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Issue 4: October 2014
REDD+
Grassroots
Newsletter
Grassroots Capacity Building for Redd+
Training and Capacity Building of Forest Sector Grassroots Stakeholders for
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Asia
Project updates from country teams and partners
IndonesIa
The Grassroots Project in Indonesia finalized the action plans with its
partner organizations; the plans predominantly focus on curriculum
development and grassroots level consultations.
The project plans to organize a workshop to develop a REDD+
curriculum, in collaboration with the Centre for Forestry Education
and Training (CFET), in an effort to mainstream REDD+ into CFET’s
training programs. In addition, the project will be organizing
grassroots level consultations in South Sulawesi, East Java, Central
Kalimantan, Sumatra and Papua. Forum Komunikasi Kehutanan
Masyarakat (FKKM) will lead these consultation events, as well as
document key issues and concerns of grassroots stakeholders on
climate change and REDD+. These key issues and concerns will then
be shared at the national level with key stakeholders, particularly
policy makers.
Lao PdR
In August, The Lao PDR team organized two trainings. The first, titled
“Empowering women’s roles in promoting a better understanding
on climate change and REDD+”, was organized in partnership with
the Department of Forestry (DoF) and held in Vientiane. Over half of
the participants of the training were members of the Lao Women’s
Union of DoF.
The second training, titled “Social and environmental safeguards of
REDD+, was a refresher training of trainers program (ToT), which
was conducted in partnership with the Faculty of Forestry at the
National University, and held in Vang Vieng. The ToT was attended
by 25 participants from different departments under the Ministry
Participants discuss the roles of women in climate change and REDD+ related
issues and the need for empowering women in this context.
of Agricultural and Forestry and the Ministry of National Resources
and Environment, as well as representatives of CSOs, consulting
companies and the private sector participants. The three-day training
provided an update on the progress of REDD+ development in Lao
PDR, with a particular focus on environmental and social safeguards
in REDD+, including the concept of Free, Prior and Informed Consent,
and Gender Equity. A variety of training techniques were used to
promote the learning process of participants, such as world café
sharing, role play and games. The highlight of the training was on
the last day, when the participants took part in a debate on REDD+
benefits and challenges.
The trainings covered basic knowledge of climate change and
REDD+, the roles of men and women in addressing climate change
and a participatory approach in promoting knowledge for grassroots
stakeholders. At the end of the training programs participants
developed action plans and identified activities to promote the
importance of gender mainstreaming in REDD+ and among the
grassroots stakeholders through participatory learning processes.
“I have gained a better understanding on the roles of women
contributing in CC and REDD+ and learned techniques to engage
women in a sharing and learning process. I have an intention to share
this knowledge to other women members through the meeting of
the Lao Women Union of Department of Forestry (DoF), if I have
chance”. - Lomkham Seng Chanoudom, Head Office of Forestry and
Forest Resource Development Fund, DoF.
MyanMaR
Friends of Wildlife (FoW), one of the Grassroots Project’s partner
organizations in Myanmar, organized a four-day sub-national
level ToT in June, held in the Oak Twin township of Taungoo
district. Twenty Five participants representing various government
departments, including the forest, agricultural, fisheries, mining
and education departments of Yatashe and Oak Twin townships
attended the training, and were joined by the field staff of FoW and
representatives of local NGOs and CSOs.
The trainings’ focused on raising awareness on climate change
and REDD+, and a key focus was on building the facilitation skills
of participants, especially in promoting knowledge sharing on
climate change and REDD+ at the grassroots level. Along with the
opportunity to practice their newly learned facilitation skills, the
participants received a variety of training products developed in
Myanmar language, including manuals, flyers, posters and question
and answer handbooks were.
In August, the Grassroots Project in Myanmar delivered a national
level training program for a group of 15 journalists associated with
print and electronic media. A second training program followed for
forestry practitioners, focusing on gender mainstreaming in REDD+
and forestry.
“Women are customarily deemed to work indoors while men are
supposed to toil outside. Accordingly, the capabilities of men and
women differ depending on the information at hand and the
opportunity they can access outside [the home]. We need start
changing these customs, and start developing women and men’s
capabilities equally.” - U Sein Day Li, Assistant Project Manager,
WCS – one of the participants in the gender mainstreaming training
program
Participants take on various stakeholder roles as an exercise in understanding Free,
Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) for REDD+ social safeguards.(
Participants arrange the steps for gender mainstreaming in a project cycle.
A debate between participants on the beneits and risks of REDD+ implementation.
