2025 Light Season’s Resources, Projects and Programmes

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08 January 2025

Post No. 386

 

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The Week’s Contents

 

• 2025 Light Season’s Resources, Projects and Programmes

• 2025 as a Year of Restoration 

• Giving Hope to the Humanitarian Needy of Mali in 2025

 

… And much more!

 

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Key Messages

 

• 2025 Light Season’s Resources, Projects and Programmes

 

Last week, we listed projects and programmes to be carried out in January 2025.   This week, we are unveiling more projects and programmes including resources.  The last week’s listed projects and the ones to be unveiled below will all make our Light Season 2025.

In both last week’s and this week’s listings, there are three types of projects and programmes, which are:

 

a) Specifically Designed projects and programmes (such as humanitarian appeals) to feature CENFACS’ Light Campaign/Advocacy,  to bring and carry the message of hope through a Blaze of Hope 

b) Initiatives Mindfully Planned to express Energy or Light Season, to shift to renewable energy sources

c) Seasonal projects and programmes that Just Fall Within the Season of Light, which is from 21 December in the preceding year (e.g., 2024) to 21 March in the following year (e.g., 2025).

 

All Specifically Designed, Mindfully Planned and Seasonal projects and programmes will be implemented side by side as we move throughout the Season of Light.

Under the Main Development section of this post, we have provided further details about the 2025 Light Season’s Resources, Projects and Programmes.

 

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• 2025 as a Year of Restoration 

 

This year, we will be interested in the restoration in the CENFACS process of reducing poverty and enhancing sustainable development.  Restoration can help to work with those in need in their efforts of finding way to come out poverty and contribute to sustainability, since we are still in the United Nations’ Decade (2021-2030) on Ecosystem Restoration (1).

Indeed, 2025 will be a Year of Restoration within CENFACS, a year of using the notion of restoration as tool to understand paradigmatic change in the lives of those in need, particularly the CENFACS Community members.  It will be a year of working with them as they are restoring things in their lives so that they can reduce poverty. 

In this work with them, one should understand that restoration does not necessarily lead to change.  Yet, what we would like to achieve together with them is restoration that lead to better change, not status quo.  But, what do we mean by restoration?

 

• • Understanding Restoration

 

The concept of restoration can be perceived in many ways.  Let us start with the dictionary definition of it, which is given by ‘dictionary.cambridge.org’ (2).  According to the latter,

“Restoration is the act or process of returning something to its earlier good condition or position, or to its owner”.

Another explanation of restoration comes from ‘safetyculture.com’ (3) which argues that

“Restoration refers to any action or process used to repair, re-establish, or renew tangible assets such as buildings and equipment or intangible assets like stocks.  The process usually occurs after an event that damages an organisation’s property.  This could be a flood or fire that destroys parts of the facility, equipment malfunctions that lead to equipment damage or restoring the environment after mining activities in a certain area”.

Restoration can also be looked at from the green economy perspective.  According to the website ‘ekonomimembumi.co’ (4),

“Restorative economics is essentially a green economy concept centred on nature and people’s well-being, bringing harmony to the nature-human relationship so as to protect and restore natural functions”.

Restoration can as well be approached from historical point of view.  From this view, restoration refers to ‘the period in 17th-Century English history when Charles II was king after a long period of no king or queen on the throne’ (5).

So, there are more perspectives on restoration like economic, social-ecological, green, historic, etc.  We shall come back on any of these perspectives as we move throughout the year.  For instance, historic restoration will be dealt with in the history month of October.  Likewise, ecological restoration will be part of our climate month next March, while restoration as a building process will frame our Season of Rebuilding or Renewal Lives next Spring.

Furthermore, we will be interested in aspects of restoration linked to poverty reduction and sustainable development during the Year of Restoration within CENFACS.  In particular, we shall focus on the restoration economy, that is on activities designed to repair past damage to natural and human communities to benefit those in need.  We shall do it without loosing side with the sustainability aspects of restoration (like ecological or ecosystem restoration) or any work to achieve a good Anthropocene for the planet and its peoples, while taking into account the changing social relationships with the environment.

However, in order to realise the Year of Restoration, we need a project.  This project is Restoration or ‘R‘ project.

