COP21: what does that means?

Climate Change is one of the most important threat for our Earth today. As the world was preparing to host COP21 to give  direction on the comitments for reduction of GHG to leaders of the world, Dr. Djomo organized many workshops at various levels:

- NOV. 2015: Climate Change. The Earth at the palm of our hands: Problem and potential solutions. Seminar series under this title were organized to students of grade 9-12 at RND in Kingston and for the community of Brockville with the Transition Brockville at Brockville Public Library, Canada. More…

Photo: Introduction to the Seminar at Brockville. (C) Lisa.

-Dec. 2015: Climate Change. Problem, solution and opportunities for Central Africa and DRC. This seminar was presented to researchers and students of the faculty of sciences and the faculty of natural resources at the University of Kisangani, DRC.

Photo: View of the workshop at the University of Kisangani, DRC.

REDD+ in DRC

Under the patronage of the Ministry of the Environment Nature Conservation and Sustainable Development (MECN-DD), with technical and financial support of USAID / US Forest Service, was held from December 16 to 17, 2015 at Interdiocesan Centre of Kinshasa, a national workshop for validation of operational options for the development of allometric equations in DR Congo.

Forest Pest Management Forum 2014

From 2-4 December, 2014 was held at the Shaw Centre (Ottawa Convention Centre) the 57th annual Forest Pest Management Forum. This forum which is the largest most significant forest pest management gathered experts, managers and practitioners from all over Canada. The objective was to share information on current and future pest conditions, pest control operations, environmental issues and the development of alternatives to chemical insecticides, as well as to discuss new technology and the latest research findings. Dr. Djomo contributed through the forum with a poster (link of poster) showing the importance of integrating silvicultral treatments in the forest pest management. The hypothesis behind his research approach is that with silvicultral treatments using continuous cover forestry, it is expected additional ecological benefit, low environmental impact with reduce dependency on pesticides and other chemical products, low cost of the operation, more forest complexity and higher forest productivity. Dr. Djomo is currently looking for researchers (entomologists, silviculturists or foresters, etc.) to integrate this approach in their strategies, to partner with them and apply for funding to develop this research program. Workshop for operational planning for the development of  allometric equations in Central Africa (10-11 November 2014 Douala, Cameroon) From 10-11 November 2014, was held at the Hotel La Falaise Bonanjo in Douala Cameroon a workshop for the validation of operational planning for the establishment of allometric equations in Central Africa. This workshop organized by the project PRREDD+ of COMIFAC  and financed by GEF, gathered 39 participants from the six countries (Cameroon, RCA, Congo Kinshasa, Congo Brazzaville, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea) involved in the project. Dr. Djomo participated to this workshop as independent scientific expert. One of the 13 recommendations of the conference, was to the develop collaboration with international institutions such as with Queen’s University. More details on the workshop can be found through this link Regional Scientific Workshop on allometric equations in Central Africa (2-5 April 2013 Yaounde, Cameroon)  From 2 to 5 April 2013 was held at Tou’Ngou hotel in Yaounde, Cameroon, the first regional workshop on Allometric equations in Central Africa. This workshop held under the regional project REDD+ of COMIFAC and the UN-REDD program brought together 75 experts in the sub-region. The aim was to make an inventory of scientific works in Central Africa on the measurement and monitoring of forest carbon stocks, with an emphasis on allometric equations to identify needs and gaps in the sub-region. One of the specific objectives of the workshop was to create a database of national experts on measurement and monitoring of forest carbon stocks in Central Africa.  The outcomes of the workshop were: (i) better understanding of the stage of development of allometric equations in Central Africa: the workshop provided an overview of the allometric equations in Central Africa, and more generally on the extent of forest carbon stocks. (ii) Capacity building on the estimation of carbon stocks and forest biomass with accuracy on estimations; the national capacity for estimating carbon stocks and forest biomass increased with advice for the development of models, estimating biomass, institutional arrangements, management, sharing and analysis of database. (iii) Increase networking and framework agreements for estimating carbon stocks and forest biomass; knowledge of different initiatives in the sub-region for the estimation of forest carbon stocks.   Details (PDF)