Indigenous African leaders from East and Central Africa met in Bujumbura, Burundi to finalise a joint strategy and statement on climate change at a meeting funded by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation EU-ACP (CTA), as part of a five year programme to strengthen the Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee (IPACC) indigenous [...]
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Meeting: African Indigenous forest leaders prepare for COP-15
Posted in africa, assessment on 17 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
New tool: Global forest monitoring
Posted in fao, global, news items on 23 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For the first time worldwide, free & ready-to-use high-resolution satellite data is now available to monitor forests & help reduce emissions from deforestation & forest degradation. The monitoring system has been launched by FAO and other partners as part of the Global Forest Resources Assessment. The monitoring system delivers data in a global sample grid [...]
Meeting: UN-REDD Programme Asia and Pacific indigenous consultations
Posted in asia, global, news items, pacific islands, un-redd on 17 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The October issue of the UN-REDD Programme newsletter, featuring news on: five new countries that joined the UN-REDD Programme; the first regional consultation between indigenous peoples’ organizations from Asia and the Pacific and the UN-REDD Programme; and the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s request for funding of a Congo Basin approach for monitoring, reporting and [...]
Guest Article: Update on Indigenous UNFCCC Preparations
Posted in global, guest article, policy issues on 10 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Update on Indigenous UNFCCC Preparations
Special guest article from Fiu Mata’ese Elisara/Executive Director of OLSSI, Samoa
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The few Pacific indigenous peoples’ representatives joined more than 200 of their indigenous brothers and sisters from around the world in Bangkok on Wednesday 07 October 2009 to call on all Parties to recognize and respect the inalienable collective rights over [...]
Guest article: Indigenous Peoples and REDD-Plus
Posted in global, guest article, policy issues on 6 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Indigenous Peoples and REDD-Plus
Special guest article from Fiu Mata’ese Elisara/Executive Director of OLSSI, Samoa
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In the Bangkok UNFCCC meetings held from 28 September to 9 October 2009, REDD Plus was been trashed by many indigenous peoples as a process aimed at
Reaping profits; from
Evictions, land grabs;
Deforestation; and
Destruction of biodiversity;
Plusthe involvement of Industrial Plantations, GMO Trees and Protected [...]
TFD Report: Investing in REDD-plus
Posted in global, ngos, recent research on 3 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
More than 100 stakeholders have been involved in a collaborative initiative facilitated by The Forests Dialogue (TFD) to build an effective international mechanism for tackling the climate, community and biodiversity issues associated with deforestation. The publication “Investing in REDD-plus” reflects unique consensus amongst forest stakeholders across business, environmental and scientific sectors and from indigenous [...]
News: Indigenous representatives on UN-REDD Policy Board
Posted in global, news items, un-redd on 2 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After being nominated and self-selected by civil society organizations (CSOs) worldwide, the CSO representatives to the UN-REDD Policy Board were announced to be: Pacifique Mukumba Isumbisho, Support Center for Indigenous Pygmies and Vulnerable Minorities; Effrey Dademo, the Papua New Guinea Eco-Forestry Forum; Paula Moreira, Amazon Environmental Research Institute; and Rosalind Reeve, Global Witness.
One full member [...]
News: UN-REDD and indigenous peoples’ engagement in Africa
Posted in africa, assessment, global, un-redd on 30 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The September issue of the UN Collaborative Programme on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD) Programme newsletter features news on the UN high-level event on forests and climate change, a commentary on REDD and indigenous peoples’ engagement in Africa, and reports on a technical meeting on forest degradation and a [...]
IIED Report: REDD and Payments for Ecosystem Services
Posted in africa, asia, assessment, carbon trading, global, iied, incentives, latin america, recent research on 22 September 2009 | 2 Comments »
Incentives to sustain forest ecosystem services: A review and lessons for REDD, Ivan Bond, Maryanne Grieg-Gran, Sheila Wertz-Kanounnikoff, Peter Hazlewood, Sven Wunder, Arild Angelsen. IIED (2009), 62 pages, isbn: 9781843697428
An assessment of the utility of payments for ecosystem services as a tool for REDD was commissioned by the Norwegian Minister for the Environment and International [...]
Meeting: Second World Agroforestry Congress
Posted in carbon trading, global, recent research, unep on 22 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The World Agroforestry Centre and the United Nations Environment Programme co-hosted the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry in Nairobi, Kenya from 23-28 August 2009.
The overall theme of the Congress was Agroforestry, the future of global land use. The sub-themes were Food Security and Livelihoods; Conservation and Rehabilitation of Natural Resources; and Policies and Institutions. Researchers, [...]
