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Forests and Climate Change

UNFF12 – the most quiet session so far

19 May, 2017

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By Andrey Laletin* The twelfth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF-12) took place at the UN headquarters in New York in May 1-5, 2017. There were more than 300 participants, but only a few representatives from the civil society, mostly UNFF focal points for the different Major Groups. The meeting addressed a number of issues, including the implementation of the UN Strategic Plan for Forests 2017-2030 (UNSPF), which was agreed in January 2017 during UNFF Working Group …

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National CCRI workshops held in Africa

22 Feb, 2017

By Kureeba David* The Global Forest Coalition, in partnership with host Community Conservation Resilience Initiative (CCRI) institutions in selected countries, organised three national workshops on CCRI in Africa at the…

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Our land is worth more than carbon

15 Nov, 2016

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The Paris Agreement required the 196 Parties to the UN Climate Convention to limit temperature increases to 2° or 1.5°C below preindustrial levels. While COP21 benefitted from a high degree…

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