Ecuador has tried since 2010 to raise funds internationally for the "Yasuni Initiative" to compensate the government for abstaining from oil exploitation in the rainforest. But donors did not provide ...

The lack of common standards for the implementation of REDD+ safeguards, opens the door for diverging views and practices. Some countries spend significant resources and efforts on the implementation ...

24/10/2012: Based on national reports from 10 Latin American countries, the Plataforma Climática Latinoamericana (PCL) network analyses and evaluates the state and quality of public climate change po...

27/6/2011: IWGIA has developed a new manual, which looks at REDD+ on project level. The purpose of the manual is to provide guidance to indigenous trainers to prepare and conduct trainings on Communit...

17/1/2011: Three contributions on national policy by Tanzanian civil society (including Southern Voices networks MJUMITA and TFCG). The contributions comment, reflect and make recommendations regardin...

27/3/2009: Over the last year and a half, over 30% of Africa's 53 countries have expressed interest or are participating in the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in Developing Count...

6/24/2010: In this report the Accra Caucus on Forest and Climate Change proposes an alternative vision for achieving the objective of reducing deforestation, arguing for policies and actions that woul...

18/11/2011: In this new report, the Accra Caucus present a new set of case studies showing how the REDD+ process has been experienced on the ground. The case studies are available in English, French a...

This initiative aims to define and build support for a higher level of social and environmental performance from REDD+ programs. The standards development process is being facilitated by CARE and the ...

FERN and Forest Peoples Programme has recently launched the report "Smoke and Mirrors - a critical assessment of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF)". The Facility is set up to fund developi...

26/01/2012: A new assessment report "Meeting the Challenges of International Forest Governance" suggests that global efforts have too often ignored local needs, while failing to address the most funda...

5/6/2010: This book provides information material on REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in developing countries), one of the mitigation measures now promoted for combat...

3/11/2009: Training manual developed by CARE Nepal and FECOFUN, November 2009.Among key ojectives, this training manual seeks topresent up to date information on the national context in which any REDD...

Hear the story of ANACC, the Nicaraguan Climate Change Alliance (3:40 min). - Arturo Dávila from the Managua-based Centro Humboldt, shares with us the story of ANACC, the Nicaraguan Climate Change Al...