News from fao.org about un-redd Source: EDF -- A five-day
conference in Puyo, Ecuador in November, “Climate Change and
Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon Basin” – hosted by COICA (the
coordinating body of all Amazonian indigenous organizations)
with support from the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Woods
Hole Research Center (WHRC) in the United States - brings
together eight indigenous leaders from four Amazonian countries,
representatives from the government of Ecuador, educators and
scientific experts to increase indigenous participation in
forest governance, particularly policies like REDD. Source:
CIFOR -- BOGOR, Indonesia (22 October 2012)_A climate mitigation
scheme aiming to protect the world’s forests must work through
local democratic institutions or risk leaving communities and
indigenous groups open to exploitation from powerful
international actors seeking access to the world’s shrinking
land and resources, say experts. Source: AlertNet -- Tackling
climate change can help accelerate economic an