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The CBFP Facilitator of the Federal
Republic of Germany, the Honorable Dr Christian Ruck, paid a working
visit to the DRC from 07 to 14 October 2020 and to Cameroon from 15 to
22 October 2020.
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From 19 to 22 October 2020 - Yaoundé -
The Facilitator of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Honorable Dr
Christian Ruck is visiting Cameroon as part of his first sub-regional
tour.
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The meeting of the West Bloc Coordination Platform will hold on 26
January 2021. Such was the conclusion of the meeting of partners and
countries of the West Bloc Coordination Platform for monitoring the
implementation of the N’Djaména Declaration.
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22 October 2020, Yaoundé: The CBFP
Facilitation team headed by the CBFP Facilitator of the Federal Republic
of Germany, the Honourable Dr Christian Ruck visited the COMIFAC
executive secretariat in Yaoundé, for a discussion and work meeting.
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Tuesday, 20 October 2020: The CBFP
Facilitator of the Republic of Germany, the Honorable Dr Christian RUCK
and the Permanent Secretary of OCFSA, Dr Ibrahim LINJOUOM, met for a
working session at the offices of the German Regional Cooperation in
Cameroon.
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Monday, 19 October 2020, Hotel La
Falaise, Yaoundé - the CBFP Facilitation team led by the Honorable Dr.
Christian RUCK, the CBFP Facilitator of the Federal Republic of Germany
held discussions with civil society.
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A roadmap to develop national energy
policy and clean cooking marks the launch of a key reform for the
partnership between CAFI and the DRC. The people of the DRC heavily rely
on wood energy as cooking energy.
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The Congo Basin Climate Commission
(CBCC) is launching a Call for Expression of Interest (CEI) for the
selection of a Development Bank in charge of opening and managing a
"Blue Fund for the Congo Basin" financing line. |
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All ATIBT members, regardless of their
status, are reminded that they can become partners of the brand simply
as members of the Association.Created in November 2017 at the initiative
of the International Tropical Timber Technical Association (ATIBT), and
with the support of AFD and KfW, Fair&Precious is a collective and
collaborative brand.
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GENEVA, 7 October 2020 – Revising the
operating procedures of the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) is
an endeavour that started earlier this year and has just received
valuable recommendations from a new report by Transparency International
(TI). Acknowledging the work achieved on transparency and integrity
while identifying areas for improvement, the report released today by TI
provides useful input into the process.
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Within the framework of the realization
of its projects, the ATIBT and its partners present you a directory
guide to accompany the forest companies in the assembly of plantation
project.
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The UNCCD Executive Secretary Mr.
Ibrahim Thiaw held a virtual meeting with the Minister of Environment
and Natural Resources of Nicaragua Ms. Sumaya Castillo, the Executive
Secretary of the Central American Commission for Environment and
Development (CCAD) Mr. Salvador Nieto, and the special envoy for LAC,
Mr. Edgar Gutierrez, to discuss a future cooperation cooperation
agreement and review land restoration activities in the region.
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Gabon is pursuing a low-carbon
development strategy that optimizes economic goals while preserving
forests and their ecosystems. The country has therefore committed to
reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50% within 2025 through sustainable
land-use. Tackling forest degradation, often a result of illegal logging, is essential to reducing Gabon's carbon emissions, as such degradation accounts for 50-80% of the country's total emissions.
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To read: Regulation on the social
contract clause agreement forest concession in DRC; New partners for the
brand Fair&Precious; Interholco, member of ATIBT publishes
sustainability report….
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This white paper aims to provide
Northern and Southern Development partners and decision- makers with a
better understanding of: a) why spillover of disease from wildlife to
humans occurs, and why these zoonotic disease outbreaks can spread and
become epidemics and pandemics such as COVID-19; b) what they can do to
prevent, detect and respond to future spillover events, with a special
focus on priority interventions at the human–wildlife–livestock
interfaces.
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Within the framework of the
FLEGT-Certification program of ATIBT, the UFIGA requested and directed
the realization of a review of the situation of the VPA FLEGT process in
Gabon in order to contribute to an effective resumption of negotiations
of the VPA FLEGT process.
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The session will interactively present
the different tools available for policymakers, researchers, NGOs,
donors, private sector and students working in the region to obtain
information related to biodiversity and forest management.
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This policy brief provides
decision-makers with a set of actionable recommendations1 that can be
implemented to prevent future epidemics caused by the spillover of
diseases from wildlife and wild meat.
