In the Press(Source: European Media Monitor)Green Column: How Reliance on Trees Can Help Forests
nytimes
19 June 2013 (13:55) Tetra Pak, Office Depot and other companies want to make sure that there is nothing illegal or otherwise unseemly about the way the wood used for their products is harvested. Illegal logging ravages DRC forests - experts
mmegi
5 June 2013 (15:40) The forests of the Congo basin in central Africa cover about 100 million hectares (almost 250 million acres) and are regarded as the second-largest green lung on the planet after the Amazon rainforest, but in DR Congo trees are being cut down with little regard for the law. UNCCD: Following-Up UN Convention to Combat Desertification
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5 June 2013 (10:04) [ Woensdag 5 juni 2013 | Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) ] UNCCD: Eleventh Session of the Committee in Charge of Following-Up the Implementation (CRIC 11) of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD) ¶ Bonn, Germany - Eleventh Session of the Committee in Charge of Following-Up the.... Sixth forum on forest governance in Africa
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5 June 2013 (09:02) [ Woensdag 5 juni 2013 | Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) ] 6th FORUM ON FOREST GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA Report of the 6^th Forum on Forest Governance in Africa The city of Yaounde, Cameroon, hosted the 6^th Forum on Forest Governance in Africa, from 2 to 3 April 2013 at Mont Febe Hotel It was.... Multinationals reaping big from abusive forestry practices in DRC
africareview
3 June 2013 (14:38) In spite of tighter regulations recently adopted in Europe on imports of timber from Africa, it is almost impossible to verify the legality of tropical wood from DR Congo, according to the British-based non-profit organisation Resource Extraction Monitoring. Multinational companies ripping big from abusive forestry practices in DRC
africareview
3 June 2013 (13:59) In spite of tighter regulations recently adopted in Europe on imports of timber from Africa, it is almost impossible to verify the legality of tropical wood from DR Congo, according to the British-based non-profit organisation Resource Extraction Monitoring. Illegal logging ravages DR Congo forests, experts say
channelafrica
3 June 2013 (11:20) Multinational companies are profiting hand over fist from abusive forestry practices in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where illegal logging, mislabelled timber and false permits are widespread, according to several non-governmental organisations. Illegal logging ravages DR Congo forests, experts say
timesofoman
3 June 2013 (08:40) Multinational companies are profiting hand over fist from abusive forestry practices in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where illegal logging, mislabelled timber and false permits are widespread, according to several non-governmental organisations. Illegal logging ravages DR Congo forests, experts say
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3 June 2013 (07:49) KINSHASA : Multinational companies are profiting hand over fist from abusive forestry practices in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where illegal logging, mislabelled timber and false permits are widespread, according to several non-governmental organisations. Jane Goodall Institute of Canada: extraordinary Conservation
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23 May 2013 (15:40) [ Donderdag 23 mei 2013 | Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) ] JGI has been working in eastern DRC for the last three years through a partnership with a number of local and international partners, including The Union of Associations for Gorilla Conservation and Community Development in eastern.... Forest Stewardship Council Disassociates From The Danzer Group
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21 May 2013 (09:31) BONN, Germany, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision due to reputational risks for FSC linked to stakeholder disputes in the Democratic Republic of Congo The International Board of Directors of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has decided, reluctantly but firmly, to disassociate from the Danzer.... Forest Stewardship Council disassociates from Danzer Group / Decision Due to Involvement in Human Rights Violations in Democratic Republic of Congo
presseportal
21 May 2013 (09:22) Forest Stewardship Council (FSC): Bonn (ots) - The Board of Directors of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has decided to disassociate from the Danzer Group, after indepth research by a Complaints Panel found evidence of involvement of former Danzer subsidiary SIFORCO in human ... Forest Stewardship Council Disassociates From The Danzer Group
finanznachrichten-en
21 May 2013 (09:16) BONN, Germany, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision due to reputational risks for FSC linked to stakeholder disputes in the Democratic Republic of Congo The International Board of Directors of th... UN opens forum to hear voices from indigenous peoples
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21 May 2013 (01:01) UNITED NATIONS, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations on Monday opened a forum here to share perspectives and best practices on the realization of the rights of indigenous peoples and to pursue the objectives of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples. Elephant Poaching in Centrafrican Republic : UNESCO deeply concerned
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20 May 2013 (17:57) [ Maandag 20 mei 2013 | Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) ] Elephant Poaching in Centrafrican Republic : UNESCO Communiqué and the Letter of the Central African Republic (CAR)’ Minister of Water, Forestry, Hunting and Fisheries, Environment and Ecology of the CAR Letter of the Central African.... Programme for Promotion of Certified Forest Logging (PPECF)
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20 May 2013 (17:57) [ Maandag 20 mei 2013 | Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) ] Kindly download: Les termes de reference du Projet (Project terms of reference, French) |
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NewsAtelier de validation de l'Etat des Forêts 2012
Douala, 21 et 22 mars 2013
Les 21 et 22 mars 2013, à l'hôtel Sawa à Douala, l'OFAC organise l'atelier de validation de l'Etat des Forêts (EDF). Après les rapports sur l'Etat des Forêts 2005, 2006, 2008 et 2010 réalisés par les partenaires des Forêts du Bassin du Congo, l'OFAC fera le point sur l'état d'avancement de l'EDF 2012. Cette réunion sera précédée par la 12ième réunion des partenaires du PFBC qui se tiendra au même lieu du 18 au 20 mars 2013. Plus d'informations sur http://pfbc-cbfp.org/evenements_fr/events/comifac-ofac-atelier-de-validation-de-letat-des-forets-2012-douala-cameroun.html Side-event OFAC at the Convention of Biological Diversity
Hyderabad, 9 october 2012, 18h15-19h45
This event, organised by OFAC, will detail the main conclusions of the recently published report “State of the Congo Basin Forests 2010” in five domains affecting the conservation of the biodiversity in the Congo Basin and presented by various partners involved in OFAC : Forest-cover change (EC Joint Research Centre) Non-timber Forest Products and fuel wood (CIFOR) Bush meat consumption (TRAFFIC project by WWF) Landscape-level management (CARPE program of USAid). New OFAC Map Viewer
A new map viewer is available on the OFAC web site and allows you for displaying basic layers (political, vegetation, satellite images, roadmap...) and data collected by OFAC (concessions, protected areas, landcspae...).
