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Ecosystem Marketplace | 03/07-13 | United States
With the help of a $3.5 million donation from Disney, Conservation International has been able to develop a REDD+ project in the dwindling Alto Mayo Protected Forest in Peru. The project has generated 3 million tons of emissions reductions so far, and delivered a host of benefits for the local populations.
WWF | 02/07-13 | United StatesWWF's REDD+ Country Profiles provide a snapshot look at the progress of a country to design and implement a REDD+ national strategy and its components. The first five profiles in this new series cover the following countries, and were produced in partnership with each country's WWF team Bolivia,Peru, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Vietnam.
Island Business | 02/07-13 | PNG
The Papua New Guinea Climate Change and Development Office and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) are in support of Papua New Guinea's Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) programme.
Agro forestry greatly improves food securityDaily News | 30/06-13 | Tanzania
In his publication, 'Is agroforestry a suitable response to climate change,' the Regional Director of the Environment of Bas-Sassandra, notes that the exploitation of natural resources is reaching saturation point.
Mongabay | 28/06-13 | United States
With a backdrop of fires raging across oil palm and timber plantations in Sumatra, business and political leaders convened in Indonesia to discuss a path forward for producing deforestation-free commodities by 2020.
FAO | 28/06-13 | Italy
A new online platform launched by FAO will allow countries to improve the assessment of forest volumes, biomass and carbon stocks. This data is crucial for climate change research and mitigation activities, such as increasing the carbon stock in forests through reforestation, and bioenergy development.
UN-REDD Programme | 28/06-13 | Switzerland
During its tenth Policy Board meeting held from 26-27 June 2013 in Lombok, Indonesia the UN-REDD Programme Policy Board approved US$ 4 million in funding for Colombia's National Programme. During the two-day meeting, Colombia presented its Readiness Preparation Plan (R-PP) which had been the subject of extensive public consultation from 19 April to 3 May 2013.
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WWF | 03/07-13 | United States This report reviews some of the tools available to map areas at risk for deforestation and forest degradation, and to compare carbon emissions estimates under current conditions and future REDD+ scenarios.
IGES | 26/06-13 |
This discussion paper presents the Action Research Project to Develop a National Quality-of-governance Standard for REDD+ and the Forest Sector in Nepal, which was launched by IGES, Griffith University and the University of Southern Queensland.
IIED | 26/06-13 | United Kingdom
How do we get the most public goods from forest landscapes when various publics in varying places make conflicting claims? One approach, caricatured as 'monotypic masses', says big 'single use' corporate blocks are best. But that brings ecological and social challenges (especially displacement) that may eventually undermine economic viability.
Wuppertal Institute | 26/06-13 | Germany
As part of the discussion on a new international climate agreement, which is supposed to be concluded by 2015, the European Commission conducted a stakeholder consultation, to which the Wuppertal Institute contributed. The Wuppertal Institute suggests that Parties should revisit the widely shared assumption that there is a trade-off between climate protection and economic well-being.
UN REDD Programme | 21/06-13 | Switzerland
The Policy Brief aims to encourage public sector REDD+ planners and practitioners to engage with and mobilize the private sector through a range of possible interventions. It identifies relevant private sector actors, and outlines their potential role, in the context of REDD+.
IIED | 05-13 | United Kingdom
This report provides an overview of the 'South-South REDD: A Brazil-Mozambique Initiative for Zero Deforestation with Pan-African Relevance'. This collaboration was signed in 2009 between the government of Mozambique, through the Ministry for Coordination of Environmental Affairs (MICOA), and the Foundation for Sustainable Amazonas (FAS) in Brazil.
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WWF | 17/07-13 | United States
Free webinar - July 17, 2013. In this webinar, Josefina Braņa Varela, Policy Director, and Bruce Cabarle, Leader of WWF's Forest and Climate Initiative, will discuss REDD+ outcomes from the recent UNFCCC SBSTA and SBI meetings in Bonn, Germany. They will also outline potential next steps for REDD+ the upcoming COP 19 in Warsaw.
FAO | 28/06-13 | Italy
A new online platform launched today by the United Nations agriculture agency allows scientists and climate change experts to calculate crucial data for bioenergy strategies, including forest volume, biomass and forest carbon. The web platform, GlobAllomeTree, was jointly developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the French Research Centre CIRAD and Tuscia University of Italy, and seeks to assist policymakers in making informed decisions that mitigate climate change.
Climate Action Network-International (CAN) | 15/07-13 |
The Climate Action Network - International (CAN) is seeking a Global Campaign Coordinator to establish and develop CAN's Campaign Coordination Department. The Campaign Coordination Department aims at coordinating members work around key campaign opportunities that would ensure the shift to a low-carbon and climate resilient development at the national and regional levels, by closely cooperating with CAN's national and regional nodes (networks).
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