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event / Thu, 07 Jul, 2022

Launch event of the UN-REDD Technical Assistance: Climate change mitigation through social forestry actions in ASEAN countries

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Summary The launch event of the UN-REDD Technical Assistance: Climate change mitigation through social forestry actions in ASEAN countries (UN-REDD ASEAN Social Forestry Initiative) was held on 29th June 2022, virtually...

event / Tue, 05 Jul, 2022

Webinar series: “Setting the scene - Challenges and opportunities for monitoring trends in forests and trade’’

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*This webinar is part of a 5-series training aimed at practitioners and government officials to improve their capacity for gathering and collecting data on forest trade in the Lower Mekong region Summary Access to ‘near real...

article / Tue, 07 Jun, 2022

Failure to recognise indigenous rights will derail achievement of global climate pledges: case studies from Asia

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Woman working in the rice paddies (@AIPP) A new study reveals that Nationally Determined Contributions, a cornerstone of the international framework aimed at addressing climate change, are likely to fail unless indigenous peoples’ rights to their...

article / Fri, 03 Jun, 2022

Tackling deforestation is about more than just planting trees

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In 2021, Farmstrong received funding from UNEP to start the first phase of an ambitious forest restoration project covering 1,000 hectare of the sacred Forêt Classée du Mont Kourabahi. Over 16,000 farmers and their families are benefitting from this...

article / Fri, 03 Jun, 2022

From New York to Glasgow: Introducing the Forest Declaration Platform

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(@ Asociación de Forestería Comunitaria Utz Che) In 2014, the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) was adopted as a political declaration calling for the end of natural forest loss and the restoration of 350 million hectares of degraded...

article / Fri, 03 Jun, 2022

Forests hold the key to a greener future

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Forests have become a permanent fixture in climate discussions, from their inclusion in the Paris Agreement to the recent Glasgow Leader’s Declaration on Forests and Land Use at COP26. These ecosystems provide vital solutions for halting global...

article / Fri, 03 Jun, 2022

Carbon rights and the importance of benefit sharing

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Carbon rights and the guardians of forests: A key axiom for REDD+ to succeed Catalyzing change with gender-responsive, climate-forest finance Assigning forest carbon rights is crucial for any effective REDD+ system. Often linked to debates about...

article / Fri, 03 Jun, 2022

Catalyzing change with gender-responsive, climate-forest finance

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(@ UNDP Panama) Acknowledging the catalytic power that climate finance can have on gender equality and women’s empowerment in the forest sector, UNDP and the UN-REDD Programme collaborated on an event in March, 2022 to highlight good practice...

article / Fri, 03 Jun, 2022

Road followed to implement the safeguards roadmap in Peru

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The contribution of REDD+ in Peru - the second country with the largest extension of Amazonian forests - goes far beyond mitigating climate change. It also considers the important role that forests play in the resilience of biophysical and...

article / Fri, 03 Jun, 2022

A community forestry model that works

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(Photo@ Ecoserrania) In Colombia’s municipality of Segovia, in the department of Antioquia, on the eastern edge of the Andes, lies one of the country's great gold reserves, most of which lie under natural forests with great ecosystem richness. Its...

article / Fri, 03 Jun, 2022

Indigenous peoples and climate finance for the forest sector

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Training and dialogue with indigenous peoples on carbon finance for the forest sector The achievement of the Paris Agreement goals will rely on a combination of financial and policy mechanisms and action from public and private actors across all...

event / Wed, 01 Jun, 2022

The rights, roles and contributions of Indigenous Peoples in NDCs: Experience from Asia

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Venue: Kaminzimmer Room, World Convention Center, Bonn, Germany Date: June 6, 13:15 - 14:45 CEST Format: Hybrid (in-person & virtual) presentation and discussion Livestream Link: https://www.youtube.com/c/UnfcccInt...