Indonesia seeks “multi-bilateralism” to help get REDD+ off the ground
Indonesia - RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (27 June 2012)__ Indonesia says more bilateral cooperation will be needed to help get REDD+ off the ground and attract forest carbon investors as climate change...
View ArticleNorway may boost REDD+ funding to support green growth
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (28 June 2012)_Norway will invest more money to help developing countries conserve their forests through reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation schemes (REDD+) if...
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Norway’s government pension fund divests from palm oil producers
Land cleared for oil palm plantation, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. CIFOR/Mokhamad Edliadi BOGOR, Indonesia (12 April, 2013) – Norway’s government pension fund – one of the world’s largest – has...
View ArticleIndonesian president delivers promised REDD+ agency
Indonesia - BOGOR, Indonesia (10 September 2013) — A new decree signed by the Indonesian president to create a national agency aimed at combating greenhouse gas emissions signals progress in the...
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REDD+ on the ground: In Tanzania, funding and enthusiasm ‘faded away’
Tanzania - BOGOR, Indonesia—Jane Goodall is known worldwide for her decades of work with chimpanzees in the Gombe forest of Western Tanzania. It’s less well known that the NGO she founded, the Jane...
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Balancing Transparency and Non-State Actors in the Climate Negotiations
In the lead-up to the first formal UNFCCC Subsidiary Body meeting since the Paris Agreement (PA), there was palpable anticipation as to what the meeting would bring in terms of substance and in driving...
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Forest dwellers face mass evictions, as species extinction threatens global...
In Forests News last week: Tension and transformation in the patriarchy When managing the forests and rivers in Kenya’s Rift Valley, traditional roles for women are challenged as gender gets placed at...
View ArticleAre REDD+ donors learning quickly and deeply enough to make a difference?
To address urgent, complex and intertwined problems like climate change, deforestation and global inequality policymakers need to learn from various attempts to transform these “super wicked”...
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Reducing deforestation and forest degradation, and conservation of forests at...
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has in recent years emerged as an important financial mechanism for funding REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) and has put in place a...
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