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The "State of the Forests" report is a
flagship product of the CBFP partners' efforts, especially of the EU,
which is the main donor of OFAC. The production of this report remains a
major challenge for each CBFP Facilitation. We are there!!! The State
of the Forest 2021 (SOF 2021) report is the seventh in the series
published since 2005. The previous report was released in 2015 at the
15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris.
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The facilitation of the Federal Republic of Germany is pleased to announce that the 19th Meeting of Parties of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) is scheduled to take place from 5 to 9 July 2022, in Libreville (Gabon) in
hybrid format. It will be organized by the CBFP Facilitation of the
Federal Republic of Germany in close collaboration with the Republic of
Gabon and the Central Africa Forest Commission (COMIFAC).
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CBFP celebrates its 20th anniversary
and holds its 19th Meeting of the Parties (MoP 19), 5-8 July 2022,
Libreville, Gabon. Continued implementation of the Declaration of Commitment of COMIFAC Member States to the Central African forests and Call for Equitable Financing and the COP 26 Joint Declaration of Congo Basin Donors: Towards sustainable development with a “Fair Deal” for the Congo Basin Forests, their inhabitants, forests and biodiversities.
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We are pleased to hereby inform you
that exhibition registration for the CBFP MoP19 is open. The exhibition
space offers your organization the opportunity to present your work,
initiatives, projects and expertise to the participants of the MoP19.
Exhibitors are able to rent a stand package at set prices with options
for customization and additional equipment. To register as Exhibitor at
the 19th Meeting of Parties of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership
(CBFP), please fill out this form online before May 30, 2022.
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In March 1999, the Heads of State of Central Africa, meeting during their first Summit on the conservation and sustainable management of forest ecosystems in Central Africa, clearly displayed their will and affirmed their commitment to federate their efforts in favor of the conservation and sustainable and concerted management of forest ecosystems in the Congo Basin. Twenty years after the adoption of this Declaration, what can we learn from it?
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Seoul (Republic of Korea) World Forest Congress, 5 Mai 2022 – at COMIFAC-ECCAS Pavilion Initiatives,
a special session was organized on “Accelerating and Scaling up forest
landscape restoration under the Bonn Challenge and AFR100 in the central
Africa”. The Session was moderated by the German CBFP Facilitation and
had as panelists IUCN and the African Union (NEPAD/AFR100).
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Our investigation found that at the
height of the clashes between fishers and pastoralists on 9 December,
Shuwa Arab elders consulted each other and contacted Park guards by
phone before deciding to enter the Park. The following day, Shuwa Arab
men, women and children walked 20 km to the centre of the Park,
continuing 2 days later to a nearby waterhole. There they were initially
summoned by the Park warden to leave the Park but allowed to stay to
recover from their journey. After 1 week, pastoralists continued through
the inundated part of the Park to the north-east where they stayed
until 20 January, when all but two of the 17 groups left the Park. The
Park offered safety for the pastoralists, but the conditions were harsh
for families and livestock, resulting in considerable loss of sheep and
donkeys; three cattle were predated by lions.
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The 32nd meeting of the GCF Board is taking place in person in
Antigua and Barbuda from May 16-19. The meeting, one of four scheduled
this year, follows on the heels of the first Board meeting where USD
187.7 million was approved for new climate projects and major changes to
GCF’s accreditation framework were approved. The changes aim to
accelerate climate finance for developing countries and include
strengthening the existing accreditation model and introducing the
project-specific assessment approach (PSAA).
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PeaceNexus is launching a call for
proposals on embedding conflict sensitivity in environmental
organisations. Environmental organisations are at the forefront of
addressing the triple planetary crisis of climate change, pollution and
biodiversity loss. In doing so, they grapple with conflict dynamics,
face risks to their staff and partners, but also provide opportunities
for divided groups to work together around issues of common concern. The
deadline for application is Tuesday 21st June 2022.
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The Board of Directors of the ATIBT
validated the membership application of this trading and sawing Gilmour
& Aitken Ltd are suppliers and stock holders of a comprehensive
range of high quality sawn and engineered hardwood and softwood timber
products. Established in 1852 and now in its 5th generation, the
business prides itself on its product expertise, stock range and
customer service.
