Forest
Borneo Natives Proclaim Tropical Forest Reserve
Penan Peace Park" is aimed at protecting the last primeval rainforests of Sarawak´s Upper Baram region and is challenging the official logging plans – the Penan wish to develop tourism and to protect their native rights. …
16 Dec 2009 | News story
Landmark Legal Opinion Finds that Indigenous Brazilian Tribe in Amazon owns carbon-trading rights
Finding Comes During Global Climate Talks in Copenhagen; Could Impact Other Indigenous Groups Seeking to Protect Land, Way of Life …
16 Dec 2009 | News story
Sharing the benefits under REDD
IUCN, with the support of Econ Pöyry, has reviewed experiences with existing benefit sharing arrangements in the forest sector and in other areas in order to inform discussions on how to develop benefit sharing systems under REDD. …
10 Dec 2009 | News story
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IUCN releases final evaluation report of Strengthening Voices for Better Choices (SVBC)
IUCN has made available in full the final report of the external evaluation of Strengthening Voices for Better Choices (SVBC), its global forest governance project. …
08 Dec 2009 | News story
Deuxième Conférence des Parlementaires à Bata : vers une internationalisation du REPAR
Sous le haut patronage du Président de la République de la Guinée Equatoriale, S.E. M. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, la 2ème Conférence internationale des Parlementaires d’Afrique Centrale sur la Gestion Durable des Ecosystèmes Forestiers et de la Protection de l’Environnement s’est tenue du 2 au 4 novembre 2009 à Bata. …
04 Dec 2009 | News story
Study on the current practices of the forest management in Georgia
On November 24, the IUCN office for Southern Caucasus hosted an event under the FLEG program, on the inception report on the practices being conducted by forestry expert Merab Machavariani. …
26 Nov 2009 | News story
Multi-stakeholder arrangements for improving forest governance and accountability
IUCN and Wageningen International (part of the Wageningen University & Research Centre) have just published the results of a joint study of forest governance and accountability arrangements in Equator province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). …
06 Nov 2009 | News story
A Study of Livelihoods and Forest Landscapes in Liberia
A new study on customary forest management practices and the relationship between livelihoods and forested landscapes in Liberia was launched at a seminar held in Monrovia on 2 October, 2009. The study was prepared as an activity of IUCN’s Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy (LLS). …
03 Nov 2009 | News story
Corridors: routes for adaptation
In Ecuador, IUCN Member Corporación Grupo Randi-Randi is establishing conservation corridors which are helping both people and nature adapt to climate change. …
29 Oct 2009 | News story
Writing the rule book on REDD
Since 2007, reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD) has become a major focus in negotiations over renewed commitments under the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC). An effective REDD mechanism may enable developing countries to merge the goals of national forest protection with sustainable development, while providing a potentially effective and efficient climate change mitigation option to help combat climate change. For successful REDD regimes, national governments must have effective national legal frameworks to ensure that forests remain intact and standing on a permanent basis.
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27 Oct 2009 | News story
