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The third Resource newsletter this year features stories of UN-REDD’s most recent country-driven work which has become more important than ever since healthy forests act as shields that keep humans safe from zoonotic diseases. Forest conservation and restoration are also win-wins for stimulus investments and can create millions of green jobs to boost rural economies and provide long term sustainable growth. Recovery packages therefore should be structured in ways that reduce, not increase, deforestation in order to strengthen the resilience of societies and economies.
Triggered by a changing climate forests are burning at unprecedented rates. To respond to this emergency and catalyze higher climate ambitions two articles demonstrate how it is high time to scale up efforts toward accurate, open and transparent forest data.
During the UN General Assembly UN-REDD will be present at several events at the Nature for Life Hub in the run up to the UN Biodiversity Summit.
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Towards accurate, open and transparent forest data
In light of the climate emergency, it is time to scale up efforts toward accurate, open and transparent forest data, to catalyse higher ambitions under REDD+ and the Paris Agreement.
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The shamba system: an indigenous woman fights for the rights of her community
“Local communities have to be involved in decisions about forests that affect their livelihoods,” says Tecla Chumba, a Kenyan woman from the Lembus tribe and mother of four. She set up a community forest association and asked the Kenya Forest Service to give each member half an acre of land and tree seedlings that they could plant, alongside their own crops.
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Community Forest Management in Colombia: lessons learned, progress and challenges
The development of a community forest economy is crucial to reduce pressure on forests, slowing the progress of the agricultural frontier and improving the quality of life of rural people that live or depend on forest ecosystems. However, it must overcome a number of technical, institutional, legal and financial barriers.
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Manejo Forestal Comunitario en Colombia: lecciones aprendidas, avances y desafíos
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Reducing global wildfires key to fighting climate change
Integrated wildfire management has to be at the core of REDD+ result-based payments for emission reductions and as a key REDD+ Policy Activity Measure to ensure climate effective REDD+ results.
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Peru presents its first report on REDD+ safeguards
The first summary of information, which includes details on how REDD+ safeguards are addressed and will be respected in Peru, was developed from multi-stakeholder, multi-level and multi-sector participatory processes.
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Perú presentó su primer reporte sobre salvaguardas de REDD+
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Ecological restoration as a tool for adapting and mitigating the impacts of climate change
One of the main interventions of the UN-REDD National Programme is the implementation of different forest management models that lead to solutions for deforestation and land degradation. Some of these pilot models include ecological restoration practices in native forests affected by forest fires or invasive exotic species (ISS).The first pilot model focused on the ecological restoration of territories and forests degraded by beavers in Tierra del Fuego in the Magellan region in Chile.
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Restauración ecológica como herramienta de adaptación y mitigación de los impactos del Cambio Climático
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Sustainable livestock can stimulate conservation, facilitate governance and alleviate poverty
A broad range of experts from Costa Rica, Mexico, Colombia, Panama and Paraguay have presented initiatives that have managed to build sustainable agricultural production and conservation initiatives based on local governance and partnerships with non-governmental organizations, state institutions and local communities.
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Reaping the rewards of well-designed benefit sharing arrangements
Programs can follow certain steps to develop customized benefit sharing arrangements that help achieve program objectives and promote equity and efficiency. An online platform, Designing Benefit Sharing Arrangements: A Resource for Countries, walks users through a step-by-step process that breaks benefit sharing down into seven distinct elements, supported by guiding questions, lessons learned,and case studies.
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Open Foris: Innovative, free and open tools and platforms catalysing climate action
Open Foris is an innovative, open-source software that helps countries measure, monitor and report on forests and land use, paving the way for improved climate change mitigation plans and more informed land-use policies. Accurate information is crucial for the sustainable management of natural resources.
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Peatlands under review in Peru
In 2019, Peru started the development of national guidelines for peatland definition and identification based on technical and scientific evidence in order to reach agreement among the key stakeholder groups, including international academia.
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Chile launches Co-benefits system for its national strategy
This innovative system – the first of its type associated with a REDD+ strategy - aims to estimate the impact of eight Direct Action Measures (MDA) of the ENCCRV on six different social and environmental co-benefits applicable throughout the country. The system presents spatial results on two scales – national level and local (property-scale) levels, and is also able to generate reports for the watershed level.
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Pandemic Lessons: Open Data for Forest and Climate Action
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Mangroves: A Unique Ally in the Climate Emergency
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Press release: GCF approvals for Armenia, Colombia and CdI
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Guinea Ecuatorial, una nueva mirada a la sostenibilidad de los recursos naturales
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Equatorial Guinea, a new look at the sustainability of natural resources
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UNEP supports project to restore peatlands in Indonesia
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The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved US$54.5 million for the Ghana Shea Landscape Emission Reductions project
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Amazon ‘women warriors’ show gender equality, forest conservation go hand in hand
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Realities of forest restoration in landscapes
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Forest biological diversity refers to all life forms found within forested areas and the ecological roles they perform.
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Que son las salvaguardas? Video de Conafor
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Program Officer, Low Emission Development, ICLEI , Korea
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Consultant, Final Evaluation REDD+ Results, CIFOR, home based
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Emissions Wholesale Trader, Vertis Zrt., Budapest
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Intern, PlantAdapt, Berlin
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Senior Advisor, Natural Climate Solutions, First Climate AG
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Senior Analyst, Climate Finance, Deloitte Tohmatsu Financial Advisory LLC, Tokyo
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UNDP, as the AE for Brazil´s REDD+ GCF results-based payments project, is currently looking for the following companies/ experts to support this project:
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A company to develop the communication strategy
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A company to develop the ESIA/ ESMP
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