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   Enhancing countries’ capacity to report to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on greenhouse gas emissions for the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use sector: Colombia

   Reports & Research

   December, 2016

   Spain, Malaysia, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, Mexico, Brazil, Americas

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   Forest Tenure

   deforestation

   Colombia has submitted two national communications (NCs 2001, 2010) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), providing information on greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories, and measures to mitigate and facilitate adequate adaptation to climate change, among other information. In 2015, Colombia also presented its First Biennial Update Report (BUR), including the REDD+ technical annex. In 2010 and 2012, GHG emissions from the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector contributed to respectively 58 % and 43% of the national GHG emissions.

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   Forest and Landscape Restoration

   Reports & Research

   December, 2016

   Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Philippines, Sweden, Guatemala, Peru, Cambodia, Republic of Korea, Lebanon, Africa

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   Forest Tenure

   deforestation

   land degradation

   Meeting Name: African Forestry and Wildlife Commission
   Meeting symbol/code: FO:AFWC/2016/12
   Session: Sess. 20

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   Roadmap for the establishment of Forest Reference levels and the National Forest Monitoring System

   Journal Articles & Books

   June, 2016

   Kenya, Switzerland, Japan, Zambia, Tanzania, Congo, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Costa Rica, Finland, Papua New Guinea, Africa

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   Forest Tenure

   deforestation

   climate change

   The Government of Kenya is in the process of establishing a National REDD+ Programme through the Kenya Forest Service (KFS). Two critical elements of the National REDD+ Programme are forest reference levels (FRL) and a National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS). This document describes the steps towards establishing the design of the NFMS and reference levels, through an enumeration and description of required tasks.

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   Financing for mangrove protection with emphasis on Pakistan, Thailand and Viet Nam

   Journal Articles & Books

   November, 2016

   France, Nigeria, Spain, Luxembourg, Sweden, Denmark, Sri Lanka, Ireland, China, Congo, Iceland, Pakistan, Finland, Panama, Laos, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Italy, Cambodia, Paraguay, Norway, Asia

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   Forest Tenure

   deforestation

   forest conservation

   environment

   land improvement

   <p>This publication was prepared for ‘Income for coastal communities for mangrove protection’ project (2015-2016) which aimed to develop a low-cost mechanism enabling investors to responsibly promote mangrove conservation, carbon emissions reduction and sustainable development through the provision of funding to local communities. This report reviews sources of funding for mangrove protection with particular focus on Pakistan, Thailand and Viet Nam.