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The Tropical Forest Symposium is
therefore aimed at policy makers (in Germany and abroad), the German and
international (expert) public as well as at tropical forest countries
and donor nations. Please find the invitation to the Tropical Forest
Symposium, which you can follow online on September 8th, from 10:00 a.m.
to 1:00 p.m CEST.
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Berlin, August 05, 2021, Sweden has officially joined the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP). In this connection, Sweden
believes its activities in Africa fall in line with the principles
outlined in the cooperation framework of CBFP members and COMIFAC’s
convergence plan with which it has familiarised itself, aimed at
promoting sustainable management of ecosystems and conservation of
biodiversity in Central Africa.
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Federal Republic of Germany CBFP Facilitator gives a new impetus to the
implementation of the N'Djaména Declaration - Douala (Cameroon) - 12 to
15 July 2002, an Expert follow-up meeting to the N’Djamena Conference
was held to develop country investment plans geared towards
transboundary transhumance, zoonoses, the fight against transboundary
poaching, security and sustainable development between the Sahel and the
Congo Basin.
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The issues related to the assumption by the Democratic
Republic of Congo of the rotating presidency, in 2022, of the Economic
Community of Central African States (ECCAS), were discussed during the
exchanges that President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo had, this Monday,
August 2, 2021 at the Cité de l'Union Africaine, with Mr. Gilberto Da Piedade
Verrissimo, President of the Commission of this sub-regional economic
organization.
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following organizations have been granted the status of Executing Agency of the
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS): the Conference on Dense
and Humid Forest Ecosystems of Central Africa (CEFDHAC) with headquarters in
Yaoundé, Republic of Cameroon; the International Forum on Green Business with
headquarters in Pointe Noire, Republic of Congo...
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Congolese President, Denis Sassou N'Guesso, exchanged last Tuesday in
Brazzaville with the facilitator of the Federal Republic of Germany in the
Congo Basin Forest Partnership, Christian Ruck. The exchanges focused on the
26th annual UN Climate Change Conference (Cop26), scheduled for November 1-12
in Glasgow, Scotland.
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The
Minister of Environment, Sustainable Development and the Congo Basin Arlette
SOUDAN-NONAULT, received in audience, this Tuesday, July 13, 2021, Dr.
Christian RUCK, facilitator of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP).
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The
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) redefines forest and deforestation
for the well-being of humanity and nature. Central Africa has a forest cover of
314 million hectares. Rich in wildlife (from rare butterflies to elephants and
great apes), forests also provide food, water and shelter for more than 180
million people, and are a huge carbon sink. Despite their enormous importance
to humanity, the forests of the Congo Basin are threatened by unsustainable
exploitation of their resources.
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Brazzaville, the capital of the
Republic of Congo, hosted a series of three workshops from 14 to 25 June
2021 at the Hotel PEFACO Maya Maya. The first workshop focused on the
planning and consultation of the Network of Young Leaders for the
Sustainable Management of Central African Forest Ecosystems (REJEFAC),
the second on the Network of Parliamentarians for the Sustainable
Management of Central African Forest Ecosystems (REPAR) and the third on
the African Women's Network for Sustainable Development (REFADD).
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Central Africa currently has more than
200 protected areas covering a total of 800 000 km², or twice the size
of Cameroon. Across the 10 countries of the region, the number and size
of protected areas have doubled in the last 20 years.
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The French Ministry of Europe and
Foreign Affairs is pleased to invite you, in person or virtually, to the
event organized on Wednesday 8 September at 6.30 p.m. at the French
Pavilion on the occasion of the IUCN World Congress in Marseille:
"Alliance for the conservation of rainforests".
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The French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, The Gabonese
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The National Group for Rainforests, the
French Advisers for Foreign Trade and Africa Business Forum, Institut
Choiseul, all supporting the Alliance for the Conservation of
Rainforests, request the pleasure of your participation, during the IUCN
World Congress in Marseille, to the event they jointly organize on
Monday, September 6 at 5pm on the French pavilion, in person and
virtually : "Creation of a Business Forum for implementation of
sustainable value chains in Africa".
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Results of the work of the geographical block WEST. Please download the Document here below:
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Results of the work of the geographical block WEST. Please download the Document here below:
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Results of the work of the geographical block CENTER. Please download the Document here below:
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The Least Developed Countries Fund, the
only dedicated source of climate adaptation support for the world’s
smallest and most vulnerable economies, will provide more than $60
million to address urgent needs in Bhutan, Central African Republic,
Eritrea, Kiribati, Lesotho, Somalia, and Timor-Leste under its latest
work program.
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The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board at
its twenty-ninth meeting, has allocated USD 500 million in GCF resources
for new climate projects, and taken significant steps to strengthen
results management for its growing portfolio. During the meeting, four
(04) new climate projects were approved and will mobilise a total sum of
USD 2,949 million for climate action in Africa, Asia, and Latin
America, with three of the four new projects targeting support to the
most vulnerable countries including Least Developed Countries, Small
Island Developing States, and African states.
