Pendant que la coupe massive du bois se poursuit dans l’UFA 09 025 en vue de la mise en place de sa plantation de palmier à huile, la Société Camvert vient de remettre du matériel pour soutenir la lutte en faveur de la protection de la biodiversité. Un geste dont le principal but reste de faire oublier les affres environnementales de la société sur le terrain et de “verdir” les impacts très négatifs de ses activités sur la biodiversité dans l’arrondissement de Campo.
Toute l'actu sur la protection de l'environnement
One Forest Summit: forest preservation at the heart of climate issues
At COP 27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, French President Emmanuel Macron and Gabonese President Ali Bongo announced that a One Forest Summit would be held in Libreville, Gabon, on 1-2 March 2023. This summit will be an opportunity to advance and renew the Nations’ commitments to the conservation and sustainable management of forests, which are essential to addressing interrelated global challenges, foremost among them climate change and biodiversity loss.
GHANA: At least 628,000 hectares of land reforested in six years
In its national reforestation strategy, Ghana committed in 2016 to restore 2 million hectares of deforested and degraded land by 2030. Seven years ahead of schedule, the West African country is a third of the way there, having put 628,000 hectares under restoration, according to a report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), based on government data.
CAMEROUN : des populations insatisfaites de la réponse gouvernementale à la crise climatique
Selon une étude réalisée sur un échantillon de 1200 Camerounais, plus de la moitié pense que les efforts du gouvernement sont insatisfaisants en matière de lutte contre les changements climatiques. Des données qui, au regard de l’accélération de la coupe des arbres dans les forêts et l’usage sans cesse intense du plastique, ne sont guère surprenantes et inquiètent quant aux effets néfastes des changements climatiques.
SOUTH AFRICA: Environmentalists keep up the pressure against TotalEnergies
Environmental activists and representatives of South African fishing communities are touring Europe. The mission is to alert leaders and the public to the environmental risks of TotalEnergies’ planned gas extraction projects in South Africa. The French oil company has applied for a production licence for two gas blocks off South Africa’s southern coast.
Great Green Wall: project extends to Southern Africa
The African Union (AU) has decided to extend the Great Green Wall project to southern Africa. This decision was taken because of the security challenges faced in the Sahel countries. Launched in 2007, the pan-African ecological restoration initiative is only 20% complete, mainly in Senegal and Ethiopia.
GHANA: Meteorological Agency to Begin Climate Forecasts in March 2023
The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has announced its first ever climate forecast for March 2023. The climate information provided by the agency will be useful for planning and implementing activities in climate sensitive sectors such as agriculture, water resources, energy and health.
AFRICA: How to protect biodiversity in wind farms?
BirdLife promotes the consideration of migratory birds in wind farm projects in Africa. The nature conservation organisation offers several tools such as Avistep and Shut Down on Demand, which help to avoid bird collisions in wind farms.
SOUTH AFRICA: Rhino poaching moves to regional parks
The Kruger National Park, South Africa’s largest, was the only one of the country’s 20 or so parks to be affected by rhino poaching in 2022. The majority of rhinos poached were in regional parks, with 324 rhinos killed out of a total of 448.
SENEGAL: first participation in the « Ocean for All » competition
The Joseph Sonar Ndiaye primary school is representing Senegal in the 2023 edition of the « Ocean for All » competition. Organised each year by the Oceanographic Institute of Monaco, the competition allows the realisation of a concrete project for the protection of the Ocean. The three best of the 25 schools selected in the French-speaking world will share a 5,000-euro prize pool to carry out their various ecological projects.