Representatives of government agencies and NGOs participate in group discussions
during a learning event.
nePaL
VIetnaM
The focus of the Grassroots Project in Nepal has been on organizing
new trainings and the assimilation of the experiences in REDD+
capacity development. Two trainings focused on linkages between
REDD+ and sustainable forest management, and were organized by
HIMAWANTI and FECOFUN respectively. The objective of the trainings
was to promote knowledge exchange and sharing on experiences
of grassroots forestry stakeholders to improve the understanding
of the participants on social and environmental issues related to
REDD+. A combination of interactive methods was used, including
experience sharing, group discussion, visualization and interaction.
The training facilitators were former participants, which gave them
an opportunity to practice facilitation skills and build confidence as
facilitators. A total of 76 participants from four different districts
(Makwanpur, Sarlahi, Nuwakot and Lalitpur Districts) took part in
the two trainings.
The Grassroots Project in Vietnam team has been conducting REDD+
capacity development activities at all stakeholder levels – national,
sub-national and grassroots.
During the reflection sessions of the trainings, participants shared the
need to make such events more dynamic by encouraging participants
to share their experiences and exchange their ideas more freely. It is
thus important to select participants who can enrich the learning
environment. A mix of participants from different demographic
groups can help to bring diversity to the exchange of experiences and
ideas. However, it was also observed that a few participants needed
further support in understanding the linkages between forests and
climate change; thus, more initiatives are needed to develop the
capacities of local level stakeholders on climate change and REDD+
in the Nepal.
“The training helped me realize my weaknesses in attitude and
facilitation skills. I was able to really practice those skills during
the field visit.” - Tran Quoc Tinh, an officer of Ha Tinh Center for
Vocational Training and Farmer Support, reflected on the ToT
program on Facilitation of Community Participation in Forestry held
in Hue Province.
A ToT, titled“Facilitation of community participation in forestry,” was
held in Thua Thien Hue province in August. The participants worked
on applying participatory methods and facilitation skills, and also
had the opportunity to work with local communities during a field
visit. At sub-national and grassroots levels, a series of needs based
training programs were organized in four target provinces. One of
these trainings, a two-day training in Bac Kan, focused on climate
change, REDD+ and social safeguards in the context of sustainable
forest management; in Ha Tinh province, a series of four grassroots
level trainings focused on basic knowledge of climate change and
REDD+ for commune staff and local communities.
“I used to think that participating in Community Forest User Group
meetings and forest management activities was only the role of my
father. Now I have realized my role as a change agent to involve
the youth; particularly females, in promoting sustainable forest
management” - Srijana Wosti, a young participant of the training
in Nuwakot
“Following the training on climate change and REDD+ organized by
HIMAWANTI and RECOFTC, I shared the new knowledge and skills
I gained with practitioners in my district. This training also provided
an opportunity to share what I learned with individuals who are
working in forest management.” - Kamal Kumar BK, A RECOFTC
training alumnus and facilitator for the HIMAWANTI training.
Villager members of the Son Tho commune in Ha Tinh province discuss the role of
forests in addressing the impacts of climate change.
Group discussion on the key issues of forest management in the local context.
Participants illustrate their understanding of REDD+
Project news
l
Dr. Tint Lwin Thaung, Executive Director of RECOFTC – The
Center for People and Forests, made a courtesy visit to Norad
headquarters in Oslo, Norway in 12 September 2014. He
shared the key achievements, impacts and ways forward for the
Project. Norad expressed special interest in the key results and
impacts of the capacity development activities in the Project’s
focal countries.
Grassroots team perspectives
Redd+ development kicks off in
Myanmar
Contributed by Khin Meo Kyi, National project coordinator,
Grassroots Capacity Building in REDD+ Project in Asia, Myanmar.
Because REDD+ is a new approach in Myanmar, the Forest Department
is strengthening its staff’s technical knowledge and enhancing the
local peoples’ participation through different motivational programs,
particularly in the pilot area of Taungoo.