 

• • Restoration (RProject 

 

The dedication of 2025 as a Year of Restoration comes with a project to carry out this dedication or this mission.  The project to execute this dedication is the Restoration or ‘R‘ Project, which is one of the new initiatives for 2025.  The following two elements help to understand this project: its meaning and its activities.

 

• • • What is ‘R’ Project?

 

It is a series or set of interconnected tasks or activities planned  for the execution of CENFACS‘ dedication of year 2025 as of Restoration.  These tasks or activities, which aim at reducing poverty, will be undertaken throughout 2025 within the requirements and limitations of CENFACS‘ existing and acquirable resources and assets.

Through this project, we hope to continue to help reduce poverty by working with project beneficiaries as they move through and out of poverty.  It may be difficult or even impossible to repair the planet.  But, it is possible to conduct restorative activities to help reduce poverty linked to ecosystem degradation.

This year, we shall have restorative activities which are mainly based on the allocation of resources to meet the outcomes of those in need – through repair of the damaged nature and/or past- while reflecting biodiversity outcomes or the provision of ecosystem goods and services  and respecting the subsistence of livelihoods.

 

• • • Activities and tasks relating to the ‘R’ Project

 

There will be twelve activities, one activity or task every month.  Each ‘R’ activity will be announced at the beginning of each month.  Through this project and each task, we will engage with project beneficiaries on the types of restoration need to undertake in order for them to move out of poverty or any hardships they are facing and enhance sustainable development.

The first ‘R’ activity is about working with those in need to restore their basic consumption.

 

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• • • Activity/Task 1 of the ‘R’ Project: Work with those in need to restore their basic consumption

 

Many crises, shocks as well as poverty have made or damaged the ability of poor people to meet their basic consumption to live and sustain.  Restoring the consumption of the basic necessities of life for these people is the first task/activity of our ‘R‘ project.  To tackle this task/activity, it is better to highlight what it consists of and the ways of restoring basic consumption.

 

• • • • What does this Activity 1 consist of?

 

It consists of taking action or undertaking a process to repair, re-establish, or renew the basic necessities of those in need.

Restoring the basic consumption for those in need can include the forms of restoration such as restoring a customer’s consumption rate if you are a business, restoring project beneficiaries’ consumption rate of your products if you are a charity, repairing and reusing goods, applying restoration economy, etc.

Since CENFACS is a charity, we shall focus on working with those in need so that they can restore their basic life-sustaining consumption needs if they have lost or damaged them.  We shall as well ensure that their consumption rate of the services we provide to them to transition away from poverty is restored.

 

• • • • Ways of Restoring Basic Consumption

 

They include

 

√ promoting domestic basic spending

√ facilitating people’s access to more affordable food, public transport and long-lasting products

√ incentivizing them to opt for reuse, repair and recycle economy

√ connecting them to repair, reuse and recycle initiatives

√ supporting them to make informed decisions on purchase

√ briefly, promoting sustainable consumption by decoupling consumption growth from environmental degradation and reducing mindless consumption while encouraging mindful consumption.

 

For those who need any help before embarking on this task, they can speak to CENFACS.

For any other queries and enquiries about the ‘R‘ project and this year’s dedication, please contact CENFACS as well.

 

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• Giving Hope to the Humanitarian Needy of Mali in 2025

 

Our Season of Giving and Sustaining Hope for a better future continues as we appeal for the people of who need support to cope humanitarian crisis they are facing.  As we explained in the last week’s post, our priorities or areas of work or need in 2025 include the Central Sahel Countries (i.e., Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger).  This appeal is about Mali.

 

• • What Is This Appeal?

 

This is an emergency appeal to respond to the escalating humanitarian crisis in Mali.  The crisis has been brought by a number of complex factors which include armed groups attacking civilians, the blockage of food supply routes as result of these attacks, flooding which destroyed crops.  The impact of worsening conflict means disruption of livelihoods, markets and high food prices.  Whatever the reason surrounding this worsening conflict and flooding, the innocent victims of this situation needs help and they are demanding for life-saving support.

They need help as the following figures and facts speak for them.  According to ‘rescue.org’ (6),

Over 2,500 people are already experiencing the highest level of food insecurity (IPC5) and are at risk of starvation.

Mali faced catastrophic floods in 2024 that displaced 350,000 people.

The United Nations monitoring groups have reported a 288% increase in human rights violations and a 66% rise in violence against women and girls in Mali from 2023 to 2024″.

