A Forest of Money? – PDF Today, BIC is publishing a translation of an important study on international finance for forests in Peru, titled “Un Bosque de Dinero” or “A Forest of Money” in English, which was written in collaboration with Derecho, Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DAR). This extensive study examines financing from Multilateral Development …
Photo: Mark Garten/UN (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) En español | En français Nominations for UNREDD and FCPF Civil Society Observers The Bank Information Center is pleased to announce the nomination lists for the Civil Society Observer positions at the UNREDD Programme and the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility. Civil Society Observers attend the meetings of the UNREDD …
In March 2010, Mexico presented its Readiness Plan Proposal (RPP) to the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) governance body—the Participants Committee—receiving a favorable response and triggering authorization of its Readiness Preparation Grant. The federal government did not sign its grant agreement in the intervening four years, variously explaining that the source of the delay …
In late April 2014 BIC participated in the Regional Dialogue “Trends in Infrastructure Investments in the Region Climate Change and Governance” in Lima, Peru with more than 20 other Latin American organizations. The event was organized in two parts, one public and one internal workshop. The main objectives in the “regional dialogue” were: • Articulation …
The Bank Information Center (BIC), in collaboration with the Mesoamerican Alliance of People and Forests (AMPB), held the Second International Workshop on Social and Environmental Safeguards on March 15th and 16th in San Jose, Costa Rica, with broad participation by Mesoamerican indigenous and community leaders. The event was the second workshop held by BIC in …
The Bank Information Center, in collaboration with the Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples and Forests and the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE), recently published a case study on indigenous peoples’ participation in REDD+ preparation in Costa Rica. The study, “Facilitating Indigenous Involvement in REDD+: Early Engagement and Consultation in Costa Rica,” presents both original research …
The Mesoamerican Alliance of People and Forests (Alianza Mesoamericana de Pueblos y Bosques), an umbrella organization of indigenous and community forest organizations, recently published an announcement highlighting the failure of the REDD-CCAD/GIZ Program to invite indigenous authorities to a regional conference on forest governance. The event, held in Panama on July 9, 2013, is the second …
Mexican civil society and indigenous representatives convened on June 24th and 25th in Mexico City for a workshop entitled “Towards the Construction and Articulation of Knowledge in the Process of Shaping REDD+”. With the goal of creating a new space for dialogue and shared learning around REDD, regional representatives from the Yucatan Peninsula, Central Mexico, and Northern …
New report by Amazonian indigenous peoples exposes the reality of REDD+ in Peru and proposes solutions.