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Taking stock of three years of implementation of payments for environmental services in Côte d’Ivoire
A mechanism for offering financial incentives to farmers to manage their land in ways that offer ecological benefits shows significant promise in Côte d’Ivoire, the European Union (EU) REDD...
Cocoa agroforestry in Côte d’Ivoire: New insights from economic modelling
Smallholder farmers across Côte d’Ivoire rely heavily on cocoa production, but rarely manage to generate a living income from cocoa alone. Balancing the well-being of farmers and conservation and...
Webinar: Mapping finance as a key tool for implementing NDCs
Webinar: Mapping finance as a key tool for implementing NDCs Lessons from Côte d’Ivoire Date: Wednesday 22 March 2017 Time: 13h – 14h GMT Register here ...
Integrating forests into national planning and investment for a greener economy
Integrating forests into national planning and investment for a greener economy Côte d'Ivoire’s forests have come under huge pressure in recent decades. At current rates of deforestation, the...
EU REDD Facility releases briefing on options for low-carbon agricultural development in Cote d’Ivoire
The EU REDD Facility has published a briefing, ‘Comment concilier développement agricole et forestier en Côte d'Ivoire et à quel coût?' (How can Côte d'Ivoire reconcile agricultural and forest...
DRC and Brazil scope cooperative action on REDD+
Five REDD+ experts from the Democratic Republic of the Congo met with colleagues in Brazil from 14 to 23 May 2014 to learn about REDD+, forest governance and Brazil’s model initiatives.
Content: Measuring, monitoring, reporting and verification
Measuring, monitoring, reporting and verification The successful implementation of a results-based payment scheme such as REDD+ depends on the credible measurement and reporting of performance....
Content: Transparency and access to information
Transparency and access to information A lack of information on the management of natural resources and commodity flows is one of the factors driving corruption, illegal activities and...
Content: Institutions
Legal and institutional frameworks FLEGT and REDD+ initiatives both involve work to improve legal clarity, and to strengthen institutional frameworks and capacities to: Increase...
Content: Effective multistakeholder processes
Effective multistakeholder processes Multistakeholder participatory processes are fundamental to good land-use governance. For complex issues such as natural resource management, where there...
Content: Drivers of deforestation and forest degradation
Drivers of deforestation and forest degradation Forest degradation Human activities that drive forest degradation include overgrazing, demand for fuel wood and charcoal, excessive logging...
Content: Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo About 65% of the Republic of the Congo is covered in dense rainforest. It has a large area of forest (approximately 22 million hectares) and a low historical rate of...
Content: Côte d’Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire Between 1960 and 2017, Côte d'Ivoire's forest cover declined from 12 million hectares to less than 3 million hectares as agriculture, cocoa production in particular, expanded....
Content: DRC
Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one of the world’s largest rainforest nations with some 152 million hectares of forest - almost 70% of the...
REDD + implementation rolls out in DRC province
A ‘REDD+ Provincial University’ took place in the city of Bandundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, from 28 April to 2 May 2014.
Briefing note on how can Côte d'Ivoire reconcile agricultural and forest development and at what price
Integrated Project for the Protection and Development of Angolan Coastal Forests (PIPDEFA)
Presentation given during the 2nd EU REDD+ Projects Coordination Meeting, 3-4 July 2012 in Brussels
Integrated Project For The Protection And Development Of Angolan Coastal Forests (PIPDEFA)
Presentation given during the First REDD+ Projects Coordination Meeting, 5-6 July 2011 in Brussels
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