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Yaoundé,
Cameroon, January 13, 2021 - The Central African Forest Commission (Comifac), a
joint body of the countries of the sub-region responsible for coordinating
actions for the conservation and sustainable management of forest ecosystems,
announces the accession of the Republic of Angola to the institution as its
eleventh member state. On October 20, President João Lourenço, after a vote in
the Angolan National Assembly, signed the letter of accession of his country.
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The meeting
between the two illustrious personalities was held on Monday, January 24, 2022,
at the Ministry of Forests and Wildlife of Cameroon and focused on:Decoding COP
26 - Next steps, MoP: a) COMIFAC's assumption of the co-chairmanship of the
MoP: MoP date, theme and structure; b) MoP invitation letter for COMIFAC
ministers by COMIFAC chair; c) MoP invitation letter by COMIFAC current chair
to ministers; Next CBFP facilitation. ..
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On Tuesday,
January 25, 2022, between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., a consultation was held at
the Hotel La Falaise in Yaoundé between partners in the forestry and
environment sector in Cameroon. Organized by KfW on the occasion of the mission
of the CBFP Facilitator of the Federal Republic of Germany, Honorable Dr.
Christian Ruck in Yaounde, this meeting was the relaunch of the Consultation
Circle of MINFOF and MINEPDED Partners (CCPM).
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Paris (France), February 2-3, 2022: Honorable Dr. Christian Ruck, CBFP
Facilitator of the Federal Republic of Germany meets with representatives of
the French Development Agency (AfD) and officials of the French Ministry of
Foreign Affairs about the "Fair Deal" and Donor Coordination.
Read more …
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N'Djaména, February 27 to March 2, 2021 - During his visit to Chad, the
CBFP Facilitator of the Federal Republic of Germany, Honorable Dr. Christian
Ruck, was received in audience by high political authorities of the Republic of
Chad and a regional organization...
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On 14 December 2021, H.E. Dr. Déo-Guide RUREMA,
Minister of Environment, Agriculture and Livestock of Burundi, presided
over the official handover ceremony of COVID-19 control equipment to
Health Centres located in the vicinity of the national and transboundary
protected areas, to COMIFAC National Coordination of Burundi and to
civil society organisations.
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The European Union was about to get rid of its main tool in the fight
against illegal logging. However, civil society organizations from all
over the world have protested to change the situation. Few months ago,
the European Union (EU) seemed determined to abandon what constitutes
its most innovative and ambitious initiative in the fight against
illegal logging on a global scale.
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According to an article in Le Nouveau
Gabon, wood production has doubled in the last 10 years to reach 3.7
million m3 in 2021. Over the past nine years, timber production has
doubled in Gabon. According to data from the French Treasury, it has
risen from 1.9 million m3 in 2012 to nearly 3.7 million in 2021.
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Mbalmayo,
Cameroon, January 17-19, 2022- The COMIFAC Executive Secretariat held a
face-to-face and video technical workshop to finalize its 2022 Annual Budgeted
Work Plan. The objectives of this workshop were as follows: (i) to present the
status of implementation of the 2021 AWP of the COMIFAC Executive Secretariat
(ii) to consolidate the actions to be carried out in 2022 by the COMIFAC
Executive Secretariat with the support of stakeholders (iii) to identify
possible areas of synergies with the actions of the AWP and the contributions
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On 20 October 2021, a ceremony was held
in Ndjamena, Chad, to handover health equipment to strengthen the
technical platform for the care and preservation of COVID-19 in the
surrounding areas of SENA-OURA border park. COMIFAC, supported by the
German Technical Cooperation through GIZ Regional Support Project for
COMIFAC, has through this action affirmed its willingness to accompany
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Only ten
days after the holding of the 20th ordinary session of the Conference of Heads
of State and Government held in Brazzaville on January 19, 2022, the President
of the Democratic Republic of Congo HEM. Félix Antoine Tshisékédi Tshilombo
succeeded his counterpart and brother HEM. Denis Sassou N'guésso as the current
president of ECCAS for a one-year term.
