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      <title>New Canadian CBFP Facilitator</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Gaston Grenier, former Director General of CIDA's West Africa program, has been appointed facilitator to CBFP ]]></description>
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      <title>EU and Cameroon signed VPA - FLEGT agreement</title>
      <description><![CDATA[It is the second agreement in the Congo Basin and the third one world-wide]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 10:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>ASB Partnerships National Workshop on Deforestationin Cameroon</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Scientists and forest stakeholders shared and validated new research on the potential for REALU ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 21:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Paris-Oslo: Partnership for REDD</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The outcomes of the first international conference on financing deforestation in the tropics in a nutshell]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 08:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Facilitator&#39;s Address</title>
      <description><![CDATA[CBFP facilitator Hans Schipulle offers a personal analysis of the upcoming challenges in his note to CBFP members ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 14:27:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>COMIFAC – CBFP: FLEGT at the center of concerns in Douala &amp;#40;Cameroon&amp;#41;</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Political and private actors  in forest sector adapts to FLEGT and advances together towards a legal trade of tropical wood ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/COMIFAC-FLEGT-Workshop_Douala-24-March.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IFIA-ATIBT establishes the RACEWOOD 2010 Balance</title>
      <description><![CDATA[„The next five years will be devoted to make significant progress on wood processing towards greater added-value products …“]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/Ifia-Racewood-Douala_communiqué_press-E.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 09:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Mayombe Forest Transboundary Initiative - 1st meeting of the regional technical Committee</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Towards new dynamics of its implementation]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/Mayombe-Project-1st_meeting-Pointenoire-Congo.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:08:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Conclusions from the second CarboAfrica open science conference in Pointe-Noire &amp;#40;Republic of Congo&amp;#41;</title>
      <description><![CDATA["Africa carrying a leadership as regards to the scientific answer to a certain number of questions… about climate warnings… "]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/CarboAfrica-Pointenoire-conférence-E.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:52:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>The African experts collaborate to overcome the challenge of the Forestry Wildlife management in Brazzaville</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The important contribution of Forestry and Wildlife to reduce poverty, hunger and malnutrition in Africa  ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/AFWC-Brazzaville-E.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Monitoring Carbon Stocks and Fluxes at the Centre of the COMIFAC Workshop</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Experts describe how their projects inform technical issues of REDD preparedness in Brazzaville, 2-4 February 2010  ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/COMIFAC-Workshop_Brazzaville-E.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:16:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>RAPAC: Central Africa celebrates World Wetlands Day</title>
      <description><![CDATA[“Caring for wetlands: an answer to climate change” ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/RAPAC-WWD-E.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:03:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>IUCN - PACO: Mayombe project has its coordinator</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Mr  Agostinho Chicaia was recruited to this position which will allow him to facilitate the Mayombe project in collaboration with all partners]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/UICN-PACO-E-Mayombe.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:56:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>COMIFAC-GTBAC: Towards the development of strategy APA for COMIFAC’s space countries</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The identification of essential elements in the development of this strategy was validated and adopted during the 10th plenary meeting of GTBAC in Douala (Cameroun)]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/GTBAC_Douala-10-E.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:39:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Strengthening of the partnership between InWEnt and RIFFEAC</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Possibilities to promote the partnership were at the centre of the activities planning workshop in Bujumbura (Burundi), new Member State of RIFFEAC]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/InWEnt-RIFFEAC-partenariat-E.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:03:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>The Forests of the Congo Basin: State of the Forest 2008 launched at the U.S. Capital</title>
      <description><![CDATA[John Flynn, Director for the USAID/CARPE: "State of the Forest report represents a significant accomplishment for the CBFP" ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/EDF_at_the_US_capital-E.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:05:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Congo Basin Rainforest ecosystems: The State of the Forests 2008 Report</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The English version of the report is now available online on the Observatory for the Forests of Central Africa (OFAC) website.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/State_of_the_forest2008-E.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>International Year of Biodiversity 2010</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Celebrating Central Africa’s Biodiversity - A chance to increase understanding of the vital role that biodiversity plays in sustaining life on Earth.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/IYB-Artile-E.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Recommendations from CIFOR Forest Day 3</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In Copenhagen, Central Africa joins its regional message to the global debate]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/CIFOR-Forest-Day3-Copenhagen-E.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:10:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>“Today, Africa is Part of the Solution&#34;</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Paris gathered the heads of state of the CEEAC region for a joint press release ahead of negotiations in Copenhagen]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/Sommet-Paris-CEEAC-E.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:28:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>COP15 UNFCCC: Tropical Forests at the Centre of Negociations</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Copenhagen: an Occasion to Show COMIFAC’s Efforts in the Search for Answers to the Methodological Questions of REDD]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/COMIFAC_side_event_Copenhague-E.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:57:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Full success for the OFAC side event in Copenhagen</title>
