| News The UN-REDD Programme welcomes five new countries  Argentina, Cambodia, Ecuador, Nepal and Sri Lanka join the UN-REDD Programme, Denmark becomes a donor and Panama gets approval of its UN-REDD national programme. Read full article… First regional consultation between indigenous peoples’ organizations from Asia and the Pacific and the UN-REDD Programme The first ever Asia and the Pacific Regional Consultation with Indigenous Peoples on the UN-REDD Programme was held on 1 October 2009, during the first week of the UNFCCC Intersessional Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand. Read full article… Democratic Republic of the Congo requests support in establishing a regional Congo Basin approach on Measuring, Reporting and Verifying emissions from forests The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) initiated the establishment of a harmonized regional Congo Basin approach for Measuring Reporting and Verifying (MRV) emissions from forests, at a recent workshop on the validation of MRV activities in this country. Read full article... The 13th World Forestry Congress supports the inclusion of REDD+ in the agreement on long-term cooperative action under UNFCCC The 13th World Forestry Congress, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 18 to 23 October 2009, stresses the need to reduce poverty as a driver of deforestation and to safeguard the rights of indigenous peoples and forest-dependent communities, and recognizes the important roles that the private sector and civil society play in climate change adaptation and mitigation. Read the WFC 2009 message to COP15 on the WFC website... |