When the UN-REDD Programme intensified its work to address tenure issues within the context of REDD+, the challenge involved more than delivering financial and technical support to partner countries. It...

Improved forest monitoring systems, a critical measure on the road to implementing REDD+, have advanced significantly in Sri Lanka with the launch of an online geoportal that will help the...

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...

The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the General Secretariat for Environment and Sustainable Development, in collaboration with FAO, organized a workshop...

The Government of Kenya is in the process of establishing a National REDD+ Programme through the Kenya Forest Service (KFS). Two critical elements of the National REDD+ Programme are forest...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Most developing countries participating in the REDD+ process and willing to access Result Based Payments (RBP) are now in transition from their readiness phase to implementation of specific actions and measures....

Accurate and consistent information on forest area and forest area change is a requirement if a country is to access results-based payments for its REDD+ activities. The goal is to...

Work is underway in Sudan to help the country reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and pursue low-carbon development through creation and implementation of National Forest Inventory (NFI) as a necessary...

With the support of the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) and the UN-REDD Programme, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and...

National Forest Inventories are a very important pillar for national forest monitoring systems. They provide basic data on the carbon stocks of forests and trees, as well as providing reliable...

Ecuador reached a significant landmark with the publication of the Technical Report on the analysis of the REDD+ results for the period 2009-2014. This important result stems from a 5-year...