4 September 2014, IISD news - The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have announced a partnership intended to support the 2011 Bonn Challenge on Forests, Climate Change and Biodiversity, which aims to restore at least 150 million hectares of degraded forest landscapes...

22 August 2014, IISD news - The Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) began work in Viet Nam with a launch workshop introducing the FFF and engaging partners and stakeholders. As with the other pilot countries, the FFF in Viet Nam aims to improve the livelihoods and participation of women, smallholders and community groups. The...

3 September 2014, IISD news - An expert meeting on an information hub for information on results of the activities referred to in decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 70 (REDD-plus) and results-based payments was organized by the UNFCCC Secretariat from 2-3 September 2014, in Bonn, Germany. The meeting discussed technical and design...

8 September 2014, IISD news - Highlighting the importance of tropical forest monitoring, the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) announced the launch of the Tropical Managed Forests Observatory (TMFO). The purpose of TMFO is to examine the impacts of selective logging on forests in the Amazon, Congo Basin and...

9 September 2014, IISD news - The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) has released a study on Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), a methodology for examining different REDD+ policy processes. The study employs QCA on a variety of case studies, and concludes that the approach is useful even whenstudies are...

10 September 2014, IISD news - The Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES) program has released the September 2014 edition of its newsletter, featuring recent developments in natural capital accounting (NCA) in Botswana, Mauritius and the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Forest Investment Programs (FIP)...