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The proposed EU Regulation on
deforestation-free products aims to ensure goods cannot be placed on the
EU market if they have caused deforestation, forest degradation, or
violated producer country laws. The Commission released a draft proposal
of the Regulation on 17 November 2021, and now the European Parliament
(EP) and the Council must agree on their positions. On 24 March 2022,
the EP rapporteur Luxembourgish Member of the European Parliament (MEP),
Christophe Hansen of the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP),
released his draft response.
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The UN Convention to Combat
Desertification (UNCCD) has issued the second edition of its flagship
report titled, ‘Global Land Outlook: Land Restoration for Recovery and
Resilience’ (GLO2). The publication outlines various future land
scenarios, and highlights the potential contributions of land
restoration investments to climate change mitigation, biodiversity
conservation, poverty reduction, and human health, among other SDGs.
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A high-level panel marked
Desertification and Drought Day 2020 with a discussion focused on the
Day’s theme, ‘Food. Feed. Fibre,” and the question, “Is it time for a
new social contract for nature?” Ministers and agency heads offered
recommendations for addressing vulnerabilities for land management that
have been exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and options for building back
better.
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The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will
strive to narrow the forest finance gap by helping to strengthen
public-private roots of climate cooperation during the World Forestry
Congress which opens today in South Korea.
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The Resilient Food Systems (RFS)
program is one of three Integrated Approach Pilot programs financed by
the GEF during the sixth replenishment cycle (GEF-6). In 2021, the RFS
program made significant progress toward enhancing the long-term
resilience and sustainability of smallholder farming systems in
sub-Saharan Africa. The 2021 Programme Highlights showcases the
achievements and innovations of the RFS regional partners, country
project teams and beneficiary communities across 12 targeted countries.
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Despite the urgency of the climate
crisis and the importance of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
from land use and forestry, some Members of the European Parliament
(MEPs), Member States and private actors continue to try to downgrade
climate ambition. In upcoming votes about the proposed Land Use, Land
Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) Regulation, there are hopes that the
European Parliament will set a more positive course.
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The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will
strive to narrow the forest finance gap by helping to strengthen
public-private roots of climate cooperation during the World Forestry
Congress which opens today in South Korea.
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The Board of Directors of the ATIBT
validated the membership application of this trading and sawing Gilmour
& Aitken Ltd are suppliers and stock holders of a comprehensive
range of high quality sawn and engineered hardwood and softwood timber
products. Established in 1852 and now in its 5th generation, the
business prides itself on its product expertise, stock range and
customer service.
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Join this discussion on Calls for a
“Fair Deal” that addresses the protection, sustainable use, and good
governance of the central African Forest ecosystems of the Congo basin
by the riparian countries of COMIFAC in exchange for an adequate share
of international climate and biodiversity funds. Wednesday 4th May 2022,
SEOUL, 5:30 PM KST - 7:00 PM KST Where: Room. E5. Third floor.
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This new video explains the EU’s proposed new Regulation on
deforestation-free products, which aims to reduce the risk that products
on the EU market have caused forest destruction and human rights
impacts. It also explains the issues at stake and the loopholes that
need to be closed over the next few months, as the Regulation is
discussed by the European Parliament and the Council.
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The Green Climate Fund (GCF) will
strive to narrow the forest finance gap by helping to strengthen
public-private roots of climate cooperation during the World Forestry
Congress which opens today in South Korea.
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CIFOR-ICRAF scientists will join the
global forestry community at the World Forestry Congress to discuss the
state and future of world forestry, particularly in the context of the
recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, while striving to achieve the
Sustainable Development Goals. The Congress will focus on defining the
role of forests in the global developmental agenda (2030 Agenda) and
other major agreements including the Global Forest Goals, Paris
Agreement and post-2020 global biodiversity framework, and identify key
measures necessary for the forest sector to adjust to the new reality
and help ‘build back better’.
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During the recent Global Forest Summit,
I was asked whether humans were responsible for the various crises we
are facing: biodiversity loss; climate change; growing inequalities;
unsustainable value chains and food systems. I was also asked to share
my views on the depth of these issues and whether we can change many of
the fundamental ways we behave quickly enough to avoid the collapse of
civilization as we know it.
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The Resilient Food Systems (RFS)
program is one of three Integrated Approach Pilot programs financed by
the GEF during the sixth replenishment cycle (GEF-6). In 2021, the RFS
program made significant progress toward enhancing the long-term
resilience and sustainability of smallholder farming systems in
sub-Saharan Africa. The 2021 Programme Highlights showcases the
achievements and innovations of the RFS regional partners, country
project teams and beneficiary communities across 12 targeted countries.
