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Sahel RESILAND: Scaling-up sustainable solutions for dryland forests
Dryland forests in the Sahel are remarkable ecosystems that embody resilience and adaptability. Stretching across the arid landscape, iconic tree species such as Acacia, Baobab, and Shea trees stand as symbols of endurance, providing vital resources like food, medicine, and shade for both communities and livestock. These tenacious forests are not only lifelines for biodiversity but also cornerstones of local livelihoods.
Continue readingForests For Us: Dominica Harnesses Nature for Climate Resilience and Economic DevelopmentIndia incorporates green bonds into its climate finance strategy
The forest is for us… It is what we have. It helps us maintain our livelihoods.
Her Excellency Sylvanie Burton
President of the Commonwealth of Dominica
Continue readingeC2: Support Services Piloting of Forest Tenure Assessment Tool in Zambia, Myanmar, and DRC
Deadline: 20-Jun-2019 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The services to be provided under this contract include technical support the World 
Bank to implement the second phase of the program on Securing Forest Tenure Rights for Rural Development (SFT). The overall objective of this phase is to test and refine a forest tenure assessment toll and its methodologies to make it practical, adaptable to different contexts, and demonstrate it can achieve traction in policy discussions. Phase 2 will be implemented as a step-wise collaborative process, in close coordination with country task teams and local consultants, supported by a SFT central task team.
eC2: Capacity Building Program for Community Forestry Management
Deadline: 19-Nov-2018 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
The objective of this consultancy is to design and implement a capacity building program
for community forestry that will benefit the implementation of the ASL projects in Brazil, Peru and Colombia. The process should involve a comprehensive study tour that will provide an opportunity for the participants to learn from successful cases and receive technical knowledge. Considering similarities with the conditions of the ASL projects, it is suggested that the study tour considers learning from the community management experiences In the Guatemala Maya Biosphere Reserve. Due to previous engagement in forest community, working with the Association of Forest Communities of Peten (ACOFOP) and the NGO PRIMSA would be required.
The capacity building program should also encourage the establishment of a community of learners among the beneficiaries, offering them with tools to become trainers of peers in their own countries and within their projects. The program shall also result in a set of guidelines to allow scaling up for other participants, exchanges and topics.
Addressing Climate Change: Why Forests Matter?
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Over 100 countries included actions related to land-use change and forests in their nationally determined contributions to fight climate change
- The World Bank is supporting countries in their efforts to harness the potential of forests to reduce poverty, better integrate forests into their economies, and protect and strengthen the environmental role they play
- Forest-focused initiatives in China, Mexico and Mozambique are showing positive results, but more is needed to accelerate climate action and deliver on the Paris Agreement
Forests: Stabilizing Climate and Supporting Development
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Over 100 countries included actions related to land-use change and forests in their nationally determined contributions to fight climate change
- Investing in forests has the potential to reduce poverty, drive sustainable development and provide vital local and global environmental services
- The World Bank Group supports forest initiatives in Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Mozambique that can help these countries meet their climate and development goals
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