Similarly, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (7) argues that

“According to the latest cadre harmonisé (CH) analysis about 1.37 million people were estimated to face severe acute food insecurity during the June to August 2024 lean season, including nearly 121000 people in CH Phase 4 (Emergency) and about 2600 people in CH Phase 5 (catastrophe).

The conflict has resulted in the internal displacement of about 331000 people as of mi-October 2024″.

The Humanitarian Needy of Mali Want Your Assistance.

 

• • Donate to Support Them

 

You could donate to support them.  You can give either your influence or money or both to support them.

If you decide to provide influence, you could put positive influence on those who have the key to their humanitarian crisis or the factors feeding this crisis so that the Malian victims of this crisis can move out of the humanitarian crisis.

If you choose instead to donate money, you can give £7 or any amount above.  Your money will be allocated as follows:

£3 from your £7 can be used to support security for the internally displaced Malians and £4 can assist in buying food or medicine.

Please, let us give hope to these Malian victims of humanitarian crisis.

To support and or enquire about this appeal, please contact CENFACS.

 

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Extra Messages

 

• Digital and Social Media Campaign: Level 9 – Geospatial Technology

• New Year’s and January’s Goal: Reduction of Poverty Caused by Mindless Consumption

• New Year’s Structured Finance Activities/Micro-projects under Financial Capacity and Capability Building Programme/Scheme

 

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• Digital and Social Media Campaign: Level 9 – Geospatial Technology

 

Under the Digital and Social Media Campaign, our learning on technologies to reduce poverty has moved on.  The next level of our Digital and Social Media Campaign is about Geospatial Technology.  This Winter, we are considering geospatial technology and its ability to reduce poverty and enhance sustainable development.

Indeed, we are continuing to work with our users or Africa-based Sister Organisations (ASOs) on technology matter so that they find the right technology and technology-based solutions to poverty.  In working together, we hope that they will be able to access the technology services and goods they require to reduce or end poverty.

In this model of working together, they are different levels.  In this level, we shall work with users and ASOs so that they can develop the mapping skills linked to geography and space.

Perhaps, a better starting point of this Level 9 of our Digital and Social Media Campaign is to explain Geospatial Technology.

 

• • What Is Geospatial Technology?

 

The website ‘technoserve.org’ (8) explains this about this geospatial technology:

“Geospatial technology, including satellite imagery, GPS (Global Positioning System), and geographic information systems(GIS), has emerged as a game-changer in agricultural development and poverty reduction efforts.  Geospatial technology enables more informed decision-making and targeted interventions by providing accurate, up-to-date information about land use, crop health, and environmental conditions”.

As part of geospatial technology, there is quantum navigation.  Quantum navigation, which is a technology that uses quantum physics to improve the accuracy and security of navigation, could also be used as satellite-based navigation systems.

Geospatial technology needs to be learnt and skills relating to them need to be mastered by those who need them, particularly those who would like to acquire or improve geospatial technology-based skills.

 

•  • Skills Relating to Geospatial Technology to Reduce Poverty

 

This level of working together will be about using mapping skills.  Many of these skills can help users in the process of reducing poverty linked to the lack of understand on geography and space analysis.  For instance, many of us use GPS facility (like Google maps) on our mobile phone to let us know where we are and where we are going.

Learning and using mapping skills can save time and even reduce poverty linked the lack of understanding of directions.  People living in poverty can use GPS to find their poverty-reduction road.  Likewise, smallholder crop mapping can enormously relieve farmers.  And ASOs working on agricultural projects need this type technology and its related skills.

To enquire and or to support the level 9 of our Digital and Social Media Campaign, please contact CENFACS.

 

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• New Year’s and January’s Goal: Reduction of Poverty Caused by Mindless Consumption

 

Our monthly poverty reduction project or goal of the month, which is part of  CENFACS’ 2020s Development Agenda and Poverty Reduction Programme (8), resumes this January 2025 with the goal of Reduction of Poverty Caused by Mindless Consumption.  The project relates to the second goal of this programme; second goal which is Consume sustainably to reduce poverty and climate change.

To explain or understand the Reduction of Poverty Caused by Mindless Consumption, one needs to know mindless consumption.

 

• • What Is Mindless Consumption?

 

Mindless consumption is, according to ‘lastobject.com’ (9),

“The excessive purchasing of products without considering their life cycle”.