You can also retrieve the information on concessions through this geographical entry point. A help file is under producton. We are still improving some functions, like the printing, the number of possible layers... Launch of the State of the Forest 2010
Douala, 1st March
On Thursday 1st March, the President and the executive secretariat of the COMIFAC will present officially the State of the Forests 2010 at the Congo Basin Forest Partnership meeting. Complete version available.
Meeting of the Congo Basin Forests Partnership
Douala, 27 February to 2 March
Three important meetings are organised in Douala at the hotel Sawa by COMIFAC and Congo Basin Forest Partnership.
27-28 Feb Needs in forestry research (co-organised with CIRAD, CIFOR and IRD) 29 Feb Day on forest governance in Congo Basin 1-2 March Meeting of the Congo Basin Forests Partnership More details on http://ccr-rac.pfbc-cbfp.org/home.html Conference "Climate Change, deforestation and the future of African Rain forests"
Oxford, 4-6 Januray 2012
The Oxford Centre for Tropical Forests is hosting a conference that provides a multidisciplinary examination of the fate of African tropical forests in the 21st century. The aim of the meeting is to synthesise a scientific and authoritative summary of scientific insights into the future of African tropical forests, which will then be disseminated to a wider audience as an evidence base to inform decision-making. All the presentations (slides and podcast) are available on http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/africa/programme.php Free SPOT data over the Congo Basin
The French development agency AFD incollaboration with Astrium have
announced at the Planet Action REDD+ workshop that the entire SPOT
satellite image archive for the Congo Basin (over 2 million km2) is
available online for approved REDD projects through an online portal:
http://bassinducongo.reddspot.org This includes multiple time coverages of SPOT 1-5, (1998 to today) for forest cover mapping and change, with resolutions ranging from 2.5 to 20m. Indicators dedicated to the monitoring of logging concessions
OFAC, in strong collaboration with the project Forest Tranparency Initiative of the World Resource Institute, and national forest services, have collected many indicators by individual logging concession. These indicators are structured by (i) general information, (ii) management process, (iii) social aspects, (iv) environmental aspects. Visit the above-mentioned page, select a country and a concession and access all the detailed information. Maps will be developed in a near future. http://www.observatoire-comifac.net/indicators.php?lvl=cncssn Death of Wangari Maathai
Professor Wangari Muta Maathai, Congo Basin Roving Ambassador and 2004 Nobel Peace Price Winner died last 25 September 2011 in a hospital in Nairobi. Full of courage and inspiration, she shall always be remembered by the COMIFAC people area for her contribution in favour of the conservation, the sustainable management and development of Central African forest ecosystems. During a side-event in the Conference of Parties in Copenhagen in 2009, she made us the surprise to comment very positively the session we just presented (presentations available on http://www.observatoire-comifac.net/documents.php) Deforestation atlas of Democratic Republic of Congo
Forest cover and forest loss between 2000 and 2010
This atlas was produced as a part of the OSFAC (Observatoire Satellital des Forêts d'Afrique Centrale) initiative “Monitoring the forests of Central Africa using remotely sensed data sets” (FACET in French). FACET is led by OSFAC in collaboration with South Dakota State University and the University of Maryland, and supported by USAID CARPE. Additional support was provided by World Resources Institute. More about... The State of Forests in the Amazon Basin, Congo Basin and Southeast Asia
prepared for the Summit of the Three Rainforest Basins in Brazzaville
This report was prepared as a background document for the Summit of the Three Rainforest Basins, taking place in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, on 31 May-3 June 2011. It draws on work undertaken by the FAO Forestry Department and the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), two international organizations at the forefront of providing information on these forests and promoting their sustainable management. Downloadable in... Validation workshop of the State of the Forests 2010
Douala, 29-30 March 2011
The main objective of this workshop is to give the opportunity to the various stakeholders of the forest sector in Congo Basin to review the content and to validate the report on the State of the Forests 2010. A secondary objective is to define the table of contects of the State of the Forests 2012. New report on Large-scale acquisition of lands and forest concessions
by Alain Karsenty (CIRAD)
This report seeks to answer whether timber concessions allocated, among others, in Central Africa can be considered as part of the large-scale land acquisition (LSLA) process that is currently the subject of international debate, mainly targeting arable lands. It suggests also that the current forest concession system in Africa is declining due to several factors. This report is on line on RRI website: http://www.rightsandresources.org/publication_details.php?publicationID=2111 New module on Forest Management
The Forest management module was modified and contains more synthesis information (in French only for the moment). Visit the page http://www.observatoire-comifac.net/pages/forestManagement.php Decision of the COP-16 on REDD in Cancun
The COP-16 in Cancun adopted a decision (Long Term Activity Working Group) with very important articles on REDD process. (articles 68 to 79). Downloadable document http://unfccc.int/files/meetings/cop_16/application/pdf/cop16_lca.pdf Report on the lessons learned by the CARPE program available now
on the web site of USAID CDIE and IUCN
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