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Vietnam local-level integrated monitoring tool: monitoring timber legality, deforestation and ecosystem services

25 February 2022/by EU REDD Facility

The EU REDD Facility and Fauna & Flora International collaboratively developed a pilot, local-level forest monitoring platform that integrates the requirements of three initiatives that aim to protect and sustainably manage forests. These are: 1) the initiative to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and conservation, sustainable forest management and enhancement of carbon stocks in developing countries, 2) Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade and 3) Payment for Forest Environmental Services.

Integrating customary forests in Indonesia’s legality assurance system

15 July 2020/by EU REDD Facility

The EU REDD Facility is conducting in collaboration with the Indonesian Civil Society Organisation KARSA a study to assess options for legal and sustainable production and trade of timber from customary forests. The focus will be on integration of customary forests into Indonesia’s timber legality assurance system (SVLK). The study will inform subnational multi-stakeholder dialogues and national-level policy process on customary forests and legal timber production.

Legal frameworks’ contribution to forest-related climate change targets in Indonesia

10 July 2019/by EU REDD Facility

The EU REDD Facility, in collaboration with Inovasi Bumi and Climate Focus, is carrying out a study to determine how clarified and implemented legal frameworks could contribute to reducing deforestation in Indonesia. This reduced deforestation would help the country achieve the forest-related targets in its nationally determined contribution under the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Creating incentives for logging companies to engage in REDD+ in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

4 July 2016/by EU REDD Facility

Law enforcement and forest governance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are weak and present significant risks to the successful implementation of REDD+. To address this challenge, the EU REDD Facility has helped design a compliance standard for monitoring the activities of logging companies and design tailored support to companies willing to engage. Innovative incentives are needed to encourage logging companies to comply with forestry laws and to address illegal logging.

Combining independent monitoring of forest governance and REDD+ in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

1 February 2016/by EU REDD Facility

The EU REDD Facility supported the development of a framework of independent monitoring that integrates aspects of both forest governance (FLEG) and REDD+ together in the province of Maï Ndombe in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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

2 October 2015/by EU REDD Facility

The project supported civil society and indigenous peoples’ organisations in the Republic of the Congo in setting up a platform to coordinate interests in REDD+. The coordination platform enabled members to influence and participate in the national REDD+ process.

Linking REDD+ and FLEGT at the provincial level in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

26 June 2015/by EU REDD Facility

The EU REDD Facility strengthens the capacity and role of REDD+ focal points and supports their activities in promoting synergies between FLEGT and REDD+. This project supports the decentralisation of the REDD+ process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Making information on FLEGT and REDD+ more accessible in the Republic of the Congo

26 June 2015/by EU REDD Facility

The EU REDD Facility worked with stakeholders to make information on FLEGT and REDD+ more accessible to stakeholders in the Republic of the Congo. Access to information helps stakeholders to hold governments accountable for FLEGT and REDD+ processes. The project supported the development of a searchable catalogue of documents relating to FLEGT and REDD+ in the Republic of the Congo.

Fostering South-South cooperation with Brazil in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

26 June 2015/by EU REDD Facility

The EU REDD Facility facilitated exchanges and mutual learning between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Brazil and identified opportunities for cooperation between the two countries on REDD+. The project provided financial support, facilitated collaboration, and provided technical input and backstopping to identify areas of potential collaboration between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Brazil, in the context of bilateral cooperation in REDD+.

Exploring synergies between the FLEGT VPA legality definition and REDD+ safeguards in Vietnam

10 February 2015/by EU REDD Facility

The project explored synergies between processes to develop a FLEGT Voluntary Partner Agreement (VPA) timber legality definition and REDD+ safeguards in Vietnam. The development of a VPA timber legality definition and REDD+ safeguards in countries involved in both FLEGT VPA and REDD+ processes, such as Vietnam, creates opportunities for complementarities.

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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