Building REDD+ Capacity in Developing Countries
Encouraging Effective Actions in Developing Countries to Address Deforestation and Forest Degradation
Welcome to our web platform for South–South REDD+ information sharing!
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From 2009-2012, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) partnered with the ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins at the World Agroforesty Centre (ASB–ICRAF) to build capacity for REDD+ negotiators and stakeholders in Africa and Asia, with a focus on countries with UN-REDD programs.
The project aimed to increase understanding of the REDD+ negotiations and strengthen capacity, to lay the technical and policy foundations for better REDD+ programs. The project encouraged South-South exchange of information on REDD+, and was undertaken in three stages between 2009 and 2012.
We invite you to explore this web platform, which includes information on REDD+ initiatives and actions throughout Asia and Africa, lessons learned and critical issues moving forward. It also highlights key IISD/ASB–ICRAF project activities, publications and outcomes.
Generous support for this project, including this web platform, was provided by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad).
For more information please contact Jessica Boyle.
Key Publication
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For the past three years, IISD has partnered with the ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins at the World Agroforestry Centre (ASB-ICRAF) to deliver a project aimed at addressing the challenges associated with REDD+, through information sharing and research to encourage innovative thinking and the continuous improvement of REDD+ processes and strategies. The final year of the project focused on two critical determinants of REDD+ success, namely:
- Developing and implementing REDD+ safeguard information systems
- Fostering effective private sector engagement in the REDD+ supply chain
Ahead of COP 18, IISD and ASB-ICRAF have released a series of publications to further explore these critical issue areas. The publications are the result of substantive research that included an extensive desk study, in-country semi-structured interviews with REDD+ experts and practitioners, and regional expert meetings.
Key Publication
Mind the Gap: The state-of-play in Canadian greenhouse gas mitigation
» David Sawyer, IISD, 2011.In "Mind the Gap" Dave Sawyer explores where we stand with regard to current Canadian climate change policies and how Canada can close the gap between emissions reductions expected from current federal and provincial policies and our 2020 emissions mitigation target of 17 per cent below 2005 levels. Suggestions include expanded regulatory frameworks, as well as a renewed look at both domestic and international abatement options from offsets.
Mind the Gap was produced as part of IISD Climate Change and Energy's Regulating Carbon in Canada Initiative.
Our Knowledge
» Themes
- Adaptation and Risk Reduction
- Climate Change and Energy
- Economics and SD
- Education, Learning and Leadership
- Environment, Conflict and Peacebuilding
- Gender Equity
- Governance for Sustainable Development
- Internet and Technology
- International Trade
- Investment and Sustainable Development
- Measurement and Assessment
- Natural and Social Capital (NASCap)
- Natural Resources
- Networks & Partnerships
- Procurement & Public Private Partnerships
- Sustainable Finance
- Sustainable Markets
» Initiatives
- Community-based Risk Screening Tool – Adaptation and Livelihoods (CRiSTAL)
- Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI)
- IISD Foresight Group
- Partnership for Procurement and Green Growth
- The Sustainable Commodity Initiative (SCI)
- Sustainability Leadership Innovation Centre (SLIC)
- Water Innovation Centre (WIC)
