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Latest REDD+ News and Information: 23 August '13
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News Articles
CIFOR |  22/08-13
Strengthening the capacity of the Central African Republic to adapt to climate change could help build peace in the landlocked country, which has been hampered by political instability and civil conflict since it achieved independence from France in 1960, research suggests.
  
Ecosystem Marketplace |  22/08-13
Governments have pledged billions of dollars to programs designed to slow climate change by saving endangered rainforests, but the real results to date have come from the private sector and civil society. Here's a brief look at what policymakers designing tomorrow's public-sector programs can learn from today's private-sector projects.
  
TNC/CI/RA/WWF |  21/08-13
The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, Rainforest Alliance, and the World Wildlife Fund are pleased to announce the release of three new, self-paced and web-based courses on climate change and REDD+ on www.conservationtraining.org.
  
Cool Green Science/TNC |  21/08-13
Despite increasing crop and timber demands to feed a growing human population, despite the impacts of climate change on forests, and despite deforestation emissions in the tropics that are on par with those from the global transportation sector, global forests are a net sink for atmospheric carbon.
  
AllAfrica |  20/08-13
The Congolese village of Madimba is struggling with the ravages of decades of rampant deforestation and the capital Kinshasa's insatiable appetite for cooking with charcoal.
  
EDF |  19/08-13
'Non-carbon benefits' are positive outcomes resulting from REDD+ activities beyond those associated with carbon storage and/or sequestration. Non-carbon benefits are often broken down into 3 main types: social, environmental and governance benefits.
  
BBC |  18/08-13
European forests are showing signs of reaching a saturation point as carbon sinks, a study has suggested.Since 2005, the amount of atmospheric CO2 absorbed by the continent's trees has been slowing, researchers reported.
  
All Africa.com |  16/08-13 05:25
Ethiopia and Norway on Friday 16 August 2013 signed a REDD+ Partnership agreement to help develop Ethiopia's forest sector and REDD+ program as part of the Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) Strategy.
Partnership Agreement Ethiopia and Norway on Friday 16 August 2013 signed a REDD+ Partnership agreement to help develop Ethiopia's forest sector and...
  
Eldigital.com.mx |  15/08-13 02:18
M�xico, D.F.
...de los bosques y selvas en el marco de la Estrategia Nacional de REDD . Finalmente en esa participaci�n, el director general de la CONAFOR dijo...
  
Journal Articles & Publications
EDF | 07-13
This paper focuses on the two key issues raised by the Parties this year:
1) the lack of clarity surrounding NCBs; and 2) the need to identify ways to incentivize NCBs in REDD+.
  
WRI | 08-13
This working paper considers the scope and distribution of Norway's self-reported FSF. It discusses innovative climate finance mechanisms, sources of finance that Norway counts as FSF, and whether the contribution is considered new and additional.
  
FPP | 08-13
Large-scale land acquisitions facilitated to promote export-oriented agriculture and land development have become a matter of international concern. Whereas, on the one hand, they are encouraged by national governments to accelerate development, generate revenue and...
  
WRI | 08-13
In order to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change, the world must reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions enough to keep global average temperature rise to 2�C above pre-industrial levels. WRI aims to do its part by curbing its own emissions.
  
Other Info & Tools
WWF |  24/09-13
Free. Dr. Ian Thompson, a research scientist with the Canadian Forest Service, will discuss his recent co-authored publication, An Operational Framework for Defining and Monitoring Forest Degradation. The work was conducted with an international group as requested by the Collaborative Partnership in Forests, which includes several United Nations organizations, such as FAO, CBD, and UNFF.
  
Climate Focus | 15/08-13
Climate Focus North America is seeking a highly motivated individual to join the climate change and land use team based in Washington, D.C. as a research fellow.
  
ConservationTraining | 08-13
The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, Rainforest Alliance, and the World Wildlife Fund are pleased to announce the release of three new, self-paced and web-based courses on climate change and REDD+ on www.conservationtraining.org.
  
IISD | 08-13
IISDRS VIDEO: In the Corridors at the Second Meeting of Experts on Long-term Finance (LTF) Day 2 � 20 August 2013
  
Wildlife Works |  21/08-13
The United Nations Programme to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (UN-REDD) and Code REDD present REDD+ Talks: NYC, an official side event to the sixty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly to mark UN-REDD's fifth anniversary.