Latest REDD+ News and Information: 17 April  '15


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News Articles

Antara News | 16/04-15
The preservation of Jambi forest should go hand in hand with the survival of the Orang Jambi tribal community, emphasized the Royal Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg.

Eco-Business | 16/04-15
Norway and FAO have signed a NOK 35m (around $4.5m) partnership agreement to improve the capacity of developing countries to monitor and report on their forest resources and changes in forest area. The project will facilitate countries' access to earth observation data sources, including satellite imagery, and develop an easy-to-use platform for processing and interpreting this data.

Demonstrating a shift from planning and preparation to implementation, a number of funding mechanisms, support tools and projects for REDD+ have been launched.

Africa Review | 15/04-15
Ethiopia has launched the UN-REDD programme that will analyse and value the country's total forest resources and determine their share in the country's $55 billion economy. Launched in 2008, UN-REDD programme is a collaborative initiative on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) in developing countries.

WWF | 14/04-15
In February, stakeholders, including members of government, civil society and indigenous groups, signed a memorandum of understanding showing support for a transparent and participatory collaboration on the emissions reduction programme design process for the Mai-Ndombe province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).


Journal Articles & Publications

Research Gate | 2015
Over half of all wood harvested worldwide is used as fuel, supplying ~9% of global primary energy. By depleting stocks of woody biomass, unsustainable harvesting can contribute to forest degradation, deforestation and climate change. 

Climate Focus | 2015
Across large parts of the world, woodfuel remains a primary source of energy, relied on by more than a third of the global population for their cooking and heating needs. Collectively, households in the developing world consume approximately 1.5 billion tonnes of woodfuel annually, leading to emissions of roughly 0.8 GtCO2 per year, equivalent to 2% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

WWF | 14/04-15
In this edition of our quarterly newsletter, we highlight the importance of including the land sector, and forests in particular, in climate action plans on the road to the UN conference in Paris, and much more.


Other Info & Tools

 WWF | 04-15
If you were unable to join us at this week's WWF Forest and Climate Programme learning session on Cookstoves and REDD+: Understanding woodfuel's impact on tropical forests, the recording of the session is now up on our YouTube channel and a copy of the presentation is here.   Our guest presenters were Robert Bailis of Yale University, Charlie Parker of Climate Focus, and Donee Alexander of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves.

WWF | 14/04-15
Susana is a forest and climate change policy specialist for WWF-Colombia based in the Bogota office. She focuses on coordinating projects and giving policy advice to the national and regional governments on forest and climate change issues.

UNFCCC | 04-15
Overview of the upcoming UNFCCC meetings in Bonn. This overview is intended as a guide to assist participants with their planning prior to the sessions. It will be updated as new information becomes available. Once the sessions are underway, please consult the Daily Programme.

WWF | 13/04-15
Dr. Naikoa Aguilar-Amuchastegui, a Senior Forest Carbon Scientist and member of the Forest and Climate Programme gives us a brief overview of how reference levels work, why they matter, and how countries are moving ahead on establishing these important benchmarks for REDD+.