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FIP funding, approved for scaling-up participatory sustainable forest mgt in Lao PDR
4 Apr 2013
The Forest Investment Program (FIP) Sub-Committee approved USD 12.83 million in FIP grant funding for the project, Scaling-up Participatory Sustainable Forest Management, submitted by the Government of Lao PDR and IBRD.
The Sub-Committee notes the final estimate of USD 490,000 for project implementation and supervision services and approves USD 245,000 for the final tranche of funding for such costs for IBRD.
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Improving the rigor of measuring emissions from deforestation, agriculture
3 Apr 2013
While much has been written about the potential of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by protecting tropical forests, a proposed program to do just that has been challenged by a number of factors, including concerns about the accuracy of measuring for carbon reductions. Failure to properly account for carbon could undermine the effectiveness of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) program as a tool for mitigating climate change and securing benefits for local people...
L’analyse de genre dans la recherche forestière : ce que les décideurs politiques devraient savoir
3 Apr 2013
Ryan Woo/CIFOR
Qu’est ce que le genre? Le genre renvoie aux attributs économiques, politiques et culturels associés au fait d’être un homme ou une femme. Ces attributs varient entre et au sein des pays et peuvent changer au fil du temps. Les rôles liés au genre sont les tâches, les responsabilités et les comportements socialement définis qui sont considérés comme appropriés pour les femmes et les hommes dans une communauté particulière. Il est important de comprendre la complexité...
In Malaysia's election, a focus on rainforest graft
3 Apr 2013
Allegations of corruption in recent months have dogged the chief ministers of Sabah and Sarawak, long-time rulers who hold vast sway over some of the world's largest tracts of tropical forests
How to balance forests and food?
2 Apr 2013
One would think REDD's already massive funding would have brought value to standing forest across the globe. So far it has not. Michael Jenkins of Forest ...
Bhutan explores REDD+ safeguards and multiple benefits | Forest ...
2 Apr 2013
In the Media. Bhutan explores REDD+ safeguards and multiple benefits. April 01, 2013. UN-REDD Programme. With support from the UN-REDD Programme, ...www.forestcarbonasia.org/.../bhutan-explores-redd-safeguards...
Africans move against REDD initiatives in continent
1 Apr 2013
REDD, an acronym for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation; as well as REDD+ are carbon offset mechanisms whereby industrialized ...
Experts: Corruption could threaten global efforts to slow forest loss
1 Apr 2013
Due in part to unclear REDD+ rules, there are plenty of opportunities to cheat, experts say. Vilseskogen
BRASILIA, Brazil (1 April, 2013) _ U.N.-backed efforts to slow forest loss could be derailed by corruption, experts warned as they pointed to a potentially dangerous combination: An opportunity to make a lot of money and weak governance in many of the participating countries.
Unless tackled, they said, communities most dependent on these biodiverse ecosystems may not see the benefits.
The...
Tanzania fund seeks to protect eastern mountain forests
29 Mar 2013
The fund, financed by Norway, is providing fuel-efficient stoves to villagers and running other projects that promote sustainable use of mountain resources
Cameroon's forest dwellers lose out as land handed to developers
28 Mar 2013
“Our lands have been taken away from us (and) our forest, which is our main source of living, destroyed,” notes the chief of one affected village