The anticipated benefits and co-benefits of REDD+ generated considerable enthusiasm and momentum prior to the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, and the lack of agreement of a global mechanism for REDD+ at that Conference generated corresponding disappointment. However, experience from earlier...
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The REDD Desk |
vor 13 Jahre 5 months
This paper reviews three leading forest sector policy approaches relevant to benefit-sharing for reduc- ing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+): payments for ecosystem services, also known as payments for environmental services (PES), participatory forest management (PFM),...
News India MSN |
vor 13 Jahre 5 months
New Delhi, July 3 (PTI) What constitutes a forest in India? There is no answer for this simple and plain question even 62 years after independence if one goes by a RTI reply from the Ministry of Environment and Forests. The reason cited by the ministry in its reply is that "definition" of forests...
CIFOR |
vor 13 Jahre 5 months
BOGOR, Indonesia (6 July, 2011)_REDD+ proponents can learn from the multistakeholder approach of experienced certification body, the Forest Stewardship Council, helping to avoid treacherous forest management politics and better engaging civil society and the private sector in sustainable forest ...
International ForestIndustries |
vor 13 Jahre 5 months
Global Forest Partners LP (GFP) has put up for sale the plantation forests, freehold land and carbon assets held jointly by two of its New Zealand-based timber funds. The estate comprises 15 individual forests with a net productive area of 16,533 hectares (ha), of which 30%, or 5,015 ha, is...
PHE Ethopia |
vor 13 Jahre 5 months
By 2025, children who are 18 years or younger today will represent more than half of the world‘s workforce. A critical strategic opportunity exists to ‗insure‘ the resiliency, effectiveness, and overall return on investment on 20-30 year REDD projects by investing in innovative school-based...
ForestCarbon Asia |
vor 13 Jahre 5 months
In the last months, the Government of Lao PDR received proposals from numerous private enterprises seeking to develop forest carbon projects in Laos. To facilitate information-sharing with and feedback from the private sector, the Department of Forestry organized a workshop “Private sector...
PaperIndex Times |
vor 13 Jahre 5 months
Vienna, Austria, Jul 5, 2011 – Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper UK is holding the Green Event at the WWT Wetland Centre in Barnes, London, UK, on the 29th September 2011. Guest speakers include representatives from WWF, FSC®, Action Sustainability, World Resources International, Two sides Campaign, Mondi’...
The REDD Desk |
vor 13 Jahre 5 months
While the AWG-LCA decision forms the basis for safeguards in the context of support for readiness and REDD+, questions remain as to how they will be interpreted and applied, the extent of the benefit that they can provide and the challenges in their implementation. This background paper seeks to...
ForestCarbon Asia |
vor 13 Jahre 5 months
The new interactive interface for the Voluntary REDD+ Database (VRD) has been launched. The website offers access to maps, graphs and summary statistics on REDD+ financing that has been reported to the REDD+ Partnership, as well as detailed information on individual agreements between countries and...
PIA |
vor 13 Jahre 5 months
A new concept of saving forests from further deterioration while conserving them for biodiversity conservation and sustainable livelihood for local communities has been at work in Southern Leyte province since 2009, initiated by a German government organization GIZ. In addition, the Reducing...
IIED |
vor 13 Jahre 5 months
This briefing discusses the opportunities and challenges involved in the creation of a new form of private property that can be bought and sold in domestic and international markets — the ‘carbon right’. It looks at how equity and fairness can be built into this new commodity so that carbon trading...
New Business Ethopia |
vor 13 Jahre 5 months
Atnafu Endashaw, 12, travels on foot two hours every day from home to school. He is from the isolated Menja communities found in Sheka zone of Southern region of Ethiopia, 765 kilometers southwest of Addis Ababa. Unlike the members of Sheka tribe, Menja communities are mainly marginalized because...
VadVert |
vor 13 Jahre 5 months
Countries get $534 million for bold plans to climate-proof water, farming, forests, and cities CAPE TOWN – The Climate Investment Funds (CIFs), a partnership of five multilateral development banks, approved $444 million in grants and near-zero-interest loans to support Cambodia, Mozambique, Nepal...
Timber Community |
vor 13 Jahre 5 months
An investigation by the Swedish Church proposes to form a joint forestry company that may be formed already January 2013. Swedish Church is collectively the country's fifth largest forest owner.
ForestCarbon Asia |
vor 13 Jahre 5 months
The 2011 Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum took place from 24-25 June 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa. The Forum was organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank, in collaboration with other multilateral development bank (MDB) partners. It brought together...
SpringerLink |
vor 13 Jahre 5 months
We examine five forested landscapes in Africa (Cameroon, Madagascar, and Tanzania) and Asia (Indonesia and Laos) at different stages of landscape change. In all five areas, forest cover (outside of protected areas) continues to decrease despite local people’s recognition of the importance of forest...
Post Zambia |
vor 13 Jahre 5 months
THE United Nations says it will closely monitor all the funds it will give Zambia for climate change projects. And the UN has given Zambia US$4.5 million for the implementation of the UN-REDD plus project. In an interview, United Nations Development Plan (UNDP) environment finance advisor for...
ForestCarbon Asia |
vor 13 Jahre 5 months
Many countries are beginning to engage stakeholders in domestic REDD+ decision-making processes, often with support from bilateral, multilateral and non-governmental initiatives. As part of the 2010 work plan for the Interim REDD+ Partnership, the Partners identified the need to initiate a process...