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REDD+ capacity building is fundamental to achieving REDD+ readiness, recognized as a priority area by the UNFCCC since COP 13 in 2007. There is little data, however, that describe the type of capacity building and the number of people that are reached with these initiatives in REDD+ countries. The lack of information makes it difficult to determine where additional investments in capacity...
This brief addresses the major challenges and opportunities to financing climate change mitigation and adaptation pathways for smallholder farmers in developing nations. It underlines the need for an innovative and integrated approach to climate finance that can connect rural farmers to public and private finance at the global level. Lastly, it provides recommendations for future actions that...
Over the past three years RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have brought together regional experts to reflect on the outcomes of the 15th, 16th and 17th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The resulting booklets “Forests and Climate...
This decision support tool provides overall guidance on establishing national-level REDD+ accounting frameworks within which nested or jurisdictional approaches are integrated. The tool complements information provided in the LEAF Technical Guidance on Development of a REDD+ Reference Level (Walker et al. 2012) and the Winrock/FCPF Decision Support Tool for Developing Reference Levels...
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February 26, 2013
UN-REDD Programme
Recognizing the critical role of indigenous peoples and other forest-dependent communities to the long-term sustainability and effectiveness of REDD+, the UN-REDD Programme has prioritized stakeholder engagement from its inception. Recognizing that a key component of effective stakeholder engagement is the right to FPIC and responding to calls from stakeholders, countries, partners and donors...
February 21, 2013
Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)
The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) has just released their 2012-2013 annual review on the state of rights and resources, "Landowners or Laborers: What choice will developing countries make?"
This report takes stock of the current status of forest rights and tenure globally, assesses the key issues and events of 2012 that shape possibilities to improve local rights and...
June 14, 2012
Marjory-Anne Bromhead - The World Bank
The purpose of this paper is to outline an approach for Bank engagement in forests, trees, and woodlands on farms in Sub-Saharan Africa for the coming five years. The paper takes the framework of the Africa development strategy, which has two main pillars: supporting employment and competitiveness, and building resilience and reducing vulnerability; and one underlying foundation: strengthening...
February 7, 2013
Bollen, An; Ozinga, Saskia/ FERN
Ten years since the EU Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade Action Plan was launched, and one month before the introduction of the EU Timber Regulation which makes it a criminal offence to put illegally sourced timber on the EU market, new research by FERN has shown strong forest governance improvements have already been achieved.
The EU FLEGT Action Plan includes the...
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February 15, 2013
Jose Puppim de Oliveira, UNU-IAS, Japan; Tim Cadman, Griffith University, Australia; Hwan Ok Ma, The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), Japan; Tek Maraseni, The University of Southern Queensland, Australia; Anar Koli, University of Tsukuba, Japan; Yogesh D. Jadhav, Barli Development Institute for Rural Women, India; Dede Prabowo, United Nations University Institute for Sustainability and Peace (UNU-ISP), Japan
REDD+ has become an important component in the discussions on climate change and forest governance, but there is further need to understand the linkages with local governance and the challenges for its implementation. This joint report will serve as a useful reference for policymakers, professionals and practitioners as they work to promote REDD+ in ways that tackle climate change and...
February 12, 2013
World Agroforestry Centre
The Accountability and Local Level Initiatives to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in Indonesia (ALLREDDI) program is implemented by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in partnership with the Directorate General of Forest Planning, Ministry of Forestry (Ditjen Planalogi), Brawijaya University (UB) and the Indonesian Centre for Agricultural Land Resources Balai Besar...
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