Objet :

1. Elephant poaching in Central Africa: a threat to sub regional security, Ban Khi Moon sends out an appeal

2. Let’s All Mobilize for Food Security in Africa in the Context of Climate Change

3. The REFADD has a gender strategy in terms of REDD+ and climate change mitigation in Central Africa

4. FAO-FFBC-BAD-COMIFAC: S&MNV Project Appraisal Six Months after Take-Off

5. GEF-BM-COMIFAC Project: Sharing of experience among COMIFAC Countries on REDD+ Pilot Projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo

6. IIED: Report sets stage for China-Africa forest governance research

7. Pro Poor REDD+ Project: Publication by IUCN on REDD+: “Tackling REDD+ in Cameroon: Background, Stakes and Options for a National Strategy”

8. African Development Bank: Democratic Republic of Congo gets $21.5 million green light to transform its vast forests

9. GEF-BM-COMIFAC Project: Sharing of experience among COMIFAC Countries on REDD+ Pilot Projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo

10. Congo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF) Secretariat: New Framework for the Drafting of Financial Reports on Operations Funded by the CBFF

11. WWF - Press Release: Gabon arrests notorious ivory trafficker - for the third time

12. New Publication « AFRIQUE ENVIRONNEMENT PLUS »

13. FAO Media: FAO mapping technologies help fill gaps in forest data in Uganda

14. COBAM Project: Using the radio as a means of effective information exchange in combating climate change in the Congo Basin

15. A study calls for a flexible guide to the establishment and management of transboundary protected areas (TPA) in the Congo Basin

16. UN Names Next UNEP Deputy Executive Director.

17. What is the economic and social value of the forest sector in the Congo Basin: the case of Cameroon?

18. Cécile OTT-DUCLAUX-MONTEIL (2013): Logging in Central Africa and populations’ rights in Central Africa

19. Andreas Wilkes, Timm Tennigkeit, Katalin Solymosi (2013): National integrated mitigation planning in agriculture: - A review paper

     

Dear Partner,

Would you please check a compilation of articles and announcements posted recently on the CBFP website (www.pfbc-cbfp.org) as a database of the activities of our partners:

Readers' corner: our partners' publications

• Elephant poaching in Central Africa: a threat to sub regional security, Ban Khi Moon sends out an appeal

   On the occasion of the 36th ministerial meeting of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa (UNSAC), held in Kigali, Rwanda from 20 to 22 August 2013, the phenomenon of elephant poaching in Central Africa once more grabbed attention...Read more …

• Let’s All Mobilize for Food Security in Africa in the Context of Climate Change

  The 1^st African conference on food security and climate change adaptation, which held in Nairobi (Kenya), from 20 to 21 August 2013 at the UN Headquarters, attracted over 700 participants from 54 countries, including representatives of governments, civil society and organizations, hosted by UNEP, in collaboration with FAO and other UN agencies...Read more …

• The REFADD has a gender strategy in terms of REDD+ and climate change mitigation in Central Africa

  At such a time when countries are designing climate change mitigation and adaptation policies, it is important to ensure that gender-related aspects are taken into consideration so that women and men can be involved on a same footing and benefit equitably from available opportunities... Read more …

• FAO-FFBC-BAD-COMIFAC: S&MNV Project Appraisal Six Months after Take-Off

  Douala (Cameroon), 16-17 July 2013 – At the invitation of COMIFAC Executive Secretary (HE), Mr. Raymond MBITIKON, the first meeting of the Steering Committee (COPIL) of the S&MNV Project held at Hôtel la Falaise in Douala...Read more …

• African Development Bank: Democratic Republic of Congo gets $21.5 million green light to transform its vast forests

  The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has won approval of a $21.5 million grant from the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) to jump-start sustainable management of its critically important forest sector to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and strengthen forest governance...Read more …

• Pro Poor REDD+ Project: Publication by IUCN on REDD+: “Tackling REDD+ in Cameroon: Background, Stakes and Options for a National Strategy”

  This document was prepared with the financial support of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign affairs (DANIDA) as part of the project “Towards Pro Poor REDD+: Building Synergies between Forest Governance, Equitable Benefit Sharing and Reduce Emissions through Sustainable Forest Management in Five Tropical Countries”, and the Congo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF) ...Read more …

• GEF-BM-COMIFAC Project: Sharing of experience among COMIFAC Countries on REDD+ Pilot Projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo

  As part of activities of the regional project for institutional capacity building for REDD+ (PREREDD+), funded by the Global Environment Fund (FEM) and implemented by COMIFAC, an exchange trip was organized in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 11 to 17 August 2013, in accordance with its action plan...Read more …

• IIED: Report sets stage for China-Africa forest governance research

  IIED has published a report that identifies research that can shed light on the positive and negative effects of Chinese investment in African forests, and show how to improve governance of the timber trade...Read more …

• First Appraisal of The Program for the Promotion of Certified Forests (PPECF)

