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		<title>FAO/RECOFTC Brief on Forests and Landslides in Asia Highlights Climate Impacts</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) have released a brief that outlines the impacts of landslides on populations across Asia, noting that the poor are disproportionally affected. It underscores the role of forests in preventing landslides, and describes how in some areas of China and Mongolia, climate change is causing landslides due to rapidly thawing permafrost.]]></description>
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		<title>Inter-agency Report Focuses on the Green Economy in Marine Sectors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Green Economy in a Blue World report analyzes how key sectors that are interlinked with the marine and coastal environment can make the transition towards a Green Economy. The report also examines how small island developing States (SIDS) can take advantage of green economy opportunities to reduce their vulnerability to natural disasters and promote socioeconomic development and inclusion.
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		<title>FAO/UNEP Asia-Pacific Forest Meeting Identifies Climate Change Adaptation Strategies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A policy brief from FAO, UNEP and RECOFTC outlines key components of a forests strategy for climate change adaptation in Asia, including implementing sustainable forest management (SFM) and improving forest access to local communities.]]></description>
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		<title>Global Bioenergy Partnership Publishes Sustainability Indicators for Bioenergy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The report introduces 24 economic, ecological and social indicators pertinent to the sustainability of bioenergy, and describes their measurement units, relevance, scientific bases, methodological approaches, anticipated limitations, data requirements, knowledge gaps, and relevant international processes.]]></description>
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		<title>UN-REDD Newsletter Highlights Launch of New Publications on Gender, Green Economy and Asia-Pacific</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among other items, the UN-REDD Newsletter reports on the release by the UN-REDD Programme of a new publication on mainstreaming gender in REDD+, a publication on lessons learned from Asia-Pacific partner countries, and a new policy brief on REDD+ and the Green Economy.]]></description>
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		<title>UN-REDD Publication Highlights Gender Roles in REDD+</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A UN-REDD Programme publication argues that women's participation can improve forest and carbon outcomes, and thus it makes business sense to integrate gender considerations in REDD+ planning. It recommends building capacity and ensuring that monitoring and evaluation plans include gender-sensitive indicators.]]></description>
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		<title>FAO, EU Fund Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa and South-east Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The programme, to be implemented by the FAO in Malawi, Viet Nam and Zambia, seeks to work with governments to develop strategic plans that lead to improved livelihoods and food security and climate change mitigation and adaptation benefits. ]]></description>
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		<title>FAO Identifies Opportunities for Climate-smart Agriculture Investments in Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FAO has released a report, titled "Identifying opportunities for climate-smart agriculture investments in Africa," that identifies opportunities for climate change adaptation and mitigation in the National Agriculture and Food Security Investment Plans (NAFSIPs) of 14 African countries.]]></description>
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		<title>FAO Guidebook Highlights Carbon Finance Options for Smallholder Farmers </title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The guidebook, titled "Climate Change Mitigation Finance for Smallholder Agriculture - A guide book to harvesting soil carbon sequestration benefits," provides an overview of existing opportunities for smallholder farmers, and describes the project cycle and particular challenges that individuals are likely to face engaging in agricultural mitigation projects. ]]></description>
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		<title>UN-REDD Launches Multiple Benefits Mapping Toolbox</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UN-REDD Programme has funded the development of an ArcGIS toolbox to analyze multiple benefits under reducing emissions for deforestation and forest degradation, as well as conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of carbon stocks in developing countries (REDD+). These analysis tools help identify, map and understand the spatial relationship among ecosystem carbon stocks, other ecosystem services, biodiversity, land use and pressures on natural resources.]]></description>
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