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Latest REDD+ News and Information: 16 May '14
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Sudan Vision Daily | 14/05-14 20:56
Higher Council for Environment and Natural Resources(HCENR), and The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Sudan office organized this week a training workshop on Climate Change Negotiation and Diplomacy for 24 trainers . 
 
CIFOR Forests | 14/05-14 13:27  
BOGOR, Indonesia - Research to improve partnership among stakeholders of a pulpwood plantation on the Indonesian Island of Sumatra has strengthened the negotiating power of local communities, easing two decades of conflict and boosting livelihoods in a region where 48 percent of people live below 
 
All Africa | 13/05-14  
Une vingtaine d'hectares ont été reboisés dans le territoire d'Isangi, Province Orientale, en janvier dernier dans le cadre du projet Réduction des émissions dues à la déforestation et à la dégradation (REDD). 
 
Sensors & Systems | 13/05-14 04:20  
International efforts to mitigate climate change hinge on limiting global anthropogenic CO2 emissions. About 12 percent of these emissions are due to deforestation and forest degradation, mostly in developing countries. To limit forest emissions, in 2008 the United Nations launched its Collaborative Program on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD). 
 
Fiji Times Online | 12/05-14 21:43  
WORKING with rural communities to educate and implement programs related to reforestation and reducing carbon emission are some of the assistance provided by the German Agency for International Cooperation.
 
Ecosystem Marketplace | 12/05-14  
Payments for ecosystem services rely on data that's both trustworthy and accessible, but they're often dogged by data that lacks both. Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled a tool that delivers on the accessibility and transparency fronts by providing an incredibly easy-to-use interface for accessing more than 300 separate data layers of geographic, demographic, and environmental data across the United States. 
 
Republika Online | 11/05-14 14:41  
Gubernur Kalimantan Tengah, Agustin Teras Narang menegaskan, tidak langsung tergiur dengan dana yang akan disalurkan Bank Dunia terkait pelaksanaan "Reducing emissions from deforestasion and forest degradation". 
 
UN-REDD | 08/05-14  
The headline news in the Jakarta Globe earlier this week was that Indonesia's economy has risen to 10th in the ranking of global economies. BUT, the analysis and commentary went on to say, the country's growth is unequal, doesn't benefit the poorest and is vulnerable. The next president faces the task of improving the quality of growth. 
 
Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia | 08/05-14 14:17  
O secretariado da Convenção Quadro das Nações Unidas sobre Mudanças Climáticas (UNFCCC) publicou uma compilação de sugestões de diversos países e entidades sobre duas questões relacionadas às atividades de REDD+. 
  
  
Journal Articles & Publications
Global Change Biology | 05-14
Terrestrial carbon stock mapping is important for the successful implementation of climate change mitigation policies. Its accuracy depends on the availability of reliable allometric models to infer oven-dry aboveground biomass of trees from census data.
  
Environmental Science & Policy | 05-14
We focus on recent progress in reforming the role of forests and other land use in the EU climate policy framework. EU inclusion of LULUCF (Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry) in the climate policy framework still lags international developments, remaining at odds even with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's (UNFCCC) Kyoto framework.
  
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WWF | 28/05-14
May 28, 11am EDT. Free. In this webinar, Rosa C. Goodman, an independent consultant working in forest conservation and sustainable management, will use the example of the southwestern Amazon to explain where and why new allometric models may need to be developed for REDD+ measurement, reporting and verification (MRV).
  
UNECE/FAO | 06-14
June 16, 2014 - Geneva. The UNECE/FAO Joint Forestry and Timber Section is pleased to announce the second workshop on Forest and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will take place in Geneva on June 16, 2014. This workshop will be back to-back to the Joint FAO/ECE Working Party on Forest Statistics, Economics and Management.