The REDD+ roadmap for Myanmar, developed by the Forest
Department based on a series of national and sub-national
consultation workshops, asked the Grassroots Project to develop
the capacity of key stakeholders on climate change and REDD+. In
response, the Grassroots Project partnered with Wildlife Conservation
l
The regional project coordinator, Dr. Chandra Shekhar Silori,
attended the ASEAN Regional Knowledge Network on Forest
and Climate Change (ARKN-FCC) Pre-COP (Conference of
Parties) meeting on 4 September 2014. The focus of the meeting
was on building the capacity of the regional negotiators from
ASEAN countries on developing REDD+ Safeguards Information
System (SIS). Based on this meeting, Dr. Silori, published a blog
post, highlighting the need for capacity development of the
negotiators on REDD+ safeguards. The blog is available at
this link: http://recoftc.wordpress.com/2014/09/26/effectivesafeguard-information-systems-for-redd-in-asean-countriesstill-a-challenge/
Society (WCS) and Friends of Wildlife (FoW),and has regular
consultation meetings with the Forest Department. As a result of
these partnerships and the capacity development approach of the
Project, WCS has delivered a series of sub-national and grassroots
level capacity development and awareness raising events in Sagain
region in northern Myanmar, while FoW has been supporting project
activities in Bago division in south-Central Myanmar.
While the Project allowed the partner organizations to build their own
capacities on a relatively new topic, the Project team has encountered
a number of challenges in implementing training and awareness
raising events. The team had limited access to the project areas,
particularly Sagain region, and the low capacity of the grassroots
stakeholders and local level government officials on climate change
and REDD+ made it more challenging to communicate effectively
with the target stakeholders about the topics.
As a result, the project has produced simple products such as
posters, fliers and brief question and answer handbooks to help the
grassroots stakeholders understand the basic concept of climate
change, its causes and impacts and the role that forests play in
mitigating the impacts of climate change. These products have
been produced by engaging a consortium of local organizations and
the Forest Department. A training manual on REDD+ in Myanmar
language is currently under development in partnership with UNDP.
A series of activities are lined up in Myanmar in the coming months.
Besides refreshing the knowledge of the participants, the focus of
the Project is on strengthening the capacity of target stakeholders
on REDD+ safeguards and documenting key concerns and issues
of grassroots stakeholders, and sharing them widely among the
policy makers and other key stakeholders. Thus the Project is closely
aligning all activities with the REDD+ roadmap for Myanmar.
Featured publications
During the past few months, Grassroots Project produced the following key publications:
Gender in REDD+ question and
answer handbook, in Nepali
The handbook is for local facilitators to
answer their frequently raised questions
on gender mainstreaming in climate
change and REDD+ related training and
capacity development. The Vietnamese
and Lao languages of the handbook
were released earlier this year. The
Nepali version is available at this link
http://www.recoftc.org/project/
grassroots-capacity-building-redd/qand/gender-redd-qa-handbook
Free prior and informed consent
(FPIC) in REDD+ Question and
Answer handbook, in Nepali
This question and answer handbook
on FPIC in the context of REDD+ was
developed to support local trainers
and facilitators who are engaged in
delivering REDD+ training and capacity
development, and who have a basic
understanding of these subjects. The
handbook is available at this link - http://
www.recoftc.org/project/grassrootscapacity-building-redd/q-and/freeprior-and-informed-consent-redd-qahandbook
Climate change, forests and you
handbook in Myanmar language
This handbook provides simple
explanations about the basic concepts
of climate change, the role of forests,
REDD+ and the roles of community
in addressing to climate change. This
handbook has been popular among the
other focal countries and reprinted; it
provides precise information and is easy
to understand, helping local facilitators
to communicate about climate change,
REDD+ and the roles of forests to
grassroots stakeholders. The handbook
is also available in Bahasa Indonesia, Lao, Vietnamese and Nepali
languages. The Myanmar language version is available at this link http://www.recoftc.org/project/grassroots-capacity-building-redd/qand/climate-change-forests-and-you-qa-handbook
Posters on climate change and REDD+ in Myanmar language
This set of posters includes six posters on different topics covering
climate change and REDD+. They provide visual explanations and
information on greenhouse gas emissions, the impacts of climate
change, sources of carbon dioxide emissions in Myanmar, forests as
carbon sinks, the benefits of REDD+ for the country and potential of
REDD+ in the community. Please visit this set of posters through the
link - http://www.recoftc.org/project/grassroots-capacity-buildingredd/posters/posters-climate-change-and-redd
Policy brief on project lessons
learned in Nepal (English)
Project implementation in Nepal has
quickly expanded resulting in greater
progress compared to other focal
countries. REDD+ capacity development
at all levels of stakeholders has been
completed and now the Nepal project
team and partner organizations have
brought up the grassroots concerns
and voices to the policy level. This policy
brief outlines the achievements and
lessons learned throughout the Project
cycle and is available at this link - http://
www.recoftc.org/project/grassroots-capacity-building-redd/policybriefs/grassroots-redd-approaches-and-key-lessons-nepal
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Issue 4: October 2014
REDD+
Grassroots
Newsletter
Grassroots Capacity Building for Redd+
Training and Capacity Building of Forest Sector Grassroots Stakeholders for
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Asia
Project updates from country teams and partners
IndonesIa
The Grassroots Project in Indonesia finalized the action plans with its
partner organizations; the plans predominantly focus on curriculum
development and grassroots level consultations.
