An amazing 350 registered events in 88 countries worldwide made World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) 2013, celebrated on 11-12 May 2013, the most successful campaign ever!

Kinshasa (DRC), 16-17 May 2013 – A sub regional conference entitled „ Deforestation trends in the Congo Basin: Reconciling economic growth and forest protection“. The conference was organized by COMIFAC‘s Executive Secretariat and the World Bank, and the  opening ceremony  was chaired by His Excellency Daniel MUKOKO SAMBA, the Vice-Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Project: Identification, management and monitoring of High Conservation Values (HCV): case study integrated in SFID (Rougier Group, Djoum site)-kindly download the Terms of Reference of the Project

Under the facilitation of Dr Timothée FOMETE, forest expert, the Forum gathered about 200 participants from public administrations of Central African countries involved in the APV FLEGT process, the private sector, the national, sub-regional and international civil society, local communities, universities and the press; it was aimed at making an appraisal of the APV FLEGT process in Africa.

From 21 to 23 March, in the conference hall of the Pestana hotel in Sao Tome, an important meeting on awareness, training and planning of the MRV projects was held, as part of the implementation of the region-wide monitoring and “measuring, reporting and verification” system project

The Government of Japan and the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), have since 2009, been developing and implementing a series of projects and programs aimed at forest preservation, sustainable forest management, biodiversity conservation,  and organizing training in Japan related to  the environment and forests, and providing technical support to states and sub regional institutions

JGI’s contribution to the partnership is the implementation of community-centred conservation initiatives, including improvements to education and primary health care.  The program is aimed at providing local communities with alternative livelihood opportunities and training in sustainable agriculture while also reducing population growth in the area, which lessens human impact on forest reserves. In combination with the other activities implemented by JGI and its partners in this landscape, the program plays a critical role in generating buy-in for the conservation work being done in the area