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Tag: CAFI

Oil, corruption and lies in the Republic of Congo

Posted on 8 April 202017 April 2020

By Chris Lang In September 2019, the President of the Republic of Congo, Dénis Sassou Nguesso, flew to Paris to meet Emmanuel Macron, France’s President. Macron signed a letter of intent committing US$65 million to the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) to protect the Republic of Congo’s forests.

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Gabon signs US$150 million REDD deal with Norway. Shhh… Don’t mention corruption

Posted on 24 September 201920 February 2020

At a meeting on 22 September 2019 in New York, Lee White, who was recently appointed Forestry Minister in Gabon, announced a new US$150 million REDD deal with the Central African Forest Initiative. The meeting marked the fifth anniversary of the New York Declaration on Forests. The money will come, surprise, surprise, from Norway.

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Crocodile skin shoes, corruption, oil exploration, deforestation, and the Republic of Congo

Posted on 17 September 201928 October 2019

Last week, REDD-Monitor wrote about the US$65 million that the Central African Forest Initiative is giving to the Republic of Congo, supposedly to stop deforestation.

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Republic of Congo to get US$65 million from the Central African Forest Initiative. Will it stop deforestation? Not a chance

Posted on 13 September 201928 October 2019

Last week, the President of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, flew to Paris in a hired Boeing 787 Dreamliner, one of the most luxurious planes in the world. Le Figaro estimates that a one-way flight from Brazzaville to Paris would cost about US$500,000. Needless to say, Sassou Nguesso’s wife, Antoinette, travelled with him.

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Norway’s latest forest and climate shambles: the Central African Forest Initiative

Posted on 7 February 201728 February 2017

In September 2015, Norway and a handful of European countries launched the Central African Forest Initiative. CAFI is aimed at reducing emissions from deforestation in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Gabon, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Central African Republic and the Republic of Congo.

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