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Investing for the future: More jobs out of a greener EU budget

2012-02-08

The EU budget has the potential to create more jobs than it is currently doing if it mainstreams green investment.

This report analyses the cost of each job in each sector including the Common Agricultural Policy, Cohesion Policy, Natura 2000, renewable energy and transport.

To date the EU has never published a full jobs audit of itsbudget, despite spending nearly €1 trillion between 2007 and 2014. Our report will help policy makers consider the optimal solutions in job creation through the budget.

This report was commissioned by WWF, BirdLife Europe, CEE Bankwatch Network, European Environmental Bureau, Friends of the Earth Europe and Transport and the Environment.

WWF More Fish Campaign newsletter - January 2012

2012-01-24

As part of its campaign to see ambitious reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), WWF is calling on the European Parliament to exert its co-decision powers in order to achieve the best possible reform.

A newsletter is sent to all 736 MEPs to raise awareness about the importance of this once-in-a-decade opportunity for reform and inform them about the different aspects of the reform proposal.

Call for Expression of Interest for Technical Assistance of an International Forestry Expert under the EU financed project

2012-01-23

Closing Date for Submittion of Expression of Interest : 9 February, 2012

Call reference number: WWf-Caucasus-01/01-SRV-REG-2012/ENRTP

WWF Caucasus Programme Office (WWF-Caucasus) in partnership with WWF-Germany, WWF-Armenia and WWF-Azerbaijan is involved in implementation of EU financed Project on Increasing the resilience of forest ecosystems against climate change in the South Caucasus Countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia) through forest transformation (Project) for 2011-2014.

WWF-Caucasus is seeking for procurement of service contract to be concluded with International Forestry Expert to provide expert advice and guidance within a framework of the Project and therefore announces the present Call for Expression of Interest for Technical Assistance of an International Forestry Expert.

1. THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Detailed information on the Project is available from:
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/black_sea_basin/caucasus/projects/eu_enrtp_caucasus

2. ASSIGNEMENT

For details on the assignement (scope of work, deliverebles, qualification requirements etc) please refer to the Terms of Reference in attached Tender Dossier (in PDF and Microsoft Word versions) – Annex II (Terms of Reference) of the Draft Contract Agreement, Part B.

3. EVALUATION

Selected applicants will be invited to the negotiated competetive tender and asked for technical and financial offers according to the requirenments of the Tender Dossier (in PDF and Microsoft Word versions).

Final selection of the International Forestry Expert will be made in accordance with the quality- cost based selection method (technical component and price component).

4. APPLICATION INFORMATION

Interested candidates should submit (via e-mail and with indication of call ref. number in subject line) the following application document:

Scanned version of a signed cover letter of stating an expression of interest with a possible starting date for the entire duration of the contract to:

Ms. Sofia Mgeladze
Project Regional Assistant (DCI-ENV/2010/221391)
WWF-Caucasus, Merab Aleksidze Str.11,0193Tbilisi,Georgia
Fax: + ( 99532 ) 2-237-501
Tel.: + ( 99532 ) 2-237-500 ext.110
E-mail: smgeladze@wwfcaucasus.ge

Note:

Expresion of Interset (EoI) is an alternative to writing a fully-fledged selection-criteria response. The EoI might be with a maximum length such as 2-3 pages. Attachement of CV is not required. The EoI will outline what the person is to do and the experience and skills needed to carry out the role.

The EoI can be set out in a number of ways, including:

• A series of paragraphs covering current role, interest in the new role, examples from experience that are relevant to the skills and duties of the service/job, relevant qualifications.
• A series of headings, based on key skills or roles, with supporting examples.

Whichever way is chosen to set out information in the EoI, the aim is to make a convincing case that is easily judged by the reader to mean that applicants are readily able to move into this role, will be productive quickly, bring to it something useful, will deliver outcomes.