  July 31 – August 1, 2013 in Yaoundé (Cameroon) First meeting of the decision and orientation board (CDO) of the PPECF Program whose main role is to determine the orientations of the PPECF program management and ensure its good performance...Read more …

• Congo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF) Secretariat: New Framework for the Drafting of Financial Reports on Operations Funded by the CBFF

  The CBFF Secretariat has established the new framework for drafting financial reports on operations funded by the CBFF. You’ll notice that financial reporting becomes quarterly like technical reporting...Read more …

• WWF - Press Release: Gabon arrests notorious ivory trafficker - for the third time

  A wildlife trafficker believed to be responsible for the death of hundreds of elephants was arrested for the third time in as many years in Gabon this weekend...Read more …

• New Publication « AFRIQUE ENVIRONNEMENT PLUS »

  Special Bilingual Edition, July – August 2013 - SPECIAL REPORT: (1) Gabon: les défis d’une gouvernance Forestière Durable (2) PFBC 2013-2015 : la Facilitation Américaine une fois de plus a l’épreuve (Gabon: Facing the Challenges of Sustainable Forest Governance (2) CBFP 2013-2015: The American Facilitation at Work Once Again)...Read more …

• FAO Media: FAO mapping technologies help fill gaps in forest data in Uganda

  Uganda’s Innovations in forest data access could serve as a model for Congo Basin countries to process satellite data at modest costs...Read more …

• COBAM Project: Using the radio as a means of effective information exchange in combating climate change in the Congo Basin

  There is growing consensus that information on climate change and its effects on forests are not readily available in Central Africa. The concept of climate change and its processes evolve so quickly that decision makers can hardly keep up with emerging data...Read more …

• A study calls for a flexible guide to the establishment and management of transboundary protected areas (TPA) in the Congo Basin

  1) Formalize the evidence from this report in a flexible guide on creating and managing TPAs (2) Strengthen the process of developing and implementing PA management and development plans, (3 ) Identify the financial resources required to implement management plans,...Read more …

• What is the economic and social value of the forest sector in the Congo Basin: the case of Cameroon?

  The answer to this question was the focus of a study conducted by the Center for International Forestry research (CIFOR). It aimed to: “assess the economic and social value of forest and wildlife resource management and exploitation as well as the fallouts expected from environmental services at local and national levels in Cameroon”...Read more …

• UN Names Next UNEP Deputy Executive Director.. 

August 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Ibrahim Thiaw of Mauritania to be the Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations agency that is the Organization’s voice on environmental issues.

• GALF: A landmark decision issued yesterday against apes dealers in Conakry!

• LAGA passed on Monday on ABC Nightline !: White Gold' on Black Market: Elephants Slaughtered for Illegal Ivory Trade

• TRAFFIC: News summary regarding illegal trade of wildlife from Central Africa

• Burundi: 28 kg of Ivory Seized at Bujumbura International Airport

• CIFOR Media Info : A Compilation of articles...

• Cécile OTT-DUCLAUX-MONTEIL (2013): Logging in Central Africa and populations’ rights in Central Africa

  Natural resources derived from forests are a key component of the livelihoods of indigenous and local communities in Africa. In pursuance to the recommendations of the "unprecedented" Rio conference, in the words of Professor Alexandre KISS, many African countries have agreed to recognize peoples’ right to manage their environment, subject to certain limits. Inspired by this movement, the countries which are the subject of our study have embarked on a series of reforms to improve the legal and regulatory framework for logging, with a view to increasing involvement of local communities, people and promoting sustainable development. Several years after the implementation of these reforms, many questions remain as to whether the much desired objectives of transparency, equity and efficiency have been achieved. Find more...  

  ott-duclaux-monteil-Exploitation en Afrique-Centrale.doc (350.0 KiB)

   

  Andreas Wilkes, Timm Tennigkeit, Katalin Solymosi (2013): National integrated mitigation planning in agriculture: - A review paper

  MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE SERIES 7 - Purpose and scope of the review: This review of national greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation planning in the agriculture sector has two objectives: (i) to provide national policy makers and others in the agriculture sector with an overview of national mitigation planning processes and aid then in identifying the relevance of these processes for promoting agricultural development; (ii) to provide policy makers and advisors involved in low-emission development planning processes with an overview of mitigation planning in the agriculture sector and in particular to highlight the relevance of agriculture to national mitigation plans and actions. Please download the Document below:  FAO-National-integrated-mitigation-planning-in-agriculture-A review.pdf (1.0 MiB)

   

...Et très prochainement... 