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The sub-regional workshop to decipher the results of the 26th Conference
of Parties (CoP) under the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC), was held in Kigali, in the Republic of Rwanda
from January 25 to 27, 2022. It was organized by the Executive
Secretariat of the Central African Forests Commission (COMIFAC) with the
support of the Strengthening and Institutionalizing of the Central
African Forests Observatory (RIOFAC) Project.
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Mr. Paulo GOMES, President of the ORANGO Investment Corporation,
economist, financier and committed ecologist of pan-African and
international reputation was received in audience this Tuesday, January
18, 2022 by the Minister of the Environment, Sustainable Development and
the Congo Basin, Mrs. Arlette SUDAN-NONAULT, within the framework of
the mobilization of funds for the financing of the Blue Fund investment
plan of the Congo Basin in the presence of Mr. Nicaise Mouloumbi
vice-president of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council of
Gabon.
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Libreville (Gabonese Republic), January 29, 2022 - The new headquarters
of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) was the
setting for the exchange meeting initiated by the President of the ECCAS
Commission, His Excellency Gilberto Da Piédade Verissimo, and the
ambassadors of friendly countries and the technical and financial
partners of ECCAS.
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On November 2, a group of 12 donors, including the European Commission,
the United Kingdom, the United States and the Bezos Earth Fund,
collectively pledged at least $1.5 billion in funding for the protection
and sustainable management of Congo Basin forests over the next four
years. This pledge is part of a larger $12 billion commitment made at
the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland by 100 leaders to halt and
reverse deforestation and land degradation by 2030, and it received a
mixed reception from experts in the region.
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COMIFAC is gathering its experts and focal points of the Convention on
Biological Diversity and its additional protocols to host the 33rd
meeting of the Central African Biodiversity Working Group (GTBAC 33).
The Executive Secretariat of COMIFAC is organising the thirty-third
meeting of GTBAC (GTBAC-33) from 14 to 18 February 2021. This meeting,
chaired by the Executive Secretary of COMIFAC, began with opening
remarks by the GTBAC Leader, the Director of the GIZ Regional Project in
support of COMIFAC and the Co-facilitator of the Congo Basin Forest
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When in 2010 the world's governments pledged to increase protected
area coverage to 17% of the world's land surface, several Central
African countries had already set aside 25% of their northern savannas
for conservation. To evaluate the effectiveness of this commitment, we
analyzed the results of 68 multispecies surveys conducted in the 7 main
savanna national parks in Central Africa (1960-2017).
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Yaounde, January 24-27, 2022, the CBFP Facilitator of the Federal
Republic of Germany, Honorable Dr. Christian Ruck stayed in Yaounde,
Cameroon. During this visit, Dr.
Christian Ruck, in addition to the Minister of Forestry and Wildlife of
Cameroon (read article), was received in audience by the Prime Minister, Head
of Government of Cameroon, His Excellency Joseph Dion Ngute.
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The Facilitator of the Federal Republic of Germany for the CBFP,
Honorable Dr. Christian Ruck, chaired a hybrid face-to-face and videoconference
meeting of the West Block of the implementation of the N'Djamena Declaration,
well before the JPAC meeting.
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N'Djaména (Chad), January 28-30, 2022 - The CBFP Facilitator of the
Federal Republic of Germany, Honorable Dr. Christian Ruck accompanied by His
Excellency Dr. Kricke Gordon, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to
Chad, visits the African Parks Network Project, Zakouma National Park, under
the end-to-end guidance and appreciated leadership of Dr. Pierre-Armand Roulet,
Regional Director - Chad.
