Pricing forest carbon
Pricing forest carbon and putting in place the means and channels to pay for it are necessary conditions to achieve the 2030 mitigation goals. Yet, after more than 15 years of discussion, payments for
REDD
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The Emissions Gap Report 2015: executive summary
Existing policies and strong engagement by nations submitting their contributions ahead of the Paris climate meeting will limit anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030, but a new climate agreement
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ODSG Forest Reserve prosecutes, evacuates over 200, 000 encroachers
TO reduce threats to wildlife, ecological and natural disasters, Ondo State Government has doubled up its efforts through the Ministry of Natural Resources to combat the persistent encroachment on the
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State of Forest Carbon Finance 2015: Converging at the Crossroads
Companies and governments around the world committed US$705 million in new finance in 2014 to enhance the role of forests in combating climate change, according to a report released by Forest Trends’
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Transforming Mountain forestry in the Hindu Kush Himalayas: toward a third-generation forest management paradigm
A five-day international symposium on ‘Transforming Mountain Forestry’ was held in Dehradun, India from 18 to 22 January 2015 to explore options for sustainable forest management practices and policies
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Africa: Indonesia's Rimba Raya Redd+ Project Retains Triple Gold Status for Climate, Community and Biodiversity Benefits
Jakarta, Indonesia — Project helps Indonesia in its goal to preserve forests and fight climate change by cutting carbon emission. Indonesia's Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve, the world´s largest REDD+
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National Forest Policy draft likely to get required consensus
The Ministry of Climate Change has decided to take the National Forest Policy-2015 to Council of Common Interests (CCI) for approval after getting cold shoulder from chief secretaries of all the four provinces
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Report on the in-session workshop on gender-responsive climate policy with a focus on mitigation action and technology development and transfer
This is a summary of the in-session workshop on gender-responsive climate policy with a focus on mitigation action and technology development and transfer requested by decision 18/CP.20. The workshop was
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Fiscal incentives for agricultural commodity production: options to forge compatibility with REDD+
An estimated 80 per cent of global deforestation occurs as a direct result of agricultural practices. Government subsidies, estimated at $200 billion annually, are often the key underlying drivers of forest
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Southern Africa’s forests and people: investing in a sustainable future
On the occasion of the XIV World Forestry Congress, this publication from the FAO Subregional Office for Southern Africa supports countries in the region to present the best practices, challenges and opportunities
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Connecting the dots: results-based financing in climate policy
This study clarifies the definition of results-based financing (RBF) and in particular its role in the context of climate policy. The publication is aimed at readers from the carbon markets and climate