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We planted about 8,000 trees within a
20ha area in an effort to restore degraded forest within the
agricultural zone in DSPA. Funding for this restoration project was
provided by the Peter and Luise Hager Foundation (Peter und Luise Hager-
Stiftung) through WWF Germany. We also maintained previously planted
trees.
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Bonn, Germany/Laxenburg Austria – UNCCD
and the International institute of applied systems analysis (IIASA)
signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on 30 September 2020 to
promote the application of integrated system analyses in support of
science, technology and UNCCD implementation. This MoU builds on shared
priorities and strategic vision of both institutions to advance
transformational changes that help achieve sustainable development
goals, in particularly SDG15.3 on Land degradation Neutrality.
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A High-level Roundtable on Climate
Action, convened by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, showcased
high-impact climate solutions and targets by governments, the finance
sector, and civil society.
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Around 40 kilometers south-west of the
Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, native and exotic trees stand side by
side on 8 hectares of the Suba Forest. Surrounded by tall junipers and
idyllic mountains, this group of seed orchards is just one of many that
serve as incubators for the country’s impressive landscape restoration
efforts.
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From action on climate, biodiversity,
health, gender equality and more, world leaders, academics, young
activists and others turned their attention to the United Nations in
September with the need to work together for a sustainable future a
common refrain. |
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5 October 2020, Rome – FAO has launched
a new publication highlighting the major achievements of the FAO
Forestry Programme in helping improve lives and livelihoods while making
forestry more productive and sustainable.
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The first UN Biodiversity Summit
highlighted the urgency of action at the highest levels in support of a
post-2020 global biodiversity framework that contributes to the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development and places the global community on a
path towards “living in harmony with nature” – the 2050 Vision for
Biodiversity.
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The choice is simple: accept
devastating wildfires, extreme weather, species loss, and disease
outbreaks or secure a sustainable future at a fraction of the cost.
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The aim of new guidelines published by
ITTO on 5 October 2020 is to help stakeholders—from policymakers to
foresters and farmers—in restoring degraded landscapes, thereby
providing vital goods and ecosystem services and creating sustainable
rural livelihoods and employment.
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5 October 2020, Rome - Transformational
change is needed in the way we manage our forests and their
biodiversity, produce and consume our foods and interact with nature, if
we want to build back better after the COVID-19 pandemic and achieve
the Sustainable Development Goals. This was the key message of a speech
delivered today by FAO Director-General QU Dongyu at the 25th session of
the Committee on Forestry (COFO).
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Our forest elephant dung-based
distance-sampling survey of the 5,260 km2 World Heritage Dja Faunal
Reserve (DFR) in Cameroon systematically covered 298.2 km of line
transects with a further 1,681.4 km covered as recces. The population
estimates of 0.042 individuals/km2 (CV: 19.4%; 95% CI: 0.029–0.061) and
219 individuals (95% CI: 150–319) confirmed a significant decline over
recent years. |
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...A possible pathway to overcome this
barrier involves eliciting mental models behind policy decisions to
allow better representation of human agency, changing perspectives to
better understand divergent points of view, and refining strategies
through explicit theories of change. Games can help decision makers in
all of these tasks.
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Read: FLEGT-IP and FLEGT-REDD Project
Workshop SPIB - ATIBT "Traceability and Forest Certification of Wood";
ATIBT welcomes its new member Francisco Mourao; FSC Publishes The
Revised National Forest Stewardship Standard of Cameroon.
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To read: Calling all employees of UN Global Compact companies; UN
steps up for seafarers as global supply chain slows; Thailand plans 998
sustainability projects by 2030...
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Guterres and other speakers at the
Summit, held in a socially distanced UN Headquarters with Heads of State
and Government and Ministers joining virtually, expressed concern that
none of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets will be met by the 2020 deadline.
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“When different players – be they an
individual, organization, business or government – take action bound by a
common cause, we are all energized, and our vision is brought that much
closer to reality.”
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This book addresses this gap and also
highlights how there are significant, demonstrable differences in
masculinities from forest to forest.
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France, Germany and UK among more than
60 countries promising to put wildlife and climate at heart of
post-Covid recovery plans. World leaders have pledged to clamp down on
pollution, embrace sustainable economic systems and eliminate the
dumping of plastic waste in oceans by the middle of the century as part
of “meaningful action” to halt the destruction of nature on Earth.
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In the lead-up to 2020, the year was
being hailed as the “super year for nature” by the global science
community. At last, biodiversity would be pushed to the top of policy
agendas by a relay of major summits, conventions and new initiatives
focused on the saving the planet’s declining variety of life.
