Photo courtesy of AIDESEP Work done by Peruvian indigenous communities and leaders led to an important advance against deforestation on October 30, when the Forest Investment Program (FIP) Sub Committee approved the Forest Investment Plan for Peru (FIP-PE) in a meeting in Washington, DC. A Peruvian delegation of government and indigenous leaders, whose members included …
The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility’s Carbon Fund held back-to-back meetings of the Working Group on the Methodological Framework (MF), and the Carbon Fund in Paris, June 20-24, 2013. Despite plans to finalize a draft of the MF to circulate for public comment by the end of the CF7, the failure to meet this goal signifies …
Development of the FCPF Carbon Fund’s Methodological Framework and Pricing Approach (MFPA) is currently under way through a series of Design Fora, during which specific issues and expert-drafted issue papers are discussed by Carbon Fund donors and participants, civil society, and indigenous peoples representatives. Design Forum One, in January, focused on the Carbon Fund’s general approach and carbon accounting issues.
The second meeting of the FCPF Carbon Fund Working Group took place March 13-14, 2013 in Washington, DC. The purpose of the meeting was to validate the approach being taken by the FCPF Facility Management Team and Technical Advisory Panel towards designing the Carbon Fund Methodological Framework.
The Carbon Fund’s Methodological Framework and Pricing Approach (MFPA) is currently in development at the FCPF. The MFPA will provide guidance on how countries should address key issues in development of emissions reductions programs through the Carbon Fund- the $390 million performance-based payment fund of the FCPF.
New report by Amazonian indigenous peoples exposes the reality of REDD+ in Peru and proposes solutions.
This update prepared by the Bank Information Center introduces the FCPF Readiness Package (R-Package) and the Carbon Fund (CF) operational.
The irregularity of the voluntary market of carbon credits is outpacing the environmental and legislative capacity of the country: irregular transfer of millions of hectares of forests as part of the market for carbon credits and other environmental services.
The workshop Oslo REDD Exchange 2011 was organized by Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), on 23-24 June 2011.
This report from the Bank Information Center as NGO Observer summarizes the main discussions and outcomes from PC9 in Oslo, Norway.