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In a declaration issued at the end of the Summit of the world's three
great basins of the Amazon, the Congo and Borneo-Mekong on Saturday 28
October 2023 in Brazzaville, the Heads of State and Government
undertook, among other things, to: to strengthen cooperation between the
three basins, which are home to 80% of the world's tropical forests and
two-thirds of terrestrial biodiversity; to recognise the unity of
enhanced cooperation between the three basins; to recognise the
sovereign management of biodiversity, forests and associated resources
by the countries that make up the three basins; to pool and capitalise
on the knowledge, experience, resources and achievements existing in
each of the basins...
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| On Wednesday 25 October 2023, at 7pm, the French Embassy in Brazzaville hosted the official signing ceremony for a grant agreement under the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP), in support of the organisation of the Amazon-Congo-Borneo Mekong South-East Asia Three-Basin Summit. The meeting, which took place three months after the handover of the Facilitation from Germany to France and Gabon, and on the eve of the official launch of the Co-Facilitation's activities, was chaired by Ambassador Christophe Guilhou, Co-Facilitator of the CBFP for the French Republic.
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| Brazzaville, 30 October 2023. The official launch of the activities of the France-Gabon Co-Facilitation of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) took place on Thursday 26 October 2023 in Room 6 of the Kintele Conference Centre in Congo Brazzaville. Under the theme "Healthy and abundant forests, sustainable value chains, scientific cooperation", the meeting, which was held at the summit of the world's three major tropical forest basins, aimed to present the strategic axes of the CBFP Roadmap in a simplified and operational format for the period 2023-2025, while emphasising a synergistic partnership approach.
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In a significant move towards enhanced
partnerships and coordination, the United States has officially
announced its intent to join the Central African Forest Initiative
(CAFI) as an Executive Board member. The announcement was made during a
side event of the Three Basins Summit attended by Prime Minister Anatole
Collinet Makosso and Minister of the Environment of Congo-Brazzaville
Arlette Soudan-Nonault. The Summit was held in Brazzaville from October
26-28, 2023.
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The Three Basins Summit took place in Brazzaville from 26 to 28 October 2023. At least ten of the continent's heads of state attended the event. In a press briefing held on his arrival at Melchior Ndadaye International Airport on Sunday 29 October, the President of the Republic of Burundi, His Excellency Evariste Ndayishimiye, stated that in his report presented in his capacity as Chairman of the Central African Forests Commission, COMIFAC, 208 public areas covering 800 hectares were protected and 800 million forests had been preserved...
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| Bangui, Central African Republic, 06 November 2023 - Executive Secretary Hervé MAIDOU and Administrative and Financial Director François DAYANG took part in the funeral of the late Idriss AMIT, Minister of Water, Forests, Hunting and Fishing, who died on 03 November 2023 in Douala, Cameroon.
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The French delegation will be present
during the two weeks of COP28 in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). As well
as taking part in the climate negotiations, it will be running a France
Pavilion throughout the international event, from 30 November to 12
December 2023. The Pavilion will provide a forum for meetings and
discussions on key climate issues, and will offer a wide range of
events, including themed sessions, presentations of public policies and
press events.
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Improved management and conservation
could, by 2030, increase the value of DRC's forest-based ecosystem
services by US$1.76 billion/year8 over the BAU scenario, and by US$3.8
billion/year by 2050. A comparison of net present values of costs and
benefits shows that for every $1 invested today in landscape and forest
restoration, DRC stands to gain $15 in benefits by 2050…
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In 2023, Mongabay is officially
expanding its coverage of environmental and conservation news in Africa
by launching a news bureau dedicated to producing our renowned and
award-winning brand of journalism in both French and English. The new
bureau, Mongabay Africa, will create original reporting on issues
relevant to the conservation of Africa’s wildlife and their habitats,
development pressures and the activities of natural resource industries,
and the impacts of climate change on ecosystems and communities across
the continent.
