UN-REDD Newsletter - October 2014

Features &  Commentary Global leaders pledge to end forest loss and billions of tons of carbon emissions at global Climate Summit The declaration would end billions of tons of climate pollution per year, backed with more than $1 billion down payment and restore 350 million hectares of forest. Read full article… News United Nations Environment Programme and International Union for Conservation of Nature join forces to restore forest ecosystems Efforts to combat climate change and improve livelihoods by restoring forest lands continue to build momentum. This was boosted on 4 September 2014, in the lead up to the UN Climate Summit 2014, with the launch of a new collaboration between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to restore at least 150 million hectares of forest landscapes by 2020. Read more... Forest monitoring making strides in Latin America and the Caribbean Sixteen countries from Latin America and the Caribbean have met to exchange experiences on the use of satellite technology for measuring forest area changes.  Read full article… First steps taken towards forest biomass network in West Africa The first regional workshop on tree volume and biomass modelling was held at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) - Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG) from 2-9 August.  Read full article… National forest monitoring strengthened in the Pacific Twenty participants involved in national forest inventory activities have gathered from six pacific Island countries to take part in a UN-REDD Programme technical workshop in Labasa, Fiji, helping strengthen their capacity to run national forest inventories.  Read full article… Children of Community Forest Members benefit from School Extension School children in the Siem Reap province of Cambodia are the latest beneficiaries of a wide-ranging and ambitious awareness-raising programme on REDD+.  Read full article… Preparing for Cambodia to enter the Warsaw Framework A national meeting titled “Preparing for Cambodia to Enter the Warsaw Framework” has been held by the REDD+ Cambodia National Programme in order to identify a target date for completing submission to the framework and the activities required in order to do so.  Read full article… African, Asian and Latin American countries prepare for REDD+ Nepal, Ivory Coast, Madagascar and Kenya have requested UN-REDD targeted support on legal preparedness. All are looking to adapt their existing policies, laws and regulations in order to support or put in place national REDD+ processes and strategies, with Kenya having requested the second stage of such support.  Read full article… Find out more about the UN-REDD Programme   Privacy Policy       |       Contact Us       |        Unsubscribe

In this issue Features & Commentary Global leaders pledge to end forest loss and billions of tons of carbon emissions at global Climate Summit News United Nations Environment Programme and International Union for Conservation of Nature join forces to restore forest ecosystems Forest monitoring making strides in Latin America and the Caribbean First steps taken towards forest biomass network in West Africa National forest monitoring strengthened in the Pacific Children of Community Forest Members benefit from School Extension Preparing for Cambodia to enter the Warsaw Framework African, Asian and Latin American countries prepare for REDD+ Previous Issues Browse the archives We welcome your comments and suggestions. Please contact us at UN-REDD@UN-REDD.org