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New WWF Guide Provides Toolkit for Building REDD+ Strategies
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WWF's Forest and Climate Initiative has just launched the preview edition of its much-anticipated WWF Guide to Building REDD+ Strategies: A toolkit for REDD+ practitioners around the globe. The launch coincided with the conference "Options for National REDD+ Architectures" being held in Oslo, Norway 29-31 May, 2013.
In his foreword to the guide, Bård Vegar Solhjell, Minister of the Environment of the Government of Norway said: "The Government of Norway is pleased to support WWF's development of this publication. The guide arrives at a critical time when many tropical forest countries are in the process of, or considering, developing their national or subnational REDD+ strategies. The Government of Norway looks forward to continuing to support initiatives such as this and to seeing REDD+ realize real benefits for people and nature."
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 Greetings!Thank you for subscribing to CANOPY. In this issue,we are excited to announce the publication of the preview edition of WWF's Guide to Building REDD+ Strategies. We also introduce you to REDD+ expert Minnie Degawan, who works to ensure that indigenous peoples and local communities are included in REDD+ dialogues and decisions. We also share with you the latest REDD+ news happening around the world and our latest capacity building tools, including a new review of MRV-related tools. |
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Positive steps at Bonn climate meeting open door for REDD+ in Warsaw
The global community has moved one step closer towards realizing a formal mechanism to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) at the close of UN climate talks in Bonn last month. REDD+ negotiators to UNFCCC worked overtime durnig the two-week meeting to address key areas of REDD+.
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Carbon Fund reviews proposal for largest-ever forest emissions reduction programme in Africa
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one step closer to unlocking up to US$60 million in payments for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) and creating the largest forest emissions reduction programme in Africa. DRC's emissions reduction program idea note (ER-PIN) was reviewed last month in Paris by the Carbon Fund of the World Bank-run Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), beginning the process.
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NEW Learning Session 12:
REDD+ at Bonn, Outcomes and Next Steps for COP 19
In this webinar, WWF Forest and Climate Initiative's Josefina Braña Varela (Policy Director) and Bruce Cabarle (Leader) will discuss REDD+ outcomes from the recent UNFCCC SBSTA and SBI meetings in Bonn, Germany. They will also outline potential next steps for REDD+ at COP 19 in Warsaw in November. A Q+A session will follow the presentation.
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ARCHIVE Learning Session 11: Assessing Accuracy and Estimating Area of Remotely Sensed Change Maps
In this learning session, Dr. Pontus Olofsson, research assistant professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at Boston University, addresses the fundamental protocols required to produce scientifically rigorous and transparent estimates of accuracy and area.
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ARCHIVE Learning Session 10: Tools for REDD+ Knowledge Sharing and Learning
In this learning session, a number of new tools and resources are shared that are available to REDD+ practitioners seeking to identify, capture and share lessons learned that promote successful initiatives.
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REDD+ Lessons Learned: Colombia
1. The success of a participatory policy development process depends on promoting dialogue and knowledge sharing among a wide array of stakeholders.
2. In a participatory policy development process, stakeholders need to define their views clearly but also be flexible to adapt to the group's needs.
3. Building successful public policies is achieved by integrating two approaches: top down and bottom up.
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Minnie Degawan
INTERVIEW: Minnie Degawan, WWF REDD+ Senior Advisor for Social Safeguards, answers key questions about her role and the importance of involving indigenous peoples and local communities in REDD+ dialogues and decisions.
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José Absalón Suárez Solís
Interview withJosé Absalón Suárez Solís, member of Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN), a national organization working to defend traditional and collective rights of Afro-Colombian communities.
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Black Orchid
The very rare black orchid (Coelogyne pandurata) is found in the forests of East Kalimantan, Indonesia growing in trees near rivers and coastal swamps, where it is threatened by deforestation.
Experts from WWF's Forest and Climate Initiative and WWF-Indonesia are working to conserve critical orchid forest habitat and other plant diversity as part of WWF's efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) for the benefit of people and nature.
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PREVIEW EDITION: WWF Guide to Building REDD+ Strategies -- A toolkit for REDD+ practitioners around the globe
This guide provides REDD+ practitioners with the information needed to develop national and subnational REDD+ strategies. It draws on the experiences of WWF's international REDD+ project teams and their partners, the latest literature on REDD+ practices and emerging REDD+ best practices around the world. It is designed to provide a holistic understanding of REDD+ for practitioners whether they work in a single area of REDD+ or across the field of REDD+.
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WWF REDD+ Country Profiles
WWF'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.
Developed in partnership with WWF's Forest and Climate Initiative, WWF-Germany and each relevant country's WWF office, the profiles examine key components of REDD+ in each country
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Assessing risks to forest cover and carbon stocks: A review of tools and approaches to compare business-as-usual to REDD+ scenarios
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.
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Forests: The Heart Of A Green Economy
This short film produced by UN-REDD feature examples from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia and Ecuador, highlighting the potential challenges and opportunities of including REDD+ in the transition to a green economy.