For additional questions applicants could contact:

Mr. Hannes Neuner
Project Advisor (DCI-ENV/2010/221391)
WWF-Caucasus, Merab Aleksidze Str.11,0193Tbilisi,Georgia
Fax: + ( 99532 ) 2-237-501
Tel.: + ( 99532 ) 2-237-500 ext.113

E-mail: hneuner@wwfcaucasus.ge

5. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION

The deadline for submission of application document (signed EoI) is:

09 February, 2012, 12:00 Central European Time (CET) at WWF-Caucasus, Tbilisi

Who gets it?

2012-01-17

Actions supported by the EU budget have repercussions on the environment. WWF Who Gets It publication features some of the best and worst cases from Cohesion Policy, LIFE, Common Agricultural Policy and Development programs. From the flood plains of the Danube to the picturesque Liguranian coast we look to see how your money is spent.

The EU can mainstream the environment and WWF is pushing for sustainable expenditure in the next seven year budgetary cycle (2014-2020) .

GFTN-Regional/Country Factsheets

2012-01-15

The GFTN-Regional/Country factsheets has been created to give a specific insight into the region or country where GFTN works. You will find information such as the region/country background, how the GFTN office was established, who are the participants, some quick statistics and contact person. (updated on January 2012)

China for a Global Shift Newsletter - December 2011

2012-01-05

This is the China for a Global Shift Initiative newsletter of December 2011.

This edition focuses on our efforts to promote green economy in China and sustainability principles in China-Africa relations. You can also read about the WWF Coastal East Africa Initiative, which has many links to China, and of responsible forestry and renewable energy.

For further information or to receive the newsletter please contact Dong Le, ldong@wwfchina.org.

Announcement of Tender for Supply of Three 4-Wheel Drive Pick-up Motor Vehicles under the EU financed Project (Tender Dossier)

2011-12-29

Status: CLOSED

Publication reference : WWF-Deu - 01SP2011/ENRTP-II

WWF DEUTSCHLAND (WWF GERMANY) intends to award a supply contract in Germany for Three (3) 4x4 Double-cab Pick-up Motor Vehicles with financial assistance from the ENRTP programme of the European Union to be delivered:

• one vehicle to any City in Germany (or to Armenia/Yerevan - Customs Port: AMEVN) - addressed to WWF-Armenia
• one vehicle to any City in Germany (or to Azerbaijan/Baku - Customs Port: AZBAK)- addressed to WWF-Azerbaijan
• one vehicle to any City in Germany (or to Georgia/Tbilisi -Customs Port: GETBS) - addressed to WWF-Caucasus

The tender dossier is available from WWF Germany, Reinhardtstraße 14, 10117 Berlin, Germany, Fax: +49 (0)30311777199 and on this web-page for download in PDF and Microsoft Word versions.

The deadline for submission of tenders is: 30 January, 2012 15:00 Central European Time (CET) at WWF Germany. Possible additional information or clarifications/questions will be published on this web-page.

For more detailed information please contact:

Aurel.Heidelberg
Caucasus Programme Officer
WWF Germany
Reinhardtstraße 14, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Fax: +49 (0)30311777 199
Tel.: +49 (0)30-311777-274
Mob.: + 49(0)151-18854813
E-mail: Aurel.Heidelberg@wwf.de

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (posted on 19.01.2012)

Please, refer to the ADDITIONAL INFORMATION in a form of zip file [Additional Information Tender Vechiles.zip] that includes:

 Addendum to the Tender Dossier [01-Addendum N1 to Tender Dossier.pdf]
 Questions that have been raised by potential bidders and answers of the Contracting Organization - WWF-Germany [02-Q&A Tender Vehicles.pdf] with regard to the above Tender Announcement of Dec-29, 2011 and
 List of Developing Countries which are eligible in terms of Rule of Origin [03-List of Developing Countries.pdf].

Putting the issues together; a case study analysis on Conservation and Livelihoods Linkages in Khata Corridor, Bardia, Nepal

2011-12-26

"Putting the issues together; a case study analysis on Conservation and Livelihoods Linkages in Khata Corridor, Bardia, Nepal "

The case study on conservation and livelihoods linkages was carried out by WWF Nepal’s own internal human resources. It is a reflection of a decade investment together with corridor resources users on corridor management with its analytical findings specially in following five areas i) Institutional capability (sustainability issues), ii) Livelihoods resources (assets/wellbeing), iii) Livelihoods Strategy (trend/pressures); iv) Livelihoods issues (trends, seasonality and shocks) and v) Good governance and social inclusion (equity, inclusion and transparency).

