AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoCongo Basin Climate Finance: Brazzaville hosted a donor roundtable to mobilise $5.32bn for the Blue Fund for the Congo Basin, targeting 63 climate and ecosystem projects across 17 member countries including Gabon. AfDB Energy & Climate Push: At the AfDB Annual Meetings in Brazzaville, African leaders called for more investment in energy, infrastructure, industrialisation and climate finance, with Gabon’s President Brice Oligui Nguema linking forest conservation to eco-tourism and carbon-credit initiatives. Wildlife Pressure in Central Africa: A new CIFOR-ICRAF study in Nature warns that wild meat demand is rising with urban growth, and that 31% of wild species in Central Africa are at risk of extinction. Research-to-Policy Gap: Gabon hosted discussions under the RESSAC programme on how to get practical forest-management findings—like tackling human-wildlife conflict and improving regeneration—into policymakers’ hands. Wildlife & Nature Notes: A rare olive ridley sea turtle nest was documented in Florida, with warming seas and other pressures cited as possible drivers.
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