May 18, 2012
- The report of the eighth UN-REDD Policy Board Meeting highlights that the Board: agreed to establish a working group on the review of the Policy Board; welcomed the improvement in National Programme reports; and commended work undertaken on the Social and Environmental Principles and Criteria (SEPC) and stressed that SEPC need to be fully aligned to the UNFCCC.
May 17, 2012
Estimating emissions from deforestation and degradation of forests in many developing countries is so uncertain that the effects of changes in forest management could remain within error ranges (i.e. undetectable) for several years. Meanwhile UNFCCC Parties need consistent time series of meaningful performance indicators to set credible benchmarks and allocate REDD+ incentives to the countries, programs and activities that actually reduce emissions, while providing social and environmental...
May 14, 2012
- KINSHASA (Reuters) - Seven United Nations peacekeepers in Congo were wounded when gunmen opened fire at a protest in the East of the country on Monday, drawing condemnation from the U.N. Security Council.
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- AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Hague war crimes prosecutor announced new charges on Monday against a Democratic Republic of Congo general accused of conscripting child fighters and an arrest warrant for a militia leader.
- Sanabel did however also add that this purchase is part of their plans to capitalise on the rapidly growing carbon trading market. This means that the company “will develop forest carbon credits projects that will protect the role of forests in ...
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Since the 1992 Rio Convention, sustainable forest management has become a major issue in the Congo Basin. This is reflected in reforms of forest legislations in most of the countries in the sub-region, which give greater consideration to biodiversity. Animal species are particularly concerned since management plans for timber concessions must now include a component about wildlife. Forest...- New schools and health centres in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will benefit both people and wildlife in and around Maiko National Park.
- Fauna & Flora International is using sport to get young people excited about conservation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- WARNING: This article and its accompanying photos are of a very graphic and disturbing nature and are likely to cause distress to some readers. Fauna & Flora International (FFI) has chosen to publish these images and story in recognition of the animal’s life and its subsequent, brutal killing.