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Latest REDD+ News and Information: 18 July '14
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News Articles
La Vigésima Conferencia de las Partes (COP-20), que se desarrollará en Lima, es un paso "vital y fundamental" para lograr un acuerdo global frente a este tema, destacó Connie Hedegaard, comisaria de Acción por el Clima de la Unión Europea (UE).
 

IISD | 07-14 

The 'Chair's Summary' of the tenth meeting of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Carbon Fund (C10) has been released, with Duncan Marsh, C10 Chair, highlighting the selection of Chile and Viet Nam into the Carbon Fund pipeline. The Republic of the Congo, which also presented its Emission Reductions Program Idea Note (ER-PIN), was provisionally selected.

 

Diario Latino | 16/07-14

La Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo (CCAD), la Agencia Alemana para la Cooperación Internacional (GIZ) y el Ministerio del Medio Ambiente de El Salvador (MARN) dieron a conocer una herramienta geoespacial para el estudio e investigación de los bosques centroamericanos.

 

La Conférence d'ancrage du Partenariat pour les Forêts du Bassin du Congo Programmée
Médiaterre | 15/07-14
Brazzaville, la capitale de la République du Congo, abrite du 8 au 9 octobre 2014 une conférence d'ancrage du Partenariat pour les Forêts du Bassin du Congo (PFBC), autour du thème central « Opportunités et Défis: Climat et utilisation des terres dans le Bassin du Congo ».
 
CIFOR | 14/07-14  
Shifting to a green economy will require ceasing the unsustainable conversion of public wealth to private wealth while accounting for for the full social costs of private-sector activities, according to a leading economist. 
 
UN-REDD | 09/07-14
Representatives of civil society organizations (CSOs) and indigenous peoples (IP) to the UN-REDD Programme Policy Board met on 6 July in Lima, Peru in advance of their participation in the Programme's 12th Policy Board 7-9 July. The meeting allowed CSO and IP representatives from the Asia-Pacific, Latin American and Caribbean, and Asia regions to collectively discuss and review the meeting's agenda and to plan their interventions to discussion and decision items. 
 
Environmental Defense Fund | 08/07-14
Indigenous peoples  have relied on the rainforests for their survival for thousands of years. Their knowledge of the forests and dependence on the lands make them effective protectors of the forests - and particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
 
The Nature Conservancy | 26/06-14
The article highlights the recent accomplishments of two communities in the Berau district of Indonesia, Merabu and Long Duhung. Both communities have made major steps towards obtaining legal rights over the forests that have been central to their identity and livelihoods for generations, despite major setbacks and struggles throughout the process.

  

Journal Articles & Publications
Forests | 16/07-14
International debate on the design of an international policy for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degredation (REDD+) has been going on since 2003. A three-phased approach was adopted at the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Cophenhagen in 2009.

 

SNV | 07-14

A carbon-only approach to REDD+ won't work. It will not help either climate or forests. Ex-post greenhouse gas emissions reductions will not be achieved if investments are not made in the environmental sustainability and social equity of the policies and measures adopted to address the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation. The success and legitimacy of REDD+ depends not so much on the ability of implementing actors to minimize negative environmental and social risks, but more on its potential to deliver and maximize multiple social and environmental benefits, such as conservation of biodiversity, maintenance of ecosystem services and livelihood benefits for rural poor communities.  

  

REDD+ and Biodiversity Conservation: Approaches Experiences and Opportunities for Improved Outcomes

USAID, FCMC | 04-14

This report reviews how biodiversity issues are currently being addressed in existing safeguard policies and frameworks, national programs and forest carbon project activities, and provides recommendations on how to ensure positive biodiversity impacts in emerging REDD+ initiatives.

  

A Review of the Biodiversity Goals and Proposed Monitoring Methods in National REDD+ Programs

USAID, FCMC | 04-14

This study reviews documents developed early in the REDD+ readiness process to explore how emerging national-level REDD+ programs are addressing biodiversity issues.

 

  

Other Info & Tools
WWF | 16/07-14
Maria Eugenia ("Maru") coordinates forest and climate activities for WWF-Peru, with a particular focus on REDD+ work. 
 
UN-REDD | 07/07-14
In this video, representatives of the National Environmental Authority of Panama (ANAM), the National Coordination of Indigenous Peoples of Panama and the UN-REDD Programme explain the value of the national forest inventory and progress made on this initiative.
 
WWF/UCS | 15/07-14
Watch an archive of the learning session that took place on 15 July 2014 presented by Pipa Elias.