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Latest REDD+ News and Information: 27 June '14
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Bloomberg | 26/06-14
Indonesia needs about $5 billion in aid to hit its target for reducing emissions, according to the agency set up to protect rainforests and peatlands.Indonesia's target is to cut greenhouse-gas emissions by 26 percent using its own funds or as much as 41 percent with international aid. That compares with projected emissions of 2.95 giga tons by 2020 if the nation takes no action.

 

East Africa: Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda Unite Efforts to Combat Illegal Timber Trade in East Africa
All Africa | 26/06-14

Nairobi - High-level government representatives from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania today, at the first United Nations Environment Assemble (UNEA), announced their intention to work together, along with INTERPOL and UN agencies, to curb the illegal timber trade that is stripping East Africa of one of its most valuable natural resources.  

  

Report finds successful efforts to reduce deforestation
INSAM| 26/06-14

Efforts reduce climate change emissions without obstructing commodities boom.Programs and policies to reduce tropical deforestation, and the global warming emissions resulting from deforestation, are seeing broad success in 17 countries across four continents, according to a new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).  

  

No REDD+ Program Is an Island: Integrating Gender Into Forest Conservation Efforts

Wilson Center | 25/06-14 

Since 2005, the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation program (REDD+) has functioned as a mechanism to financially incentivize the preservation of forestlands in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But beyond its original use, some organizations have also started exploring ways it can help with other development initiatives, like women's empowerment.

  

Cameroon: Congo, Amazon Basins Climate Change Report Presented  

All Africa | 24/06-14

The study, carried out by CIFOR, revisits the role of logging companies in the reduction of emission of green-house gases. As part of efforts to reduce green-house gas emissions by safeguarding the state of tropical forests, stakeholders on June 18, 2014, gathered at the Yaounde Mont Febé Hotel to listen to the findings of a study carried out since 2009 by the Centre for International Forestry Research, CIFOR and partners.  


Pemerintah akan Audit Perusahaan Perkebunan dan Kehutanan

Antara News | 24/06-14

Pemerintah akan mengaudit perusahaan perkebunan dan kehutanan terkait kesiapsiagan dalam pengendalian kebakaran hutan dan lahan. Direktur Pengendalian Kebakaran Hutan Kementerian Kehutanan Raffles B Panjaitan di Jakarta, Selasa, menyatakan, tim gabungan dari Kementerian Kehutanan, Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup, Kementerian Pertanian, Unit Kerja Presiden untuk Pengendalian dan Pengawasan Pembangunan, Badan REDD, serta aparat penegak hukum akan turun ke Riau, Kamis (26/6).  

 

REDD+, en números rojos

DW | 24/06-14

En 2007, la comunidad internacional anunció un nuevo y atrevido plan para contribuir a la conservación bosques tropicales mediante la creación de un mecanismo que permitía a la gente trabajar en el campo para vivir de la agricultura. Su nombre fue Reducción de Emisiones a causa de la Deforestación y Degradación de los Bosques (REDD+, por sus siglas en inglés), y la idea detrás de todo ello era animar a los países en desarrollo a proteger sus recursos naturales de la explotación, además de promover la conservación y protección de la biodiversidad creando un mercado de créditos de CO2. En aquel momento, el sistema REDD se consideró un gran avance para la subsistencia de comunidades afectadas de forma negativa por la globalización.

  

Le Congo se dote d'un bréviaire de politique forestière

MediaTerre | 23/06-14

Le document de politique forestière nationale de la République du Congo a été adopté le 12 juin 2014 à Brazzaville, au cours d'un atelier de deux jours qui a réuni des cadres du ministère en charge de la forêt, des représentants de la société civile.  

  

 
Journal Articles & Publications

WWF/Wageningen UR | 06/2014

This first brief explores the concept of non-carbon benefits (NCBs), one of the ongoing items of discussion at international REDD+ negotiations and in the elaboration of domestic implementation strategies. We look into how NCBs can be understood and various ways they can be assessed and incentivized. We argue that NCBs play a crucial role reducing the risk of reversals, supporting carbon permanence, and overall improving the outcomes of REDD+ actions.  

 

GHG Mitigation In Japan: An Overview Of The Current Policy Landscape
IGES/WRI | 06-14
This paper analyzes this target and finds that Japan can likely meet it by continuing electricity-saving efforts and ensuring implementation of existing mitigation policies. An overview of these policies and a comparison of the target to Japan's earlier 2020 mitigation targets are also presented. The paper concludes with considerations for improving Japan's current target, as well as future target-setting processes. 
 
Wageningen UR | 2014
This paper analyses the development of REDD+ from 2004 to 2011 through Discursive Institutional Analysis (DIA). DIA seeks to analyse how new discourses become institutionalised in plans, regulations and guidelines, while including and excluding issues, (re)defining topics, and (re)shaping human interactions. 
 
 
Other Info & Tools

Event: Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum 2014

APAN | 1/10-14 

The Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) is organising its flagship Forum on 1-3 October 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, under the theme New Partnerships for Resilient Development: Government, Business and Society.Over 500 climate change adaptation practitioners will join public and private sector officials and top experts at this year's Forum. The Forum aims to help participants from all levels of government and in business and society become more effective in addressing development challenges in a changing climate. This year's Forum will focus on adaptation actors and how they collaborate to form partnerships and networks for resilient development.
 
UNITAR | 01/09-14
The first edition of the e-learning course "Introduction to Sustainable Consumption and Production in Asia" will take place from 01 September - 24 October 2014. With the goal of scaling up learning on SCP in the region, UNEP and UNITAR are partnering, under the SWITCH-Asia Programme, to develop and deliver this e-learning event. The course aims to provide policy makers and other stakeholders from government, business, civil society and academia, with an introduction to Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP), as an approach to enabling resource-efficient, low-carbon societies in Asia. 

  

Event: 2014 GCF Annual Meeting in Brazil

GCF |11/08-14

The GCF's Annual Meeting in Rio Branco, Acre (Brazil) on the 11-14 of August 2014. Registration is free, but space is limited, so please register soon to guarantee your place by completing the short form available here before July 28, 2014. More information about the Annual Meeting is available on the meeting website. 

  

PES/PFES Consultancy Opportunity

Winrock | 06-14  
Winrock International/the Vietnam Forests and Deltas Program is looking for an international and a national (Vietnamese) short term consultant to conduct an evaluation of the implementation of the Payment for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) policy in Vietnam. The consultancy will take place from July-August 2014 and includes travel to Vietnam. If interested, please review the attached TOR and follow the application instructions. If you have any questions, please email Gelsey Bennett (gbennett@winrock.org).