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Latest REDD+ News and Information: 1 August '14
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News Articles
How the Indonesian Government is Fighting Forest Fires & Haze
FutureGov | 31/07-14
Last year, forest fires in Indonesian Riau province caused a haze crisis that affected many countries in Southeast Asia, causing record high levels of pollution. The Indonesian government has been working closely with international organisations and the industry in taking steps to prevent the situation from escalating.

Vietnam | 31/07-14
Dien Bien is the first province in the country to have completed and launched a PRAP with assistance from the Japanese Government through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The provincial People's Committee approved the plan, designed for the 2013-2020 period, on May 26 this year. 

La Informacion.com | 30/07-14
El Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado coordina proyectos con ONG's que tienen como misión la reducción de emisiones de deforestación y degradación de bosques.

OutlookIndia.com | 30/07-14
Terming the Indo-US Joint Working Group as an "important platform" for addressing environment and sustainable development concerns, Environment minister Prakash Javadekar today said the group needs to work "very closely" and develop common understanding and balanced package for post 2020 period.

News Watch Blog - National Geographic | 30/07-14
Stanford University scientists have produced the first-ever high-resolution carbon geography of Peru, a country whose tropical forests are among the world's most vital in terms of mitigating the global impact of climate change.

Eco-Business | 30/07-14
The Philippines is currently a minor producer of palm oil in the Southeast Asian region, but this is set to change with the country recently declaring ambitions to convert some eight million hectares of idle lands across the country into oil palm plantations.

Ecosystem Marketplace | 29/07-14
Colombia's Tolo River People collectively own 32,000 acres of rainforest, and that forest feeds the river on which they depend. But ownership means nothing if you can't protect it. Four years ago, they decided to start harnessing carbon finance to save the forest and preserve their way of life. This is their story.

IPP Media | 28/07-14
Like in many communities, when the project on reduction of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) started some few years ago in Lindi rural district, the villagers did not know exactly the benefits accrued from it.

GCP | 22/07-14
The Global Canopy Programme (GCP), in collaboration with leading associations representing over 160 international companies and members of civil society, have issued a unified and coordinated declaration calling for governments to take meaningful action with regards to halting deforestation at the forthcoming UNFCCC climate negotiations taking place in Lima in December.
 
Journal Articles & Publications
The Nature Conservancy | 14/07-14
This guide was developed for conservation practitioners including NGOs, governments, and private sector representatives who are implementing sustainable landscapes programs. It is designed to help practitioners take a systematic approach to developing and monitoring these strategies. We expect REDD+ practitioners will find the guide particularly useful, as there is specific discussion about how the approaches presented can be used in REDD+ programs. 

SNV| 07-14
The Warsaw Framework now provides developing countries with the rules, including safeguard provisions, for operating REDD+, under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The guidelines presented here aim to support countries in determining how to respond to UNFCCC and other REDD+ safeguard commitments, by providing a framework to support the design of a country-led safeguards approach (CSA). 

UN-REDD | 07-14
This annual report has been restructured to place more emphasis on achieved results and to demonstrate more clearly the links between the Programme's various forms of support for REDD+ readiness and the concrete results delivered at the country level. This report also highlights how the UN-REDD Programme's work has supported the development of national REDD+ strategies through tailored frameworks that respect country needs, while facilitating knowledge sharing at global and regional levels.
Other Info & Tools

RECOFTC | 28/07-14
This training video targets community forestry practitioners to improve gender equity on the ground. The video explains the concept of gender equity in the context of forest communities and highlights best practices for achieving gender equity. 

UN-REDD | 07-14
Conocer mejor los bosques, sus recursos y los bienes y servicios ambientales que pueden  proveer es fundamental para una buena gestión forestal y un requisito indispensable para el buen funcionamiento de estrategias para la Reducción de Emisiones de Gases de Efecto Invernadero (GEI), por Deforestación y Degradación de los Bosques (REDD+).