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The Food and Agriculture Organization
of the UN (FAO) has launched its biennial flagship report on the state
of the world’s forests (SOFO), which explores three intertwined forest
pathways to achieve green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic while
tackling climate change and biodiversity loss, among other
“multidimensional planetary crises.”
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A consortium of investigative
journalists in Liberia are shining a spotlight on the country’s forest
sector – with some remarkable results. Starting at 4pm every Thursday,
one of Liberia’s best-known radio stations, OK FM 99.5, broadcasts a
live one-hour show that’s possibly the only one of its kind in the
world.
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Without urgent action to curb global
warming, limiting temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius above
pre-industrial levels will be impossible, says a new report from the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The rate of
planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions has slowed since peaking between
2010 and 2019, but overall, they are at their highest levels.
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From the likes of Jane Goodall and
Wangari Maathai, to Greta Thunberg, women across the generations have
inspired the world to improve environmental conservation efforts. Their
work has crossed new boundaries, led to social transformations and, in
the case of Maathai — who initiated a major tree planting and women’s
rights movement — led to a Nobel Peace Prize
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change’s working group on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
(WGIII) met to finalize a summary of its latest report, which targets
policymakers. Convening online, the 56th session of the IPCC (IPCC-56)
and WGIII-14 met from 21 March-4 April 2022, concluding three days after
its scheduled end.
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Convening under the theme “Building a
Green, Healthy and Resilient Future with Forests,” the Fifteenth meeting
of the World Forestry Congress (XV WFC) sought to define the role of
forests in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and other major
agreements, including the Global Forest Goals, the Paris Agreement on
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In the latest assessment by the U.N.
climate science panel, experts emphasized the potential benefits of
natural solutions to combat global warming, especially land-based
mitigation. The report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change says that even if current national climate commitments are met,
they will not effectively limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius beyond
pre-industrial averages.
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As world leaders, the private sector,
and experts met for the final day of the 15th World Forestry Congress on
Friday and the United Nations Forum on Forests begins today, fulfilling
funding promises made during UNFCCC’s CoP26 to tackle the illegal
timber trade and accelerating the implementation of sustainability
strategies must be at the top of the agenda says TRAFFIC. |
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Welfare support for forest and farm
producers has become even more important in the wake of the COVID-19
pandemic, as it wrecked economies and livelihoods across the globe. But
the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) has stepped up to the plate. Over the
course of 2021, more than 56,000 forest and farm producers in Africa,
Asia and Latin America received food aid, hygiene products or government
social protection schemes thanks to the work of FFF-supported forest
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The agreed outcome of the 2022 UN
High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) is under
discussion among UN Member States in “zero draft” form. The next
consultation on the draft Ministerial Declaration will convene on 22
April in the ECOSOC chamber. The co-facilitators for consultations on
the Ministerial Declaration of the 2022 HLPF and 2022 session of the UN
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) – the permanent representatives of
Italy and Nauru – circulated the draft on 14 April. The zero draft is
based on inputs from delegations in writing and during a meeting on 4
April 2022.
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Delegates at the 15th meeting of the
World Forestry Congress (XV WFC) called for immediate action to protect
forests, forestry, and forest stakeholders as providers of nature-based
solutions to climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation,
hunger, and poverty. They encouraged “actions for a green, healthy and
resilient future with forests” as a contribution to the SDGs, the UN
Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, the post-2020 global biodiversity
framework, and a green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Regional sustainable development forums
have convened for the Asia-Pacific and European regions, completing the
series of preparatory events in each region ahead of the 2022 UN
High-level Political Forum for Sustainable Development (HLPF). The
Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) took place from
28-31 March 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand, followed by the Regional Forum on
Sustainable Development for the UN Economic Commission for Europe
(UNECE) region, from 6-7 April held in Geneva, Switzerland and
virtually.
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The Arab Forum for Sustainable
Development 2022 convened in Beirut, Lebanon to review progress towards
the 2030 Agenda in the Arab region. Challenges facing women, youth, and
displaced people were highlighted in opening statements and in the
annual report on the region’s SDG progress. Discussions also pointed to
Egypt’s hosting of the next Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 27) as
an opportunity to emphasize climate adaptation and financing for
adaptation.
