This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Congo Basin Forest Partnership Act of 2004’’ SEC 2 FINDINGS Congress finds the following: (1) The tropical forests of the Congo Basin, located in the Central African countries of Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial
of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership—Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo—and includes an area of approximately 2 million square kilometers (See Figures 1 and 2 ) Vegetation and Climate The current distributions of different forest types correlate
tory frameworks in Congo Basin countries The CBFF also works closely with Central African governments and other stakeholders such as the Congo Basin Forest Partnership, which coordinates funding for the forest sector in the region The CBFF Secretariat is based in Tunis, at the African Development Bank,
30 million people in the Congo Basin are forest-dependent communities from 150 ethnic groups These forest native communities are witnessing the arrival of around 40 million non-indigenous people, who are also consumers of the basin’s forest products and resources Small scale agriculture is the main driver of deforestation
WWF’s approach aligns with the vision shared by the heads of state of the subregion, the partners of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership and recognised by the United Nations The landscape conservation approach also takes into account the realities of changing global trade patterns and the challenges these pose to forest
Feb 22, 2007 · 13 The forest of the Congo Basin encapsulates the greatest variety of flora and fauna in Africa 14 The forest holds half of the continent's wild species and is a natural and economic resource supporting 83 million people 15 In the Congo Basin of Central Africa, the bushmeat trade is, on average, six
Congo Basin, the U S government has developed the Congo Basin Forest Partnership This multilateral partnership is aimed at improving forest management and governance to reduce deforestation and illegal logging The United States also has administered sanctions against foreign countries due to illegal logging; it has directed
multiple members of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) to respond to one of the ten axes from the Central Africa Forest Commission‘s (COMIFAC) ‗Plan de Convergence‘: ―resource knowledge‖ The development of SYVBAC: a multi-stakeholder participatory process coordinated by TRAFFIC Since 2008, TRAFFIC has been supporting a
Congo Basin Forest Partnership Scientific and Academic College Cameroon: Ministère des Forêts et de la Faune Central African Republic: Ministère des Eaux, Forêts, Chasse et Pêche Democratic Republic of Congo: Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Conservation de la Nature et du Développement Durable