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A successful reforestation technique, also applied in our Sodo community project in Ethiopia, is gaining further momentum. A new manual, helping projects, partners and communities using this innovative approach, has just been published here: https://fmnrhub.com.au/fmnr-manual. FMNR stands for Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration and is a low cost technique to restore degraded lands.  The method uses existing living root fragments of cut trees and makes them grow again. It is mainly used in desert and semi-desert areas in Africa. In the Sahel zone, millions of hectares of land have been restoring vegetation, thereby helping to stop desertification and re-green drylands. The manual... Read More

We are glad to announce that we will support the Government of Guatemala for the next two years to further develop the country’s REDD+ strategy. REDD stands for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, a programme promoted by the UN. Together with our partners GOPA and Sudaustral, we will assist to integrate Guatemala’s REDD+ strategy into other national policy and planning frameworks thus coordinating with ongoing initiatives by the Forest Investment Program (FIP) and the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) administered by both the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and World Bank.  The project is financed by the FCPF Readiness... Read More

Today, CO2OL has joined the Gold Standard Network Platform. The project of the international certification body uses a collaborative approach between companies, project developers, government agencies and NGOs to promote more ambitious steps for climate action and sustainable development. The network seeks to mobilise partnerships and drive new ideas that aim to achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement as well as the UN Sustainable Development Goals. For more information: https://www.goldstandard.org/get-involved/join-platform  

ClimateSeed, a platform for climate action, was officially launched today at the Global Social Business Summit organized by peace Nobel prize Prof. Yunus’ Grameen. We are glad to be a partner in this enterprise right from the start. ClimateSeed is powered by French bank BNP Paribas and aims at answering today’s sustainable development plus climate change issues. The platform is structured as a Social Business (following Prof. Yunus’ principles) to facilitate the distribution of climate action projects delivering carbon credits, while strongly contributing to the achievement of UN SDGs. The platform is underpinned by a solid post-trade infrastructure to give participants... Read More