Latin America countries advance together in preparation of national Greenhouse Gases Inventories
01/08/2017
FAO and the Argentina UN-REDD National Programme supported the second Working Meeting of the Latin American Network of National Greenhouse Gases Inventories (NGHGI) in Buenos Aires in early July. Technical specialists...
Countries show significant progress in their efforts to report REDD+ actions to UNFCCC: new FAO REDD+ paper
24/07/2017
Countries are showing significant progress in measurement, reporting and verification of REDD+ activities under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), says a new paper launched at an...
Second phase of UN-REDD Programme boosted by new support from Norway
16/06/2017
Executive Board members of UN-REDD applauded Norway’s new pledge of NOK 240 million (about USD 29 million) in funding for the programme, made during Board meeting this week at the...
Indonesians learn new tools to improve land cover mapping and burned area monitoring
13/06/2017
The UN-REDD Programme supported a workshop on “Land Cover Map Accuracy and Training Workshop on FAO SEPAL Remote Sensing Tool” jointly organised by FAO and the Indonesian Ministry of Environment...
Sri Lanka's REDD+ programme launches country's first National Forest Monitoring System platform
12/06/2017
The endorsement of the Sri Lanka's National REDD+ Investment Framework and Action Plan followed another milestone by the country. A week earlier and with the vision of “Forests and beyond,...
Equatorial Guinea builds MRV capacity and initiates a study of drivers of deforestation and degradation
09/06/2017
Following the launch of Equatorial Guinea's REDD+ investment plan development process earlier this year, the country has built national capacity on Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) of carbon emissions from...
Asia-Pacific countries support each other in REDD+ reference level submissions
08/06/2017
Forestry officials from across Asia and the Pacific region have been exchanging ideas and experiences in both reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the forest sector, and in submitting the detailed...
Bangladesh develops domestic capacity for training in Greenhouse Gas inventories for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use
06/06/2017
A pool of academics and government technical officers in Bangladesh is now equipped with skills to provide training on Greenhouse Gas Inventories (GHGi) thanks to a recent training-of-trainers event. Thirteen...
Sri Lanka ready to implement REDD+
19/05/2017
The National REDD+ Strategy of Sri Lanka, the National REDD+ Investment Framework and Action Plan (NRIFAP), has now been endorsed for implementation by the Government of Sri Lanka. The country...
Masters level course in MRV for REDD+: a big success
30/03/2017
For two weeks in late November and early December 2016, a masters’ level course in MRV for REDD+ was held for Pacific Island countries at the University of Melbourne’s Creswick...
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