      <description><![CDATA[REDD issues in the Congo Basin - Towards an operational Observatory]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/OFAC-Copenhague-E.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:36:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>The sixth Newsletter COMIFAC News</title>
      <description><![CDATA[This bulletin deals with specific topics including biodiversity conservation]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/COMIFAC-NEWS-6-E.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:14:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>CBFF Governing Council agrees to launch 2nd call for proposals</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Council members urge Central African decision makers to take over visible political ownership during the Copenhagen summit ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/cbff-governingcouncil24november2009.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:24:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Capacity Building for Forest and Environmental Schools</title>
      <description><![CDATA[How to improve the capacity of the natural resources managers to face the challenges of the future? ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/RIFFEAC-InWENT-E.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:04:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>6th CBFP plenary meeting: Canada to take over facilitation in 2010</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The CBFP members confirm their formal commitment to support the implementation of COMIFAC's Convergence Plan ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/PFBC-Plénière-6-E.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:09:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>CIFOR Central Africa: Preparing for Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Actors in forestry own the REDD in Central Africa and give a strong signal ahead of Copenhagen]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/CIFOR-Forest-Day3-E.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:32:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>The network of Parliament members &amp;#40;REPAR&amp;#41; is consolidated in Central Africa</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Parliament members adopt the “joint Position” on the climate change and commit themselves for the autonomous financial mechanism of COMIFAC]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/REPAR-BATA-E.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:06:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>On the verge of developing a regional referential for forest certification in the Congo Basin</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A new definition of the notion of indigenous peoples adopted as possible reference for other participatory planning tools]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/Referentiel-unique-certification-E.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:02:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Bush meat extraction rose considerably in Central Africa</title>
      <description><![CDATA[TRAFFIC sounds the alarm over bush meat illicit trade]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/TRAFFICBushmeat-E.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:39:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>COMIFAC/GTBAC: Central Africa in one accord in Douala, Cameroon</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The 9th meeting of the Biodiversity Working Group of Central Africa (BWGCA) offers a joint position on the APA - Article (8j)]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/GTBACDouala-E.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:17:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>ALPI Group - Welcome to our new member!</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The new member of the private sector declares officially its adhesion to the principles of the PFBC]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/ALPIGroup-E.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:54:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>CEEAC: The 14th Summit of Heads of State and Government Consolidates and give Security to COMIFAC!</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Heads of State ratified unanimously the resolutions of the extraordinary Council of CEEAC-COMIFAC on climate changes and the autonomous financial mechanism ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/CEEACKinshsasommet-E.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:23:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Welcome to CBFP&#39;s new member: Norway</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Norway confirms its wish to join the partnership in order to embrace its growing engagement in the  Congo Basin ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/newmember_norway.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>The success of the CBFP questioned and affirmed before the American Congress</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The facilitator highlights the importance of the international cooperation for the sustainable management of Congo Basin forests at the ICCF Forum]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/ICCFwashington.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>OFAC: The State of the Forests in the Congo Basin 2008</title>
      <description><![CDATA[French version available online on www.observatoire-comifac.net]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/OFACPFBCanglais.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:56:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Congratulations and encouragements to REPOFBAC</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Network on forest policies in Congo Basin (REPOFBAC) celebrates its 10th anniversary]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/REPOFBAC10ansanglais.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:52:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>ECCAS -COMIFAC: Ministers give a strong signal in Kinshasa</title>
      <description><![CDATA[ECCAS -COMIFAC: Ministers came to a consensus on REED (plus), financing mechanism and the COMIFAC 2010 budget]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/ECCASCOMIFACKinshasa.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>CPS-CEFDHAC engages to follow the financial autonomous mechanism</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The first Sub regional Piloting Committee meeting for the CEFHDAC (5 – 7 August 2009, Bangui) testifies the new dynamism of regional networks]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/dany.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Conclusions of the CBFP Workshop on the Role of Industrial Logging</title>
      <description><![CDATA[CBFP adopted a common vision on the challenges of certification and good governance for ensuring sustainable industrial logging ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/conclusions-atelierPFBC-roleindustriallogging.html</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:14:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Welcome to CBFP&#39;s new member: Forest Stewardship Council</title>
