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UN-REDD Policy Board Approves Funding for Five New Countries
10 Dec 2011 | SIDS Policy and Practice
5 November 2010: The fifth UN-REDD Policy Board meeting, which took place in Washington DC, US, from 4-5 November 2010, approved US$15.2 million for five new countries, and confirmed or pledged funds of US$7.4 million. Cambodia, Papua New Guinea and Paraguay received approvals for US$3 million, $6.4 million and $4.7 million, respectively, after having presented the Board with full national REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, and the role...
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Training Workshop on the use of the ECLAC Damage and Loss Assessment (DALA) Methodology for the Evaluation of Natural Disasters
katharina | 28 Oct 2011
The workshop was designed to develop capacity in the Caribbean for its member states to undertake a damage and loss assessment of the impact of a natural disaster on their socio-economy and to programme disaster management and mitigation strategies into their development plans. The main objectives of the workshop were to: i) Introduce participants to the conceptual framework and practical issues and tips in conducting a damage and loss assessment in the aftermath of a disaster ii) Enable...
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