Forests and Climate Change

In this 51st edition of Forest Cover we examine the importance of incorporating a gender perspective in biodiversity conservation and the launching of the ‘Women2030’ global programme with case studies…

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The 13th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP13) is taking place from 4-17 December 2016 in Cancún, Mexico. It will consider a range of draft decisions relevant to…

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Latest plans by the EU and many other countries to include establishment of monoculture tree plantations in their climate action plans to implement the Paris Agreement will lead to dramatic…

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by the Mpumalanga Environmental Youth Network (MEYN)* On the 23rd of July MEYN held an engagement with government stakeholders. This meeting is the second one in a row to establish…

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by the Mpumalanga Environmental Youth Network (MEYN)* Spirits were high as the meeting of MEYN was adjourned at the Lowveld Botanical Gardens Education Centre on Saturday, 9 July 2016. The…

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By Simone Lovera* When we were preparing the capacity building workshop for the Community Conservation Resilience Initiative in Nepal, which took place on 24 and 25 June in Kathmandu, we…

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By Souparna Lahiri* The last time I survived more than a week in a climate meeting was during the inter-sessional in Bangkok in the September of 2009. But, that was,…

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By Coraina de la Plaza* The Forest Investment Program (FIP) became operational in 2009 and is one of the programmes under the World Bank-administered Climate Investment Fund (CIF). The FIP…

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May 22, 2016. On the International Day for Biological Diversity, and a day ahead of the United Nations Environment Assembly meeting in Nairobi, the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) [2] reminded…

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Mary Louise Malig* The Paris Agreement has been signed in New York with much fanfare, a lot of shaking hands and patting each other on the back, and claims that…

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