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The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed
an implementation agreement to scale up climate action across 13
African countries soon after the new funding programme was approved by
the GCF Board. The programme, implemented by the International Fund for
Agricultural Development (IFAD), empowers African national and local
banks to direct funds to help farmers cope with increasingly erratic
climate effects while also reducing farming emissions.
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The Green Climate Fund’s (GCF’s) first
private sector support for the blue economy has taken a step further in
bolstering coral reefs from the climate crisis. GCF has signed a funded
activity agreement with Pegasus Capital Advisors to unlock USD 125
million of GCF investments in the Global Fund for Coral Reef, an
innovative programme which harnesses private sector finances to increase
the resilience of coral reefs.
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To get back on track to limit global
warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius in line with the goals of the Paris
Agreement, a profound step up in political commitments and financing is
needed, especially for climate action in developing countries being hit
hard by the impacts of climate change. This year’s Earth Day highlights
the critical need for investing in our planet to forge partnerships NOW
and accelerate the shift towards low emission, climate-resilient
development.
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On 22 March 2022, the Green Climate
Fund (GCF) launched the new Digital Accreditation Platform (DAP). GCF is
a country-driven partnership institution, and the DAP comes as part of
GCF’s digital transformation efforts to bridge gaps and transform
business processes with GCF’s partner ecosystem. The DAP replaces the
custom-built Online Accreditation System, which has been used since
2014, to support the accreditation of GCF’s partners.
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The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board has
approved major changes to its accreditation framework to streamline
access to climate finance at its 31st Board meeting, which concluded
today. The changes will enhance and accelerate access to finance by
developing countries, including through the creation of a new, one-step
process to fund climate projects. The Board also allocated USD 187.7
million of new GCF resources for climate action, increasing its
portfolio to USD 10.2 billion.
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The Programme for Promotion of
Certified Forest Operations (PPECF) has commissioned environmental and
sustainable forest management consultancy TEREA to develop greenhouse
gas (GHG) and forest carbon stock level measuring tools for concession
managers operating to the PAFC Congo Basin certification standard. The
ATIBT relays this information produced within the framework of the STTC -
Fair&Precious newsletter.
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The Global Environment Facility, which
serves as the financial mechanism for the implementation of the
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, has announced a
substantial increase in funding, which includes a welcomed increase for
issues pertaining to chemicals and waste. With 15 percent of the total
allocation of funding allocated to the chemicals and waste focal area,
the GEF replenishment signals the key role that chemicals and waste
management plays in resolving the triple environmental planetary crisis
of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.
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Negotiations on the eighth
replenishment of the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund (GEF-8)
concluded with pledges from 29 countries to contribute USD 5.25 billion
during the next four-year operating cycle.The total pledges represent an
increase of nearly 30 percent compared to GEF-7.Negotiations on GEF-8
began in February 2022 and concluded on 8 April 2022. The talks took
place virtually, due to the global pandemic. Over the course of six
on-line sessions, contributing participants reviewed the GEF’s
performance and evaluated progress, assessed future funding needs, and
agreed on a financing framework for new financing commitments for the
period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2026.
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Researchers have long agreed that
fixing the challenges surrounding the way land and resources are used
and managed requires collaboration. But getting it right is not easy.
Our new paper published in the journal World Development examines what
Indigenous Peoples and local communities (abbreviated as IPLCs) and
marginalized actors within those groups (e.g. Indigenous and local
community women) think about the “multi-stakeholder forums” they are
engaged in and their potential for equitable change.
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The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has signed
an implementation agreement to scale up climate action across 13
African countries soon after the new funding programme was approved by
the GCF Board. The programme, implemented by the International Fund for
Agricultural Development (IFAD), empowers African national and local
banks to direct funds to help farmers cope with increasingly erratic
climate effects while also reducing farming emissions.
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Tune in today April 8 at 8 AM PST/ 11AM
EST as EcoAgriculture Partners' President and CEO Sara Scherr joins a
panel of social impact and investing experts at the 2022 virtual Skoll
World Forum. Their session, Shifting Money and Control to Local Communities for Climate Action, will explore how innovations in landscape financing can directly deliver funds to the local communities who need it most.
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Thoroughly investigating corruption in a
wildlife crime court case can disrupt organized criminal groups to a
greater extent by potentially identifying higher-level individuals for
investigation, arrest, conviction, and appropriate sentencing.
