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Latest REDD+ News and Information: 22 August '14
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The Epoch Times | 20/08-14 21:04
A new assessment by the country's Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) concludes that the program is indeed having an impact despite an inauspicious start.

CIFOR Forests | 20/08-14 02:02
Editor's Note: This is an excerpt of an article originally published on ForestsClimateChange.org. Zambia's media houses are ill-equipped or often uninterested in covering environmental stories, according to some of the country's leading journalists, having a negative impact on the level of public scrutiny of policy decisions affecting the environment.

WWF | 19/08-14
In June, representatives from WWF-Indonesia and the district government of Mahakam Ulu visited Cordillera, the mountainous northern region of the Philippines, to learn how indigenous Philippine communities have benefited from the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) of 1997.

WWF Norway | 18/08-14 12:50
Norges klima- og regnskogsatsing gir gode resultater for både miljø og utvikling, viser en ny rapport. - Dette er suverent det største og mest kostnadseffektive klimatiltaket verden har sett, sier Heidi Sørensen i WWF.

The Korea Herald | 18/08-14 12:33
South Korea is to make an interim check on its progress in preventing forest degradation and reducing greenhouse gas emissions and gauge its readiness for the new climate change system.

Norad.no | 18/08-14 05:15
NOK 10 billion in development aid combined with six years' work have contributed to conserving natural forest and to establishing systems for the reduction of deforestation and for the inclusion of the conservation of forests in international climate change negotiations.

The Jakarta Post | 16/08-14 04:38
Forestry Ministry secretary-general Hadi Daryanto said on Tuesday that the government would proceed with plans to clear 14 million hectares (ha) of degraded forest from 2010 to 2020. Indonesia currently contains 180 million ha of forested land.


Journal Articles & Publications

Norad | 08-14
This report gives an overview of the documented main results achieved by the initiative up to 2013. The team was asked to assess the initiative's contributions towards the global REDD+ regime and country progress in Brazil, Guyana, Indonesia and Tanzania, as well as the management of the initiative. Moreover, the report covers to some extent the progress through multilateral organizations.

WRI | 07-14
Securing Rights, Combating Climate Change analyzes the growing body of evidence linking community forest rights with healthier forests and lower carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.

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UNDP - Procurement Notices | 19/08-14 14:47 
Country: Indonesia Description of the assignment: Early Warning System and Remote Sensing Specialist (National, 1 post) Project name: REDD+ Period of assignment/services (if applicable): September - December 2014.

Int'l Partnership on Mitigation and MRV | 08-14
The Global Good Practice Analysis is a joint initiative by the International Partnership on Mitigation and MRV and the UNDP Low Emission Capacity Building Programme and documents 21 examples of mitigation-related good practice worldwide which demonstrate how LEDS, NAMAs and MRV systems are being effectively designed and implemented across a range of national contexts.