Sao Tome and Principe
30 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
26 April 2013: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released a compilation of 11 views presented by parties (FCCC/SB/2013/MISC.3) on issues related to activities described in paragraph 70 of decision 1/CP.16 (Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries- REDD+). Three submissions from NGOs were posted on the UNFCCC website.
The...
30 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
26 April 2013: The Commission des Forets d’Afrique Centrale (COMIFAC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) convened a regional workshop to plan for the implementation of national forest monitoring in the Congo Basin.
The workshop was organized with three main objectives: planning for the first stage of the project; facilitating stakeholder engagement; and initiating contact between project staff, national REDD+ coordinators and climate change foal points. As such, the...
12 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
April 2013: The Central African Forests Commission (COMIFAC) convened the sixth meeting of the Working Group for the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Central Africa (WGCCD) with participation from representatives of Burundi, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, and São Tomé e Príncipe.
The meeting was organized around the following items for discussion: the eleventh meeting of the Committee for the Review of the...
19 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
1 February 2013: The Congo Basin Forest Fund has launched a forest monitoring initiative to support improved remote sensing use for forest cover and forest cover change. The initiative, totaling €6.1 million, will also provide technical support for the development of forest monitoring proposals for funding under REDD+ programmes.
The fund will support national actions in Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Equatorial...
08 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
February 2013: The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Global Mechanism (GM) has launched a revamped web-based platform titled “Sustainable Land Management (SLM) – Finance.” The site will support the exchange of information on funding and finance for sustainable land management (SLM) among African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, many of which are also small island developing States (SIDS).
The platform, which is part of the EU-funded Scope|ACP project, a South...