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Nature restoration can be a mighty ally
in efforts to achieve climate targets, and the EU and its Member States
have two upcoming opportunities to add substantive targets with
compelling timelines to their restoration plans. One is the Land Use,
Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) Regulation revision (the European
Parliament ENVI Committee is expected to vote on the Parliament’s
position on 28 April 2022), and the other is the upcoming EU Nature
Restoration Law proposal (expected March 2022).
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LA HERRADURA, Spain (AP) “Herders and
farmers have their feet on the ground, but their eyes on the sky.” The
old
saying is still popular in Spain’s rural communities who, faced with
recurrent droughts, have historically paraded sculptures of saints to
pray for rain.
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More than $5 billion has been pledged
by twenty-nine countries for the Global Environment Facility, providing a
major boost to international efforts to protect biodiversity and curb
threats from climate change, plastics, and toxic chemicals through
collaboration action this decade. Announced on April 8, the support
totals $5.25 billion and increases the GEF’s funding by nearly 30
percent compared to its most recent four-year operating cycle.
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The European Commission adopted a
proposal on requiring EU companies to conduct “due diligence” processes
related to their human rights and environmental impacts. Some businesses
would also be required to align their business strategies with limiting
global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The directive also extends to
companies’ subsidiaries and value chains.
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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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GENEVA, Apr 4 – In 2010-2019 average
annual global greenhouse gas emissions were at their highest levels in
human history, but the rate of growth has slowed. Without immediate and
deep emissions reductions across all sectors, limiting global warming to
1.5°C is beyond reach. However, there is increasing evidence of climate
action, said scientists in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) report released today.
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ATIBT relays here the press release
published on the website of the Olam Agri group, and congratulates the
CIB for its commitment in the certification! Brazzaville, Congo -
Congolaise Industrielle des Bois (CIB), a subsidiary of Olam Agri, has
become the first company in Africa to complete a Forest Stewardship
Council™(FSC™) certified project with the construction of a restaurant
for employees of the Wildlife Conservation Society Congo (WCS) and
Fondation Nouabale Ndoki (FNN). |
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PeaceNexus
is launching a call for proposals on integrating conflict sensitivity in
environmental organizations. The PeaceNexus Foundation invites applications
from international organizations with a mission focused on the environment,
conservation, biodiversity protection, or climate for support in conflict
sensitivity. The call is open until Tuesday, June 21, 2022.
Notice of
the recruitment of the Administrative and Financial Manager of the Lac Télé
project financed by the GEF 7. This recruitment is made by the Ministry of
Environment, Sustainable Development and Congo Basin, as the Ministry is the
Executing Agency of this project. The deadline for the vacancy is June 16,
2022.
Notice of
the recruitment of the Monitoring and Evaluation Expert of the Lac Télé project
financed by the GEF 7. This recruitment is made by the Ministry of Environment,
Sustainable Development and the Congo Basin, as the Ministry is the Executing
Agency of this project. The deadline for the vacancy is June 16, 2022.
Notice of
the recruitment of the Communication Expert for the Lac Tele project financed
by the GEF 7. This recruitment is made by the Ministry of Environment,
Sustainable Development and the Congo Basin, as the Ministry is the Executing
Agency of this project. The deadline for the vacancy is June 16, 2022.
Notice of
the recruitment of the National Director for the Lac Télé project financed by
the GEF 7. This recruitment is made by the Ministry of Environment, Sustainable
Development and Congo Basin, as the Ministry is the Executing Agency of this
project. The deadline for the vacancy is June 16, 2022.
Vacancy
notice for the Principal Technical Advisor for the Lac Tele project financed by
GEF 7. This recruitment is made by the Ministry of Environment, Sustainable
Development and the Congo Basin, as the Ministry is the Executing Agency of
this project. The deadline for the vacancy is June 16, 2022.
The Community
Conservation Lead will work closely with the Program Manager and Reserve
Director to implement OWR’s community conservation strategy. They will ensure a
community-based approach to the reduction of biodiversity threats in the OWR
and its buffer zone. Interested candidates, who meet the above qualifications,
skills and experience, should through by May 31, 2022.
For our country
programme office in Cameroon, we are looking for a dynamic and committed Senior
Project Finance Analyst responsible for proper monitoring, reporting and
process administration associated with financial deliveries related to
aspecific portfolio of projects. Deadline for applications: 31st May 2022.
For our country
programme office in Cameroon, we are looking for a dynamic and committed People
& Culture Assistant who will provide support to HR development activities.
Deadline for applications: 31st May 2022.
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