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Joseph Dion Ngute's decision was signed
on May 5, 2021. This is the culmination of a case that captivated the
nation’s attention in August 2020. In a decree signed on May 5, 2021,
Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute repealed another decree, dating back
from 2016, signed at the time by his predecessor, Philemon Yang,
expropriating 66,340 hectares of land in the Ntem Valley, South Region.
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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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Indigenous territories in the Bolivian,
Brazilian and Colombian Amazon avoid between 42.8 million and 59.7
million metric tons of CO2 emissions per year. To commemorate the
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, David Kaimowitz
explains why it’s time to join forces with indigenous peoples for the
good of the planet.
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CBFP Facilitator of the Federal
Republic of Germany, Honorable Dr. Christian Ruck, undertook a mission
in Gabon from the 9th to the 14th of May 2021. Dr Christian Ruck met in
turn with: the Prime Minister; the Minister Delegate for Water, Forests,
the Sea and the Environment; the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock,
Fisheries and Food; the Vice-President of the ECCAS Commission; the
Commissioner for the Environment, Natural Resources, Agriculture and
Rural Development; the National Climate Council... |
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On 17 February this year, Aruká Juma,
the last elder of the Juma people in Brazil’s Amazonian rainforest, died
of COVID-19. According to NGO Instituto Socioambiental, he is
one of more than a thousand indigenous people to have died from the
virus in Brazil, where COVID-19 has affected more than 150 native
groups.
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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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The dynamics of the CBFP in Cameroon,
how to enhance the conservation and sustainable management of the
forests of the Congo Basin while preserving their vital role for the
regional and global climate were at the heart of the political (MINFOF,
MINFI, MINEPAT, parliamentarians) and technical discussions.
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Video Conference - May 20, 2021. The
CBFP private sector college held a special meeting. Moderated by the
Co-Leader of the CBFP private sector college, Ms. Jacqueline Van de Pol
(ATIBT), the meeting gathered close to twenty participants.
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The meeting held on Monday 3rd May 2021
at the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife of Cameroon. The Facilitator
thanked the Ministry for the positive response it had given to the
Declaration of the ECCAS/COMIFAC countries for the forests of the Congo
Basin and its periphery.
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During his mission to Gabon from 09 to
14 May 2021, the CBFP Facilitator of the Federal Republic of Germany,
Honorable Dr. Christian Ruck, had a working session with Gabonese civil
society accompanied by the German Ambassador to Gabon.
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As the CBFP announced on its website,
it will be managed until 2022 by the Facilitation team of the Federal
Republic of Germany with Honourable Dr Christian Ruck serving as
Facilitator, assisted by the Co-Facilitator, Minister Raymond Mbitikon
of the Central African Republic. The Facilitation’s mandate was
originally scheduled to end in 2021.
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Thursday, 06 May 2021: Starting from
11:45 am, a luncheon was held in the Safoutier Hall of the Hilton Hotel
between the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) Facilitator of the
Federal Republic of Germany and the Cameroonian Delegation of the
Network of Parliamentarians for Sustainable Management of Forest
Ecosystems in Central Africa (REPAR-Cameroon).
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Ensuring sustainable consumption and
production patterns has been one of the greatest global challenges over
the past fifty years. With the adoption of Sustainable Development Goal
12, “Ensure sustainable consumption and production,” and rising interest
in the circular economy model, there is an opportunity to set
systems-wide goals for all societies, recognizing that key drivers and
solutions lie in our economic, financial and governance decision-making. |
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| | | Call for applications for international internships in Cameroon 2021-2022 -ADD
This program aims to educate for global citizenship by creating spaces for people and organizations to learn and develop their potential as global actors who contribute to the sustainable and equitable development of their community, country and world. Applications are received exclusively by email from August 10 to September 30, 2021 at midnight.
In this
role, you will work with 6 cities in Rwanda, Ethiopia, and South Africa to
recommend and develop finance and funding strategies for urban water resilience
projects in those geographic contexts. You will work closely with the Project
Lead and city stakeholders to identify priority projects in each city and
conduct the needed research to identify investment opportunities and financing
strategies for 1-2 priority urban water initiatives in each city.
Study Days in Wood Science and Technology (ENEF Gabon)Under the theme: "State of the Art, Industrial Potential and Valorization of the Biomass of the Congo Basin", the Laboratory of Research and Valorization of Wood Material (LaReVaBois) organizes from 3 to 5 November 2021 in Libreville, Gabon, the 2nd Study Days in Wood Science and Technology. Abstracts for the calls for applications are expected from 28 to 15 September and registrations are set for 15 September 2021.
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