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The Canada–African Development Bank
Climate Fund (CACF), established to support gender-affirmative climate
change projects in Africa, has approved $36.3 million to two private
sector operations to advance climate adaptation in the African
continent.
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African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN), a
platform for high-level political engagement to advance nutrition in
Africa, has joined two crucial forums for advancing policy dialogue on
agriculture and nutrition in Africa. ALN representatives attended the
commemoration the 14th Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security (ADFNS) and 19th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Partnership Platform (PP).
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The Congo Basin, the world’s
second-largest forest has distinct meteorological characteristics, and
its ecosystem is controlled by complex interactions between many
climatic phenomena that act across scales (Fig. 1). While it receives
little attention compared to the Amazon Basin, due to its location, the
Congo rainforest also contributes to processes responsible for
interhemispheric climatic communications in Africa. At the larger scale,
the basin regulates the global tropical circulation by serving as one
of the world’s most convectively active regions. Therefore, the Basin
offers a unique natural laboratory for climate science explorations and
the implications for people and ecosystems. But, why has this green
heart of Africa been neglected and what should we do about it?.
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On 8 August 2023, twenty-six
restoration practitioners and stakeholders set off from Oloitokitok – a
small town on the green slopes of Kenya’s Mount Kilimanjaro – to
Mbirikani Group Ranch in Kajiado County. There, the Centre for
International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) and
Big Life Foundation were holding a field visit as part of a two-day
learning event on monitoring rangeland restoration – specifically on the
assessment methods, data, and evidence base that is critical for
long-term restoration impact.
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Durban ( South Africa), October 31 to
November 01, 2023– How can we breathe new life and energy into the
Framework Agreement for Peace, Security and Cooperation in the
Democratic Republic of Congo and the Region? The issue was at the heart
of the Regional Retreat on the review of the impact of the Framework
Agreement for Peace, Security and Cooperation on the Democratic Republic
of Congo and the region, and recommendations for revitalization
efforts, held in Durban, South Africa, from October 31 to 01.November 1,
2023.
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To elevate women from the micro to
macro status, the African Union Strategy for Gender Equality and Women’s
Empowerment (GEWE) outlines the pathways to achieve the holistic
empowerment of women. The GEWE strategy complements other policy
frameworks by the African Union aimed at promoting the rights of women
and girls and advocates for adequately resourced gender structures
within formal and non-formal institutions and bodies to ensure that
women at the grassroot and executive levels, have opportunities that to
allow them to reach their full potential.
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Government policymakers, mining sector
leaders, and civil society will convene to focus on the many issues
connected to “Sharing Mining Benefits in the Energy Transition. Setting
the tone during the opening of the 19th Annual General Meeting of the
Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable
Development (IGF), Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder, Interim Co-President
and Co-CEO, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD),
noted that critical minerals are the backbone of the clean energy
transition. She urged mining countries seeking to tap the booming demand
for these minerals to take “immediate and bold action” to ensure they
expand their share of benefits while doing so in an equitable and
environmentally and socially responsible manner.
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October 27, 2023 (ENTEBBE, Uganda): The
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) yesterday wrapped-up
its Blue Economy Project’s 2nd Steering Committee Meeting in Entebbe
with field visits to Mahati Marine Transport Base and Kasenyi fishing
landing site.
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East Africa’s multitude of forested
ecosystems – which include woodlands, savannah, coastal areas,
mangroves, and more – hold important global reserves of biodiversity,
and play critical roles for local communities, too. But climate change
impacts such as prolonged drought, unpredictable rain, food insecurity,
and health hazards are all taking their toll on its ecosystems and
people.
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BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (Oct.
28, 2023) – The Executive Secretariat of the Central African Forest
Commission (or Commission des Forêts d'Afrique Centrale - COMIFAC) and
the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) officially signed a Memorandum
of Understanding on the implementation of Target 3 of Kunming-Montreal
Global Biodiversity Framework.
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7 November 2023 Compliance issues were
in the spotlight throughout the day, escalating into a vote: two votes
were held in the afternoon to help the Standing Committee reach a
decision on recommendations related to compliance in the EU and the UK.
