Next week sees the 13th meeting of the World Bank’s Carbon Fund, under its Forest Carbon Partnership Facility. Cameroon is one the countries that will be presenting its Emission Reductions Program Idea Note (ER-PIN).
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Acre, Brazil: A story of deforestation, reduced deforestation, and now REDD
In 2010, the state of Acre in Brazil set up the world’s first jurisdictional REDD programme. Acre’s State System of Incentives for Environmental Services (SISA) was created through State Law 2.308.
Europe and logging companies complicit in funding war in Central African Republic
Seleka is a alliance of rebel militia factions that formed in September 2012. In March 2013, Seleka staged a bloody coup and seized power in the Central African Republic. Michel Djotodia was installed as president.
“The REDD+ mechanism will not be enough to curb deforestation in Central Africa”: CIFOR
“Enforcing sustainable logging and assigning a monetary value to the carbon stored in forest concessions managed under the REDD+ mechanism will not be enough to curb deforestation in Central Africa.”
Kenya Forest Service: “There are no evictions that have taken place in the recent past”
From 4-6 March 2015, a meeting took place in Eldoret, Kenya, organised by the World Bank and Kenya’s Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. The meeting aimed to find a positive way forward following years of evictions from Kenya’s forested areas.