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Latest REDD+ News and Information: 19 September '14
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WWF | 18/09-14
This new brief explores the contribution that agriculture, forestry and other land uses (the AFOLU sector) can make to start reducing emissions immediately. We take a comprehensive approach that regards forest conservation and other land uses not as isolated activities, but as integrated systems that need to become sustainable. The brief discusses why the AFOLU sector is key, what can be achieved through action on it, existing barriers, and some ways forward.

WWF | 18/09-14
Against the backdrop of the largest ever public demonstration on climate change, WWF is calling on governments and business leaders at next week's high-profile UN Climate Summit in New York City to deliver clear commitments toward a future powered entirely by renewable energy.

RTCC | 18/09-14
Under the UN climate treaty REDD+ (Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) involves reducing greenhouse gas emissions by protecting forests in developing countries and providing finance to make it possible. Tropical deforestation and degradation is estimated to be responsible for roughly 15% of global emissions.

WWF | 17/09-14
The WWF Forest and Climate Programme Senior Advisor for Social Safeguards, Minnie Degawan, will participate in two important events next week organized by UNESCO in conjunction with both the UN World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (WCIP) and the Secretary General's Summit on Climate Change in New York City.

Ecosystem Marketplace | 17/09-14
Nearly half (49%) of tropical deforestation since the turn of the millennium has been due to illegal land conversion, the report finds. Illegal activity takes on many forms. In Brazil, for instance, organized land grabbers cleared swaths of the Amazon and then took advantage of government programs that grant land titles after the fact. In Cambodia, a rubber company was issued a land concession five times the size allowed by law...

Rappler | 17/09-14
About 120 heads of state will attend the United Nations' Climate Change summit on September 23, making it the biggest gathering of world leaders on the issue. UN chief Ban Ki-Moon urges governments and businesses to announce commitments that will support an ambitious climate change treaty in 2015.

Devex | 17/09-14
A new institution is in the works to help secure land for indigenous populations in order to significantly reduce the risk of deforestation and become a critical tool in the global struggle against climate change. The initiative, known as the International Land and Forest Tenure Facility, is being developed by the Rights and Resources Initiative as an independent source of funds for on-the-ground projects to promote land tenure for indigenous and local communities so they can manage that land sustainably.

Mediaterre | 16/09-14
Brazzaville a abrité le 11 septembre dernier, un atelier de réflexion sur la stratégie nationale REDD. Au cours de cet atelier présidé par le directeur de cabinet du ministre de l'Économie forestière et du développement durable, Michel Elenga, les acteurs impliqués dans la gestion durable des forêts ont débattu sur la consolidation de la stratégie nationale de réduction des émissions issues de la déforestation et de la dégradation forestière (REDD) et des sauvegardes environnementales et sociales en République du Congo.

Guyana Chronicle| 14/09-14
GUYANA'S role as a leading pioneer in sustainable forest initiatives worldwide is to be further enhanced on completion of an ongoing collaboration between the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Guianas and residents of the Deep South Wai Wai Amerindian community of Konashen in Region 9 (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo).

Reuters | 11/09-14
As climate-changing emissions surge globally, a summit of world leaders this month should help revitalizes ambitions to tackle climate change despite the absence of government heads from China and India, U.N. climate envoy Mary Robinson said.



Journal Articles & Publications

WWF | 18/09-14
This new brief explores the contribution that agriculture, forestry and other land uses (the AFOLU sector) can make to start reducing emissions immediately. We take a comprehensive approach that regards forest conservation and other land uses not as isolated activities, but as integrated systems that need to become sustainable. The brief discusses why the AFOLU sector is key, what can be achieved through action on it, existing barriers, and some ways forward.

IIED | 09-14
Wise global prescriptions for managing forests abound. But we cannot combat illegal logging or deforestation-driven emissions with international analysis or diktat alone. IIED's Forest Governance Learning Group, working on the ground for over a decade, has helped drive progress in 10 countries - from recognition of community resource rights to reforestation-boosting small enterprises. 

CIFOR | 2014
REDD+ social safeguards have gained increasing attention in numerous forums. This paper reviews the evolution of multi-level policy dialogues, processes, and actions related to REDD+ social safeguards among policy makers, civil society organizations, and within the media in Brazil, Indonesia and Tanzania, three countries with well advanced REDD+ programs. We find that progress on core aspects of social safeguards is uneven across the three countries. Brazil is by far the most advanced having drafted a REDD+ social safeguards policy. 


Other Info & Tools

WWF | 15/09-14
In this archived learning session from 15 September, Dr. Mairon Bastos Lima presents on the important role of forests and land-use in tackling climate change. He also discusses the meaning and scope of non-carbon benefits and why they matter for the future success of REDD+ and forest conservation. The session ends with an update on the status of the international negotiations on non-carbon benefits, what countries can do to promote them, and the challenges and opportunities therein.

GOFI | 09-14
GFOI is developing a set of methods and guidelines for estimating future carbon stocks to support countries in their effort to build national forest monitoring systems. This will help ensure that forest carbon assessments are credible, comparable and transparent. Its first set of methods and guidance advice is now available. This document provides recommendations on establishing national Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) systems consistent with IPCC guidance and UNFCCC requirements.

CIFOR | 09-14
T20Q is a global project that invites you to nominate the most important research questions for forestry and landscapes. So far, about 2,000 questions have been submitted to help guide the future of knowledge by making sure we ask the right questions.