Month: October 2019

In the last two decades, land reform has been carried out in many African countries. This GLF Digital Summit focuses on the impact of these policies on land tenure and resource management, and their perception by local residents in both rural and urban settings. From case studies from Rwanda, Ethiopia and Ghana, what factors are working on landscape change under land reform process will be discussed with special reference to landscape restoration.

Moderator:

• Takanori Oishi
  Lecturer, African Studies Center, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Speakers:

• Shinichi Takeuchi
  Director, African Studies Center, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
• Teshome Emana
  Visiting Professor, African Studies Center – TUFS / Head and Assistant Professor, Department of Social Anthropology, Addis Ababa University
• Kojo Amanor
  Visiting Professor, African Studies Center – TUFS / Professor, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana

Commentator:

• Denis Sonwa
  Senior Researcher, CIFOR, Cameroon

This conversation will be conducted in French.

Forests cover 46% of Cameroon’s national territory, which hosts such diverse ecosystems that it is nicknamed “Africa in Miniature”. But Cameroon has also experienced substantial deforestation and land degradation, with causes ranging from fuel wood and charcoal extraction to infrastructure development, which has negatively impacted local livelihoods, the national economy and ecosystem services. In response, Cameroon has committed to restoring 12 million hectares of degraded lands by 2030 through the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR 100). To achieve this goal, the Ministries of Environment and Forestry have accelerated their efforts to develop a national forest land restoration strategy by the end of 2019.

Join us in this Digital Summit to better understand how national-level policies to restore the critical and diverse landscapes of the Congo Basin are made. By taking part, you’ll learn about what Cameroon is doing to ensure that the strategy considers national requirements, accommodates existing restoration projects, and is guided by best practices based on experience from around the globe.

Speakers:

• Moderator: Denis Sonwa, Senior scientist at CIFOR
• Ph.D. Bring Christophe, Head of the Studies Projects and Cooperation Division for the Ministry of Environment, Nature Protection and Sustainable Development (Cameroon)
• Mikhail Mvongo Nkenne, Executive in the Cooperation and Programming Division for the Ministry of the Forest and Wildlife. (Cameroon).
• Leonel M Tadong, Chief of Service, Follow-up and Control of the Department of Regional and Border Area Development at the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Regional Development (Cameroon)
  
• Malin Elsen, Program supporter for the implementation of the rural development strategy and environmental forest component (ProPFE) of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Vers une stratégie nationale de restauration des paysages forestiers au Cameroun

Date : 16 octobre 2019

Heure : 10h – 11h heure de Yaoundé (utilisez cet outil pour convertir votre fuseau horaire en heure locale)

Les forêts couvrent 46 % du territoire national du Cameroun, un pays qui abrite des écosystèmes si divers qu’il est souvent appellé « l’Afrique en miniature ». Cependant, le Cameroun a également connu une déforestation et une dégradation des sols importantes, allant de la récolte du bois énergie au développement des infrastructures ; ce qui a eu un impact négatif sur les moyens de subsistance locaux, l’économie nationale et les services écosystémiques. En réponse, dans le cadre de l’Initiative pour la restauration des paysages forestiers en Afrique (AFR 100), le Cameroun s’est engagé à restaurer 12 millions d’hectares de terres dégradées d’ici 2030. Pour atteindre cet objectif, les ministères de l’Environnement et des Forêts ont redoublé d’efforts pour élaborer une stratégie nationale de restauration des terres forestières d’ici la fin de 2019.

Participez à ce séminaire en ligne pour mieux comprendre comment sont élaborées les politiques nationales visant à restaurer les paysages critiques et diversifiés du bassin du Congo. En participant, vous apprendrez ce que le Cameroun fait pour faire en sorte que la stratégie tienne compte des exigences nationales, s’adapte aux projets de restauration existants et s’appuie sur les meilleures pratiques fondées sur l’expérience acquise dans le monde entier.