africabusinesscommunities-UN-African Union leaders sign Framework for Implementation of Agenda 2063 and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

In keeping with the enhanced and mutually reinforcing partnership between the two organizations and to further accelerate the implementation of the sustainable development agenda for Africa, the United Nations Secretary-General H.E. Antonio Guterres and the African Union Commission Chairperson H.E. Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat signed the AU-UN Framework for the Implementation of Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, at the 30th African Union Summit.

This follows the signing of the peace and security framework between the AU and the UN in April 2017.

The joint AU-UN sustainable development framework envisions stronger coordination between the two organizations to ensure that the UN’s 2030 Agenda and the AU’s Agenda 2063 are mainstreamed and integrated into the national planning frameworks of Member States and contribute positively to people-centered and planet-sensitive structural transformation in Africa.

The importance of a peaceful, stable and secure environment and respect for human rights to achieve sustainable development is recognized in both the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063.

During the signing, United Nations Secretary General, H.E. António Guterres, noted that “eradicating poverty is the overriding priority of the AU’s Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,” and that he is happy that “today, we signed the framework on the implementation.”

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20-10-2018 10:34

Brussels Declaration - New version including amendments

The Belgian CBFP Facilitation has received a number of amendments to the first draft of the Brussels Declaration which it has incorporated into the text. Please find attached the new version of the draft "Brussels Declaration".

19-10-2018 08:44

AFORPOLIS conference 2018 report

From 24 to 27 September 2018, about 150 participants from 27 countries, including the following African countries (Benin, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Republic of Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Madagascar, Nigeria, Tunisia), Japan, Indonesia, USA, China, Canada and European countries (Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom) met in Yaoundé, Cameroon the host country to attend the first IUFRO social sciences conference on “African forest policies and politics” (AFORPOLIS conference 2018). This conference was coordinated by the new IUFRO Working Party on “African forest politics and governance” (IUFRO-WP 9.05.09) and the AFORPOLIS initiative.

19-10-2018 08:15

Willagri-Forêts: FSC certification legally instituted in Gabon

The President of Gabon, Ali Bongo, announced on September 26, during a visit to a Rougier-owned sawmill, that all logging concessions in Gabon would be required to get FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified. There are close to forty active concessions in Gabon, covering nearly 16 million hectares. FSC is considered the world’s most stringent forest management label.

19-10-2018 08:10

Volume 11 of the Scientific and Technical Review Forest and Environment of the Congo Basin [RIFFEAC]

RIFFEAC (The Central African Network of Forestry and Environmental Training Institutions) is COMIFAC’s technical partner in forestry and environmental training. It was established in Libreville on 5 October 2001 with the following 8 founding member institutions: the Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences (FASA) of the University of Dschang, the Mbalmayo National School of Water and Forests (ENEF), the Garoua Training School for Wildlife Specialists (EFG), the Cap Estérias National School of Water and Forests (ENEF), the Marien Ngouabi Institute of Rural Development....

19-10-2018 08:04

Libération: Climate change: "Other battles are senseless if this one is lost"

Aurélien Barrau, an astrophysicist, ignited social networks with a well-thought and captivating piece on global warming and mankind’s role in its own destruction.

19-10-2018 08:01

environews-rdc -Natural resources: Food, the true fuel of an extractive industry

From May 2013 to May 2017, the Congo’s one-stop shop for opening a new business approved the launch of 6,181 companies. The Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to attract to investors vying for entrance into this country whose soil is one the world’s richest, making Congo a geological scandal.

19-10-2018 07:58

environews -rdc -Conservation : Joseph Kabila incinerated more than a ton of elephant ivory in Kinshasa

The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila Kabange, has symbolically incinerated more than one ton of elephant ivory and over a ton of pangolin scales. The incineration ceremony was held on Sunday, September 30, at the N'sele wildlife park, located close to the city of Kinshasa province.

19-10-2018 07:51

ECCAS-ADB: signing of memorandum of understanding on the preparation of the PACEBco2 Program

Libreville (Gabonese Republic), 25 September 2018- The Deputy Secretary-General of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), the Honorable Tabu Abdallah Manirakiza and the Head of Mission of the African Development Bank ( AfDB) Mr. DIOP Amadou Bamba, Environmentalist at the AfDB, this morning signed the memorandum of understanding on preparations for the Support Program for the Conservation of Ecosystems and Resilience to Climate Change in Central Africa ( PACEBCo2).