April 2011

Issue date:

03.31.2011

Trade-offs and other REDD+ scenarios

Issue date:

4/7/2011

Africa: Scanning REDD+ with a lens of a forest worker?

As countries are working towards formulation UN REDD national programs, questions are being asked as to whether the REDD+ based projects are able to increase participation of variety of stakeholders including trade Unions? And also whether forest workers and communities are effectively participating in the design, monitoring and evaluation of national REDD+ programs?

Issue date:

April 4, 2011

Germany funds forestry protection project

The German International Cooperation Agency (GIZ) has provided 4 million euros to the Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) project in Laos.

Issue date:

5 April 2011

World Bank ignoring forest communities?

The World Bank has come under fire for its Inspection Panel’s decision not to investigate its forestry sector programme in Liberia, while new reports from civil society groups add to the backlog of criticism over the Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF).

Issue date:

Apr. 4, 2011

ERA Announces Signing of a 17.5 Million Tonne Carbon Offset Agreement With the Democratic Republic of Congo

Issue date:

1 April 2008

Forest carbon facility: "more harm than good"?

As details emerge of the World Bank's new facility to pay countries for preventing deforestation and forest degradation, concerns about its operations and governance mount.

Issue date:

6 April 2011

Forests and climate change in the Mediterranean

6 April 2011, Rome/Avignon - A new partnership for Mediterranean forests has been established to address major threats to the region's forests being exacerbated by the severe impact of climate change. The partnership was announced at the Second Mediterranean Forest Week, which is taking place in Avignon, France (5-8 April).

Issue date:

04 April 2011

Are climate change measures corruption-proof?

On 30 April 2011 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Transparency International launches the Global Corruption Report: Climate Change, a comprehensive guide to corruption risks in measures to combat climate change.

Issue date:

April 4, 2011

Macroeconomic impact of Japan's earthquake

Issue date:

Apr 4, 2011

Policy Advice Office of EFI to be established in Barcelona

The European Forest Institute (EFI) will establish a Policy Advice office in Barcelona by this summer. This decision follows a very generous offer by Spain to host the office. The office will include also FLEGT-REDD activities, funded by the European Commission, which are a growing component of the institute.

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April 2011

Trade-offs and other REDD+ scenarios

Africa: Scanning REDD+ with a lens of a forest worker?

Germany funds forestry protection project

World Bank ignoring forest communities?

ERA Announces Signing of a 17.5 Million Tonne Carbon Offset Agreement With the Democratic Republic of Congo

Forest carbon facility: "more harm than good"?

Forests and climate change in the Mediterranean

Are climate change measures corruption-proof?

Macroeconomic impact of Japan's earthquake

Policy Advice Office of EFI to be established in Barcelona

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April 2011

Trade-offs and other REDD+ scenarios

Africa: Scanning REDD+ with a lens of a forest worker?

Germany funds forestry protection project

World Bank ignoring forest communities?

ERA Announces Signing of a 17.5 Million Tonne Carbon Offset Agreement With the Democratic Republic of Congo

Forest carbon facility: "more harm than good"?

Forests and climate change in the Mediterranean

Are climate change measures corruption-proof?

Macroeconomic impact of Japan's earthquake

Policy Advice Office of EFI to be established in Barcelona

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