The document further shed light on WWF’s inputs, investment, community leveraging and role sharing, their logical linkages, community observed changes in issues, trends, resources and their perceptions on human wildlife conflict etc. The study also outlined some findings with tangible evidences and area to be considered in future.

Five years of PA4LP work in the Caucasus Ecoregion

2011-12-21

From 2007 to 2011 Protected Areas for a Living Planet (PA4LP) project has enabled governments, NGOs, and other stakeholders to come together to support the establishment of new PAs, the creation of management plans of existing PAs, the drafting of legislation and the coordination of efforts between countries on achieving CBD targets.
The results of the 2011 review of implementation of the CBD’s Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA) in the Caucasus Ecoregion are summarized in the specially produced brochure. PoWPA implementation was reviewed in five countries of the Caucasus Ecoregion - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia and Turkey. In these countries PA4LP supported strong national and regional level partnerships of donors, governments, scientists and civil society which assisted governments in delivering on CBD Protected Areas commitments. This partnership approach made a significant contribution to meeting CBD targets and strengthening of PA systems in the Caucasus.
This five year project would not have been successful without good will and effective partnership between all stakeholders. But much remains to be done to strengthen PA systems in the region: the last chapter highlights key developments and defines future priorities to meet targets of the PoWPA as well as setting out further opportunities for partnerships.
The brochure is produced under the auspicesof the Caucasus Biodiversity Council with the support of the PA4LP project - a collaboration of the Swiss-based MAVA Foundation and WWF.

Highlights

2011-12-19

WWF has been selected and contractualized by the Fishing Directorate to manage component 2 of the Project funded by the World Bank after a call for bid. Component 2 of the Project is about rehabilitating Ecosystems essential for coastal Fisheries. In the end, in collaboration with fishery communities in the sites covered by the project, WWF will create a protected fishing zone or Marine Protected Area covering Mbodiene, Pointe Sarene, Mballing and Nianing in the small Coast and another one in Dakar in the areas between Soumbedioune and ouakam. Artificial Reefs will be immersed at Yenn and Bargny. Lobsters and slipper lobsters in the fisheries of Dakar between Yoff and Soumbedioune are the species chosen for a process of ecolabelling under the MSC label. In sites hosting Protected Fishing zones and artificial reefs, access rights and their associated management tools will be defined.

Announcement of Tender for Supply of Machines and Tools (Forest Equipment) under the EU financed Project (Tender Dossier)

2011-12-19

Status: OPEN

Publication reference : WWF-Deu - 02SP2011/ENRTP/02

WWF DEUTSCHLAND (WWF GERMANY) intends to award a supply contract in Germany for Machines and Tools (Forestry Equipment) for the EU financed Project “EU ENRTP Caucasus - Increasing the resilience of forest ecosystems against climate change in the South Caucasus Countries through forest transformation” be delivered into 1 Lot:

• to Armenia/Yerevan (Customs Port: AMEVN) - addressed to WWF-Armenia
• to Azerbaijan/Baku (Customs Port: AZBAK) - addressed to WWF-Azerbaijan
• to Georgia/Tbilisi (Customs Port: GETBS) - addressed to WWF-Caucasus

For the quantities to be delivered to each location see attached Tender Dossier.

The tender dossier is available from WWF Germany, Reinhardtstraße 14, 10117 Berlin, Germany, Fax: +49 (0)30311777199 and on this web-page for download in PDF and Microsoft Word versions.

The deadline for submission of tenders is: 5 February, 2012, 15:00 Central European Time (CET) at WWF Germany (Berlin, Germany). Possible additional information or clarifications/questions will be published on this web-page.

