Over the past three years, the UN-REDD Programme has developed a body of work on ‘Ensuring that REDD+ and a Green Economy transformation are mutually reinforcing’, based on pilot activities in a number of partner countries. The Global Symposium aims to take stock of the lessons learned, with a view to provide key decision makers with a stronger rationale for linking REDD+ planning and REDD+ investments with green economy efforts. The Symposium will focus on the role of comprehensive land-use planning for capturing environmental, economic and social benefits from REDD+ investments. ODI is facilitating sessions and chairing panels, plus authoring the symposium report.
Logging remains a problem, with often illegal activity taking place across the country. West Kilimanjaro
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This workshop will examine how interventions in the environmental sector can be utilised as an entry point to improve security, justice, and democratic participation of civil society in fragile states. RSVP by 7 June to wcseurope@wcs.org to guarantee a place.
Today is the International Day of Forests – intended to celebrate and raise awareness of their critical importance. And with the post-2015 development framework increasingly high on the political agenda, there has never been a better time to consider the contribution our forests make to development worldwide.
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ODI is pleased to host a joint event with the Tokyo-based Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) on inclusive green growth and regional cooperation in Asia.
With deforestation contributing up to 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions, curbing emissions from forests – known as ‘REDD+’ - is vital in efforts to tackle climate change. As countries work towards REDD+, it has become increasingly clear that this is not just an issue for the environment and forests sectors. For example, with conversion to agriculture the main driver of deforestation, changes in the agriculture sector are needed to reduce pressure on forests.
With many drivers of deforestation outside the forest sector, cross-sectoralcoordination is needed to effectively deliver REDD+. The discussion will be framed by a paper recently published by ODI that uses the case of Uganda to analyse how key political economy features affect sector coordination. Meeting report now available.
