UN Climate Change Conference, Durban - South Africa 2011
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COP 17/CMP7 November 28th - December 9th
The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 7th Session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties (CMP7) to the Kyoto Protocol, meet in the sunny city of Durban, South Africa. Read more |
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AFF Book launch at COP17:
This is perhaps the first book that, based on what is known, systematically addresses climate change issues in the context of African forests, trees, and wildlife resources; and therefore brings to the fore the forest and wildlife-climate change debate within and beyond the African continent... Read more
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Launch of the AFF Book entitled “Climate Change and African Forest and Wildlife Resources”
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In Africa, much as the forestry sector joined the debate on climate change fairly late, significant achievements for the sector have been made.
These debates have succeeded in profiling the sector at all levels and also in mobilizing attention and resources for the sector to address the climate change important issues, and more specifically those related to reducing deforestation and degradation, enhancing carbon stocks, improving the protection of forests, and enhancing sustainable management of forest resources; issues constituting REDD+ |
AFF has worked on climate change issues related to forests, trees and wildlife resources on the continent. The results from this effort have been compiled in the form of a book with the title Climate Change and African Forest and Wildlife Resources. This book is, therefore, timely in that it highlights to all stakeholders, and in a systematic manner, the climate change issues relevant to the African forestry and wildlife sectors, with the view of increasing these sectors’ contribution, at various levels and fora, and to addressing the vagaries of climate change. The book also outlines the opportunities that climate change brings to the sectors.
AFF Releases a New Compendium
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Africa continues to have serious problems with generating new information and innovations in forestry, accessing externally available information, as well as with analysing and adopting such information and innovation into practical forest management.
A substantial amount of information on Non-Wood Forest Products and Services (NWFPS) is available in various sources and forms and are of varying scientific quality. The AFF explored how such information could be made of use by educational and training institutions for technical and professional education in forestry and related areas. |
This gave rise to the preparation of the non-wood forest products and services compendium which aims at enabling students and other interested groups including government officials, producers, exporters, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), research institutes and other stakeholders to acquire knowledge, skills, and values in the identification, development, management, utilisation and promotion of opportunities in NWFPS.
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