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The announcement was made by the
Federal Government of Germany due to the COVID-19 pandemic which has
caused delays in the implementation of the Federal Republic of Germany’s
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On 13 April 2021, The Federal Republic
of Germany Facilitator of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP),
Honorable Dr. Christian Ruck, and several international and regional
NGOs, including Centre for International Development and Training, Fern,
Foder and World Resources Institutes, met virtually to discuss the
threats facing forests in Central Africa.
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As replacements for outgoing statutory
executives, the Extraordinary Council of COMIFAC Ministers have tapped
the following as the new statutory executives: Executive Secretary: Mr.
Hervé Martial MAIDOU from the Central African Republic; Deputy Executive
Secretary-Technical Coordinator: Mr. Chouaibou NCHOUTPOUEN from the
Republic of Cameroon; Administrative and Financial Director: Mr.
François DAYANG from the Republic of Chad.
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The Congo Basin’s forests and peatlands
are a major component of Earth’s life-support systems, and it is a key
supplier of vital minerals needed to build a low carbon economy. The
case for the people of the Congo to benefit from not exploiting these
resources is irrefutable.
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"The Congo Basin, thanks to its forests and peat bogs, is the second lung of the world. Since the deforestation of the Amazon, the world can count on our equatorial forests to fill the lack of oxygen on the planet. And that oxygen is African." Excerpt from the inaugural speech of the President of the Republic, Head of State of the Republic of Congo, at the swearing-in ceremony....
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The first edition of the Steering
Committee of the Regional Support Program for biodiversity and weakened
ecosystems in Central Africa launched its proceedings on Tuesday, 4 May
2021 in Douala, Cameroon. Experts in the sub-region will spend three
days, starting Tuesday, 4 May 2021, taking stock of progress and
identifying prospects for the future.
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An international study coordinated by
researchers from IRD and CIRAD reveals the composition of the tropical
forests of Central Africa and their vulnerability to the increased
pressure from climate change and human activity expected in the coming
decades.
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The Timber Trade Portal (TTP) is an
answer to the numerous questions timber traders have when it comes to
legal timber trade, due diligence, country requirements and export. It
serves as a central information point, with country profiles on both
timber industry and legislation of producer countries, mainly located in
tropical Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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WWF will help the Divisional
Directorate for the Promotion of Indigenous Peoples of the Sangha build
campaigns to popularize Law No. 5-2011 of 25 February 2011 and related
legislation on promoting and protecting the rights of indigenous
populations.
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The report makes 22 recommendations for
governments and stakeholders. For example, it recommends that
governments link fiscal incentives to independent third-party
certification. One approach explored is a “bonus–malus” mechanism in
which a lower tax rate for certified operations (the “bonus”) is funded,
at least partly, by the increased rate for uncertified products (the
“malus”).
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This statement summarises the views of
civil society organisations (CSOs) from Asia and the Pacific, the
Americas, Europe, and West and Central Africa. These organisations help
address the key challenges threatening forests around the world,
including the ongoing trade in illegal timber and commodity-driven
deforestation, by proposing lasting solutions that work for people and
the planet. If the EU follows these recommendations, it will help to
strengthen forest governance, and protect and restore forests
globally...
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The commitment of the EU and Germany
(through KfW and GIZ) to Cameroon requires the implementation of the
most effective instruments. The 2nd generation Forest Information
Management System (SIGIF2), developed in Cameroon since 2015, should
have been a crucial step in the implementation of the Voluntary
Partnership Agreement on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade
(VPA FLEGT), an international agreement signed 11 years ago between the
EU and Cameroon, on the instruction of the Head of State, and ratified
by the European and Cameroonian parliaments.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(Service) is pleased to announce its 2021 African Elephant Conservation
Fund Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). The proposal submission
deadline is 11:59 PM ET, June 25, 2021.
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Today, President Biden invited 40 world
leaders to the Leaders’ Summit on Climate he will host on April 22 and
23. The virtual Leaders’ Summit will be live streamed for public
viewing.
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Read : Central African forests
vulnerable to global change; A WWF study points out the responsibility
of the European Union in the degradation of tropical forests; A new
statutory team for COMIFAC…
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For Fern’s civil society partners in
several tropical forest countries, most of the past decade’s
improvements in forest governance have been wrested from a reluctant
timber sector by the pioneering Forest Law Enforcement and Governance
and Trade Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA) programme. FLEGT’s
insistence on transparency and on prising open decision-making
processes previously off limits to civil society organisations (CSOs)
has catalysed change, making possible whatever measure of accountability
now exists.
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As part of the ECOFAC 6 capitalization
program, and in order to help improve the sharing of information between
researchers, policy makers and protected area managers in central
Africa, we propose that you answer a questionnaire on the usefulness of
research for conservation.
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The EU is the world’s largest aid donor
and a major political actor with a strong influence over global
policies. The EU recognises civil society as an essential actor in
policy making and implementation, specifically in the development
sector.
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Within the
frame of the ECOPRONAT research program (Encouraging the Development of a
Pro-Nature Economy), AFD is launching a call for expressions of interest (AMI)
for research on the "Mainstreaming biodiversity in economic sectors".
This Call for Expressions of Interest is the first phase of the selection
process. The aim: Funding one or two research projects which will start in the
fourth quarter of 2021. The call is open until May 28, 2021.
The CARN
ASPIRE Grant Program provides competitive research grants of up to $5,000 USD
for African graduate students and early career professionals working in the
areas of biodiversity, conservation and environmental sustainability in the
Congo Basin region. Deadline for Applications is July 15, 2021.
The U.S.
Forest Service (USFS) may seek the services of a Program Monitoring, Evaluation
and Finance Specialist to oversee the implementation of monitoring, evaluation,
and learning (MEL) activities and financial advisory support for U.S.
government (USG)-funded programs taking place in Cameroon, Gabon, Central
African Republic, Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of Congo.
Interested candidates should send a resume and letter of interest to METI with
the subject line Program Monitoring, Evaluation and Finance Specialist by May
14th, 2021.
The U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is pleased to announce its 2021 African
Elephant Conservation Fund Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). The
proposal submission deadline is 11:59 PM ET, June 25, 2021.
The
appointment will be made on a regular term contract for a period of three (3)
years, of which the first twelve months shall be considered as a probationary
period. Thereafter, the contract will be for a period of two years renewable,
subject to satisfactory performance and deliverables.
Cameroon
National Interpretation Public Consultation 19 April 2021 - 18 June 2021.
Please submit your observation by sending the attached form to the Technical
Secretariat of the National Interpretation of the RSPO standard for Cameroon,
latest by June 14, 2021.
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