This can happen when people do not use awareness of sustainability issues and lack information about purchasing decisions from everyday items to long term investments.

To avoid mindless consumption, they need to become mindful about their spending and consumption.  In other words, they need to aim at mostly satisfying needs rather than wants.

 

• • Reduction of Poverty Caused by Mindless Consumption

 

It is about spending mindfully or on real needs.  It is also about using awareness, intentionality, and discipline when it comes to spending by carefully considering each purchase and aligning spending decisions with your values and long-term goals.

In this respect, creating a mindful spending budget or journal can help to reduce mindless consumption or spending.

To sum up, to reduce poverty caused by mindless consumption, one can use the following options or tips:

 

√ Improving their spending intent

√ Creating a budget to deal with emotional triggers

√ Pausing before purchasing

√ Setting up cost cutting targets on budget items such as takeaways, eating out, clothing, etc.

√ Switching to cheap mindful retailers to save money

√ Trimming budget

√ Prioritising expenses

√ Setting up a policy not to borrow money for mindless expenses

√ Adopting cost-saving behaviour

√ Tracking their spending

√ Briefly, developing a strategy or policy for avoiding mindless spending.

 

The above is our New Year’s and January’s Goal.

For those who are interested in working with the people in need to meet it, they are welcome do so.

For those who want any clarification of any aspects of the activity or task, they can contact CENFACS.

 

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• New Year’s Structured Finance Activities/Micro-projects under Financial Capacity and Capability Building Programme/Scheme

 

We are resuming Financial Capacity and Capability Building Programme and Scheme, which we started in December 2024.  We are available to work in hybrid mode with users via the Financial Capacity and Capability Building Programme (FCCBP) or Scheme (FCCBS) so that they can start or be stronger in this New Year.  Both FCCBP and FCCBS will help beneficiaries to reduce risks linked to financial incapacity and incapability while improving their intergenerational income and transfers.

To kick off FCCBP and FCCBS, we are running from 08 to 14 January 2025 the first activity of FCCBP and the first activity of FCCBS, as shown in the working plan below.

 

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• • 08 to 14 January 2025: Investing in Realistic Financial Goals about Financial Capacity and Capability (Activity 1 of FCCBP)

 

This first Structured Finance Activity, which is part of Financial Capacity and Capability Building Programme and which is run in the form direct questions/answers, consists of working with users to develop and invest in realistic financial goals that summarise the way in which they would like to build their financial capacity and capability.

If any of our users have questions about how they can develop or invest in realistic financial capacity and capability goals, they can ask CENFACS for answers.

 

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• • 08 to 14 January 2025: Financial Capacity and Capability to Make Ends Meet (Activity 1 of FCCBS)

 

This first Structured Finance Activity, which is part of Financial Capacity and Capability Building Scheme, is about elaborating a systematic plan of future action on financial capacity and capability for a week or month or year (2025).

Together with those in need of financial capacity and capability building, we can help them draw a basic financial plan or strategy for coping with and surviving their financial problems.

If any of our users need to draw a plan or strategy that explains how they will financially cope and/or survive, they can contact CENFACS.

Have a question about your financial goals or need to draw a plan or strategy about the way you are going to make ends meet, please do not hesitate to contact CENFACS.

In additions, if you have financial planning problems, you can communicate with CENFACS so that we can work together on your financial planning needs and help you stay stronger this New Year.

 

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Message in French (Message en français)

 

• Objectif du Nouvel An et de Janvier: Réduire la Pauvreté Causée par la Consommation Irréfléchie

Notre projet mensuel de réduction de la pauvreté ou objectif du mois, qui fait partie de l’Agenda de Développement et du Programme de Réduction de la Pauvretéde CENFACS pour les Années 2020 (8), reprend en janvier 2025 avec l’objectif de réduire la pauvreté causée par la consommation irréfléchie.  Le projet se rapporte au deuxième objectif de ce programme; deuxième objectif qui est Consommer durablement pour réduire la pauvreté et le changement climatique.

Pour expliquer la réduction de la pauvreté causée par la consommation irréfléchie, il faut connaître la consommation irréfléchie ou inconsciente.

• • Qu’est-ce que c’est que la consommation irréfléchie?

La consommation irréfléchie est, selon le lastobject.com (9),

«L’achat excessif de produits sans tenir compte de leur cycle de vie».

