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Achieving sustainable development through Silviculture: focus on tree domestication

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 Daphine Gitonga

To download the Booklet for a maiden lecture by Dr. Adejoke Olukemi Akinyele, AFF member,  at the  newly created Faculty […]

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Young Journalist Award

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 Daphine Gitonga

The 2019 Young Journalist Award is open! Now in its seventh year, the award – in partnership with the UK Foreign Press Association – is […]

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Abu Dhabi Meeting Takes Stock of Progress Ahead of UN Climate Action Summit

July 17, 2019July 17, 2019 Daphine Gitonga

The Abu Dhabi Preparatory Meeting for the UN Secretary General’s UN Climate Action Summit brought together representatives from government, business, […]

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Remote sensing, monitoring and/or management and sustainable livelihoods specialist – peatlands and mangroves

July 16, 2019July 16, 2019 Daphine Gitonga

Photo: Mangroves of the East African Coast – Mtwapa. Credit: African Forest Forum CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST – VACANCY […]

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Agro-Forestry Specialist, Uganda

July 16, 2019July 16, 2019 Daphine Gitonga

Photo by NatureDan – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31012822 Agro-Forestry Specialist, Uganda Job Posting : 12/Jul/2019 Closure Date: 26/Jul/2019, 9:59:00 PM […]

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Study finds lemurs in degraded Madagascar forest skinny and stunted

July 16, 2019July 16, 2019 Daphine Gitonga

Photo by Charles J Sharp – Own work, from Sharp Photography, sharpphotography.co.uk, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75870159 In Madagascar’s Tsinjoarivo rainforest, […]

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Kenya Forest Service allocates area for endangered Bongo species

July 10, 2019July 10, 2019 Daphine Gitonga

The Kenya Forest Service has allocated 776 acres within the Mt. Kenya Forest ecosystem for Mountain Bongo conservation. The land […]

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World Biodiversity Forum 2020 – Call for Session and Workshop Proposals now open!

July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 Daphine Gitonga

The World Biodiversity Forum 2020, is taking place from 23 – 28 February in Davos. The inaugural World Biodiversity Forum […]

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Rethinking Global Climate Action beyond 2020

June 26, 2019 Daphine Gitonga

After a brief celebratory moment following the Paris Agreement on climate change, governmental ambitions have not been anywhere close to […]

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Nigeria plans 8-fold increase in palm oil production

June 26, 2019 Daphine Gitonga

Nigeria plans to invest 180 billion naira ($500 million) to increase its palm oil production from around 600,000 tons a […]

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