This info brief reviews the steps taken by the UN-REDD Programme to promote gender equality and human rights-based approaches. Further it explores the need to better integrate gender responsive activities in a more cohesive and systematic way throughout REDD+, drawing from examples from REDD+ country participants. 

The present brief examines good practices implemented or promoted over the past five years under the Programme to stimulate partner countries to transition to a green economy, in which forest protection is better reflected in economic decision-making, and technical assistance is provided to incentivize private sector actors to change their...

Esta publicación presenta diez experiencias de colaboración intercultural escalables que demuestran la importancia, eficiencia y efectividad de trabajar de la mano de hombres, mujeres y jóvenes de pueblos indígenas y afrodescendientes de América Latina y el Caribe en la búsqueda de soluciones prácticas desarrolladas a partir de la sinergia entre...

This report summarizes the outcomes of the inception phase of the UN-REDD Programme initiative for Sustainable Forest Trade in the Lower Mekong Region. Implemented in Lao PDR, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam, the initiative is intended to promote dialogue, policy alignment and inter-compatibility within the LMR, boost cooperation between LMR countries and China, and...

Since 2008, the Republic of Ghana has implemented activities for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). These actions include establishing a multi-purpose national forest monitoring system (NFMS) to improve land use monitoring capacities in the country. Development of Ghana's NFMS strengthens the accessibility and accuracy of forest-related data...