Cela peut se produire lorsque les gens ne sont pas sensibilisés aux questions de durabilité et manquent d’informations sur les décisions d’achat, qu’il s’agisse d’articles de tous les jours ou d’investissements à long terme.

Pour éviter une consommation irréfléchie, ils doivent devenir conscients de leur consommation.  En d’autres termes, ils doivent viser principalement à satisfaire les besoins plutôt que les désirs.

• • Réduction de la pauvreté causée par la consommation irréfléchie

Il s’agit de dépenser en pleine conscience ou pour des besoins réels.  Il s’agit d’utiliser la conscience, l’intentionnalité et la discipline lorsqu’il s’agit de dépenser en examinant attentivement chaque achat et en alignant les décisions de dépenses sur vos valeurs et vos objectifs à long terme.

À cet égard, la création d’un budget de dépenses conscient peut aider à réduire la consommation ou les dépenses inconscientes.

En résumé, pour réduire la pauvreté causée par une consommation irréfléchie, on peut utiliser les options ou conseils suivants :

√ Améliorer ses intentions de dépenses

√ Créer un budget pour faire face aux déclencheurs émotionnels

√ Faites une pause avant d’acheter

√ Mettre en place des objectifs de réduction des coûts sur les postes budgétaires tels que les plats à emporter, les restaurants, les vêtements, etc.

√ Passer à des détaillants bon marché et conscients pour économiser de l’argent

√ Réduire le budget

√ Prioriser les dépenses

√ Mettre en place une politique de ne pas emprunter d’argent pour des dépenses inconsidérées

√ Adopter un comportement d’économie de coûts

√ Suivi de leurs dépenses

√ En bref, élaborer une stratégie ou une politique pour éviter les dépenses insensées.

Ce qui précède est notre objectif du Nouvel An et de janvier.

Pour ceux ou celles qui sont intéressé(e)s à travailler avec les personnes dans le besoin pour y répondre, ils/elles sont les bienvenu(e)s.

Pour ceux ou celles qui souhaitent des éclaircissements sur certains aspects de l’activité ou de la tâche, ils peuvent contacter le CENFACS.

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Main Development

 

2025 Light Season’s Resources, Projects and Programmes

 

The following highlights the 2025 Light Season’s Resources, Projects and Programmes:

 

∝ What are Light Season’s Resources, Projects and Programmes?

∝ Types of Light Season’s Initiatives

∝ Basic Implementation Plan for the Light Season’s Initiatives.

 

We can now consider each of the three items.

 

• • What Are Light Season’s Resources, Projects and Programmes?

 

They are a stock of assets (resources) together with a set of interdependent tasks (sustainable projects) and related activities (sustainable programmes) designed to help meet the aim of poverty reduction either within the Lights Season and/or beyond it depending on the types of a given resource, project and programme.  In other words, whether it is about resources or projects or even programmes, the unified aim is to help reduce poverty and enhance sustainable development by working with local people and Africa-based Sister Charitable Organisations.

 

• • Types of Light Season’s Initiatives

 

There are three types, which are:

 

(a) Specifically designed initiatives to bring message of hope or a Blaze of Hope

(b) Initiatives Mindfully planned to express Energy or Light Season

(c) Seasonal initiatives falling within the Season of Light.

 

• • • Specifically designed initiatives to bring message of hope or a Blaze of Hope

 

They include two waves of intervention or Blazes of Hope, which are:

 

(a) Appeals to deal with the unfinished business of previous destruction and disruption brought by crises/shocks (e.g., the coronavirus), wars, natural disasters and the current high costs of living

(b) Appeals linked to seasonally erupted events or effects from health disasters (like the coronavirus), armed conflicts, geo-economic crises, climate change and natural disasters.

 

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As table no.1 indicates where there may be need of a Blaze of Hope, we will be launching Humanitarian Relief Appeals for Six Identified Areas of Priority that May Need Lighting a Blaze of Hope (as announced last week) to help address unfinished businesses or potential crises or tension hotspot places

 

• • • Initiatives mindfully planned to express Energy or Light Season

 

They consist of the following:

 

a) Initiatives featuring the season of light like light (or energy), including finance for energy transition projects, particularly these initiatives will be about finding finance to fund energy transition and a new development model to continue to reduce poverty

b) Projects relating to land restoration and boosting drought resilience in Africa to echo the messages and outcomes from COP16 held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (10); projects such as healthy soils, resilient crops, nutritious food, sustainable land management and land degradation neutrality will be developed

c) Projects of shared prosperity with the poor which will consider two measures: the Global Prosperity Gap and the number of African economies with high inequality.

