The CBD REDD+ & Biodiversity e-Newsletter

Submission by the CBD to UNFCCC (194 kB)

A submission by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on REDD-plus safeguards ( French version (694 kB) / Spanish version (368 kB) ).

Press Relase: The European Union announces €3.1 million to secure livelihoods in the Colombian Amazon through forest conservation (256 kB)

Bogotá, Colombia, 30 March 2011.

Biodiversity and Livelihoods: REDD-plus Benefits (2565 kB)

The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für International Zusammenarbeit (giz) have published a booklet on ‘Biodiversity and Livelihoods: REDD-plus Benefits’ ( French version (3472 kB) / Spanish version (3541 kB) ).

Workshop on biodiversity benefits of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (588 kB)

A global expert workshop on biodiversity benefits of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD), co-organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the UN REDD Programme, was held in Nairobi from 20-23 September 2010. The workshop report and all presentations are now available from the CBD website.