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The aim of the Global Legal and
Sustainable Timber Forum is to increase networking, collaboration and
business exchange among timber industry stakeholders—producers, buyers,
processors and market players—with a view to promoting sustainable
forest management, creating legal and sustainable wood product supply
chains, facilitating the legal and sustainable use and trade of wood
products in a stable, transparent and predictable business environment,
and contributing to sustainable development and climate-change
mitigation.
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Under the High Patronage of His
Excellency Mr PAUL BIYA, President of the Republic of Cameroon, Head of
State, the High-Level Meeting on the " Second International Conference
of Ministers on Transboundary Transhumance" was held in Yaoundé,
Republic of Cameroon, from July 10 to 12, 2023. Nexus: transhumance,
protected areas and natural resources, development, peace and security".
Please, download the report...
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Calls for synergistic actions to tackle
the interlinked crises of biodiversity loss and climate change
dominated the meeting’s deliberations. Delegates proposed holistic
solutions such as nature-based solutions, ecosystem-based approaches and
the OneHealth approach.
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Forest elephants are known to form
small groups, generally a mother and her dependent offspring. Males can
leave their birth group as early as at the age of 7 years, and females
around the age of 15-20, or when they have their own first offspring.
However, exceptions can be seen at Dzanga Bai such as the Alvah family.
Alvah was first seen in 2006 and estimated to have been born in 1962.
Alvah has most probably sired more than seven offspring in her life, and
she is often seen at the clearing with up to 12 family members,
including her daughters Alvah II, Alvah III, Alvah IV, Alvah V and Alvah
VI.
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On behalf of the Civil Society and
Community Engagement Division of the African Development Bank, we are
pleased to announce the holding of the East Africa Regional Civil
Society Forum on 18-19 October 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya. This event is
part of a series of regional forums to be held in 2023 on the overall
theme of "Engaging Civil Society in Mobilising Private Sector Finance
for Climate and Green Growth in Africa", alternating with the Bank's
biennial Continental Civil Society Forum.
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Children and young people are hurt the
most and often heard the least with respect to chemicals and waste
management. To address these challenges, the first-ever youth forum on
chemicals and waste sought to engage youth in the design,
implementation, monitoring, follow-up, and review of chemicals and waste
policies at all levels. Several panel discussions and a moderated
intergenerational dialogue with youth and key decision makers took place
in the margins of the fifth session of the International Conference on
Chemicals Management (ICCM5).
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The twelfth workshop of the Working
Group for the Follow-up of the Implementation of the United Nations
Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) of the Central African
Forests Commission (COMIFAC) was held from 27 to 29 September 2023 in
Malabo, Republic of Equatorial Guinea.
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The 78th session of the United Nations
General Assembly marks a crucial milestone in the journey towards
achieving the 2030 Agenda and the urgent need to put the 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) back on track. Everything you need to know
about the upcoming UN General Assembly High-level Week 2023...
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The Climate Change Action Plan
2021–2025 aims to advance the climate change aspects of the WBG’s Green,
Resilient, and Inclusive Development (GRID) approach, which pursues
poverty eradication and shared prosperity with a sustainability lens. In
the Action Plan, we will support countries and private sector clients
to maximize the impact of climate finance, aiming for measurable
improvements in adaptation and resilience and measurable reductions in
GHG emissions. The Action Plan also considers the vital importance of
natural capital, biodiversity, and ecosystems services and will increase
support for nature-based solutions, given their importance for both
mitigation and adaptation. As part of our effort to drive climate
action, the WBG has a long-standing record of participating in key
partnerships and high-level forums aimed at enhancing global efforts to
address climate change.
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Ahead of the 28th United Nations
Conference on Climate Change (COP 28), the African Development Bank
Group has launched country-by-country economic reports to guide African
policymakers in their discussions at the global event.
