Fulfilling global environmental commitments and goals requires accurate information due to the number of challenges that countries face. A clear understanding of these challenges facilitates the creation and implementation of...

The Ministry of Tourism and Environment of the Republic of the Congo (MTE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have launched a technical assistance project...

The UN-REDD Programme is celebrating 10 years of successfully working with 64 countries to achieve climate and forest goals. The Programme will continue to play a key role at the...

To reduce fire risk and stop enormous amount of carbon from being emitted from the soil into the atmosphere, Indonesia is rewetting over two million hectares of dried out peatlands,...

Many countries around the world are working to reduce emission from deforestation and forest degradation, sustainably manage, conserve and enhance forest carbon stocks (REDD+). Regional South-South exchanges have emerged to...

Peatlands are lands with a naturally accumulated plant layer on their surface, stored by the high water level. Peatland ecosystems store great amounts of carbon and have therefore become a...

Myanmar has the highest proportion of forest cover in mainland Southeast Asia. According to the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015 published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 44.2% of...

More and more countries agree that sharing lessons learned, especially on such a complex subject as GHG inventory is crucial for strengthening countries' technical and institutional capacities to progress in...

Equatorial Guinea’s progress and achievements in the fight against climate change were celebrated today at an event in the capital Malabo. Authorities, institutional representatives and members of the civil society...

En octobre 2018, les Programmes internationaux du Service forestier des États-Unis, en partenariat avec l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture, ont organisé une formation de quatre jours en...

  Extensive research and consultation in both Tunisia and Madagascar have resulted in the launching of 10 new national publications that form the foundation for the countries’ REDD+ preparation activities. In...

As the most populated country in Africa, Nigeria is facing enormous pressure on its natural resources. According to Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015, the current deforestation rate is estimated at 3.5% -...

According to a recent study, between 2003 and 2012, approximately 67 million hectares (1.7%) of forest land is burned annually, mostly in tropical South America and Africa. The immediate and...

For Russia, the issue of science-based restoration and sustainable, wet management of peatlands is particularly relevant. The urgency is determined by the fact that this type of wetlands perform a...

The Argentine Republic has a native forest cover of 53.6 million hectares (ha), distributed in seven regions that range from temperate forests to subtropical forests. The loss of coverage of...

On March 14, the Director of Research and Information, Joberto Freitas, presented preliminary data from the National Forest Inventory (NFI) at an event held in the municipality of Caçador, Santa...

  This article originally appeared on the UN-REDD Programme website. Click here to go to the original post.   “Land cover mapping in the lower Mekong has been challenging in the past, based primarily on...

  This article originally appeared on the UN-REDD Programme website. Click here to go to the original post.   Nine years since the launch of the UN-REDD Viet Nam Phase I Programme, Vietnam has marked a...

Local communities are key forest stakeholders, and their involvement in decision-making and sustainable management of forests generates positive outcomes for livelihoods, rural development, and forest conservation. In particular, countries in...

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have joined forces to...