Ras Mohammed Marine Nature Reserve, Egypt’s oldest national park, has just received the Green List certificate from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The award recognises Egypt’s efforts to protect its natural ecosystems, including coral reefs, mangroves and seagrass beds in the Red Sea, as it hosts the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) from 6 to 18 November 2022.
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GABON: One of the last strongholds of forest elephants, exposed to ivory trafficking
A suspected intermediary in the illegal ivory trade has just been arrested in Fougamou in southern Gabon. This event comes three months after the arrest in the same locality of a suspected trafficker with 12 ivory tusks. All of which attests to the fact that Gabon, considered one of the last bastions of forest elephants, remains exposed to ivory trafficking.
Protection des aires protégées du Cameroun
Rainforest Alliance produit un guide d’orientation sur les zones à haut risque de déforestation et d’empiètement. L’Ong propose des mesures pour mettre sur le marché des produits certifiés et pratiquer une agriculture à impact mineur sur les forêts.
TANZANIA: elephant population recovers
Nearly 20,000 elephants were counted during a 20-day survey in Katavi-Rukwa and Ruaha-Rungwa, two regions in western and southern Tanzania respectively. With such a large population of pachyderms, the East African country becomes the most important stronghold for elephants in Africa outside Zimbabwe and Botswana.
CENTRAL AFRICA: Log export ban postponed indefinitely
In Central Africa, the ban on the export of logs will no longer take effect from 1 January 2022. The entry into force of this measure has been postponed to an unspecified date. This was the outcome of the 38th ordinary session of the Council of Ministers of the Economic Union of Central Africa (UEAC), which ended on 28 October 2022 in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
CAMEROUN : à la veille de la COP27, le ministre des forêts est accusé de pillage
Green Development Advocates (GDA), en partenariat avec Greenpeace Afrique, vient de publier une Note d’Analyse qui met en lumière les irrégularités juridiques autour de l’attribution par le gouvernement camerounais de cinq ventes de coupe en faveur de l’implantation l’agro-industrie Camvert dans la région du Sud. Ledit document relève trois cas de violation de la loi par le ministre camerounais de la Forêt et de la Faune, Jules Doret Ndongo, signataire desdits arrêtés.
GABON: The country obtains carbon credit certification from the UNFCCC
Gabon has just been certified for carbon credit by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The government welcomes a step forward for the marketing of carbon credits in Gabon.
AFRICA: AfDB report assesses feasibility of debt-for-nature/climate swaps
A publication highlights policy options for sustainable financing, with a focus on debt-for-climate/nature swaps. The report was released on October 13, 2022 by the African Development Bank (AfDB), in partnership with the Potomoac Group and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
SOUTH AFRICA: Controversy over a new gas project by TotalEnergies
The Bloom association for the protection of the oceans and the South African non-governmental organization (NGO) The Green Connection launched a campaign in Paris on Monday 17 October 2022 against a major gas project by TotalEnergies. According to the two conservation organizations, this project would threaten biodiversity.
GUINEA: Government reintroduces logging, despite deforestation
Logging is resuming in Guinea after more than a year’s ban, motivated by the need to preserve forest cover that has fallen victim to massive looting. The West African country is among the « bad pupils » of forest conservation.