Forest protection
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International Conference: Working across Sectors to Halt Deforestation and Increase Forest Area – from Aspiration to Action
As a Collaborative Partnership on Forest (CPF) member, UNCCD is co-organizing the International Conference: Working across Sectors to Halt Deforestation and Increase Forest Area – from Aspiration to Action, which aims to provide substantive input, through UNFF13, to the High-level Political Forum (HLPF), the United ...
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RECOFTC launches Voices for Mekong Forests in Phnom Penh
The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) has launched a new five-year, EU-supported project ‘Voices for Mekong Forests’ (V4MF) in Phnom Penh, aiming to “strengthen the voices of non-state actors (NSA), including civil society, Indigenous Peoples and local community groups, to improve forest governance, sustainable ...
Regional guidelines on public participation in environmental impact asessment
Mekong Partnership for the Environment (MPE)’s Regional Technical Working Group (RTWG) on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) have invited public comment on their draft regional guidelines for public participation in EIA. See an introduction to the guidelines below and access the full set of guidelines at their website ...
Forest Trends releases report on the geography of REDD+ finance
Forest Trends have released a new report into financing for REDD+ financing for forest conservation projects via their Reddx initiative.Read the full text of the release and download the report from Forest Trends website.—The nearly $6 billion pledged to forest conservation in ten key countries ...