• 02.08.2013 - 05.09.2013 GIZ, JICA, COMIFAC: GTCCD7 preparatory meeting ahead of COP11 of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Kinshasa, DRC
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  25.08.2013 - 14.09.2013 Second call for your attention to the International Workshop on Sustainable Industrialisation and Commercialisation of Non-Timber_Forest Products (NTFPs)
• 03.09.2013 - 14.09.2013Wageningen University - Centre for Development Innovation: Call for Applications - Training course on local governance and rural decentralization 2013
• 05.09.2013 - 07.09.2013 JICA, FAO, COMIFAC: Third meeting of the Sub Working Group on NTFPs , Kinshasa, DRC
• 13.09.2013 CBFF: Thirtheen Session of the Management Council, Paris, France
• 16.09.2013 - 19.09.2013 GTC-COMIFAC: COP 19 of the UNFCCC’s Preparation Meeting of the Climate Working Group of COMIFAC, Warsaw Climate Change Conference, Poland
• 16.09.2013 - 28.09.2013 UNCCD Secretariat: Eleventh Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (CoP11), Windhoek, Namibia
• 16.09.2013 - 11.11.2013 UNITAR Course Announcement: Climate Change Diplomacy: Negotiating Effectively under the UNFCCC,
• 25.09.2013 - 28.09.2013 VIII Central America Forest Congress: An option to combat climate change in Central America, , San Pedro Sula, Honduras 25-28 September 2013,
• 29.09.2013 - 06.10.2013International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID): First World Irrigation Forum, Turkey, Mardin
• 30.09.2013 - 05.10.2013 FAO: 19th Session of the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission (AFWC), Windhoek, Namibia
• 30.09.2013 - 05.10.2013 AFRICAN FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION (AFWC) : Invitation to the 19th Session and the 3rd African Forestry and Wildlife Week, Windhoek, Namibia
• 02.10.2013 - 05.10.2013 MADEXPO Ecuador 2013: 15th International Timber Trade Show of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
• 03.10.2013 - 05.10.2013International Conference on „Environmental Assessment in Central Africa“, Douala, Cameroon
• 04.10.2013 - 06.10.2013 Call for Papers: Conference and publication on "grabbing natural resources: Erosion or the legitimate exercise of state sovereignty? ", Universitey of Cagliari (Sardaigne - Italie), Aula Magna del Rettorato
• 06.10.2013 - 11.10.2013 5th World Conference On Ecological Restoration, Madison Winscosin
• 07.10.2013 - 11.10.2013 Training and Information Workshop of the REDD-PACC Project for the Congo Basin, Douala, Cameroon
• 07.10.2013 - 11.10.2013 3rd International Congress on Ecosystem Services in the Tropics, Medellin, Colombia
• 07.10.2013 - 12.10.2013 CBD: 8th meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended working group on Article 8j and related provisions, Montreal, Canada
• 14.10.2013 - 18.10.2013 5th ordinary Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), Gaborone, Botswana
• 14.10.2013 - 19.10.2013 CBD: SBSTTA 17, Montreal, Canada
• 15.10.2013 - 19.10.2013 Africa Climate Conference 2013, 15-18 October - Arusha, Tanzania
• 16.10.2013 World Food Day
• 18.10.2013 - 21.10.2013 OFAC: Workshop on forest cover and carbon stock monitoring methodologies Libreville, Gabon
• 21.10.2013 - 22.10.2013International Forum on sustainable development of the Timber/wood Industries in Congo Basin, Brazzaville, Congo
• 21.10.2013 - 29.10.2013International Colloquium on Environmental Right in Africa , Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
• 29.10.2013 - 31.10.2013 Mweka College of African Wildlife Management: Conférence 50 years of wildlife management training in Africa, Mweka, Tanzanie
• 29.10.2013 - 31.10.2013 Norway: Heads up Oslo REDD Exchange 29 and 30 October 2013
• 29.10.2013 - 31.10.2013Strengthening Forest Governance in West and Central Africa: Forest Governance Forum, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

   

• [ + d'événements »   ...

Job offers...

• Call for Applications: FAO is seeking a „fonctionnaire chargé des terres et des eaux“, based in Libreville, Gabon

   Deadline for applications September 27th, 2015- Read more …

   

  Call for Applications: FAO is seeking a „Forester (agroforestry and Urban and Peri- Urban Forestry)“ , Based in Rome, Italy 

  Deadline for applications September 18th, 2015- Read more …

   

  The World Wide Fund for Nature seeks a Country Director for its Gabon Programme

   Deadline for applications: September 27, 2013 - Read more …

   

  Call for Applications: Improving forest governance through independent monitoring in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Field Manager, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

   Deadline for applications September 10th, 2015 - Read more …

   

  Call for Applications: Forest Assessment, Management and Conservation Division (FOM) Forestry Department (FO) seeks a Team Leader ((FAO-Finland Forestry Programme)

  Deadline For Application: 6 September 2013 -  Read more …

   

  Call for Applications: The World Wide Fund for Nature seeks a Data Analyst

   The deadline for the reception of bids is 02nd September 2013. Bids will be opened the following day, beginning at 14PM in the WWF-CFP conference hall in Limbe. Interested bidders may participate in the bid opening process as observers. WWF is under no obligation to issue a contract as a result of the call for tenders -  Read more …

  The World Wide Fund for Nature DRC seeks a Forest Programme Manager

   Deadline for applications: This position will remain opened until filled. All previous applications received shall remain valid. Read more …

   

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Dr. Dany DOGMO POKEM

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