The project plans to organize a workshop to develop a REDD+
curriculum, in collaboration with the Centre for Forestry Education
and Training (CFET), in an effort to mainstream REDD+ into CFET’s
training programs. In addition, the project will be organizing
grassroots level consultations in South Sulawesi, East Java, Central
Kalimantan, Sumatra and Papua. Forum Komunikasi Kehutanan
Masyarakat (FKKM) will lead these consultation events, as well as
document key issues and concerns of grassroots stakeholders on
climate change and REDD+. These key issues and concerns will then
be shared at the national level with key stakeholders, particularly
policy makers.
Lao PdR
In August, The Lao PDR team organized two trainings. The first, titled
“Empowering women’s roles in promoting a better understanding
on climate change and REDD+”, was organized in partnership with
the Department of Forestry (DoF) and held in Vientiane. Over half of
the participants of the training were members of the Lao Women’s
Union of DoF.
The second training, titled “Social and environmental safeguards of
REDD+, was a refresher training of trainers program (ToT), which
was conducted in partnership with the Faculty of Forestry at the
National University, and held in Vang Vieng. The ToT was attended
by 25 participants from different departments under the Ministry
Participants discuss the roles of women in climate change and REDD+ related
issues and the need for empowering women in this context.
of Agricultural and Forestry and the Ministry of National Resources
and Environment, as well as representatives of CSOs, consulting
companies and the private sector participants. The three-day training
provided an update on the progress of REDD+ development in Lao
PDR, with a particular focus on environmental and social safeguards
in REDD+, including the concept of Free, Prior and Informed Consent,
and Gender Equity. A variety of training techniques were used to
promote the learning process of participants, such as world café
sharing, role play and games. The highlight of the training was on
the last day, when the participants took part in a debate on REDD+
benefits and challenges.
The trainings covered basic knowledge of climate change and
REDD+, the roles of men and women in addressing climate change
and a participatory approach in promoting knowledge for grassroots
stakeholders. At the end of the training programs participants
developed action plans and identified activities to promote the
importance of gender mainstreaming in REDD+ and among the
grassroots stakeholders through participatory learning processes.
“I have gained a better understanding on the roles of women
contributing in CC and REDD+ and learned techniques to engage
women in a sharing and learning process. I have an intention to share
this knowledge to other women members through the meeting of
the Lao Women Union of Department of Forestry (DoF), if I have
chance”. - Lomkham Seng Chanoudom, Head Office of Forestry and
Forest Resource Development Fund, DoF.
MyanMaR
Friends of Wildlife (FoW), one of the Grassroots Project’s partner
organizations in Myanmar, organized a four-day sub-national
level ToT in June, held in the Oak Twin township of Taungoo
district. Twenty Five participants representing various government
departments, including the forest, agricultural, fisheries, mining
and education departments of Yatashe and Oak Twin townships
attended the training, and were joined by the field staff of FoW and
representatives of local NGOs and CSOs.
The trainings’ focused on raising awareness on climate change
and REDD+, and a key focus was on building the facilitation skills
of participants, especially in promoting knowledge sharing on
climate change and REDD+ at the grassroots level. Along with the
opportunity to practice their newly learned facilitation skills, the
participants received a variety of training products developed in
Myanmar language, including manuals, flyers, posters and question
and answer handbooks were.
In August, the Grassroots Project in Myanmar delivered a national
level training program for a group of 15 journalists associated with
print and electronic media. A second training program followed for
forestry practitioners, focusing on gender mainstreaming in REDD+
and forestry.
“Women are customarily deemed to work indoors while men are
supposed to toil outside. Accordingly, the capabilities of men and
women differ depending on the information at hand and the
opportunity they can access outside [the home]. We need start
changing these customs, and start developing women and men’s
capabilities equally.” - U Sein Day Li, Assistant Project Manager,
WCS – one of the participants in the gender mainstreaming training
program
Participants take on various stakeholder roles as an exercise in understanding Free,
Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) for REDD+ social safeguards.(
Participants arrange the steps for gender mainstreaming in a project cycle.
