29 November 2011: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced a three-year intervention to rehabilitate the Northern Mau Forest in Kenya. The EU-funded project is expected to restore of water catchments, establish payments for environmental services, improve the livelihoods of local communities, and monitor carbon storage in the Mau Forest.
28 November 2011: INTERPOL, the World Bank and partners launched Project Predator, a worldwide enforcement initiative to protect tigers in the wild. The Project will call for countries to establish National Tiger Crime Task Forces, which it hopes will encourage the use of modern, intelligence-led enforcement practices for tiger conservation.
23 November 2011: The November issue of the UN-REDD Newsletter highlights a number of recent activities and reports related to REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, as well as conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of carbon stocks), and outlines UN-REDD's planned activities at the Durban Climate Conference.
21 November 2011: Delegates from the four Andean Community (CAN) countries approved a work plan for a key element of the Community's biodiversity program, BioCAN. Approved at the second session of the technical committee for the Amazon Regional Information Platform (PIRAA), the work plan for the Platform and its national nodes calls for actions and mechanisms to improve the exchange of information on biodiversity and the environment in the Amazonian regions of the four countries.
17 November 2011: A technical assistance mission was undertaken in Rabat, Morocco, and the area of Saïdia, on the Ramsar Site “Embouchure de la Moulouya." It addressed concerns regarding the development of tourist facilities in the vicinity, which supports avifauna and high levels of biodiversity.
The purpose of this Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) workshop is to address various issues that countries in the region may have encountered or will encounter while updating their national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs), with a focus on target setting, stakeholder engagement and the development of country-specific plans for mobilizing financial resources for the implementation of NBSAPs. In addition, the workshop will focus specifically on the economics of ecosystems and biodiversity as an important tool for biodiversity mainstreaming.
21 November 2011: The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) launched, on the occasion of its 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 10), a publication titled "Living Planet: Connected Planet - Preventing the End of the World's Wildlife Migrations through Ecological Networks."
17 November 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) has released the report of the Seventh European Regional Meeting, which addressed major themes influencing management and use of water-related ecosystems in the coming years.
17 November 2011: Speaking at a news conference in Indonesia, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon stated that, while REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, as well as conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of carbon stocks) is a win-win-win situation for local communities, Indonesia and the world, it is no substitute for deep greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions in developed countries.
16 November 2011: The number of signatories to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has reached 67, following signatures by Argentina, Benin and Djibouti. In addition, Gabon recently became the first country to ratify the Protocol.
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