The new site is an entry point to essential information on initiatives to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) in developing countries. Through this website, the 69 countries that have joined the REDD+ Partnership share documents, including the outcomes of the Oslo Climate and Forest Conference, and the International Conference on the Major Forest Basins (Paris) – both held in 2010– and exchange information and views related to REDD+ activities seeking to scale up REDD+ actions and finance.

Immediate action is expected to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, transparency and coordination of REDD+ initiatives and financial instruments, to facilitate among other things knowledge transfer, capacity enhancement, mitigation actions and technology development and transfer. The website is also used as a tool for communication among partners and between partners and stakeholders, and for sharing information with a wide audience.

In its recent workshop on 2 October 2010 in Tianjin, China, the REDD+ Partnership reviewed and welcomed the progress made with the voluntary REDD+ database and the analysis of gaps and overlaps in REDD+ financing, both developed by the UN-REDD Programme Team and the World Bank hosted Facility Management Team of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, in collaboration with the Forest Investment Program.

Visit the REDD+ Partnership website at www.reddpluspartnership.org. It can also be accessed through the UNFCCC REDD Platform.