A debate between participants on the beneits and risks of REDD+ implementation.
Representatives of government agencies and NGOs participate in group discussions
during a learning event.
nePaL
VIetnaM
The focus of the Grassroots Project in Nepal has been on organizing
new trainings and the assimilation of the experiences in REDD+
capacity development. Two trainings focused on linkages between
REDD+ and sustainable forest management, and were organized by
HIMAWANTI and FECOFUN respectively. The objective of the trainings
was to promote knowledge exchange and sharing on experiences
of grassroots forestry stakeholders to improve the understanding
of the participants on social and environmental issues related to
REDD+. A combination of interactive methods was used, including
experience sharing, group discussion, visualization and interaction.
The training facilitators were former participants, which gave them
an opportunity to practice facilitation skills and build confidence as
facilitators. A total of 76 participants from four different districts
(Makwanpur, Sarlahi, Nuwakot and Lalitpur Districts) took part in
the two trainings.
The Grassroots Project in Vietnam team has been conducting REDD+
capacity development activities at all stakeholder levels – national,
sub-national and grassroots.
During the reflection sessions of the trainings, participants shared the
need to make such events more dynamic by encouraging participants
to share their experiences and exchange their ideas more freely. It is
thus important to select participants who can enrich the learning
environment. A mix of participants from different demographic
groups can help to bring diversity to the exchange of experiences and
ideas. However, it was also observed that a few participants needed
further support in understanding the linkages between forests and
climate change; thus, more initiatives are needed to develop the
capacities of local level stakeholders on climate change and REDD+
in the Nepal.
“The training helped me realize my weaknesses in attitude and
facilitation skills. I was able to really practice those skills during
the field visit.” - Tran Quoc Tinh, an officer of Ha Tinh Center for
Vocational Training and Farmer Support, reflected on the ToT
program on Facilitation of Community Participation in Forestry held
in Hue Province.
A ToT, titled“Facilitation of community participation in forestry,” was
held in Thua Thien Hue province in August. The participants worked
on applying participatory methods and facilitation skills, and also
had the opportunity to work with local communities during a field
visit. At sub-national and grassroots levels, a series of needs based
training programs were organized in four target provinces. One of
these trainings, a two-day training in Bac Kan, focused on climate
change, REDD+ and social safeguards in the context of sustainable
forest management; in Ha Tinh province, a series of four grassroots
level trainings focused on basic knowledge of climate change and
REDD+ for commune staff and local communities.
“I used to think that participating in Community Forest User Group
meetings and forest management activities was only the role of my
father. Now I have realized my role as a change agent to involve
the youth; particularly females, in promoting sustainable forest
management” - Srijana Wosti, a young participant of the training
in Nuwakot
“Following the training on climate change and REDD+ organized by
HIMAWANTI and RECOFTC, I shared the new knowledge and skills
I gained with practitioners in my district. This training also provided
an opportunity to share what I learned with individuals who are
working in forest management.” - Kamal Kumar BK, A RECOFTC
training alumnus and facilitator for the HIMAWANTI training.
Villager members of the Son Tho commune in Ha Tinh province discuss the role of
forests in addressing the impacts of climate change.
Group discussion on the key issues of forest management in the local context.
Participants illustrate their understanding of REDD+
Project news
l
Dr. Tint Lwin Thaung, Executive Director of RECOFTC – The
Center for People and Forests, made a courtesy visit to Norad
headquarters in Oslo, Norway in 12 September 2014. He
shared the key achievements, impacts and ways forward for the
Project. Norad expressed special interest in the key results and
impacts of the capacity development activities in the Project’s
focal countries.
Grassroots team perspectives
Redd+ development kicks off in
Myanmar
Contributed by Khin Meo Kyi, National project coordinator,
Grassroots Capacity Building in REDD+ Project in Asia, Myanmar.
Because REDD+ is a new approach in Myanmar, the Forest Department
is strengthening its staff’s technical knowledge and enhancing the
local peoples’ participation through different motivational programs,
particularly in the pilot area of Taungoo.
