Introduction

As part of its tribute to the International Year of Forests in 2011, the Republic and Canton of Geneva paid the UN-REDD Programme a special honour by dedicating its 2011 grape and wine harvest to the UN-REDD Programme. Every year, Geneva extends this honour to an international organization headquartered in the city (the UN-REDD Programme Secretariat is based in Geneva), in part to put a spotlight on the issues these organizations address. The dedication was designed to bring awareness to the work of the UN-REDD Programme as a way to highlight the importance of preserving tropical forests around the world.  Read more…

News

UN-REDD at the Oslo REDD Exchange

The UN-REDD Programme highlights partner country progress in the areas of free, prior and informed consent, environmental and social safeguards and participatory carbon monitoring for REDD+ at Norway's first bi-annual REDD+ Exchange. Read full article…

REDD+ Participatory Governance Assessments Piloted in Indonesia and Nigeria

The UN-REDD Programme together with government counterparts and UNDP country offices in Abuja, Nigeria and Jakarta, Indonesia have initiated pilots on the Participatory Governance Assessments (PGAs) for REDD+. Read full article…

DRC Advances its National REDD+ Forest Monitoring System

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) presented the newly launched start-up phase of their national forest monitoring system at the UN Climate Change talks in Bonn last month. Read full article…

UN-REDD Programme Agencies (FAO & UNDP) Are Hiring

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) are seeking to fill several project positions with the UN-REDD Programme, ranging from young professionals to a senior position as Programme Coordinator.  Read full article…

Features & Commentary

Regional Workshop in Ecuador Focuses on Rights and REDD+ in the Amazon

Civil Society representatives from the UN-REDD Programme participated in the workshop which recommends the establishment of a regional REDD+ Observatory for the Amazon that focuses on the rights of Indigenous Peoples in REDD+.
By: Juliana Splendore, IPAM 
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Reports &  Analysis

UN-REDD and FCPF Publish Three Joint Papers

The UN-REDD Programme and the World Bank-hosted Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) released three jointly commissioned papers last month on multi-stakeholder participation, benefit-sharing and safeguard for REDD+. Read full article…