      <description><![CDATA[After having declared its adherence to the Cooperation Framwork, FSC has been formally admitted as a new member to CBFP ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/member-fsc.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:23:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>CARPE Information Management Tool &amp;#40;IMT&amp;#41; online</title>
      <description><![CDATA[CARPE provides online GIS array of the priority landscapes which allows partners to view and analyze progress in land use planning]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/carpe-imt.html</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>COMIFAC : evaluation workshop on AFLEG/FLEGT Task Force &amp;#40;13-15 May&amp;#41;</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Please view the (unauthorized) translation of the workshop's communiqué ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/TaskForceFLEGT-evaluationworkshop.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:23:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>The real issues of sustainable management in Lomié</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The ROLD, a Cameroonese network of agro-forest communty cooperatives, confirms local NGOs' positive view on certification ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/keeping-it-real_Lomie.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:27:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Libreville: creating a time for debate and discussion</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Encouraged by his ministerial counterparts, COMIFAC's president called for a consultative meeting to discuss crucial issues ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/libreville-ministermeeting-en.html</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:26:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Conclusions of the 7th CBFP-CCR session</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The following conclusions were drawn after an animated exchange during the last statuary meeting (May 18-19, Douala) ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/conclusions-ccrdouala-en.html</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 16:56:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>The EU Concludes FLEGT Agreement with Republic of Congo</title>
      <description><![CDATA[First Bilateral Pact with Congo Basin Nation Uses Power of European Market to Curb Rise of Illegal Timber Harvests in Africa ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/FLEGT-congobrazzaville.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 12:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>CBFP&#39;s Facilitators on the road to China &amp;#40;April 20 to 27&amp;#41;</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Upon invitation by IUCN China, the Facilitation fosters relation-management with Chinese partners to promote sustainable forest use and planning  ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/on-the-road-to-china.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 23:11:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>ATIBT: Full Success for the Workshop on High Conservation Value Forests &amp;#40;February 26-29, in Douala&amp;#41;</title>
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      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/FHVC-Douala-E.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:46:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>On its efforts to preserve the Congolese forests,</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Kinshasa receives encouragement from international partners]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/on-its-efforts-to-preserve-the-congolese-forests.html</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:57:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>One-fifth of fossil-fuel emissions absorbed by threatened forests</title>
      <description><![CDATA["Afriton" scientists have discovered that rainforest trees are getting bigger, thus storing more carbon in their trunks. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/news-leewhite.html</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:05:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>CES Brazzaville offers new multidisciplinary training programme</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Students or graduates from six central African countries are invited to apply before 22 February 2009 ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/cesbrazzaville-trainingprogramme.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>TRAFFIC - welcome to the partnership&#39;s new member</title>
      <description><![CDATA[TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, works to ensure that wildlife trade is not a threat to the conservation of nature.  ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/welcome_traffic.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:47:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>European Commission contributes €2.5 million to Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative</title>
      <description><![CDATA[On 18 December 2008, the EC and UNESCO signed an agreement in Libreville, Gabon  ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/european-commission-contributes-25-million-to-central-africa-world-heritage-forest-initiative.html</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:12:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Newsletter of the &#34;Project for Managing Small Gabonese Forest Licenses&#34;</title>
      <description><![CDATA[PAPPFG aims at including small forest licences holders in the process of sustainable forest management ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/newsletter-PAPPFG.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>www.mecnt.cd</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Have a glance at the fresh version of the website published by DR Congo's Minister for Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourisme! ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/www-mecntcd.html</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:49:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/www-mecntcd.html</guid>
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      <title>RIFFEAC &#34;Regional Seminar on Forest-Environmental Training Programmes in Central Africa&#34;</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The great variety of attending parties and the quality of exchange throughout the seminar (1-3.12.2008) underlined the importance of training politics ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/regionaltrainingdays-douala.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:56:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/regionaltrainingdays-douala.html</guid>
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      <title>Conclusions from the &#34;State of the Forests 2008&#34; validation workshop</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Please find below the English translation of an article published by Florence Palla on www.rapac.org ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/validationworkshop-conclusions.html</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:52:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Dialogue on Initiatives for REDD Readiness in the Congo Basin</title>
