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Latest REDD+ News and Information: 12 July '13
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News Articles
  
Tech President |  11/07-13
 A case study in Vietnam found community based monitoring (CBM) an accurate and inexpensive way to gather data on deforestation.The trial was a part of the United Nations Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation program (REDD). 
 
postzambia.com |  11/07-13
Zambia risks depleting its forest cover in 15 years if the current rate of deforestation is not controlled, a USAID official warned yesterday. And the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) says it is important that forests are conserved because they are essential for food security.
  
CIFOR |  10/07-13
As more developing countries plan to make the transition to a green economy-defined as "low carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive"-the spotlight is turning on the "true" value of forests.And it's clear that they're worth a lot more than the price of timber.
  
WWF |  9/07-13
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.
  
Eurosite |  08/07-13
Forests may need to be converted to more drought-tolerant mixtures of tree species to prevent significant die-off under climate change, predicts a new study which modelled German forests. The researchers indicate that climate change is likely to lead to significant forest damage, which could be reduced through
adaptive management.
  
ASB |  08/07-13
For more than a decade, fires from land-use change in forests and peatlands in Sumatra, Indonesia, have left in their wake a smoky haze whose extent enveloped the skies of Singapore and parts of Malaysia. 
  
Norway News |  07/07-13 10:24
Norway has established a US$7 million Norwegian ASEAN Regional Initiatives Fund (NARIF) to boost its engagement with the 10-member regional grouping, the ASEAN Secretariat announced on Friday.
...Indonesia to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation under the REDD+ program in a period of six or more years. (The...
  
Diario El Sureño |  07/07-13 05:03
USHUAIA.- Una nueva plataforma en Internet lanzada por la FAO permitirá a los países mejorar la evaluación del volumen y la biomasa forestales y las reservas de carbono.
...plataforma será especialmente útil en el contexto de las actividades de REDD + (reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero derivadas ...
  
ElPais.cr |  06/07-13 08:07 | Costa Rica
Representantes de organizaciones forestales, campesinas e indígenas de todo el país se reúnen este fin de semana en San José, en donde se presentarán los avances de la Estrategia REDD+ Costa Rica y su Sistema de Salvaguardas.
...en San José, en donde se presentarán los avances de la Estrategia REDD+ Costa Rica y su Sistema de Salvaguardas. Asisten más de 100 invitados
  
Global Canopy Programme |  05/07-13 17:11 | United Kingdom
In Ethiopia REDD+, the mechanism to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation is being implemented as part of a wider green economy - an aspect of REDD+ in Ethiopia which sets it apart from many other countries.
REDD Desk Launches New REDD+ Country Profile for Ethiopia Author: Anna Bolin News Source: Global Canopy Programme In Ethiopia REDD+, the mechanism...
  
Radio Okapi |  05/07-13 02:21
Le feu de brousse est une pratique courante en RDC, surtout pendant la saison sèche. Les paysans mettent le feu au champ pour bruler les herbes afin de fertiliser le sol pour la prochaine saison culturale.
...experts.Carla Ngoy, chargé de Monitoring, reportage et vérification au projet REDD du Fond Mondial pour la Nature en parle avec Jody Kashama .
  
Journal Articles & Publications
International Journal of the Commons |  07-13 |
In this paper, I examine the degree of local participation in benefit-sharing mechanisms in the case of the Juma Sustainable Development Reserve in the State of Amazonas, Brazil, and assess how local participation - or lack of it - affects the outcomes, particularly with regard to equity.
  
Charapa Consult, etc.  |  07-13 The objectives of the research were to: Analyze and document how indigenous peoples are affected by climate change; Identify indigenous peoples' local and traditional knowledge, practices and adaptation strategies that are critical to minimizing the adverse impacts of climate change; and Support strengthening of indigenous peoples' capacities for their engagement and direct participation in the formulation of national and international public policies regarding climate change.
  
IGES |  17/07-13 | 
This report presents the preliminary results of the action research in Nepal, a country that  has been a pioneer in community-based forest management. I would like to congratulate the authors for succeeding in bringing together this report. I anticipate that it will be useful to the various stakeholders that participate in the design of REDD+ at the project level, as well as in the preparation process of national REDD+ readiness.
  
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.
  
Global Environmental Change |  24/06-13
Swidden (also called shifting cultivation) has long been the dominant farming system in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia (MMSEA). Today the ecological bounty of this region is threatened by the expansion of settled agriculture, including the proliferation of rubber plantations.
  
Ecosystem Marketplace |  30/05-13 |  United States
Voluntary demand for carbon offsetting grew 4% in 2012, when buyers committed more than $523 million to offset 101 million metric tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. Private sector buyers flocked to offsets earned by planting trees, saving tropical forests, or distributing clean cookstoves in the developing world, according to this year's State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets report, released by Forest Trends' Ecosystem Marketplace this week in Barcelona, Spain.
  
   
Other Info & Tools
WWF |  09/07-13
Read the latest REDD+ news from the WWF Forest and Climate Initiative and around the world.
  
WRI |  10/07-13 | 
CAIT 2.0, WRI's climate data explorer, provides free access to comprehensive, reliable, and comparable greenhouse gas emissions data sets, as well as other climate-relevant indicators, to enable analysis on a wide range of climate-related data questions.
  
WWF |  17/07-13 |  United States
Free webinar - July 17, 2013. In this webinar, Josefina Braña 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. 
  
ZEF Bonn |  17/07-13 |  Germany
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) can represent a novel source of income for developing countries. But forest conservation can be costly and may also reduce the population's access to forest and land resources with potential negative income effects.  The successful candidate is expected to assess the impacts of forest conservation with respect to forest cover and distributional effects in the West African Sudanian Savannah region.