Egypt, November 6–18, 2022

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European Union announces EUR 25.5 M investment in Mesoamerica’s Five Great Forests

WCS Brasil and State of Amazonas Agree to Pilot Program Paying Stewards of High Integrity Tropical Forests

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At CoP27, WCS convened an esteemed panel of REDD+ government leaders from Cambodia, Uganda, and Tanzania to discuss the challenges, opportunities, and immediate actions needed for accelerating the transition to large-scale national REDD+ action. Learn more about WCS's REDD+ strategy at reddpositive.org

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Guyana is one of the most forested countries in the world, with around 85% of the country covered by vast expanses of high integrity or intact forests. With deforestation rates among the lowest in the world, Guyana is one of a small number of High Forest Low Deforestation (HFLD) countries in the tropics. Since 2009, Guyana has committed to maintaining its forests while pursuing a Low Carbon Development Strategy through incentives from REDD+. In 2022, Guyana is moving into the next stage of this strategy by becoming the first country in the world to generate jurisdictional REDD+ credits targeted primarily at global carbon markets. These HFLD credits are certified through the ART TREES standard and mark the culmination of over a decade of collaborative efforts both domestically and internationally to build a robust, high-integrity national REDD+ system. This event will feature the science, policy, and communities of stakeholders that are making Guyana a model of successful REDD+ implementation.

At UNFCCC COP26, a group of 144 countries pledged to work collectively to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030. One principal pathway for forest countries to contribute to this pledge is through the operationalization of large-scale, high quality REDD+ programs. Although over 45 countries have participated in REDD+ readiness activities, most continue to face significant barriers in building programs that can access global carbon markets. This event will discuss the challenges, opportunities, and immediate actions needed for accelerating the transition to large-scale national REDD+ action.

Conserving high integrity forests is critical to the Paris goals and the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests. Leading researchers will share the latest scientific developments.

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