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REDD+ hits the ground: lessons learned from Tanzania's REDD+ pilot projects
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2016Tanzania launched a series of REDD+ pilot projects in 2009 with the goal of testing approaches to reducing deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). These projects, funded by the government of Norway experimented with a range of different approaches to protect forests, while supporting livelihoods and local economic development.DocumentProtected area governance, carbon offset forestry, and environmental (in)justice at Mount Elgon, Uganda
University of East Anglia, 2015At Mount Elgon National Park in Uganda, local conservation authorities assert that a variety of benefit sharing schemes mitigate the negative consequences of exclusionary forest conservation and carbon sequestration for nearby communities.DocumentLocal biomass burning is a dominant cause of the observed precipitation reduction in southern Africa
Nature Communications, 2016Observations indicate a precipitation decline over large parts of southern Africa since the 1950s. Concurrently, atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases and aerosols have increased due to anthropogenic activities.DocumentLocal content in the Tanzanian mining sector
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2016This brief examines the factors that have influenced local content in the Tanzanian mining sector, and some of the challenges and successes of local content initiatives in mining. Local content has gradually gained momentum over the last ten years, both among government bodies, companies, and civil society organizations.DocumentReal-time evaluation of Norway's international climate and forest initiative. Literature review and programme theory.
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2016The report presents findings of a baseline for a new wave of real time evaluation of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI). Two separate but closely connected studies have been conducted following an extensive literature review, workshops, and interviews.DocumentHuman rights and resource conflicts in the Amazon
Rainforest Foundation Norway, 2015The Amazon comprises the largest tract of tropical rainforest in the world. Numerous indigenous peoples have traditionally inhabited this region, and 25 percent of its total land area is formally recognised as indigenous territories. Such territories are an effective means of protecting the forest.DocumentManagement Regimes established for REDD+ and their Adaptability to the Institutional and Ecological Conditions: A case of Ongo Community Forest, Masindi District, Uganda
Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2015This report is one of the outputs of theproject “Man and forests – an evaluation of management strategies for reduced deforestation” which aimed at evaluating the different management strategies undertaken to obtain reduced deforestation in tropical forests and hence maintainDocumentWork in progress: how the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its partners see and do engagement with crisis-affected populations
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2015This mapping aims to take stock of how engagement with crisis-affected populations has been understood, implemented, and thought of by the organisations funded by Norway between 2010 and 2014. The focus is on the organisations that receive most of Norway’s humanitarian- and natural disaster-related funding.DocumentMid-term review of the Oil for Development (OfD) Programme in Tanzania
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2015