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WWF's international Forest and Climate Initiative is working to ensure that:
Conservation of tropical forests as carbon stores is secured by green economic development that benefits people, the climate and biodiversity in transformational ways.
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Subscribe to the REDD+ Resources Digest, a weekly email alert of news, journal articles, publications, REDD+ technical tools, etc. from sources around the globe.
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WORLD'S LARGEST REDD+ PROJECT APPROVED IN INDONESIA
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CIFOR EXPLORES REDD+ VERIFICATION DEBATE
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FCPF EXPLORES REDD+ GOVERNANCE IN DRC
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PUMA'S FOREST EFFORTS TO PROVE HOW REDD+ MATTERS TO BUSINESS
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UN-REDD RELEASES POLICY BRIEF ON THE ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN REDD+
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GERMANY BOLSTERS IUCN AND THE FORESTS DIALOGUE'S GLOBAL DISCUSSION SERIES ON REDD+ BENEFIT SHARING
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BRAZIL REPORTS SHARP DROP IN GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS
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WWF WELCOMES PERU AS HOST OF 2014 GLOBAL CLIMATE SUMMIT
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FCPF APPROVES SURINAME'S REDD+ READINESS PROPOSAL WITH US$3.8M GRANT
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CROSS-SHARING REDD+ EXPERIENCES BETWEEN INDONESIA AND PERU
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WORLD'S TROPICAL FORESTS BREATHE LIFE ON EARTH DAY
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NEW VIDEO SUPPORTS DIALOGUE WITH FOREST COMMUNITIES ON REDD+
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HANDS-ON APPROACH BRINGS REDD+ TECHNICAL CAPACITY TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN DRC
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NORWAY ENVIRONMENT MINISTER CALLS WWF REDD+ EFFORTS IN DRC "ENVIRONMENTAL WORK AT ITS BEST"
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24-26 JULY 2013
ARUSHA, TANZANIA
CHALLENGES OF URBANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA
IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
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19-21 AUGUST 2013
SELANGOR, MALAYSIA AUD'13 WORKSHOP: PAVING THE WAY TO SUSTAINABLE FOREST AND CARBON MANAGEMENT
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5-30 AUGUST 2013
LA JOLLA, CA USA
INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATE PROGRAMME IN ADVANCED TERRESTRIAL CARBON ACCOUNTING
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28-30 AUGUST 2013
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
LATIN AMERICAN CARBON FORUM 2013
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5-6 SEPTEMBER 2013
STRELNA, ST. PETERSBURG
2013 G20 LEADERS' SUMMIT
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8-12 SEPTEMBER 2013
FUKUOKA, JAPAN
FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF SMALL-SCALE AND COMMUNITY-BASED FORESTRY
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17-19 SEPTEMBER 2013
NAIROBI, KENYA
FORESTS AFRICA: OPPORTUNITIES FOR A GREEN ECONOMY CONFERENCE
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1 OCTOBER 2013
PUERTO MALDONADO, MADRE DE DIOS, PERU
GCF ANNUAL MEETING 2013
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7-11 OCTOBER 2013
BOGOR, INDONESIA
CIFOR ANNUAL MEETING
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14-18 OCTOBER 2013
GEORGIA (TBD)
37TH SESSION OF IPCC
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VIEWPOINTS
On the Bonn climate meeting:
"...we are encouraged by the progress on the increasing focus that governments are displaying... on everything that has to do with reductions of emissions from deforestation, which is responsible for 18% of global emissions..."
-- Christiana Figueres, UNFCCC Executive Secretary
On DRC's ER-PIN:
"These efforts will benefit both local residents and the global community through actions that contribute to mitigating the risks of global warming."
-- Martin McLaughlin, Acting USAID-CARPE Director
"This jurisdictional approach has huge potential for reducing deforestation and promoting development."
-- Jostein Lindland, Forest and Climate Change Counselor, Embassy of Norway, Kinshasa
On the approval of Cameroon's REDD Readiness Proposal and Grant of US$3.6m
"The Government of Cameroon is extremely grateful to all the partners who contributed to the process. As we enter a new phase to build a national strategy that will guide the REDD+ process in Cameroon, the financial and technical support of international partners is needed more than ever before."
-- Dr. Wassouni Amadou, National REDD+ Coordinator for Cameroon
On the Carbon Fund activated with Costa Rica in pipeline to receive US$63m
"The FCPF is realizing exciting milestones. With Costa Rica accepted as the first country in the Carbon Fund negotiation pipeline, the Carbon Fund is now open for business and ready to provide scaled-up REDD+ finance for conservation activities resulting in quantifiable emission reductions."
-- Josefina Braña-Varela, FCI Policy Director
On WWF's launch of the REDD+ Community online learning and networking platform
"Thanks for starting such a great initiative. This platform will help all of us to connect in a faster and easier way."
-- Anna-Selina Kager, SNV Netherlands, Vietnam
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Bruce Cabarle FCI LeaderEmail
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Jennifer Ferguson-Mitchell FCI Director of CommunicationsEmail
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