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Latest REDD+ News and Information: 12 September '14
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Reuters | 11/09-14
The world's six multilateral development banks promised on Thursday to do more to help emerging nations fight climate change as part of efforts to reinvigorate flagging work on a U.N. deal to limit temperature rises. In a statement before a Sept. 23 summit on global warming to be hosted by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York, the World Bank and other banks said they had delivered $75 billion in financing since they started joint tracking of funds in 2011.

Tempo.co | 10/09-14
Pengawasan lahan hutan dan gambut dari ancaman deforestasi, degradasi, dan kebakaran terus meningkat. Badan Pengelola Reduksi Emisi Gas Rumah dari Deforestasi, Degradasi Hutan, dan Lahan Gambut (BP REDD+) bakal memanfaatkan satelit Lembaga Penerbangan dan Antariksa Nasional (Lapan) untuk membantu mengawasi hutan.

Ecosystem Marketplace | 10/09-14
In Brazil, organized land grabbers and squatters cleared swaths of the Amazon for cattle grazing and then took advantage of government programs that grant land titles after the fact. In Indonesia, palm oil companies bribed local officials to obtain licenses to convert forests to plantations. In Cambodia, a rubber company was issued a land concession five times the size allowed by law, with more than half of the land area falling within a national park. 

Mediaterre | 10/09-14
Les autorités de l'Equateur ont  annoncé, le 4 septembre dernier à Mbandaka, que l'inventaire du carbone forestier de cette province de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) sera lancé à la fin du mois. Le but de cette opération est d'évaluer la quantité et la valeur réelle du carbone séquestré dans la forêt de cette province, a laissé entendre le chef de division des inventaires et aménagements forestiers au ministère de l'Environnement, André Kondjo Shoko.

CIFOR | 09/09-14
Countries can measure their progress in REDD+ by assessing their policy environment, even if supportive governance structures are not in place and they aren't ready to measure their carbon emission reductions, a recent study shows.

Radio Okapi | 09/09-14
La problématique de la Réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre dues à la déforestation et à la dégradation des forêts (REDD) doit être l'affaire de toute la population du Bas-Congo. C'est ce qu'ont recommandé les participants à l'atelier qui s'est tenu lundi 8 août à Matadi.

Gestión | 09/09-14
El cuidado del medio ambiente a través de la mitigación de la huella de carbono ha generado en los últimos años diversas actividades entre las empresas privadas y las comunidades nativas.Por ello, Pacífico Seguros recientemente participó en la ciudad de Pucallpa el seminario "Proyectos REDD+ en el Perú, Financiamiento y Negocio" para intercambiar experiencias sobre la cadena de valor del carbono forestal con las comunidades nativas.

Caribseek | 09/09-14
The Cunha Canal is a project that is approved by the Governments of Guyana and Norway and the World Bank as the trustee of the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF). "We have completed some of the hurdles to put in place the Cunha project, but one hurdle to overcome was the financing which was coming from GRIF and has to be passed in the National Assembly," Minister Ramsammy said.

Mongabay | 05/09-14
Mapping the world's tropical forests with a fleet of airplanes outfitted with advanced LiDAR could rapidly and accurately assess global forest carbon stocks for a fraction of the cost of a typical Earth observation satellite mission - and far less than field-based sampling - argues a new paper published in Carbon Balance and Management.
Journal Articles & Publications

CIFOR | 2014
This country profile contains an analysis of the causes of deforestation and forest degradation in Peru, and the economic, institutional and political context in which REDD is emerging in the country. Peru has a total forest area of approximately 73 million hectares, almost 60% of national territory. In the past few years, deforestation decreased from 150,000 ha/year to 106,000 ha/year but it still represents one of the biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in the country. 


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WWF | 15/09-14
In this learning session, Dr. Mairon Bastos Lima will present on the important role of forests and land-use in tackling climate change in light of the upcoming UN Climate Summit later this month. He will also a discuss a landscape view of REDD+ and the meaning and scope of non-carbon benefits and why they matter for the future success of REDD+ and forest conservation.

CATIE | 06-15
El Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE) ofrece el diplomado en Monitoreo Integral de Servicios de los Ecosistemas con Énfasis en Acciones de Mitigación al Cambio Climático. El objetivo del diplomado es fortalecer las capacidades de gobiernos nacionales y subnacionales y sus socios, en el diseño, establecimiento e implementación de sistemas nacionales y subnacionales de medición, reporte, verificación y de monitoreo. Los participantes deberán participar de cuatro cursos los cuales tendrán una duración de una semana cada uno.