Date: Wednesday 15 July Time: 14:30 – 16:00 CEST Platform: Zoom Fast registration HERE (Please note that webinars have a limit of 1,000 simultaneous participants. For every webinar, we will proceed with providing access to the first 1,000 registered participants.   To combat climate change and its impacts, the Paris Agreement was signed by 195 countries representing their commitment to limit the rise of the global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius. In order to build confidence in the process, the Paris Agreement includes a key element referred to as the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) for action and support. FAO/GEF project “Building global capacity...

The Executive Board of the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) approved a USD 1.2 million project aimed at assessing the recent drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in 6 countries of Central Africa. Deforestation and forest degradation are complex transboundary processes with many direct as well as underlying causes. A good understanding of why and where forest disturbances occur is instrumental for the development of targeted policies and actions aiming to reduce the loss of forests and the associated carbon emissions.  However, the lack of updated data reflecting the recent trends on tree cover loss and gaps in technical capacities for managing...

Uganda has become the first African country to submit REDD+ results to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), paving the way to potential results-based payments. In its recent submission of the REDD+ Technical Annex to the biennial update report (BUR), a reporting requirement for results-based payments, Uganda submitted Emission Reductions of 8 million tCO2 for 2016-2017.   Uganda’s commitment to protect its forests Uganda’s lush tropical jungles, rainforests, savannahs, lakes and rivers are home to an astonishing array of biodiversity. In addition to supporting wildlife, so vital for the country's future heritage and tourist industry, Uganda's forest resources are an...

Ecuador has been engaging in national efforts to reduce carbon emissions from the forest sector, as an integral part of the National Action Plan for REDD+. Hence, the Ministry of Environment and Water of Ecuador (MAAE, for their initials in Spanish) and the Sub-Secretary of Natural Heritage has been implementing the National System for Forest Monitoring, with the objective of providing continuous and rigorous information about the forest and other ecosystems’ status and changes.  In collaboration with FAO and international donor agencies, such as the KfW development bank and Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), Ecuador is building its National Forest Monitoring System. SERVIR-Amazonia, a...

WHEN: Wednesday, 24 June 2020, 12:00-13:00 CEST WHERE: Zoom, bit.ly/FOcovid (to receive the login details for the webinar series, please email [email protected]) LANGUAGE: Simultaneous interpretation in EN/ES/FR   The ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic pose an unprecedented challenge not only to human health and health systems, but virtually every aspect of society including the economy, the environment, and even human interactions. The current crisis gives us a glimpse of what a longer-term climate catastrophe may look like if immediate action is not taken. Within the complex and quickly evolving COVID-19 dynamic, forests play a critical role. They are a safety net for the most vulnerable...