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The
installation ceremony of the statutory staff of COMIFAC took place this Friday,
June 4, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at the Hilton Hotel in Yaoundé. It was presided over by His Excellency Mr.
Jules Doret NDONGO, Minister of Forests and Wildlife of the Republic of
Cameroon and current President of COMIFAC, in the presence of the Ambassador of
the Federal Republic of Germany to Cameroon, Her Excellency Mrs. Corrina
Fricke.
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The virtual meeting of the CBFP
Scientific College was held online on June 26, 2021 from 2:00 to 3:00
pm. After the Co-Leader Richary Atyi welcomed all participants and
introduced them to the agenda of the meeting, the floor was given to
CBFP Facilitator Dr. Christian Ruck representing the German Facilitation
to the partnership.
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Visio
Conference - May 20, 2021. A special meeting of the CBFP Private Sector College
was held. This meeting moderated by the Co-Leader of the CBFP Private Sector
College, Mrs. Jacqueline Van de Pol (ATIBT), gathered about twenty
participants. In his opening remarks, the CBFP Facilitator from the Federal
Republic of Germany, the Honorable Dr. Christian Ruck presented a summary of
the status of implementation of the CBFP Facilitation Roadmap.
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Thursday,
May 06, 2021, was held in the Safoutier room of the Hilton Hotel from 11:45 am,
a lunch exchange with the Facilitator of the Federal Republic of Germany of the
Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) and the Cameroon Chapter of the Network
of Parliamentarians for the Sustainable Management of Central African Forest
Ecosystems (REPAR-Cameroon).
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The
decision of Joseph Dion Ngute was signed on May 5, 2021. This is the epilogue
of a case that has held in suspense the national opinion in August 2020. In a decree
signed on May 5, 2021, Joseph Dion Ngute, the Prime Minister cancels another
decree, dating from 2016, signed at the time by his predecessor, Philemon Yang,
on the expropriation of 66,340 hectares of land in the Ntem Valley, southern
region.
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The Central African Forests Observatory
(OFAC) presents an updated assessment of the state of protected areas
in the ten member countries of the Central African Forests Commission
(COMIFAC). Join us on 29 June 2021, 11:00 AM dans Bruxelles for the
launch of this publication. Interpretation English-French will be
available.
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The UNCCD Secretariat and Global
Mechanism provide technical advice and capacity building support in this
process through a Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded and UNEP (UN
Environment) implemented Global Support Programme (GSP). GEF
has recently approved two million USD funding to help the countries
complete the next reporting cycle in 2021-2022.
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Following the first ministerial meeting
of the Forest, Agriculture and Commodity Trade (FACT) Dialogue, 24
countries have endorsed a statement committing to working together to
protect the world’s precious forests while also promoting sustainable
trade.
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The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has
launched a new report on how global finance can be aligned with
sustainable development in order to achieve the goals of the Paris
Agreement and deliver a COVID-19 economic recovery.
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Fiscal policies with the right
incentives can be a powerful tool to help governments reduce
deforestation and forest degradation and promote the sustainability of
forests, according to a new report from the CIF Forest Investment
Program (FIP) and the World Bank, commissioned by the CIF Evaluation and
Learning (E&L) Initiative.
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Biodiversity is under immense threat.
According to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, 1 million species of plants and
animals are facing extinction, many within decades, unless action is
taken to tackle the drivers of biodiversity loss (IPBES 2019). Moreover,
without such action, the rate of species extinction will accelerate.
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April was a busy month for the park,
with new radio systems installed for security and ranger operations
across our field posts, with ongoing checks during the month of May.
This new system will permit permanent, voice contact with all our key
sites, and even ranger teams in the field!
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Investor and trade interest in Africa
remains strong despite challenges around Covid-19, senior officials from
the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom said at the recently
concluded annual conference of the African Private Equity and Venture
Capital Association.
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Thank you for your interest in our
webinar series, “Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Change: Reconciling
the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.” Recordings of both webinars are now
available...
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The Global Forum on Transparency and
Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, the Africa Union Commission
and the African Tax Administration Forum will launch the 2021 Tax
Transparency in Africa (TTIA) report on 26 May 2021 at 9:00 GMT.
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Ensuring corporate accountability for
environmental impacts in the upcoming EU directive on sustainable
corporate governance. As the European Union develops its future
sustainable corporate governance directive, a number of civil society
organisations published a briefing that outlines why and how
environmental protection must be integrated into companies’ due
diligence requirements alongside respect for human rights.
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The International Energy Agency (IEA)
today published a new energy scenario. It models for the first time how
the world can achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and limit global warming
to 1.5ºC. A group of environmental and social NGOs campaigning to stop
the EU burning forests for energy says this is a step forward; but they
also criticise the IEA for relying heavily on bioenergy to meet climate
goals and for failing to halt the use of land for energy production.
Bioenergy is a false climate solution that adds emissions to the
atmosphere, exacerbates biodiversity loss and negatively impacts food
security.
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This year's Carbon Pricing Leadership
Report comes as much of the world continues to grapple with the global
COVID-19 crisis that has ravaged communities , overwhelmed health care
systems, closed borders, and brought economies to a near halt over the
past year. As future generations look back at this time, they will see
this pandemic as one of humanity's greatest tragedies, but they will
also see our resilience.
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Here, we report responses of
structurally intact old-growth lowland tropical forests inventoried
within the African Tropical Rainforest Observatory Network (AfriTRON).
We use 100 long-term inventory plots from six countries each measured at
least twice prior to and once following the 2015–2016 El Niño event.
