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18 August 2011
Climate Focus helped to organize a training workshop in Merida Mexico for local government officials to increase local capacities for REDD+ implementation and enhance cooperation on REDD+ in the Yucatan Peninsula. This initiative, sponsored by the IDB, UNEP and the Mexican forest administration (CONAFOR) was very well received by all participants, which included also representatives from local NGOs and universities.
For more information on the workshop see the article “Inauguran Reunion Internacional para la Conservacion de Selvas“ on Yucatannoticias.com
Robert O'Sullivan contributed to a new publication titled "Peatlands - guidance for climate change mitigation by conservation, rehabilitation and sustainable use." The publication is a useful handbookfor policy makers, technical audiences and others interested in peatland management and is published jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Wetlands International. To access the complete publication click here.
Jointly with other thought leaders in the debate on international environmental policy, Charlotte Streck contributed a commentary to the 20th Anniversary issue of the Journal of Environment and Development on the state and prospects of international climate negotiations. Click here to read the commentary.
Ernestine Meijer of Climate Focus and Wienke Zwier of AKD published an article reviewing the recent proposal for a new Dutch nature conservation law in the March issue of the Dutch Law Journal "Tijdschrift voor Milieu en Recht". Read more...
A report summarizing the outcomes of the conference "“Boosting Investments in Sustainable Forestry and Forest Carbon” (held on 22 November 2011 in Amsterdam) has been published. As a presenter at the conference Charlotte Streck is quoted in the report. Read more...
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