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Over 400 youth-led or youth-serving
organizations make up the UN MGCY, a dedicated space for children and
youth in the UN to address issues ranging from the environment and human
rights to peace and security. Those MGCY organizations that share a
focus on the environment and sustainable development can receive UNEP
accreditation and engage through the MGCY to UNEP.
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In the last decade, the off-grid solar
industry has become a key solution to quickly deliver clean energy
access to low-income and hard-to-reach communities. It currently serves
420 million people and has helped mitigate over 150 million metric
tonnes of CO2e (according to GOGLA estimates), while enabling remote and
vulnerable populations to adapt and become more resilient to climate
change.
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Despite taking place online “for
reasons that we would have preferred to avoid,” as Executive Secretary
Ibrahim Thiaw noted, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification’s
(UNCCD) Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention
(CRIC) made good use of the opportunity to share experiences on issues
to be addressed at the next session of the Conference of the Parties to
the Convention (COP 15).
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Polar regions attract increasing public
interest and attention with respect to climate change, mainly because
of the visible effects. Climate-induced changes, such as ice melting,
are regularly reported in the media, sometimes accompanied by important
information on the significance of the frozen world for the global
climate and human socioeconomic development. Environmental changes in
the Arctic and the Antarctic are accelerating, affecting local species
and ecosystems, and impacting the broader climate and ecological systems
far beyond the polar regions.
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London (CNN Business)When protests
swept Kazakhstan earlier this month, they were fueled by frustration
with the ruling elite and entrenched inequality. But the unrest was
sparked by a specific catalyst: an end to a government subsidy.The cost
of liquefied petroleum gas — which most people in the western part of
the country use to power their cars — doubled overnight after the
government lifted price caps. The ensuing turmoil, which saw thousands
of protesters take to the streets, resulted in a Russian-led military
intervention, the resignation of the government and the deaths of more
than 200 people.
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Assessing the value of secondary
forests in Peru is vital for designing policies that recognize the
benefits they contribute to sustainable ecosystem management efforts and
restoring tree cover in a cost-effective manner, while including
livelihood benefits and climate mitigation. Defined as natural forest
regrowth after clearance, secondary forests are estimated to make up
13.3 percent of forest cover in the Peruvian Amazon. They provide 63
percent of forest cover in Southeast Asia, and 34 percent across the
lowland Neotropics.
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The approval plenary for the Summary
for Policymakers (SPM) of the Working Group II (WGII) contribution to
the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) continued throughout Tuesday, with delegates
gathering in plenary and contact group sessions.
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UNCCD COP 15 -IISD
The fifteenth session of the Conference
of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD
COP 15) was originally expected to take place in the final quarter of
2021. Due to the global pandemic, the Bureau decided to reschedule it to
take place between May and October 2022.
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We relay below the press release from
Bureau Veritas announcing this first training session. We inform you of
the imminent holding from March 28 to April 1, 2022 of the first
training session for auditors on the PAFC Congo Basin certification
scheme in the sub-region. The organization of this training is the
result of the collaboration between Bureau Veritas and the organizations
that are PEFC International, PAFC Congo Basin, ATIBT and PPECF.
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The President of the UN General
Assembly (UNGA) outlined priorities for the remainder of the 76th
session (January-September 2022). Among the high-level meetings
convening in the coming months, he noted the ‘Moment for Nature’ that
will take place in July.
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New research from IISD highlights what
could be at stake for climate action as negotiators continue discussions
on modernizing the Energy Charter Treaty. As one of the world’s most
controversial international investment agreements on energy cooperation
is put back under scrutiny this week, new research from the
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) highlights
what could be at stake for climate action.
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The UN’s High-level Group for
Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for Statistics for the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (HLG-PCCB) met to review
implementation of the Cape Town Global Action Plan for sustainable
development data, in light of needs for capacity development and
financial resources for national statistical offices (NSOs).
