C’est l’image d’une femme, confrontée à deux prétendants. Le massif forestier d’Ebo, l’un des point chaud de la biodiversité mondiale, situé à cheval entre les régions du Littorale et du Centre au Cameroun, est confronté à deux approches de gestion diamétralement opposées. L’on a d’un côté les défenseurs de l’environnement qui veulent en faire un parc national, et de l’autre, des exploitants forestiers qui veulent y couper du bois.
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AFRICA: Animal diversity will fall by 10% by 2050, says new study
Two researchers from the European Union’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) believe that the consequences of climate change on biodiversity have been largely underestimated. According to a study published on 8 January 2023 by these scientists, terrestrial animal diversity will decrease by 10% by 2050 and by 27% by 2100, which is double what was predicted until now. The Cape Floristic Region in South Africa and the island of Madagascar are particularly at risk.
MOROCCO: France allocates €1.8m for ecotourism in Ifrane National Park
The French Embassy in Morocco and the French Development Agency (AFD) have just signed a grant agreement awarded by the French Global Environment Facility (FGEF). The 1.8 million euro grant will partially finance the pilot project « Outdoor activities for biodiversity in the Ifrane National Park ».
GUINEA: Launch of a conservation project in the Upper-Niger National Park
A new conservation project has been launched in the Upper-Niger National Park (PNHN) in central Guinea. Funded with €35,000 from the Dutch support fund Stichting Otterfonds, the « Participatory Biodiversity Management of the Upper Niger National Park » project aims to eliminate problems such as uncontrolled logging, uncontrolled hunting and bushfires through better involvement of local communities in park management.
CONGO: Ban on export of timber in log form comes into force
The Republic of Congo is suspending the export of timber in the form of logs. The measure came into force on Sunday 1 January 2023 at the port of Pointe-Noire. Congo joins Gabon, which has been applying this sustainability approach to forest management since 2010. Cameroon, on the other hand, continues to export logs, to the detriment of environmentalists and international agreements on forest preservation.
DRC: a campaign against the consumption of wildlife in Kinshasa
The second phase of the « Celebrate Congolese cuisine without bushmeat-Yoka Pimbo! » campaign has been launched in Kinshasa. The initiative of the DR Congo Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development and its partners, including the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), aims to reduce the slaughter of wild animals for meat in a city like Kinshasa, which has a population of around 15 million.
CAMEROUN: l’ASEBE sensibilise sur la protection de l’environnement à Taro
« L’éducation est l’arme la plus puissante que vous puissiez utiliser pour changer le monde. » La transposition écologique de cette citation de Nelson Mandela, est la suivante : « L’éducation environnementale est l’arme la plus puissante que vous puissiez utiliser pour inverser la dégradation de l’environnement. » C’est en ce sens que l’Association pour l’égalité et le bien-être (ASEBE), a mené en décembre dernier, une vaste campagne de sensibilisation aux problèmes environnementaux dans la localité de Taro, nous sommes là dans l’arrondissement de Bafia, département du Mbam et Inoubou, région du centre.
DRC: M23 rebels threaten gorillas in Virunga National Park
The Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN) is warning about the situation of the mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The M23 rebel group has set up its rear base in the area of the park occupied by the mountain gorillas, making it impossible to monitor the primates.
GABON : quatre sites de coupe illégale de bois découverts à Bitam, au nord du pays
Plusieurs enquêtes forestières, menées entre novembre et décembre 2022 dans la ville de Bitam au nord du Gabon, ont permis d’identifier quatre sites de coupe illégale de bois. Les concernés ont été entendus par l’administration déconcentrée des Eaux et Forêts pour établir leurs responsabilités au regard des différentes violations du code forestier constatées.
MOROCCO: Canada to support the Forests 2020-2030 strategy
Morocco’s 2020-2030 reforestation strategy is one of three projects for which Canada has just granted an additional $255 million in funding. The announcement was made on 16 December 2022 during the 15th United Nations Conference on Biodiversity (COP15).