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POLICY BRIEF: FOREST GOVERNANCE AND CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION. The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). March 2010. The brief highlights lessons learned from experiences on the ground and sets out the key elements of an approach to forest law compliance and governance that will ensure the optimal role of forests in mitigating climate change. The key messages that emerged from the five workshops, which were jointly funded and convened by ITTO and FAO in Southeast Asia, West Africa, Central Africa, the Amazon Basin and Mesoamerica between August 2006 and July 2008, include that: forest-related laws need to be harmonized with those in other sectors; and reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD) requires effective forest governance and clarifying rights to land, forests and carbon. The policy brief highlights the causes of poor forest law compliance, including failings in the policy and legal frameworks, insufficient enforcement, lack of information, corruption, and market distortions. It also states that REDD initiatives should build on the lessons learned through forest law enforcement, governance and trade initiatives. To access the publication, visit: http://www.fao.org/forestry/19488-1-0.pdf
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF BIODIVERSITY: FACT SHEETS. The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). 9 March 2010. The fact sheet on climate change and biodiversity highlights scientific evidence that climate change affects biodiversity and, as a result, vital ecosystem services for all humans. It also notes that biodiversity can help reduce the effects of climate change. The fact sheet on dry and sub-humid lands underscores climate change impacts on wetlands, drylands, grasslands, Mediterranean forests, and desert margins. The fact sheet on forest biodiversity stresses the mitigation potential of forests. The fact sheet on protected areas stresses that protected areas can act as buffers against climate change and poverty, and that the LifeWeb Initiative has been created to strengthen financing for protected areas to sustain biodiversity, secure livelihoods and address climate change. To access the fact sheets, visit: http://www.cbd.int/2010/prints/?tab=5
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