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EOSC Symposium 2020

19 October 2020 - 22 October 2020

EOSC Symposium 2020, organised by the EOSCsecretariat.eu project in collaboration with the EOSC Executive and Governing Boards, is going virtual on 19 to 22 October 2020 (mornings only).

The main objectives of this year Symposium are:

to show the value of EOSC to research performing

Standards that describe and support the exchange of biodiversity information are a critical scientific infrastructure. They enable data to be integrated in support of research, as well as decision-making and conservation planning. Ultimately, standards extend the usability of data across taxa

First harvest of “manatee honey” at Lake Ossa

08 October 2020

In May 2020, the AMMCO team met with one of the fishermen, converted to beekeeping, to collect the first liter of honey. Only one liter? The results seem meager but encouraging. Here is the story of the project. Beekeeping is one of the alternative activities to fishing launched by AMMCO with the…

15th rescue within one year

08 October 2020

This part of Africa where AMMCO is situated is known generally for overexploitation of fisheries due to certain belief that the ocean is self-replenishing. This nonchalant act has rendered a lot of important species endangered. A notable example are the iconic sea turtle species. They are widely…

Gilles Etoga signs the deal on behalf of WWF Cameroon

Cameroon’s Finest Artists commit to protect nature

08 October 2020

Daphne, Salatiel, Mr. Leo and actress Laura Onyama join WWF as Champions for a New Deal for Nature and People A cream of very popular young Cameroonian artists has joint forces with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) to raise their voices for the planet and champion calls for a New Deal for Nature…

UN Calls for Accelerated Action with 1,000 Days to Go on Millennium Development Goals

03 March 2020

People around the world invited to join in boosting momentum for most successful global anti-poverty push in history. With 1,000 days remaining to the end of 2015 – the target date for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity is…

Subvention et bourse du "British Ecological Society" (BES)

03 March 2020

La BES offre des subventions pour promouvoir l'excellence en recherche écologique, aide à financer la formation, les voyages et la communication de la science de l'écologie aussi largement que possible. Ces dernières années, plus de £ 200.000 par an ont été attribué à travers diverses subventions du…

2013 CABIN call for data provider

03 March 2020

The CABIN project (Central African Biodiversity Information Network) supported by the Directorate General of the Belgian Development Cooperation (DGD) and initiated by the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) is organising a second call for proposals for the mobilisation and on-line publication of…

Communiqué de presse : Deuxième appui du C2D au Programme Sectoriel Forêt – Environnement (PSFE)

03 March 2020

Signature de deux conventions de financement pour un montant de 13,6 Mds de F CFA (20,7 M €) entre le Ministère de l’Economie, de la Planification et de l’Aménagement du Territoire (MINEPAT) et l’Agence Française de Développement (AFD). Deuxième appui du C2D au Programme Sectoriel Forêt –…

Nominations for the MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2014

03 March 2020

The MIDORI Prize is an international prize dedicated to biodiversity, co-organized by the AEON Environmental Foundation and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The Prize honours individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the conservation and sustainable use…

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