The REDD+ roadmap for Myanmar, developed by the Forest
Department based on a series of national and sub-national
consultation workshops, asked the Grassroots Project to develop
the capacity of key stakeholders on climate change and REDD+. In
response, the Grassroots Project partnered with Wildlife Conservation
l
The regional project coordinator, Dr. Chandra Shekhar Silori,
attended the ASEAN Regional Knowledge Network on Forest
and Climate Change (ARKN-FCC) Pre-COP (Conference of
Parties) meeting on 4 September 2014. The focus of the meeting
was on building the capacity of the regional negotiators from
ASEAN countries on developing REDD+ Safeguards Information
System (SIS). Based on this meeting, Dr. Silori, published a blog
post, highlighting the need for capacity development of the
negotiators on REDD+ safeguards. The blog is available at
this link: http://recoftc.wordpress.com/2014/09/26/effectivesafeguard-information-systems-for-redd-in-asean-countriesstill-a-challenge/
Society (WCS) and Friends of Wildlife (FoW),and has regular
consultation meetings with the Forest Department. As a result of
these partnerships and the capacity development approach of the
Project, WCS has delivered a series of sub-national and grassroots
level capacity development and awareness raising events in Sagain
region in northern Myanmar, while FoW has been supporting project
activities in Bago division in south-Central Myanmar.
While the Project allowed the partner organizations to build their own
capacities on a relatively new topic, the Project team has encountered
a number of challenges in implementing training and awareness
raising events. The team had limited access to the project areas,
particularly Sagain region, and the low capacity of the grassroots
stakeholders and local level government officials on climate change
and REDD+ made it more challenging to communicate effectively
with the target stakeholders about the topics.
As a result, the project has produced simple products such as
posters, fliers and brief question and answer handbooks to help the
grassroots stakeholders understand the basic concept of climate
change, its causes and impacts and the role that forests play in
mitigating the impacts of climate change. These products have
been produced by engaging a consortium of local organizations and
the Forest Department. A training manual on REDD+ in Myanmar
language is currently under development in partnership with UNDP.
A series of activities are lined up in Myanmar in the coming months.
Besides refreshing the knowledge of the participants, the focus of
the Project is on strengthening the capacity of target stakeholders
on REDD+ safeguards and documenting key concerns and issues
of grassroots stakeholders, and sharing them widely among the
policy makers and other key stakeholders. Thus the Project is closely
aligning all activities with the REDD+ roadmap for Myanmar.
Featured publications
During the past few months, Grassroots Project produced the following key publications:
Gender in REDD+ question and
answer handbook, in Nepali
The handbook is for local facilitators to
answer their frequently raised questions
on gender mainstreaming in climate
change and REDD+ related training and
capacity development. The Vietnamese
and Lao languages of the handbook
were released earlier this year. The
Nepali version is available at this link
http://www.recoftc.org/project/
grassroots-capacity-building-redd/qand/gender-redd-qa-handbook
Free prior and informed consent
(FPIC) in REDD+ Question and
Answer handbook, in Nepali
This question and answer handbook
on FPIC in the context of REDD+ was
developed to support local trainers
and facilitators who are engaged in
delivering REDD+ training and capacity
development, and who have a basic
understanding of these subjects. The
handbook is available at this link - http://
www.recoftc.org/project/grassrootscapacity-building-redd/q-and/freeprior-and-informed-consent-redd-qahandbook
Climate change, forests and you
handbook in Myanmar language
This handbook provides simple
explanations about the basic concepts
of climate change, the role of forests,
REDD+ and the roles of community
in addressing to climate change. This
handbook has been popular among the
other focal countries and reprinted; it
provides precise information and is easy
to understand, helping local facilitators
to communicate about climate change,
REDD+ and the roles of forests to
grassroots stakeholders. The handbook
is also available in Bahasa Indonesia, Lao, Vietnamese and Nepali
languages. The Myanmar language version is available at this link http://www.recoftc.org/project/grassroots-capacity-building-redd/qand/climate-change-forests-and-you-qa-handbook
Posters on climate change and REDD+ in Myanmar language
This set of posters includes six posters on different topics covering
climate change and REDD+. They provide visual explanations and
information on greenhouse gas emissions, the impacts of climate
change, sources of carbon dioxide emissions in Myanmar, forests as
carbon sinks, the benefits of REDD+ for the country and potential of
REDD+ in the community. Please visit this set of posters through the
link - http://www.recoftc.org/project/grassroots-capacity-buildingredd/posters/posters-climate-change-and-redd
Policy brief on project lessons
learned in Nepal (English)
Project implementation in Nepal has
quickly expanded resulting in greater
progress compared to other focal
countries. REDD+ capacity development
at all levels of stakeholders has been
completed and now the Nepal project
team and partner organizations have
brought up the grassroots concerns
and voices to the policy level. This policy
brief outlines the achievements and
lessons learned throughout the Project
cycle and is available at this link - http://
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Issue 4: October 2014