10 June 2014, IISD news - The UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing  Emissions from Deforestation (UN-REDD) released the second edition of its 2014  newsletter, highlighting the release of the updated database on emissions from  land use. The FAOSTAT database, developed by the Food and Agriculture  Organization of the UN (FAO), includes data on emissions from agriculture and  forestry as well as other sectors affecting land use.

The UN-REDD newsletter profiles the Participatory Governance Assessment (PGA)  process in Nigeria, one of the pilot countries for the approach, which is  intended to support the full and effective participation of stakeholders in  REDD+.

The bulletin also highlights a workshop for Asia and the Pacific that focused  on the importance of mainstreaming gender in REDD+; "active listening" in  Panama, meant to improve local stakeholder engagement in REDD+; and a  capacity building workshop in Sri Lanka that explored the utility of remote  sensing in REDD+ planning.

Also in Sri Lanka, the newsletter reports that a training on the  application of greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory tools based on the  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) guidelines was given. The  newsletter also features the launch of forest cover maps in Panama, the design  of a Safeguard Information System (SIS) in Costa Rica, a workshop on the rights  of indigenous peoples in Indonesia, and the completion of a national land use  assessment in Mongolia.

Finally, the newsletter announces the launch of a national report on forest  governance, land tenure and REDD+ in Kenya, a third in an analytic series.

Source: http://forests-l.iisd.org/news/newsletter-features-global-round-up-of-un-redd-activities/