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article / Tue, 28 May, 2019

Supporting Cambodian Women in the Sustainable Management of Forests

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Cambodia is growing and developing at an accelerated pace, and while this has created new opportunities for women, it has also reinforced, and in some cases exacerbated, existing gender inequalities. The country remains patriarchal, and women are...

article / Tue, 28 May, 2019

Tribute to Victor Tsang: Former UN Environment Gender Focal Point for the UN-REDD Programme

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We lost our very dear colleague, Victor Tsang, in the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on the morning of March 10, 2019 near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This is a heartbreaking loss to those who knew him and he will be greatly missed. Victor began...

article / Tue, 28 May, 2019

Restoring our degraded Planet

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On the 1st of March 2019, we saw one of the rare moments in history when the entire world comes together and agrees on a joint way forward. The United Nations General Assembly recognized the urgent need to tackle the compounded crisis of climate...

article / Tue, 28 May, 2019

Women’s Leadership in Sustainable Finance in Honduras

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Women tend to be underrepresented in the finance industry, but in Honduras, a lower to middle-income country in Central America, we are starting to see a different trend. Women leaders are now starting to play more of a key role in finance...

article / Tue, 28 May, 2019

Community-based REDD+ Projects in Iko Esai, Nigeria

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“The guests are late because of the rain,” says the chief. “And the rain should be over by now, but this year it remains because of climate change.” We are sitting in Iko Esai, a remote village in southern Nigeria. It took us three hours on muddy...

article / Tue, 28 May, 2019

Why are Côte d'Ivoire’s Cocoa Yields So Low?

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Côte d’Ivoire is the world’s biggest producer of cocoa. But cocoa yields in Africa, which range from 200-700 kg/hectare, are surprisingly low compared to South America (2.5 tons/hectare) and Asia (2.0 tons/hectare). Côte d’Ivoire’s first rank is the...

document / Thu, 23 May, 2019

Enfoques jurisdiccionales de REDD+ en Africa: nuevas lecciones

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Este informe captura el Intercambio Regional de Conocimientos de UN-REDD África 2018 "Implementación de REDD+ a Escala": Nuevas lecciones sobre enfoques jurisdiccionales y vínculos con los marcos normativos nacionales", que se celebró los días 2 y 3 de octubre de 2018 en la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Nairobi (Kenya).

document / Thu, 23 May, 2019

Approches juridictionnelles de la REDD+ en Afrique: enseignements émergents

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Cette note d'information est un compte rendu de l'échange régional de connaissances ONU-REDD Afrique 2018 "REDD+ Implementation at Scale : Emerging Lessons on Jurisdictional Approaches and Linkages with National Policy Frameworks " qui s'est tenue les 2 et 3 octobre 2018 à l'Office des Nations Unies à Nairobi, Kenya. Cette note d'information est la traduction du document en Anglais.

document / Thu, 23 May, 2019

Myanmar NP Annual Report 2018_unsigned final draft

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article / Thu, 23 May, 2019

Colombia’s Financial Sector Engaged in Improving Forest Protection and Environmental Sustainability

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Colombia boasts 60 million hectares of natural forest, covering more than half of the country. It is the second most biologically diverse country in the world, home to about 10 percent of the world’s species. However, this rich biodiversity is...

document / Wed, 22 May, 2019

Delivering National Programmes – Readiness 2017–2020

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document / Tue, 21 May, 2019

Nota Informativa: Intercambio Sur-Sur Latinoamerica Gandaderia Sostenible y su relacion con los bosques

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Esta nota informativa recoge el intercambio regional de conocimientos Sur-Sur de UN-REDD sobre el tema de la ganadería y los bosques sostenibles que se celebró en Paraguay en noviembre de 2018. El documento resume los principales resultados del evento y enumera una serie de breves estudios de caso sobre diferentes países.