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Ending tropical deforestation: 10 lessons for laying the foundations

14 June 2021/by EU REDD Facility

Over the past decade, the EU REDD Facility has worked with many partners across Africa, Asia and Latin America to understand the governance challenges driving deforestation and to develop pragmatic approaches and solutions to land-use governance and sustainable development. As we celebrate our 10-year anniversary, we are reflecting on lessons learnt and sharing our insights.

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L’observation indépendante dans le secteur forestier

7 June 2021/by EU REDD Facility

Les forêts et les arbres sont essentiels tant pour les populations que pour la planète. Ils contribuent aux moyens de subsistance, fournissent de l’air pur et de l’eau propre, préservent la biodiversité et offrent des solutions face aux changements climatiques. Et pourtant, les forêts disparaissent à un rythme alarmant : 2017 et 2018 sont respectivement la deuxième et la quatrième années où le recul du couvert forestier tropical a été le plus marqué depuis que les scientifiques ont commencé à recueillir ces données, en 2001.

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Independent Monitoring in the forest sector: moving beyond law enforcement

7 June 2021/by EU REDD Facility

Forests and trees make vital contributions to both people and the planet. They bolster livelihoods, provide clean air and water, conserve biodiversity and respond to climate change. However, the world’s forests are disappearing at an alarming pace. The year 2017 was the second worst on record for tropical tree cover loss, and 2018 the fourth-highest annual loss since record-keeping began in 2001.

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Tackling deforestation through sustainable land use and agricultural commodity production

17 February 2020/by EU REDD Facility

The EU imports and consumes more than a third of internationally traded crops and livestock products associated with deforestation in tropical countries. This briefing presents some approaches and initiatives led by the EU REDD Facility to tackle deforestation in tropical countries associated with agricultural commodity production.

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Restoring deforested or degraded land in the tropics

3 December 2018/by EU REDD Facility

This policy brief shares lessons learnt from FLEGT, REDD+ and zero-deforestation supply chain initiatives to help overcome some of the governance challenges hindering effective restoration of deforested or degraded land in tropical forest countries.

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Charcoal, aquaculture and mangroves in Indonesia, Lao PDR and Vietnam: Curbing EU-driven forest emissions

19 June 2018/by EU REDD Facility

Deforestation in Southeast Asia is driven by charcoal production and aquaculture, causing significant impacts on climate change. Mangrove loss, a common source for exports to the EU, must be addressed with sustainable production and trade measures such as certification schemes and zero-deforestation initiatives.

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Achieving zero-deforestation commitments: Lessons from FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements

20 June 2017/by EU REDD Facility

Learn about the importance of addressing governance challenges in public and private sector zero-deforestation initiatives. This paper explores lessons from Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) under the EU FLEGT Action Plan.

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Collective action to protect upland forests in Vietnam: A community-led approach to forest protection

19 August 2016/by EU REDD Facility

This policy brief by CERDA and the EU REDD Facility outlines a pilot intervention that explores an innovative way to implement a policy of forest land allocation and forest allocation in upland regions in Vietnam. The approach aims to achieve sustainable forest management and poverty alleviation outcomes.

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Commerce de produits de base sans déforestation : Intensifier la mise en œuvre avec les juridictions

14 July 2016/by EU REDD Facility

Cette note de la Facilité REDD de l’UE propose des étapes pour faciliter une meilleure mise en œuvre des engagements en faveur de produits sans déforestation, pour contribuer aux débats actuels pour promouvoir la production et le commerce de produits de base responsables.

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Developing a jurisdictional monitoring system for sustainable development

28 June 2016/by EU REDD Facility

This brief by the EU REDD Facility and Institut Penelitian Inovasi Bumi (INOBU) discusses the rationale for a jurisdictional monitoring system that assesses sustainable development performance in West Papua, Indonesia. It describes the collaborative process of developing its performance indicators.

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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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