TRAFFIC International and WWF jointly organized a "Regional Awareness and Capacity Building Workshop Towards FOCAC 2018", which took place in Nairobi, Kenya during 19-20 June 2018. The main purpose of the workshop was to sensitize as well as build the capacity of African countries in their preparation for and engagement in the FOCAC 2018 Ministerial Conference and Heads of States and Governments Summit to be held in Beijing, China in September 2018.

It’s a first! Last Friday and Saturday was organized by Maisons du Monde Foundation a public event around the preservation of forests, climate and biodiversity in Nantes.

TIBT and COMIFAC signed a collaboration agreement at the Racewood on June 21, in Libreville (Gabon). The ATIBT Racewood remains one of the key events in the tropical timber industry. It represents a major opportunity on the African continent of multi-partner relationship. For two days, the key actors of the sector meet and exchange: donors, development agencies, policy makers, NGOs, civil society, country representatives, researchers, scientists, training organizations, unions, producers, managers, importers and industrialists .