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London (CNN Business)When protests
swept Kazakhstan earlier this month, they were fueled by frustration
with the ruling elite and entrenched inequality. But the unrest was
sparked by a specific catalyst: an end to a government subsidy.The cost
of liquefied petroleum gas — which most people in the western part of
the country use to power their cars — doubled overnight after the
government lifted price caps. The ensuing turmoil, which saw thousands
of protesters take to the streets, resulted in a Russian-led military
intervention, the resignation of the government and the deaths of more
than 200 people.
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The Timber Trade Federation is changing its name to Timber Development UK.
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During the official opening of the
ECOFAC6 Regional Programme’s Steering Committee, (organized in Douala,
Cameroon from 4 to 6 May) EU Ambassador, Ms. Rosario Bento-Pais,
recalled that the EU invests more than 80 million Euros in the ECOFAC6
Programme. The other 17 million are invested by the partners. Amounting
to approximately 100 million Euros, the investment makes ECOFAC6 the
largest European environmental programme in Central Africa and a
one-of-the-kind initiative in the world.
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We, the Heads of State and Government
of the Member States of the African Union (AU) and the European Union
(EU) met on 17–18 February 2022 under the Co-Chairpersonship of H.E. Mr.
Charles Michel, President of the European Council and H.E. Mr. Macky
Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal and Chairperson of the
African Union. We recall the 5th AU-EU Summit held in Abidjan, Côte
d’Ivoire on 29-30 November 2017 and the 2nd AU-EU Foreign Affairs
Ministerial Meeting held in Kigali, Rwanda, on 25-26 October 2021.
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Countries are increasingly using their
NAP processes to realize gender-responsive climate action and act on the
Gender Action Plan (GAP) under the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change.
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The Fair&Precious brand, which
supports the FSC and PAFC-PEFC certification schemes, intends to better
interact with civil society actors, who will convey the 10
Fair&Precious commitments in the Congo basin and in Europe. These
two spokespersons are joining the Fair&Precious program at the
beginning of 2022: we welcome Edwige EYANG EFFA and Norbert GAMI, whom
we introduce below.
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2022 will be a significant year for
governing the 2030 Agenda and other global frameworks on protecting the
environment. While 2020 was anticipated as a super year for nature, and
2021 was considered all the more crucial for biodiversity after the
pandemic froze many global discussions, 2022 now holds the cumulative
need for high-level negotiations driven by renewed political will to
adequately tackle environmental issues. It also inches the world closer
to key deadlines for human and planetary wellbeing.
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A TRAFFIC report highlights threatened
species are still commercially traded in open bushmeat markets despite
legal protection in Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo. The report
suggests that less protected animal substitutes may be at risk of
overexploitation in the future as a result.
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It can be difficult to make the case
for climate adaptation planning in contexts defined by fragility and
violence. However, a failure to integrate climate adaptation
considerations into peacebuilding plans and post-conflict development
agendas can undermine the long-term viability of both. This article was
originally published on the Ecosystem for Peace – A compendium of ideas
website, hosted on medium.com, and is reprinted below with permission.
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The Adaptation Fund has launched a new
USD 10 million pilot small grants programme (Adaptation Fund Climate
Innovation Accelerator, AFCIA) to foster innovation in adaptation in
developing countries at the United Nations Climate Change Conference
(COP25) in Madrid. Two of the Adaptation Fund’s accredited Multilateral
Implementing Entities (MIEs), the United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), have been
selected as implementing entities of the AFCIA.
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The first trainings of the actors of
the sector for the year 2022 took place in Gabon from January 12 to 28
with the full satisfaction of the beneficiaries and the government
authorities. The two training sessions aimed at providing forestry and
wood industry actors with the capacity to better understand the upcoming
forestry resource exploitation contexts ended in Gabon on January 28.
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ATIBT expresses its deepest condolences
to his family and friends. Franck Bisiaux did not need any other
diploma than his agricultural BTS to lead a brilliant career for more
than 20 years in West and Central Africa.
