The CCMIN was established by AIPP, together with its partner-organizations, as a channel for informational dissemination and exchange at the local, national, national and regional levels on climate change issues relating to indigenous peoples. Through this monitoring and information network, AIPP hopes facilitate greater sharing and access to information and to contribute to awareness- raising and generating more attention to the particular issues of indigenous peoples on climate change. Especial attention shall be on the Reducing Emission from De-forestation and Degradation (REDD) as a mitigation measure against global warming.
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The UN-REDD Programme welcomes five new countries
Argentina, Cambodia, Ecuador, Nepal and Sri Lanka join the UN-REDD Programme, Denmark becomes a new donor and Panama gets approval of its UN-REDD national programme. The UN-REDD Programme’s third Policy Board welcomed five new countries. Argentina, Cambodia, Ecuador, Nepal and Sri Lanka are the first to officially request to participate in the UN-REDD Programme, in addition to the initial nine member countries. Nearly 20 countries have expressed interest and more are expected to join.
Read MoreIndigenous people get ‘20%’ REDD money
At least 20 percent of revenue from the forest carbon scheme should be transferred to indigenous people who play crucial roles in protecting the forest to avoid emission leakages, a minister said.
Read MoreSenior UN climate change official calls for united global action to forge rapid accord
The failure of last month’s United Nations summit in Copenhagen to agree on ambitious and immediate global action to combat climate change means that the task has become more, not less urgent, a senior UN official said in an opinion piece published today.
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Upcoming Events
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Regional Training of Trainers (ToT)5 – 9 February, 2010 Wangtarn Resort Doisaket, Chiang Mai, Thailand For More Information |
‘Climate change will devastate our lives!’ says Santa, the monks and Chiang Mai residentsChiang Mai, Thailand - All the way from Copenhagen, Santa from the north joins Buddhist monks from the south with the people of Chiang Mai for a bicycle rally on December 9, 2009, delivering not toys, but the people’s messages and demands for climate justice, particularly lesser greenhouse gas emissions and accountability from first world countries. See The Flyer |
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Updates
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ReportIndigenous event and activities on the ninth session of the AWG-KP and seventh Session of AWG-LCA. |
REDD FOREST AGREEMENT HITS NEW LOW, MISSING BASIC ELEMENTSNo Monitoring, No Protection of Natural Forests Means Continued Forest Emissions |
