcomes a new member: Welcome to the  RECEIAC!
Woods Hole Research Center :The 84th member of the CBFP. Welcome to our new Partner !
16th Meeting of Parties of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership - Kigali, Rwanda, 21 to 26 November 2016 - Kigali Convention Centre (KCC) Download the  - Outline of Official Programme...

As already announced, five streams will be organised for the 16th annual CBFP Meeting of Parties to be held in Kigali on 21-26 November 2016. Together with the partners that have agreed to lead the work of the respective streams, the EU Facilitation of CBFP has identified a set of key issues on which the work of the respective streams should focus.Kindly download in PDF: Focus of work of the Streams for the 16th annual CBFP Meeting of Parties

Individuals planning to travel to the Republic of Rwanda should have a valid passport (at least 6 months’ validity) or any other necessary travel document clearly indicating their identity.  The participants are also recommended to check if they require a transit visa.
CONGO/ DRC NEWS: The Pygmies take a stand in defense of their rights to the forests

GRASP : Cute, Cuddly, and Critically Endangered: Pandas and Orangutans Face Differing Futures

UN 15 October : International Day of Rural Women

EIA : Palm Oil Plantation in Cameroon: An Opportunity to Stop “The Wrong Project in the Wrong Place”

The 16th CBFP Meeting of Partners will be held from 21 to 26 November 2016 at Kigali Convention Centre. Address and map...


The EU Facilitation is please to announce that our Local Partner for the Organization oft he Practicalities is Primate Safaris. The following link provides details on hotels at which Primate Safaris has negotiated preferential rates...


Chapter 10: Congo Basin Institute facilitates international science on the spot. Important to all students and researchers in biology, ecology, forests and tropical agriculture, Chapter 11: Charcoal plantations reduce deforestation in DRC. A fantastic solution which is important to all countries in the tropics ; Chapter 12: Central African forests deserve to be in the limelight. Remarkable vision of former Unilever board member André van Heemstra, chairman of UN Global Compact Network Netherlands…

The CMS Secretariat is pleased to bring to your attention a funding opportunity within the Whitley Fund for Nature. All CMS Notifications can be accessed online Here
UN 11 October : International Day of the Girl Child
Info Congo : Consumption Patterns Decimating Africa’s wildlife
minirena-Press Release: 28th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol opens in Kigali, Rwanda
IUCN Cameroon Program News

Songdo, 14 Oct 2016 - The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has reached a new milestone today with the approval of USD 745 million in funding proposals at its fourteenth meeting. The 10 projects and programmes have a total value of USD 2.6 billion, and will help 27 countries across the globe to reduce their emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change.

At the beginning of the 1990s, the World Bank introduced conditionalities to reform the forest concession regime in Central Africa and continuously intervened, inter alia, in Cameroon, Congo, Gabon and the DRC up to 2010. The reforms were designed to achieve two immediate objectives: (i) increase the price of the resource through competitive market procedures or, if inapplicable, through taxation, (ii) break down the patronage system that governed the forest permits allocation.

Songdo, 25 Oct 2016 - The first-ever Green Climate Fund (GCF) Structured Dialogue with Africa has started in Cape Town, South Africa, with 200 participants convening over the next three days to accelerate their strategic engagement with the Fund.

A two-day (10 and 11 October) National Environmental Security Seminar (NESS), focusing on forestry crimes brought together 28 representatives from Ecuadorean authorities including the national police, the Office of the Attorney General, the Foreign Affairs, Defence, Agriculture, Environment and Mining ministries, customs and the UN Environment Programme.




Upcoming Events

Job offers


The Sahara Conservation Fund (SCF) is a young and dynamic NGO established in 2004 to address the extinction crisis facing the wildlife of the Sahara and neighbouring Sahelian grasslands of Africa. SCF focuses on the conservation of threatened species and their habitats. Projects include the establishment and management of protected areas, the reintroduction of lost species, and hands-on training of African professionals through applied research, wildlife survey and monitoring.



Session objectives: to develop the participants’ ability to identify viable project ideas, to teach participants how to craft relevant projects that will appeal to financial partners, Strengthen participants’ capacities to develop synergies.



The Project Finance and Administrative Officer, AAI is an integral member of the African Apes Initiative (AAI projects) team, providing financial and administration support particularly in program logistics and efficient project administration. The incumbent reports to and works closely with the Technical Director West and Central Africa and is the key linking point within the program team and HQ Finance team to understand, interpret and implement financial policies and budget plans within the AAI projects. The majority of AAI-field programs are in West and Central Africa.



The World Resources Institute (WRI) seeks a Central Africa Regional Strategy Lead to lead development of national strategies, support work plan development, monitoring, communication and fund-raising across WRI’s Forest Program’s priority countries in the Congo Basin – with a particular focus on Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Location: Kinshasa, DRC



Management and Engineering Technologies International, Inc. (METI), in collaboration with the US Forest Service, as a part of the US Agency for International Development’s bilateral programs in Uganda, seeks a full-time technical advisor to provide technical support to the National Forestry Authority of Uganda. The technical advisor will provide strategic and technical guidance on mapping Central Forest Reserves and other attendant technical issues within the National Forestry Authority.



For several years, Pesticide Action Network advises GGF in awarding these grants to organizations in Africa, Latin America, Asia and some East European countries. It is important to note that PAN is only a adviser and does not give grants. This role is exclusively for GGF.  The date for the next cycle for these grants is set early December 2016.



These grants support short-term non-degree training that enhances skills necessary for effective conservation work and career advancement. Most training programs are less than 6 months in duration and applicants are expected to return their jobs with new skills that help to build capacity in their organization. The grant covers training costs up to US$5,000.


This course is about areas dedicated nature conservation, "protected areas": how they work and why they are so important in maintaining the health of the environment in a fast developing world, and in particular in Africa. It will help you understand the challenges of conservation in Africa and how protected areas can help to deal with it, from the local to the international level.


This position will also ensure efficient and effective coordination and management of logistics and support landscape procurement to ensure good value for money. This entails the provision to Congo Landscape Manager and staff with regular assistance and advice in understanding, interpreting and implementing AWF and donors policies and procedures regarding finance, assets and procurement along with maintaining a good relationship with and timely reporting to the headquarter and partners. The position holder directly reports to the Finance and Administration Officer.


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