For more detailed information please contact:

Aurel.Heidelberg
Caucasus Programme Officer
WWF Germany
Reinhardtstraße 14, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Fax: +49 (0)30311777 199
Tel.: +49 (0)30-311777-274
Mob.: + 49(0)151-18854813
E-mail: Aurel.Heidelberg@wwf.de

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (posted on 19.01.2012)

Please, refer to the ADDITIONAL INFORMATION in a form of zip file [Additional Information Tender Tools and Machines.zip] that includes:

 Questions that have been raised by potential bidders and answers of the Contracting Organization - WWF-Germany [01 - Q&A Tender Machines &Tools.pdf] with regard to the above Tender Announcement of Dec-19, 2011 and
 List of Developing Countries which are eligible in terms of Rule of Origin [02 - List of Developing Countries.pdf].

Achieving a 30% domestic carbon reduction target

2011-12-16

CAN Europe, Greenpeace, and WWF engaged Öko-Institut and the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) to explore in depth the different otions for the EU Member States to contribute to a 30 percent carbon target. The institutes were also asked to assess different EU financing mechanisms to leverage additional investments in the EU Member States, and help to equally share the costs and benefits of more climate ambition. The findings of the institutes and the policy recommendations of CAN Europe, Greenpeace and WWF are summarised in this report.

Heart of Borneo Brief No 5 - Green Economy Conference Sabah Malaysia

2011-12-15

More than 500 hundred representatives of business, government, civil society and multilateral development organizations gathered in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Nov 15-16, for one of the largest conferences on the Green Economy ever held in the Asian region.

Heart of Borneo Initiative Brief No. 5 covers the highlights of this conference

Wild Mekong: New species in 2010 from the forests, wetlands and waters of the Greater Mekong, Asia’s land of rivers

2011-12-12

A new monkey, a self-cloning skink, five carnivorous plants, and a unique leaf warbler are among the 208 species newly described by science in the Greater Mekong region during 2010. In total 145 plants, 28 reptiles, 25 fish, 7 amphibians, 2 mammals and 1 bird have been discovered in the last year.

This rate of discovery marks Asia’s land of rivers as one of the last frontiers for new species discoveries on our planet.

The Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia through which the Mekong river flows comprises the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and China (including Yunnan province). The region is home to some of the planet’s most endangered and charismatic wild species including tiger, Asian elephant, Mekong dolphin and Mekong giant catfish, in addition to hundreds of newly discovered species.

Between 1997 and 2009 an incredible 1,376 species were discovered by science across this region alone.

However, while these discoveries highlight the unique biodiversity of the Greater Mekong they also reveal the fragility of this region’s diverse species and habitats. The plight of the wild tiger, whose numbers have dropped by a dramatic 70 percent in a little over a decade, and the extinction of the Javan rhino in Vietnam during 2010 are urgent reminders that biodiversity is still being lost at an alarming rate from man-made
pressures.

Rapid, unsustainable development and climate change impacts are profoundly affecting biodiversity and ecosystem services and consequently the millions of people who depend on them. The Greater Mekong region is warming and experiencing more extreme floods, droughts and storms as a result of shifting rainfall patterns. These changes are exacerbating agricultural expansion and unsustainable infrastructure pressures on natural ecosystems and the services they provide.

Today the Greater Mekong region is an integral part of one of the top five most threatened biodiversity hotspots in the world.

The central importance of the region’s shared natural resources cannot be overstated. The economic and social development of the Greater Mekong depends on the continued productivity of its inter-connected ecological systems. Only intact, healthy, and diverse natural ecosystems can provide the resilience to ensuing climate change while ensuring continued access to water, energy, food, commodities, and livelihoods for over 300 million people.

Sound regulatory frameworks implemented via harmonized policies across the Greater Mekong will help the region’s countries adequately address complex, challenging, regional-scale issues like habitat loss and fragmentation, unsustainable natural resource use, and climate change. Addressing these challenges requires stronger regional collaboration at the broader, ecosystem scale; countries cannot effectively solve these problems thinking only within their own borders. Regional collaboration needs high levels of political support. It also needs to be formalized through a regional agreement that is supported by an effective institutional framework mechanism. Only this can ensure future security for the millions of people that rely upon the Greater Mekong system.