      <description><![CDATA[At the invitation of COMIFAC and CBFP, a one-day meeting was hosted by WWF in Washington DC on 23rd October 2008. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/redd-washington-engl.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:44:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Forest Day presented summary of key messages to UNFCCC Secretariat</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The summary highlighted a number of factors that should make REDD work for marginalised, forest-depending groups ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/forestday2-summary.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:06:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>New multilateral finance partnership for RDC</title>
      <description><![CDATA[UK and Germany announce a £3m  partnership to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Environment to manage DRC’s forest ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/new-multilateral-finance-partnership-for-rdc.html</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:32:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/new-multilateral-finance-partnership-for-rdc.html</guid>
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      <title>More research on climate aid: Oxford Energy and Environment Comment</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A new paper on "The Reality of Official Climate Aid" provides preliminary findings on trends in climate aid  ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/more-research-on-climate-aid.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:53:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/more-research-on-climate-aid.html</guid>
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      <title>Negotiating climate policies - domestic and international coalition forming</title>
      <description><![CDATA[As the United Nations Climate Change Conference opened in Poznan on December 1st, political scientists provide insight about the complex game of interacting interests     ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/climatepolicies-twolevelgames.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:04:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>The 6th meeting of CBFP regional advisory committee has been convened in Brazzaville</title>
      <description><![CDATA[75 participants from CBFP's assigned members and other partner institutions attended the meeting on October 30 and 31 at Hotel Meridien Brazzaville]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/cbfp-ccr6brazzaville.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:59:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/cbfp-ccr6brazzaville.html</guid>
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      <title>COMIFAC adopts its Plan for Action 2009-2010</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COMIFAC's Council of ministers has endorsed the Plan of Action for 2009-2010 during its extraordinary session in Brazzaville on september 26th]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/comifac-councilbrazzaville.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:10:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Rougier Gabon is now FSC certified</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Rougier has been awarded FSC Certification for its chain of custody and the majority of the forests managed by its subsidiary Rougier Gabon.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/rougier_gabonfsc.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:23:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/rougier_gabonfsc.html</guid>
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      <title>DR Congo plans to cancel more than two-thirds of its timber logging contracts</title>
      <description><![CDATA[RDC government is concerned illegal logging is depleting one of its most valuable resources, the world's second-largest tropical forest. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/rdc-conversionloggingcontracts.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>CBFP Facilitator Delegate attends Washington Global Forest Leaders Forum</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Invited by the Forests Dialogue, Samuel Makon joined parties on September 16/17 to boost international efforts to combat climate change]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/participation-globalforestleadersforum.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/participation-globalforestleadersforum.html</guid>
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      <title>Conclusions of the COMIFAC Council of Ministers &amp;#40;9-11 September in Bangui&amp;#41;</title>
      <description><![CDATA[As the Centralafrican Republic took over the COMIFAC presidency, regional ministers in charge of forests settled for viable solutions ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/5thsession-comcomifac.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>FERN/Forest Watch Ghana Press Release: Cautious optimism as first VPA is signed in Ghana</title>
      <description><![CDATA[FERN and Forest Watch Ghana call upon the EU to ensure that any agreements with Malaysia, Indonesia, Cameroon and DRC have the full support of civil society groups]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/fernforest-watch-ghana-press-release-cautious-optimism-as-first-vpa-is-signed-in-ghana.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IUCN Toolkit forest- poverty / policy brief</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A multinational team has presented, tested and evaluated this Poverty-Forests toolkit for 18 months (February 2007 - July 2008), and in four countries: Cameroon, Ghana, Madagascar and Uganda. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/iucn-toolkitbrief.html</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Precious Woods - Welcome to our new member!</title>
      <description><![CDATA[CBFP's first corporate member is a swiss-based world-leader in sustainable management of tropical forests]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Declaration issued during the ministerial conference on the Greater Virunga</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The 2-million-acre (800,000-hectare) Virunga, a UN World Heritage Site, is home to about half the world’s 700 remaining mountain gorillas. The Ministerial Statement is the result of an US American effort to revitalize the transboundary dialogue for conservation of the greater landscape. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/news-greatervirungalandscapedeclaration.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>CHATHAM HOUSE publication</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Royal Institute of International Affaires has published a new research paper "Towards Sustainable Management and Financing of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Forests"]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/chatham-house-publication.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Summary of Proceedings IFIA Workshop for Dialogue</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Libreville workshop brought together Asian and other economic operators in the Central African region]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/summary-of-proceedings-ifia-workshop-for-dialogue.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:37:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Launching the Congo Basin Forest Fund</title>
      <description><![CDATA[On June 17-18, a new financial instrument for protecting the subregion's forests was launched at Lancaster House, London]]></description>
      <link>http://www.cbfp.org/news_en/items/launching-the-congo-basin-forest-fund.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>SCIENCE Special Issue on &#34;Forests in Flux&#34;</title>
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