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The UN-REDD Programme is pleased to announce the launch of the first online version of its succesful REDD+ Academy courses and accompanying Learning Journals, making this valuable knowledge resource available to REDD+ policymakers, practitioners and communities worldwide. The REDD+ Academy was designed to support developing countries to gain the knowledge and capacities needed to deliver […]

Originally published on CIFOR’s Forests News. By Kate Evans Ahead of the UN climate change conference in Paris, experts from across the globe give their take on what’s next for REDD+. It’s been a long and rocky road for the climate change mitigation scheme known as REDD+, or Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation, […]

By Gabrielle Schittecatte, Youth in Landscapes capacity development co-leader Leaning on the podium in front of the class a little excessively with slick palms, wondering if students, like wild animals, can somehow sense uncertainty and fear. That’s what I remember from the start of the first lecture I gave to a university level class. I […]

The 2014 ‘Youth in Landscapes‘ program, part of the Global Landscape Forum (GLF), aimed to give over 200 youth a platform to express their thoughts and ideas on landscape issues and have these ideas represented equally with other stakeholder groups at the 2014 GLF. A 9-month evaluation report provides extensive and in-depth insight into the […]

Be you a farmer, a forester, an environmentalist, an artist, an artisan or a policy maker, “landscape” may have a very different meaning to you. Perhaps not THAT different. At the World Forestry Congress, in September 2015, we asked young people from different regions of the world, what Landscapes meant to them. What is a […]

Originally posted on PROFOR’s website. It’s probably safe to say that we know more about the physical state of the world’s forests than ever before. From satellites to drones to interactive apps, technological advancements in how we measure and monitor forests have been remarkable, and essential to reaching commitments for protecting forests—a crucial contribution toward […]