Up to date coverage of news from the UN-REDD Programme website http://www.un-redd.org/Portals/15/un-redd_programme_website_feed.xml More than 150 participants are at the University of Calabar this week to learn about REDD+ from dozens of regional and international experts. http://www.un-redd.org/AboutUNREDDProgramme/NationalProgrammes/Nigeria/tabid/992/Default.aspx Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:12:00 GMT Documents related to the eighth UN-REDD Programme Policy Board meeting to be held from 25-26 in Asunción, Paraguay, are now available online. http://www.un-redd.org/PolicyBoard/8thPolicyBoard/tabid/78556/Default.aspx Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:12:00 GMT Read more on the latest issue of GoRedd+, which looks into the question, Will REDD+ lead to weaker or stronger access rights in Cambodia. http://www.un-redd.org/RegionalActivities_GoREDDMessages/tabid/79199/Default.aspx Thu, 1 Mar 2012 11:20:00 GMT In the February edition of the UN-REDD Programme Newsletter, read more on Sri Lanka’s UN-REDD National Programme to be presented at the upcoming Policy Board meeting in Paraguay, as well as progress on Indonesia’s REDD+ Participatory Governance Assessments, and highlights from the Programme’s recent global workshops on FPIC and the Social and Environmental Risks and Benefits of REDD+. http://www.un-redd.org/Newsletter26/tabid/79440/Default.aspx Thu, 1 Mar 2012 11:20:00 GMT The UN-REDD Programme welcomes Benin, Cameroon, Chile, Ghana, Myanmar, South Sudan and Suriname as new partners to the Programme. http://www.un-redd.org/Newsletter25/7_New_Countries/tabid/78563/Default.aspx Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:54:00 GMT Read more on Pro-poor Benefit Distribution in REDD+ from the UN-REDD Programme Asia Pacific team's new listserve, Go-REDD+. http://www.un-redd.org/RegionalActivities_GoREDDMessages/tabid/79199/Default.aspx Tue, 7 Feb 2012 08:57:00 GMT The UN-REDD Programme recently launched a new report on mainstreaming gender in REDD+, as well as a new lessons learned and policy brief series. http://www.un-redd.org/Newsletter25/Three_New_Publications/tabid/78562/Default.aspx Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:50:00 GMT Read more on REDD+ Payments and the Limitations of Opportunity Cost Approaches from the UN-REDD Programme Asia Pacific team's new listserve, Go-REDD+. http://www.un-redd.org/RegionalActivities_GoREDDMessages/tabid/79199/Default.aspx Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:50:00 GMT In this month’s issue of the UN-REDD Programme Newsletter, read more on the DRC’s new national forest monitoring system launched at COP17, as well as updates on Mongolia’s REDD+ roadmap and details on three new publications the Programme recently released on: 1) Gender and REDD+; 2) Lessons Learned from Asia-Pacific partner countries; and 3) a new policy brief on REDD+ and the Green Economy. http://www.un-redd.org/Newsletter25/tabid/78560/Default.aspx Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:50:00 GMT The toolbox provides both novice and experienced GIS users with a series of tools to help understanding the spatial relationship between ecosystem carbon stocks, other ecosystem services, biodiversity, land-use and pressures on natural resources. http://www.un-redd.org/Multiple_Benefits_GIS_Mapping_Toolbox/tabid/79198/Default.aspx Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:00:00 GMT We now invite comments on the first draft UN-REDD Programme Social and Environmental Principles and Criteria (SEPC)- Benefit and Risks Tool (BeRT). Feedback on the BeRT will be welcome until 20 January 2012. http://www.un-redd.org/Multiple_Benefits/SEPC_BeRT/tabid/991/Default.aspx Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:00:00 GMT We are happy to announce that the draft UN-REDD Programme Guidelines on Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) are open for public review and that we welcome your comments until 15 January 2012. http://www.un-redd.org/NewsCentre/FPIC_Guidlines_Open_For_Review/tabid/79163/Default.aspx Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:00:00 GMT