Inside the Himalayas Vol 6

2011-12-05

Інформаційний вісник ПОТІК

2011-12-05

Інформаційний вісник «ПОТІК» підготовлений в рамках проекту Всесвітнього фонду природи WWF «Збереження та стале використання природних ресурсів Українських Карпат», що фінансується урядом Норвегії.

«ПОТІК» виник як наслідок розбудови промоційної діяльності у трьох природоохоронних територіях Карпат – Ужанському національному природному парку, Карпатському національному природному парку та природному заповіднику «Горгани» і саме тому вісник щомісячно знайомить широке коло читачів з діяльністю цих природоохоронних територій, а також інформує про події, що відбуваються у їхніх регіонах.

«ПОТІК» – це спільна творча праця працівників природоохоронних територій!

Випуски Інформаційного вісника ПОТІК:

Приємного читання!

Редакція Інформаційного вісника ПОТІК - potik.infovisnyk@gmail.com

Climate change in a living landscape: Conceptual and methodological aspects of a vulnerability assessment in the Eastern Cordillera Real of Colombia Ecuador and Peru

2011-12-02

This document is a translated summary of the original publication resulting from the initiative Cambio climático en un paisaje vivo: Vulnerabilidad y adaptación en la Cordillera Real Oriental de Colombia, Ecuador y Perú (WWF y Fundación Natura 2010). We have focused primarily on presenting the methodological aspects of the vulnerability analysis, providing information on Eastern Cordillera Real (ECR) to illustrate how we applied the Turner II et al. (2003) three-pronged framework for understanding vulnerability of a system to environmental change. The results of the combined vulnerability analyses (biological, hydrological and socioeconomic) for the ECR demonstrate the need for actions oriented at maintaining the continued provision of ecosystem services as well as the biological and cultural riches of the region.

This work was done thanks to the support of WWF-UK and DFID.

Más allá de una vía: Construcción de la variante San Francisco - Mocoa

2011-12-02

Este documento es un esfuerzo para contar la historia del proceso de construcción de la variante, resaltando la información más relevante de la región, sus riquezas naturales y culturales y las oportunidades y desafíos que se abren hacia el futuro durante la fase de construcción y de implementación de los diferentes planes sociales y ambientales. Está escrita de manera sencilla y práctica, para que pueda ser comprendida y utilizada por los diferentes tipos de actores sociales que hacen parte la región.

Se adelantó con el apoyo técnico de la Fundación Equilibrio y fondos de MacArthur, DFID y WWF-UK

Esta publicación hace parte de la serie de cartillas: Una vía de aprendizajes. Su objetivo es facilitar el acceso a información precisa, clara y oportuna con respecto al proceso de la variante San Francisco – Mocoa, tanto a las comunidades indígenas como campesinas ubicadas en el área de influencia del proyecto.

WWF recommendations on the European Commission's Proposal for Horizon 2020

2011-11-30

The 2014-2020 new research fund Horizon 2020 is of strategic importance for tackling the challenges facing Europe. Climate change, biodiversity loss, energy and resource inefficiency are part of these challenges and should be addressed by Horizon 2020 in a much more ambitious way that it has been done in the 2007-2013 research fund FP7.

The following areas need to be strengthened:

Research for the benefit of society and environment
Tackle societal challenges
Increase the role of civil society in research
Move ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) out of the EU budget, including its likely overruns

Environment for Development in the new EU External Action funding instruments

2011-11-30

As the new financial instruments for external actions of the EU for 2014-2020 are currently being designed, WWF has specific recommendations to ensure there is specific and adequate funds for environmental priorities in the future.

There are four key issues to be addressed in this regard:

Promoting environmental sustainability and climate objectives through EU external actions
Meeting international commitments on the Millennium Development Goals and Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Meeting international climate finance commitments and ensuring additionality of climate finance
Ensuring and supporting civil society participation in development policy dialogue and programmes