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UN-REDD Policy Board Meeting Documents and Presentations Available
17 Oct 2011
Source: -- All documents and presentations from the seventh UN-REDD Programme Policy Board meeting are available on the UN-REDD Programme website.
Soy moratorium in Amazon maintaining its effectiveness
14 Oct 2011
The moratorium on clearing Amazon rainforest for soy farms in Brazil appears to be maintaining its effectiveness for a fifth straight year, reports the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (ABIOVE).
PNG's great land grab sparks fightback by traditional owners
12 Oct 2011
Source: theage.au -- A LAND grab of 5 million hectares of Papua New Guinea, 11 per cent of its territory, has taken place quietly and apparently bloodlessly since 2003, half of it being signed over in the past two years.
Norway launches climate partnership to support UN initiative “Sustainable Energy for All”
11 Oct 2011
Source: government.no -- Energy+ is inspired by the successful program to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). Through Energy+, developing countries’ efforts to transform the energy sector to achieve universal access to sustainable energy and decrease greenhouse gas emissions by scaling-up access to renewable energy sources and increased energy efficiency will be supported.
Papua`s forests facing serious threat: Greenpeace
11 Oct 2011
A Greenpeace campaigner for Papua, Ricarth Tawaru, said with forests in Sumatra and Kalimantan having almost disappeared, Papua`s forests were now facing a great threat.
“Almost nine million hectares of forests in Papua have been identified by the government as expendable in the interest of development of large scale industries,” Ricarth said here on Monday.
He said that in Papua land takeovers and forest clearing continued to take place for the development of oil palm plantations...
Allianz invests in protecting forests
11 Oct 2011
REDD-Project. Allianz invests in protecting forests. United Nations' climate protection goals cannot be met without protecting forests / Allianz supports emissions ...https://www.allianz.com/en/press/.../news_2011-10-10.html
Swedish International Development Agency supports Forest ...
11 Oct 2011
Swedish International Development Agency supports Forest Peoples Programme to help forest communities impacted by REDD in the Democratic Republic of ...www.forestpeoples.org/.../swedish-international-development-...
Sub-national regions push ahead with REDD+
11 Oct 2011
PALANGKARAYA, Indonesia (11 October, 2011) _ Many sub-national regions in developing countries are moving ahead with preparations to implement REDD+ projects on the ground despite policymakers at the national level oftentimes lagging behind, said William Boyd, Governors Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF) Senior Adviser and Project Lead. He made the comments in an interview [...]
UNEP Study Confirms DR Congo's Potential as Environmental Powerhouse but Warns ...
10 Oct 2011
"The REDD+ scheme in which the DRC is already engaged could potentially generate the necessary funding to address a wide range of development and environment challenges and we look to such mechanisms to support a sustainable recovery in the DRC," the ...See all stories on this topic »
Wetland policy finalised in Nepal
10 Oct 2011
A policy to protect all the wetlands across the country has been finalised. The Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation has revised the wetland policy 2003 through consensus of six ministries. The ministry is preparing to send it to the Cabinet for decision.
“The first wetland policy was prepared by the forest ministry in 2003 which could not be implemented fully due to lack of ownership by other concerned ministries, so this policy has been finalised through active participation of...