Katoomba XVI: Building a Blueprint to Harness New Investments for the Protection of Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Services
Palo Alto, California, United States
BACKGROUND The oceans provide a great many critical but undervalued ecosystem services that are nearing thresholds for healthy functioning, putting coastal populations ever more at risk. Given the failure of many conventional management measures and the insufficient resources available for effective management, the time is ripe for the development of new market-based tools. This first-ever […]
Indigenous and Community Engagement in REDD
Copenhagen, Denmark
On Saturday, December 12, 2009, Forest Trends and the Katoomba Group, in partnership with Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza – Bolivia, hosted a side event at COP 15 which focused on the role that indigenous peoples and local communities can play in developing carbon projects and policy. Panelists at the side event included Almir Suruí, […]
Seminario-Taller: Aspectos jurídico-legales e institucionales de los esquemas PSA
Quito, Ecuador
Objetivo: Facilitar el diálogo regional sobre distintas experiencias nacionales de implementación de esquemas de compensación por servicios ecosistémicos con miras a su promoción como herramienta para el manejo, conservación y restauración de los ecosistemas. Resumen: Este taller hace parte de una serie de acciones del Ministerio del Ambiente del Ecuador (MAE), la Red de Interesados […]
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Curso para Lideranças Comunitárias sobre Pagamentos por Serviços Ambientais e REDD
Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
Pagamentos por serviços ambientais têm o potencial de gerar novas fontes de recursos para a conservação da biodiversidade e melhorar os meios de sustento das comunidades locais. Na medida em que esquemas de crédito de carbono, tais como seqüestro de carbono por reflorestamento e redução das emissões do desmatamento e degradação (REDD), ganham atenção como […]
Scoping Study of Forest Carbon Project Potential in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda
From May 13 – 15, the Katoomba Group hosted the second meeting in a series of scoping workshops for an analysis of the legal, policy and institutional frameworks that impact the development of forest carbon (including REDD) projects. This meeting drew upon the criteria and methodologies developed in the Tanzania workshop held in early March. […]
Katoomba XIV: Avoiding Deforestation in the Amazon: REDD & PES Markets
Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Ver o site em Português The XIV Katoomba Meeting was held in Mato Grosso in partnership with the Mato Grosso State Government. Governor Blairo Maggi’s attendance and participation in the event was a strong pull for other governors in the Amazon region including those from the Brazilian states of Amazonas, Para, Rondí´nia and Acre, as […]
Katoomba XIV: Avoiding Deforestation in the Amazon: REDD & PES Markets
Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil
See site in English A 14íª Reunião Katoomba foi realizada em Mato Grosso, em parceria com o Governo do Estado do Mato Grosso. A presença e a participação do governador Blairo Maggi incentivou outros governadores da região amazí´nica, inclusive os dos Estados do Amazonas, Pará, Rondí´nia e Acre, assim como os governadores de Santa Cruz […]
Tanzania Workshop
Protea Hotel, Oyster Bay, Dar Es Salaam
From March 1-3, the Katoomba Group held a scoping workshop for an analysis of the legal, policy and institutional frameworks that impact the development of forest carbon (including REDD) projects in Tanzania. Over the course of three days, eight participants met to outline an analysis of current constraints, opportunities, and needs related to project development. […]
1st Roundtable on Carbon Policy and Governance
Accra, Ghana
Ghana’s National Technical REDD Committee and the Climate Change Unit of Ghana Forestry Commission convened the 1st Roundtable on Carbon Policy and Governance in Accra on November 27 & 28, 2008. The roundtable focused on “Operationalizing Carbon Finance for Sustainable Tree Crops in Ghana.” The series is funded by Cadbury plc and facilitated by Forest […]
Designing REDD Activities to Mitigate Climate Change
Turrialba, Costa Rica
Leer la versión en español. Designing REDD activities to mitigate climate change Costa Rica, October 27-31 The Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE), the World Bank, the German Association for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), the Katoomba Group, and Conservation International are pleased to announce a joint-international course: Designing REDD Activities to Mitigate Climate Change. […]