NAIROBI, Kenya—When a continent as forest rich as Africa becomes the target of direct foreign investment – no matter what the origin – what are the risks and negative impacts on communities, agriculture and forestry? Read more …
ITTO and its members made significant progress in 2014 in its policy work and field projects and in setting foundations for the future. The Organization has continued to expand: with the accession to the International Tropical Timber Agreement (ITTA) 2006 of the Central African Republic, Suriname and Viet Nam, the Organization’s membership has grown to 70, its largest ever. Read more…
New York, USA, 30th July 2015—The 69th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly today adopted a resolution committing countries to step up their collective efforts to address wildlife crime and put an end to the global poaching crisis. Read more…
In the news update: Focus on Mangroves: Ugly, smelly, overlooked... Wildlife: Stop eating my mangoes!...Conservation: The forest has eyes… Speaker line-up: COP21 President confirmed for Global Landscapes Forum in Paris… Nutrition: Wild about forest foods… Climate Change: Social networking without computers… Forest Crime: Keeping it legal… Planted Forests: Time to buy? Read more…
A resource guide for national designated authorities and focal points of recipient countries. What are NDAs and focal points? Become an accredited entity. Review GCF’s investment criteria. Read more…
LYON, France – On the occasion of Global Tiger Day, INTERPOL recognizes the ongoing efforts of the tiger range countries in protecting the endangered creatures, and renewed its commitment to providing support and assistance in combating tiger crime. Read more…
From July 20 to 23, 2015, the city of Brazzaville, Congo, hosted the Regional Workshop for target group engagement in the REDD + process, and preparations ahead of COP 21 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, organized by the Conference on Dense and Humid Forest Ecosystems of Central Africa (CEFDHAC), with technical and financial support from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Regional REDD + Project (PREREDD) / COMIFAC. Read more ...
By Journalducameroun.com - From April 26 to 30, 2015, a team of protected species conservation specialists, three eco-guards from the Reserve and eight Baka load bearers crossed the dense forest area on foot from south to north. Read more ...
From 17 to 19 June 2015, the Yaounde Conference Center (Cameroon) provided the setting for the 15th Meeting of CBFP Partners – (Congo Basin Forest Partnership). The African Wildlife Foundation and CIFOR hosted the working group on wildlife conservation and the related trade . Read more...
The latest meeting of the Board of Directors, held on 9 July 2015, took a number of measures looking to strengthen ATIBT’s action. Indeed, the organization of our association must adapt to the challenges our industry is facing as well as to the expectations of all ATIBT stakeholders. In particular, strengthening linkages with African tropical wood industry actors has not progressed as much as would have been desirable. We should also seek to reinforce our procedures, in order to meet donor requirements. Moreover, our organization needs to improve its efficiency and make arrangements to deal with new budget constraints. Read more…
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is set to open new offices in four African countries to expand its reach on a continent with massive infrastructure financing needs, said Bloomberg on July 15, citing a senior official of the institution. Read more…
June 15 to 22, 2015- the UN headquarters in New York hosted the third drafting session of the final document of the Third International Conference on Development for Financing (FdD3).The document comes after the development program was adopted by the 52nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which called for consideration of the idea to hold an international conference on financing for development. Read more…
9 May 2015: The Sixth Petersberg Climate Dialogue focused on preparations for the Paris Climate Change Conference and included discussions on: the core elements of the planned 2015 climate agreement; intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs); the role of climate finance; the form a set of rules “anchored in the Paris agreement” might take; and the best way to use the remaining time before Paris in order to address as many unresolved issues as quickly as possible. Read more…
In a bid to foster radio communication on climate change in the Congo Basin, CIFOR has published a guide to developing and monitoring & evaluation of radio broadcasting of political science dialogue. The paper presents the steps involved: the design, production, dissemination and evaluation of a radio program on climate change and forests of the Congo Basin. Read more…
Parliamentarians and civil society organizations from the Congo Basin countries have agreed to help improve governance in the forest sector. The perfect agreement was achieved in Yaounde, at the regional workshop held from June 22 to 23, 2015, which was jointly organized by the Centre for International Development and Training (CIDT), Fern, the Forest Peoples Program (FPP) and the Plateforme Forêts et Communautés (CFP). Read more…
The French NGO Des Elephants & des Hommes, in partnership with the NGOs IFAW France & Afrique francophone and Awely, are launching an observatory project to assess the value of elephants based on elephant-watching tourism ("EleWatch Network)". The initiative’s promoters are driven by the belief that ecotourism has a crucial role to play in elephant conservation and better coexistence with local populations, in Central Africa as well. Read more…
The Workshop on the Institutional Architecture for the Science-policy Interface (SPI) on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) convened from 19-20 June 2015, in New York, US. Meeting at the Japan Society, the event was co-organized by the Earth System Governance Project, the Post 2015 Project and Keio University, with the support of Japan’s Ministry of Environment and the Japan Science and Technology Agency. The workshop was also endorsed by Future Earth, a ten-year global research programme for sustainability, and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). Read more…
On Thursday, 25 June 2015, the Sixth Session of the Post-2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations completed its discussion of the follow-up and review chapter of the zero draft that had begun on Wednesday, and discussed the chapter on means of implementation (MOI) and the global partnership. Read more…
Ahead of the Financing for Development conference in Addis, Paul Steele asks whether changes are needed to the way we address climate and development finance. Read more…
