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article / Thu, 30 May, 2019

Greening Coffee Production in Viet Nam

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George Scott, Private Sector Specialist for the UN Environment Office in Asia and the Pacific, discusses the issues faced by the coffee sector in Viet Nam and how the transition to sustainable practices can provide some of the solutions required...

article / Tue, 28 May, 2019

Zambia’s Vision for People and Forests: Scaling Up Community Participation in Forest Management

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Forests in Zambia cover about 60% of the total land area and are crucial in supporting low-income communities in both urban and rural areas. A variety of wood and non-wood forest products are utilised on a daily basis by rural and urban households in...

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.

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Greening Coffee Production in Viet Nam

Zambia’s Vision for People and Forests: Scaling Up Community Participation in Forest Management

Central American Countries Improve Forest Monitoring Techniques

Guiding Sustainable Bamboo Forest Management in Ethiopia

Supporting Cambodian Women in the Sustainable Management of Forests

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

Restoring our degraded Planet

Women’s Leadership in Sustainable Finance in Honduras

Community-based REDD+ Projects in Iko Esai, Nigeria

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

Enfoques jurisdiccionales de REDD+ en Africa: nuevas lecciones

Approches juridictionnelles de la REDD+ en Afrique: enseignements émergents