News & Stories
1st Quarter 2015 Training Schedule
- 12 Jan 2015
- News & Stories
The training schedule for the first quarter 2015 has just been published Consult
OSFAC Mission in Brazzaville: 16 to 18 December 2014
- 19 Dec 2014
- News & Stories
By invitation of the National REDD Coordination (CN REDD) of Congo and FAO, a delegation of OSFAC composed by Landing Mane (Director), André Mazinga (RS and GIS officer) and Cédric Singa (RS and GIS officer) went to Brazzaville to attend the FACET product presentation workshop (FACET : Forêts d’Afrique Centrale Evaluées par Télédétection).
United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
- 17 May 2013
- News & Stories
The forest is located in the heart of very large major environmental and societal concerns.It's a purveyor of a wide range of environmental services crucial to followed by a significant portion of humanity, some people living in the most precarious conditions. The green economy, if it has as its objective the eradication of poverty must contribute to the health of forest ecosystems.
Departure of Dr. John Flynn
- 13 Sep 2012
- News & Stories
Director of CARPE John Flynn retired after done an excellent job for the benefit of conservation and sustainable management of natural resources in the Congo Basin.
Analysis of deforestation and forest degradation in the republic of Congo
- 28 Nov 2011
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Training report – Belém, Brazil from 11 to 28 November 2011, by Patrick LOLA AMANI and Cherubins Brice OUISSIKA
Purpose and Content
The training goal was twofold: capacity building and technology transfer in the project "Monitoring of forest cover change and Quantification of carbon stocks and emissions from forest degradation and deforestation in the forests of Republic of Congo.”
Launch Ceremony of the FACET DRC Atlas
- 05 Apr 2011
- News & Stories
The presentation ceremony of the FACET Atlas was held on April 5, 2011 at the Grand Hotel in Kinshasa. It was chaired by His Excellency José Endundo Bononge, Minister of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), His Excellency Mr James ENTWISTLE, U.S. Ambassador to the DRC and Mr. John Flynn, Director of the Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE).
Conference report for the COMIFAC Regional Workshop
- 17 Feb 2010
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COMIFAC Regional Workshop held in Brazzaville, 2 - 4 February 2010
There has been long standing interest in monitoring of Congo Basin Forests, largely driven by research on biodiversity, ecosystems, land use and earth system observations. As a result of the inclusion of REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) in recent climate change treaty negotiations, the monitoring of the forests of the Congo Basin has become the subject of more intense interest.