Mr. Inge Harald Vognild, first Secretary of the Royal Norwegian Embassy (RNE), Nepal and Mr. Ivar T. Jorgensen, Senior Advisor, NORAD visited the REDD Cell on February 17, 2012. They were accompanied by Dr. Bhaskar Karki from ICIMOD and Mr. Bibek Chapagain from RNE, Nepal. Mr. Resham Dangi, Joint Secretary and Chief of REDD Cell
On February 8, 2012 the new Secretary for the Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation Mr. Naveen Kumar Ghimire visited the REDD Cell with high ranking officials for an official briefing. Mr. Resham Dangi, Joint Secretary and Chief of REDD Cell welcomed him on behalf of the REDD Cell and made a brief presentation on
REDD Forestry and Climate Change Cell of the Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation organized a workshop on Sharing the REDD Strategy framework in Nepalgunj on 18-19 Poush 2068 (January 2-3, 2012) with kind support of Regional Directors from the Mid Western and Far Western Regional Directorates of Forests. Objective of the workshop was to
REDD-forestry and Climate Change Cell and Biodiversity Sector Programme for Siwalik and Terai (BISEP-ST) are collaborating on REDD piloting at Banke Maraha Collaborative Forest of Mahottary District.
The main objective of this piloting is to support and develop the capacity of Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation/BISEP-ST and Collaborative Forest Management group; provide input for
REDD Cell, in collaboration with other stakeholders, has prepared Forest Carbon Measurement Guideline.The draft guideline is available for suggestions. REDD cell would like to request all concerned stakeholders for providing comemnts on the draft by January 10, 2011.
Nepal has sumbitted Readiness Preparation Proposal (R-PP) for Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation to the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) of the World Bank on 19th April 2010. We would like to request all the concerned stakeholders to provide valuable feedback and suggestions on the R-PP.
REDD working Group Meeting was held on 26th March 2010 to discuss varius issues and and to share the RPP development process of Nepal. All the membres of the group participated in the meeting.
REDD stakeholder consultation workshop was organised by the REDD cell on 28th March 2010. There were 24 partcipants participated in the workshop. They were from government organisations, NGOs/INGOs, university teachers and studenys, forestry related associations and civil society. The main objective of the workshop to share, discuss and finalise the component 1 and 2
A group of scientists and technical experts from IIC Technology, Hyderabad, India is delevering the presenataion on LiDAR and its current application and technicalities on the following venue, date and time. The presentation aims to share various technical aspects of LiDAR technology and its application especially in the Nepal’s topography and opportunities for REDD.
Venue: Hotel
REDD-Forestry and Climate Change is working to develop national REDD strategy Options for Nepal through service providers (FECOFUN and Practical Solution Consultancy Nepal). The service providers have completed three regional level consultation workshops in three different part of the country and have fixed the date for national level workshop for 17th February, 2010 at Training