With the objective to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhance carbon sequestration from afforestation and reforestation activities, the Government of Bangladesh is developing the Forest Reference Level for the implementation of REDD+ mechanism under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The UNFCCC has defined Forest Reference Level as benchmark for assessing country's performance in implementing REDD+ activities. REDD+ results compare greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during REDD+ implementation against the reference level. On 11 April 2018, the Bangladesh Forest Department, with technical support from FAO and the UN-REDD programme, organized a national consultation on proposed Forest Reference Levels (FRL) for...

More than 1,200 participants from government, business, civil society and the research community gathered on 23–25 April in Yogyakarta, Indonesia to take part in the 3rd Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit (APRS) 2018. Co-hosted by the Indonesian Government with the support of the Australian Government, and in partnership with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), the event followed up on the success of the APRS 2016 held in Brunei Darussalam and the APRS 2014 held in Australia. The APRS 2018 provided a forum for governmental and non-governmental participants from 40 countries across Asia-Pacific to discuss the most pressing issues facing the...

In case you haven’t heard of it yet, there’s a place to go when you face a challenge related to forest governance in your REDD+ -related work.    With 494 members from 78 countries, the online discussion group on REDD+ and Forest Governance – or the ‘D-Group’ as it is referred to – is a popular forum for informal exchange of information and ideas on issues of fundamental importance to the success of REDD+.  Often the best advice can come from a peer who has faced a similar issue, sometimes in a distant country.  The D-Group aims to facilitate the sharing...

The UN-REDD 2018-2020 programme includes a knowledge component dedicated to REDD+ actions, the rights of indigenous peoples and forest tenure. During the 17th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York, an open dialogue is being held on 17 April to share recent progress from the UN-REDD Programme and the proposed work plan for 2018-2019, seeking to integrate the priorities and perspectives of indigenous peoples.  Indigenous peoples are a key stakeholder of the UN-REDD Programme, participating in its Executive Board, engaging in national policy work, monitoring their territories and forests, and implementing local activities, including for example...

El Programa ONU-REDD organizará el próximo 18 de abril un webinar sobre las experiencias y lecciones aprendidas de México, Colombia y Ecuador en la elaboración de sus sistemas y resúmenes de información de salvaguardas. Este evento se organiza con el objetivo principal de fomentar el diálogo entre los países de América Latina en el tema de salvaguardas REDD+ y compartir desafíos comunes y sus posibles soluciones. Según las decisiones de las conferencias de las partes de la Convención Marco de Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático (CMNUCC) y lo acordado en el Marco de Varsovia, los países en desarrollo que de forma...