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The Convention on Biological Diversity
(CBD) Special Virtual Sessions convened on Wednesday, 16 September, from
7:00-9:00 am EDT (UTC-4:00). These virtual sessions of the CBD’s
Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice
(SBSTTA) and Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI) provide the
opportunity for the presentation of information and for statements by
parties and observers.
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" Welcome to our sixth report. These
are challenging times. Many people are more or less forced to work from
home and most meetings are online. We do our best to ensure that the
current projects continue as much as possible..."
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Despite the tremendous strains and
related fallout from the global pandemic, private sector investors
particularly those in advanced economies have ramped up their
commitments this year to help contain and adapt to the effects of
climate change.
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The head of the Green Climate Fund
(GCF) on Thursday called for a global Green New Deal in which redirected
financial flows usher in an age of sustainable, post-pandemic growth
that takes the heat out of dangerous planetary warming.
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The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has
achieved a milestone in its mission to progress climate action in
developing countries with pledges to GCF’s first replenishment now
reaching over USD 10 billion.
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A high-profile group of heads of
states, government ministers and UN representatives called today for
global solidarity to scale up action to address the devastating impacts
of climate change in developing countries amid the COVID-19 crisis.
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Intensive training for young scientists
demonstrates key angle of capacity development and value of investments
for longer term returns. For a group of students in the Democratic
Republic of Congo, university learning took on a whole new dimension
when they were selected to participate in an innovative capacity
development program involving the University of Kisangani (UNIKIS),
Forests and Climate Change in the Congo (FCCC) and supported by
scientists from CIFOR, ICRAF, CIRAD...
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In contrast to other regions of the
world, Africa could soon become the continent of deforestation, with DRC
losing more than 1 million ha of tree cover per year. In Central
Africa, small-scale agriculture is the main driver of deforestation.
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AWF seeks
to hire a Country Manager who will be responsible for providing overall
leadership, strategic focus, management and accountability for AWF's programs
in Cameroon. He/she will be expected to maintain strong lines of communication
with several other senior management positions, particularly on program,
policy, strategy, fundraising, impact and species protection programmes.
The World
Wide Fund (WWF) seeks to recruit an Environmental and Social Safeguarding
Coordinator who will assist in championing the development and implementation
process of Environmental and Social Safeguards (ESS) guidelines, framework,
projects and programme as well as promote Social Policies across all
programmes. In addition, he/she will support other staff regarding social
screening of programmes and capacity building of WWF Kenya staff and
partners. Closing date: 18th November 2020.
WRI Africa
is seeking a highly motivated, experienced, and visionary Agricultural
Sustainability Expert. In this position, he/she will execute a project that
aims at a broader, systemic shift toward the more widespread adoption of
sustainable and regenerative agricultural technologies and practices that
balance the economic, environmental, and social aspects of farming and create a
resilient farming system in Ethiopia.
WCS is seeking
a Regional Forests and Climate Change Lead to provide technical and program
development support in the implementation of WCS's climate change and forest
protection strategy in the Congo Basin. Application Deadline: 30
November 2020.
"For our DRC office, we are looking for a dynamic and committed
Program Coordinator, Human Rights who will contribute to the growth of our
program (financed by the German Ministry for Development Cooperation, BMZ) in
Democratic Republic of Congo and Central Africa" . Deadline for
applications: 21 November 2020.
Under the supervision of the Regional Biomonitoring Coordinator, and in
close collaboration with the Congo Basin Biomonitoring Officer, the national
teams and field projects, the Congo Basin Biomonitoring Intern will mainly
focus on SMART (Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool) approach data
compilation and reporting at regional level. Deadline for applications: 20th
November 2020.
This
position provides support to the management of the Central Africa project
portfolio to ensure that project implementing teams operate effectively, on
time and according to donor requirements. The Assistant Officer -
Administrative and Project Support will work closely with Project Managers,
Finance, the Global Project Support Unit in Cambridge, and wider project
implementation teams. He/She is a key internal contact point for implementation
and reporting issues. Closing date: 22 November 2020.
The Congo
Basin Climate Commission (CBCC) is launching a Call for Expression of Interest
(CEI) for the selection of a Development Bank in charge of opening and managing
a "Blue Fund for the Congo Basin" financing line. Complete Expression
of Interest files should be sent later than January 04, 2021 at 3 p.m.,
Brazzaville time.
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