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Rwanda is set to host the regional
headquarters of Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) following a
presidential order signed by President Paul Kagame and issued in the
national gazette. Founded in 1895, Wildlife Conservation Society is an
NGO with headquarters in New York with the aim to conserve the world's
largest wildlife and wild places in 14 priority regions home to more
than 50 percent of the world's biodiversity.
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A visit from World Forest ID to the
ATIBT gave us an insight into this interesting approach. Tackling global
deforestation and degradation requires that the actors involved in
global supply chains have the means to accurately verify the identity
and geographic source of both timber and deforestation-related
agricultural commodities.
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The year 2021 ended with excellent news for the Congo Basin PAFC project: the scheme is now recognized by the PEFC Council!
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In December 2021, the consortium formed
by Eticwood and Nature+, both members of ATIBT, was selected for the
Technical Coordination of the AFD EU FLEGT Program. Presentation of the
Program. This program focuses on eight priority countries (Cameroon,
Congo, Ghana, Guyana, Honduras, Liberia, Central African Republic and
Vietnam) and will last for a period of 4 years (2022-2025). The main
objective of the Program is to contribute to sustainable forest
management, with 3 sub-objectives: operationalization of the VPA,
capacity building of civil society organizations, and support to the
private sector in the implementation of the VPA.
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The Ocean is of vital importance to
current and future generations. There is only one Ocean. Every State,
every economic player, every community of people and every individual
has a responsibility to conserve it and to use it sustainably. We, Heads
of State and Government and the European Union, are deeply concerned
about the continued degradation of the Ocean from human activities
escalating the devastating effects of the climate change and
biodiversity crises.
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The year 2021 ended with excellent news for the Congo Basin PAFC project: the scheme is now recognized by the PEFC Council!
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For decades, Fern and partners have
campaigned to strengthen the rights of forest peoples and protect and
restore forests. There have been locust years, when things went
backwards, and harvest years, when plans come to fruition. Gratifyingly,
2021 was a year in which the forest movement achieved outstanding
successes and we enter 2022 energised and ready to defend and build on
them.
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She succeeds Olman Serrano, whose term
of office was coming to an end. On the same day, an extraordinary
general assembly allowed for certain modifications to be made to the
statutes of our association. The new statutes will soon be available on
the ATIBT website.
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UN Biodiversity Convention to host
series of webinars prior to the resumed sessions of its two subsidiary
bodies and working group on post-2020 global biodiversity framework.
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The year 2021 ended with excellent news for the Congo Basin PAFC project: the scheme is now recognized by the PEFC Council!
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| | | BIOPAMA: New Call for GrantsThe objective of this call for proposals is to address priorities for action, identified through management and governance effectiveness assessments (e.g., PAME tools, including IMET, METT, RAPPAM, Green List, EoH, or equivalent; or PAGE tools, including SAPA, GAPA, or SAGE, to improve the management and governance of protected and conserved areas, and the sustainable use of natural resources and the livelihoods of surrounding local communities. The deadline for submission of concept notes for this call for proposals is April 10, 2022 at 23.59 UTC+1.
The position of Senior Africa Campaign
Coordinator will play an important role in advancing our work in the
Democratic Republic of Congo and Guinea, and will be integral to
regional movement-building and strengthening partnerships across the
continent. Closing date for applications is: 11 March 2022.
The Adaptation Fund has launched a new
USD 10 million pilot small grants programme (Adaptation Fund Climate
Innovation Accelerator, AFCIA) to foster innovation in adaptation in
developing countries at the United Nations Climate Change Conference
(COP25) in Madrid. Two of the Adaptation Fund’s accredited Multilateral
Implementing Entities (MIEs), the United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), have been
selected as implementing entities of the AFCIA. The Climate Technology
Centre and Network (CTCN) works in conjunction with UNEP, receiving USD 5
million to administrate and aggregate 25 micro-grants projects (up to
USD 250,000 each).
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