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Chemicals of concern (CoC) in the
building and construction sector is not a new issue. Childhood lead
poisoning and chronic lung disease from the inhalation of asbestos
fibers are well-known impacts of chemicals that have afflicted the
sector over the decades. Building and construction is one of the most
chemical-intensive sectors downstream of the chemical industry and the
largest end market for chemicals, generating the highest chemical
revenue of all sectors. Driven by rapidly accelerating urbanization, the
global construction sector is expected to grow by 3.5% annually, with
its chemicals market growing by 6.2% annually between 2018 and 2023.
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Peatlands are among the most valuable
ecosystems on Earth. The carbon-rich ecosystems, located near wetlands
around the globe, store almost a third of the world’s terrestrial
carbon, creates a great habitat for wildlife and plays an important role
in water management. It also provides livelihoods for communities by
supporting agricultural activities and producing natural products, such
as medicinal plants or honey. Sadly, peatlands are also prone to
disturbance, both from natural and human activity.
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The Sustainable Development Solutions
Network (SDSN) published a special edition of its SDG Index to evaluate
progress of small island developing States (SIDS) towards the Global
Goals. The report also introduces the Multidimensional Structural
Vulnerability Index (MSVI) to assess the structural vulnerability of 180
countries, including 33 SIDS.
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Summit of the 3 basins AMAZONIA – CONGO
– BORNEO MEKONG SOUTHEAST ASIA, High-level side event. Through this
event, the CBFP co-facilitation, in close collaboration with the
Economic Commission for Central African States (ECCAS), the Central
African Forest Commission (COMIFAC), the Central African Forest
Initiative (CAFI) and the leaders of the CBFP colleges, proposes to
detail its strategic axes.
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The CBFP co-facilitation is pleased to
invite you to take part in a meeting of CBFP partners attending the
Three Basins Summit in the Republic of Congo. This meeting will be held
on Saturday 28 October 2023 at the Conference Centre in Kintele, Congo from 11:00 to 13:00.
During the event, the CBFP partners present will discuss the
operationalization of the CBFP Roadmap for the next two years and
prepare for forthcoming international and regional events. The aim is to
strengthen the synergies and pooling of resources between the partners,
to build a coalition based on a spirit of partnership, and to stimulate
an active dynamic between the CBFP's partners and colleges.
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Wednesday 25 October 2023, 7pm, French
Embassy, Brazzaville (By invitation only) Signing ceremony for a CBFP
grant agreement to the UNDP for the organisation of the Summit of the
Three Basins... Thursday 26 October 2023, 03:30PM – 04:30PM, Room 3
Kintele Conference Centre, Republic of Congo. Official launch activities
of the French and Gabonese Republics Co-Facilitation of the Congo Basin
Forest Partnership (CBFP)...
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From 2016 to 2019, Maxime Nzita spent
two terms as co-facilitator of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership of the
European Union and Belgium. Immediately afterwards, Maxime became the
Regional Head of Mission in Libreville, Gabon, for the European
Commission's ECOFAC6 programme - a green economy initiative for
conservation in priority landscapes across Africa.
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Your
Proposal must be submitted by email to the IUCN Contact (see Section 2). The
subject heading of the email shall be [Resource mobilization consultancy for
West and Central Africa – bidder name]. The bidder name is the name of the
company/organisation on whose behalf you are submitting the proposal, or your
own surname if you are bidding as a self-employed consultant. Your proposal
must be submitted in PDF format. You may submit multiple emails suitably
annotated, e.g. Email 1 of 3, if attached files are too large to suit a single
email transmission. You may not submit your Proposal by uploading it to a
file-sharing tool. Deadline for expressions of interest: 23/11/2023.
The Senior
Program Design Officer (SPDO) contributes to African Wildlife Foundation’s
(AWF) engagement with and fundraising from bi- and multi-lateral donors in in
Central and West Africa with a focus initially on DR Congo and Cameroon with
the aim of building and maintaining multi-donor portfolios of at least $10
million for each of the landscapes in those two countries.
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