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Leaders from the UN, the private
sector, national and local governments, youth and other organizations
have called for countries, businesses, cities, and civil society groups
to put forward “Energy Compacts” to show how they will contribute to
achieving the goal of clean, affordable energy for all by 2030 (SDG 7)
and net-zero emissions by 2050.
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There has been intense criticism of the
European Union (EU) Renewable Energy Directive (RED) for leading to
adverse impacts on forests in Europe and beyond. To tackle these
concerns, the EU developed sustainability criteria that forest biomass
must meet to be counted towards EU renewable energy targets (and
therefore be eligible for subsidies).
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Land is the foundation of our societies
and is a cornerstone to global food security and environmental health,
zero hunger, poverty eradication and affordable energy. It underpins the
success of the entire 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developmen, and yet
this finite resource is under existential threat. On 14 June event will
be broadcast live on UN WebTV and streamed to UNCCD Facebook page
14.00-17.00 and 19.00-22:00 GMT.
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This journey for ELYX, the UN’s Digital
Ambassador, begins on World Bee Day, 20 May 2021, with more stops ahead
– the International Biodiversity Day on 22 May and World Environment
Day on 5 June, and finally a celebration of Desertification and Drought
Day on 17 June
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The briefing reflects on progress after
a decade of implementation including looking at multi stakeholder
participation, increased transparency and reduced illegal deforestation.
It suggests concrete ways to address challenges and step up current
efforts including increased enforcement of just laws, enhanced policy
coherence, and inclusive decision making. If the proposed changes are
taken on board, VPAs will continue to effectively contribute to
governance improvements, forest protection and sustainable local
livelihoods.
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On 18 May 2021, the Wilson Center
organized a discussion focused on the role of the Green Climate Fund in
scaling up finance for climate action. Ambassador Mark Green, the
President of the Wilson Center, opened the discussion with a call to
action : “the climate crisis is already here, and so is our opportunity
to respond. The world will face huge costs in adapting to climate
change, up to $500 billion per year by 2050.” He then raised the
biggest unanswered question in climate finance : why does adaptation
currently attract only 20% of all climate finance?
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... ATIBT’s international recognition
as a reliable partner in the tropical forestry sector has increased,
receiving several invitations to get involved in new initiatives related
to its competencies. As reflected in this annual report, despite the
general limitations, ATIBT has been active in the tropical forest policy
dialog at national, regional and international levels. The work within
the different ATIBT Commissions and working groups has been remarkable,
involving members and key partners in reflections about improving the
value chain, including ecosystem services, intact forest landscapes,
cooperation between certified Congo Basin companies and Asian traders
and many others.
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...but trade, environmental protection
and social justice don’t have to be mutually exclusive, says Chiara
Vitali. The doubts about the climate crisis that Boris Johnson used to
express in his newspaper columns are a thing of the past.
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The pandemic has reminded us how much
we depend on each other. How much we depend on nature. How much our fate
depends on our relationships with nature. How much we need a good
political will, combined with collective action, and sustained
investment. When these come together, we can make a difference.
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Protecting and restoring nature can
help drive a green recovery and prevent future pandemics. Investing in
nature-based solutions, specifically land restoration, will allow us to
build forward better, greener, healthier, stronger, and more
sustainably.
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Initially scheduled for June 2021, the
end of the project "Implementation of a regional approach for the
development of PAFC certification systems" is postponed until the end of
June 2022.
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The CMS Secretariat would like to draw
attention to a call from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform
on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) to take part in the
review of the second order draft of the chapters and the first order
draft of the summary for policy makers of the IPBES sustainable use of
wild species assessment.
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Introduction by Mette Wilkie, Director,
Forestry Division, FAO; Presentation by David Kaimowitz, Manager of the
Forest and Farm Facility. Thursday, 20 May 2021, 14:00–15:30 CEST.
Meeting ID: 910 5757 4898 / Passcode: 67864033...
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| Today's World Environment Day sees the
start of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, as declared by the
United Nations General Assembly for the period 2021 to 2030. It follows
the UN Decade on Biodiversity which came to an end in 2020. The goal in
the coming decade is to halt the ongoing degradation of ecosystems and
begin their restoration. Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze
will give a video message at a high-level virtual event organised by
Pakistan, host of this year's World Environment Day, to mark the launch
of the new UN Decade |
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Representatives of 184 countries have
approved a new work program for the Least Developed Countries Fund,
which together with the Special Climate Change Fund has provided more
than $2 billion to date for the urgent climate resilience needs of small
and vulnerable economies.
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The
Mechanic Driver is responsible for the over all maintenance and technical
follow up of the status of all program vehicles and motorbikes. Ensure the
efficient and cost-effective maintenance and repair of the Lobeke National Park
vehicles, motorbikes and engine boats. Interested candidates are invited to
send their applications by Friday, 25th of June 2021.
Within the
frame of the ECOPRONAT research program (Encouraging the Development of a
Pro-Nature Economy), AFD is launching a call for expressions of interest (AMI)
for research on the "Mainstreaming biodiversity in economic sectors".
This Call for Expressions of Interest is the first phase of the selection
process. The aim: Funding one or two research projects which will start in the
fourth quarter of 2021. The call is open until May 28, 2021.
The U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is pleased to announce its 2021 African
Elephant Conservation Fund Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). The
proposal submission deadline is 11:59 PM ET, June 25, 2021.
The
appointment will be made on a regular term contract for a period of three (3)
years, of which the first twelve months shall be considered as a probationary
period. Thereafter, the contract will be for a period of two years renewable,
subject to satisfactory performance and deliverables.
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