A selection of updates from GCS REDD+:

REDD+ hasn’t had a major impact on reducing deforestation – yet – and its novel feature of results- based payments is only now being tested at the scale of national or subnational jurisdictions. But by preparing for REDD+, countries have laid the groundwork for future progress. In a peer-reviewed World Resources Institute issue brief, CIFOR scientists and partner universities share lessons learned from 10 years of REDD+ implementation as a foundation for future efforts Links between forests, peatlands and REDD+ interventions were the focus of the ‘For Earth’s Sake: REDD+ and local livelihoods’ media workshop, held in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia in November 2019. Mid- to senior-level journalists learned about REDD+ as a way to mitigate climate change and improve local livelihoods through a visit to the Katingan Mentaya project site.

In Ethiopia, researchers held a national knowledge- sharing workshop in Addis Ababa in April 2019, to share results from GCS REDD+ research in Ethiopia and globally. A two-day workshop for Ethiopian government communicators, research organization officers and journalists bore fruit in the Forests News photo essay Her story: Ethiopian forests.

And an evidence gap map on forest conservation interventions, produced in partnership with the Independent Evaluation Unit of the Green Climate Fund, examines almost two decades of evidence on forest and livelihood outcomes of different types of conservation interventions, building on an earlier map by 3ie. This publication highlights that although the evaluation of forest conservation outcomes has accelerated in recent years, many important knowledge gaps still remain. to build upon.

Transforming REDD+

Lessons and new directions

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