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Piloting jurisdictional public-private partnerships for legal and sustainable palm oil in Banyuasin District, South Sumatra

20 September 2023/by EU REDD Facility

Explore how the EU REDD Facility is pioneering a jurisdictional PPP approach to promote sustainable and legal oil palm production in South Sumatra. Learn about the challenges, strategies, and expected impact on deforestation reduction and climate change targets.

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Strengthening civil society participation in REDD+ in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

13 September 2023/by EU REDD Facility

The EU REDD Facility supported the Renovated REDD+ Climate Working Group (GTCRR) to strengthen civil society engagement in REDD+ in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It helped develop a guide on civil society consultations, which was used by the Congolese civil society to reach consensus on their contributions to the forest policy reform process.

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Supporting an improved governance mechanism for cocoa traceability in Ecuador

13 September 2023/by EU REDD Facility

Discover how Ecuador, the world’s third-largest cocoa exporter, has embarked on the development of a traceability and transparency system for its cocoa industry. Learn about the challenges, objectives, and impacts achieved by the EU REDD Facility and its partner as they work to create a sustainable and accountable cocoa value chain.

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Supporting decentralisation and Ivorian regions to improve natural resources sustainability

5 September 2023/by EU REDD Facility

Discover how jurisdictional approaches developed by/in regions of Côte d’Ivoire can be a game changer, fostering coordination among stakeholders to address environmental issues and promote sustainable commodity production.

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Restoring Ivorian forest landscapes through participatory land-use planning and land tenure security

4 September 2023/by EU REDD Facility

The EU REDD Facility’s project in Côte d’Ivoire aims to overcome challenges in forest restoration through participatory land-use planning and securing land tenure. It focuses on developing village-level land-use planning methods to achieve a balance between agriculture and forestry. It also targets the gender-oriented delivery of land certificates on 2500 hectares of forest areas.

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How to enhance DRC’s legal framework for greater civil society participation in REDD+

21 July 2023/by EU REDD Facility

Learn how the legal framework for civil society participation in REDD+ in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can be strengthened.

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Assessing Indonesia’s legal and policy framework on forest conversion and restoration

28 February 2023/by EU REDD Facility

The EU REDD Facility and Sebijak Institute analysed Indonesia’s legal and policy framework on forest governance, with a focus on forest conversion and restoration. They assessed the extent to which policies and regulations help reduce deforestation, accelerate restoration, and empower indigenous peoples and local communities.

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Forestería comunitaria: retos y oportunidades para el bosque colombiano

7 September 2022/by EU REDD Facility

En colaboración con el Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible de Colombia y ONF Andina, el Centro REDD de la UE (EU REDD Facility) facilita el diálogo sobre los retos técnicos y financieros de la forestería comunitaria en Colombia. La forestería comunitaria sostenible puede tener un papel clave en la lucha contra la deforestación.

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Community forestry: challenges and opportunities for Colombian forests

7 September 2022/by EU REDD Facility

In collaboration with the Colombian Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development and ONF Andina, the EU REDD Facility facilitates dialogue on the technical and financial challenges of community forestry in Colombia. Sustainable community forestry can play a key role in fighting deforestation.

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Construcción de un diálogo nacional para el desarrollo de un sistema de trazabilidad y transparencia para el cacao libre de deforestación

15 July 2022/by EU REDD Facility

Ecuador y Colombia iniciaron con el Centro REDD de la UE un diagnóstico participativo para anticiparse a las nuevas políticas y requerimientos de los mercados importadores de cacao. El objetivo es disponer de un sistema nacional de información para el monitoreo del riesgo de deforestación de las cadenas de valor del cacao.

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  • Participants engaging in the Land-use Planner training course. Source: Q-Huong Le, MDRI, 2022Q-Huong Le, MDRI, 2022
    Bringing together stakeholders for land-use planning in Vietnam25 April 2023 - 9:00 am

    The European Forest Institute (EFI) and the Provincial Project Management Unit of Lam Dong Province hosted a Land-use Planner training course in Da Lat City, Vietnam. Three project teams shared their experiences in learning how to use the Land-use Planner to support sustainable agricultural and land-use planning.

  • A stakeholder mapping exercise with representatives of oil palm smallholders from Bunga Karang Village, Banyuasin District, South Sumatra Province, Indonesia, where EFI and partners support the implementation of social forestry policy.WRI Indonesia
    Enhancing land security: lessons from Côte d’Ivoire and Indonesia30 November 2022 - 11:46 am

    In many parts of the world, Indigenous Peoples and local communities have no legal recognition of their rights over the forest land they live on. At the EU REDD Facility, we have gathered experience in Côte d’Ivoire and Indonesia to find innovative solutions to enhance local communities’ and smallholders’ legal security over their lands.

  • Ivorian couple holds their land certificateNitidae
    Securing land rights: one stone, three birds30 November 2022 - 10:58 am

    Land tenure insecurity is a key driver of deforestation and land degradation. In contrast, tenure security comes with significant climate, biodiversity and development benefits: three birds with one stone. However, when looking at the national climate plans of major forest countries, more could be done to foster the securing of land rights.

  • Palm oil plantations in IndonesiaSatrio Wicaksono, EFI
    Training land-use planners for sustainable landscapes13 July 2022 - 5:59 pm

    Landscapes around the world have experienced dramatic transformations in recent decades. Global supply chains link smallholder palm oil farmers in Indonesia with major retailers, like Lidl, Carrefour and Tesco, in Europe or cocoa growers in Ghana to chocolatiers in Belgium. The growing population of our globalised world has intensified pressure on land, soils, water and forests. Ensuring the health of these ecosystems is essential to address climate change, biodiversity loss and land degradation to achieve sustainable development.

  • Reducing the bitterness of coffee from Vietnam’s Central Highlands20 June 2022 - 3:00 pm

    I love coffee in the morning, its taste, its aroma and the boost of energy it gives me to start the day. While enjoying a fresh brew some years ago, I began to think about what was behind my morning cup – where do the beans come from? What are the landscapes where they are produced like? And who are the people that harvest this coffee?

  • Six ingredients of successful partnerships for legal and sustainable forest-risk commodities20 June 2022 - 1:46 pm

    How can we ensure legal and sustainable value chains that unleash local wellbeing and protect forest and biodiversity without excluding smallholders? The answer may be in the mixing of six ingredients to whip up successful multistakeholder partnerships that can support legal and sustainable supply chains of forest-risk commodities.

About the EU REDD Facility

The EU REDD Facility supports countries in improving land-use governance as part of their efforts to slow, halt and reverse deforestation. It also supports the overall EU effort to reduce its contribution to deforestation in developing countries. The Facility focuses on countries that are engaged in REDD+, an international mechanism that incentivises developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their forest and land-use sectors. The Facility is hosted by the European Forest Institute and was established in 2010.

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