In this edition of the newsletter we give particular attention to the use of biomass for energy consumption. In Sub-Saharan Africa, 93 per cent of households in rural areas rely on wood-fuel as the primary energy source. SNV has developed an approach to better understand the wood-fuel value chain and to target interventions in ways that reduce forest degradation and alleviate poverty. We are also looking at how agricultural waste can be converted to energy production. In this edition we also outline the country-led safeguards approach – new guidelines shaping safeguards thinking and action which are gaining interest from many countries.

Many developing countries are currently grappling with the challenges of how to implement their national REDD+ strategies. Subnational-level planning – across provinces, states or districts, etc. - is emerging as the leading approach to operationalising national REDD+ programmes by catalysing sustainable productive landscapes.
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Country-led safeguards approach-new guidelines shaping safeguards thinking and action

Last month saw the launch of the New York Declaration on Forests, which committed progressive governments, industry and civil society to halve the loss of natural forests by 2020 and strive to end it by 2030.

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