 

• • • Initiatives falling within the Season of Light

 

They include

 

√ Consume to Reduce Poverty (Edition No. 13) with a Focus on Mindful Consumption to Restore Land and Reduce Poverty

√ Financial Capacity and Capability Campaign 2025

√ Africa Not-for-profit Outlook for Impact Investing in 2025. 

 

The above-mentioned initiatives are amongst the ones we have selected to kick-start 2025.  Apart from them, we shall take a moment to reflect on the poverty reduction landscape of 2024 by taking stock and charge of what happened in 2024, and how we can move forward in 2025.  In particular, we will be working together with beneficiaries on the following:

 

√ 2024 Year-end Financial Controls as Stocktaking and Charge Taking Tools for Poverty Reduction

√ Economic Inclusion Programme for Households’ Resilience (New)

√ Financial Monitoring and Controls 2025 as Tools for Poverty Reduction

√ Climate Actions 2025 to keep pace with net zero path and poverty reduction.

 

The above initiatives are not the only ones for the Season of Light.  During the season, we may cancel or reduce the scope of some initiatives if we realise that the problem they were supposed to resolve are no longer there.  Likewise, we may add new or recurring initiatives depending on the events within the community we serve.  The worksheet below provides some indication in terms of initiatives implementation plan.

 

• • Basic Implementation Plan for 2025 Light Season’s Initiatives

 

As we go along the Light Season, the following implementation plan consisting of twelve initiatives will be effective.

 

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The above-mentioned initiatives on the work sheet are 12 ones to implement the Light Season 2025.  They are also 12 Essential Ways to Bring and Sustain Hope for Those in Need This Winter 2025. 

There are three observations to make from the above implementation plan, which are:

 

a) Since at COP29 in Baku (11), developed nations pledged to channel $300 billion a year into developing countries by 2035 to support their efforts to deal with climate change, the Installation Sub-phase of Taking Climate Protection and Stake for African Children at the Implementation has now moved from Initial Implementation sub-phase (phase 3.3) to Full Implementation sub-phase (phase 3.4)

b) We have integrated climate goals, nature goals and development goals as part of African Children, Climate, Nature and Sustainable Development Goals (Generation Global Goals) project

c) The next level of our Digital and Social Media Campaign (Level 9) is on Geospatial Technology.

 

This initial implementation plan for the Light Season’s initiatives can change depending on the circumstances, events and conditions of the season.  If one notices that some of the initiatives inserted in the plan/worksheet are not listed under Types of Light Season’s Initiatives, this is not a big issue.  What is important is the deliverables of those scheduled within the plan.

For those who would like to discuss any of these planned initiatives or any aspects of the plan; they can contact CENFACS.

To support and or enquire the Light Season’s Resources, Projects and Programmes for 2025, please contact CENFACS.

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 References

 

(1) United Nations Environment Agency Resolution 73/284: United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030) https://undocs.org/A/RES/73/284 (accessed in January 2025) 

(2) https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/restoration/ (accessed in January 2025)

(3) https://safetyculture.com/topics/restoration/ (accessed in January 2025)

(4) https://ekonomimembumi.co/en/pustaka/a-new-paradigm-of-economics-fiscal-support-for-restoration-economy (accessed in January 2025)

(5) https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/restoration (accessed in January 2025)

(6) https://www.rescue.org/uk/article/10-crises-world-cant-ignore-2025 (accessed in January 2025)

(7) FAO. 2024. Crop Prospects and Food Situation – Triannual Global Report. No. 3, November 2024. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd3168en (accessed in January 2025)

(8) https://technoserve.org/blog/technology-fighting-global-poverty-key-innovations/ (accessed in January 2025)

(9) https://lastobject.com/blogs/sustainability-101/mindless-consumption-what-is-it-how-can-we-reduce-it (accessed in December 2024)

(10) https://unccd.int/cop16 (accessed in December 2024)

(11) https://www.carbonbrief.org/cop29-key-outcomes-agreed-at-the-un-climate-talks-in-baku/ (accessed in December 2024)

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