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Latest REDD+ News and Information: 16 Jan. '15
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Agence Kampuchea Presse (EN) | 14/01-15
Cambodia will do its utmost to achieve the sustainable forest management and contribute actively to mitigating climate change through forest carbon stocks mechanism (REDD+).The affirmation was made by Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries H.E. Ouk Rabun.

All Africa.com | 14/01-15
A team of experts from the National Office for Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) under the Federal Ministry of Environment has accessed Taraba State owned forest reserve as part of strategy to engage two more states unto the programme.

CIFOR Forests | 14/01-15
Scientists monitoring the amount of carbon accumulated in Indonesia's peatland forests over thousands of years have predicted that millions of tons of carbon dioxide could be released into the atmosphere if they continue to be cleared, drained and burned for oil palm and agricultural plantations.

Kaieteur News | 13/01-15
Foreign companies investing in Guyana's substantial forests are supposed to adhere to national laws and international agreements. But civil society leaders and activists inside and outside the South American country are crying foul, saying foreign corporations and government officials are paying lip service to the accords while quietly building a timber-harvesting empire in the country with few benefits for the average Guyanese.

Ecosystem Marketplace | 08/01-15
The coming year will be a pivotal one for climate finance, and especially for forests, as more than $7 billion is set to cumulatively flow to forest-protection efforts aimed at Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) before the year is over. Here's what we know about past flows in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, Liberia, Tanzania and Vietnam.

The Jakarta Post | 10/01-15
The future of the National Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Agency (BP REDD+) has become uncertain after only one year because of a plan from the Environment and Forestry Ministry to liquidate it.


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Forest Trends | 01-15 
This report focuses on the years 2009-2012, covering the major developments of the Fast Start Finance period in the initial seven REDDX pilot countries: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, Liberia, Tanzania, and Vietnam. The consolidation of the major trends and findings in each of the seven REDDX pilot countries presents a microcosm of the global picture of REDD+ finance. The overall trend in REDD+ investments is a positive one, as donor countries have continued to make financial commitments in the seven REDDX pilot countries from 2009 through 2012.

WWF | 01-15
Reducing carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) is a leading area of consensus within the global climate debate. It has taken longer to finalize than originally anticipated, yet, no other single mechanism has ever before mobilized this scale of political attention and financial resources for tropical forest conservation, nor had the potential for even greater conservation outcomes, as has REDD+.


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UNDP-REDD | 01-15 
REDD+ Directorate of Technology, System and Monitoring through UNDP is seeking to recruit a Visual and Graphic Illustrator Consultant in order to design the effective way of getting a message across in print, electronic, and film media; to support integrated Communication and Awareness raising within operating environment of REDD+ in Indonesia.

WWF | 01-15
In this archived learning session, Peter Graham and Josefina Braņa-Varela, both of the WWF Forest and Climate Programme, discuss REDD+ outcomes from COP20 in Lima. They also present on potential next steps for forests and climate on the road to COP21 in Paris. Watch it now.