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Latest REDD+ News and Information: 4 Apr '14
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News Articles
  
Bernama | 03/04-14 10:58 
ADDIS ABABA, April 3 A project aimed at supporting Ethiopia's REDD (Reducing Emissions from Degradation and Deforestation) Monitoring, Reporting and Validation (MRV) activities has been launched here.
  
ECOticias.com | 03/04-14 07:21 
Cada año, grandes extensiones de esos árboles se pierden con el desarrollo y la agricultura, cerca de 56.000 kilómetros cuadrados por año desde 2000 hasta 2012.
  
La Nación | 03/04-14 07:00 
Costa Rica posee un gran potencial para capturar carbono y así sumarse a la lucha contra el cambio climático. Esto, gracias a su cobertura forestal que ya alcanza el 52,38% del territorio y, específicamente, al tipo de bosques que la componen.
  
Bio-Medicine | 02/04-14 22:03 
Researchers at Winrock International have developed a first-of-its-kind method for estimating carbon emissions from forest degradation caused by selective logging in tropical regions.
  
VietNamNet Bridge | 01/04-14 03:10 
Vietnam needs about 30 billion VND (1.4 million USD) to reduce Carbon Dioxide - CO2 emissions in its industry sector from now to 2020, which is quite a big challenge on its way to achieve a sustainable economic development.
  
Allafrica.net | 01/04-14  
Cameroon and Japan have come to the end of a three-year, "Support Programme for Forestry and Wildlife Management (PAGFF)" funded by the government of Japan to the tune of 800 million Japanese Yens (about FCFA 4 billion) with much to show in terms of results.
  
Ethiopian Press Agency | 01/04-14 10:23 
A workshop that focused on the launching of National RapidEye Imagery Project to support Ethiopian REDD+ and Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) activities jointly organized by the German BlackBridge Company and Environment and Forest Ministry was held here yesterday.
  
Ecosystem Marketplace | 31/03-14 
REDD finance is one of many pay-for-performance mechanisms designed to jump-start climate-safe agriculture across the developing world, but it's emerging slowly and uncertainly. REDD+ Bonds, however, can help states and other sub-national jurisdictions harness tomorrow's funding today.
  
Journal Articles & Publications
IIED | 04-14  
Studies in five countries reveal very variable views on key aspects of REDD+, such as preferences for types of community and individual commitment, and for cash versus in-kind payment. Factors such as gender, ethnicity and land tenure mean preferences vary both between and within communities. REDD+ policy and projects need to assess and consider these views.
  
CIFOR | 03-14  
The report reveals that the project has benefited more than 30,000 people across 15 forest reserves through cash transfers in exchange for conservation, participation in local organizations and agreement to send children to school, if there is a school nearby.
  
Trade, Law and Development | 04-14 
This paper examines various mechanisms through which international trade can address climate change mitigation. It proposes the introduction of a regional model for promoting climate change mitigation, technology transfer and sustainable energy for all via the vast, ever-expanding network of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) across the globe. 
  
Other Info & Tools
  
UNEP-WCMC | 04-14 
We are looking for a technically competent, conscientious and motivated Programme Officer to work in our Climate Change and Biodiversity Programme. The Programme aims to provide authoritative information to support decision-making at the intersection of climate change and biodiversity conservation policies.
  
WWF | 23/04-14 
A few months ago, the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) approved the "rules document" that will guide the development and selection of large-scale REDD+ programs in 5-10 forest countries. Many view the Carbon Fund as a critically important piloting space to test the concept of results-based payments for programs that address the drivers of deforestation and degradation, and as a possible pre-cursor to a REDD+ window under the Green Climate Fund. So what do these rules look like? And what do they mean? 
  
CIF | 06-14  
The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) are jointly convening the 2014 CIF Partnership Forum, hosting more than 400 participants from civil society, the private sector, governments, indigenous peoples and academia.
  
ÖBf AG | 11/04-14  
8 Years experience (Forest Inventories by remote sensing, SFM/training of professionals on Forest Inventories); profound knowledge of MRV systems for REDD+; working with German Development Cooperation, especially GIZ; familiarity with CAPACITY WORKS