The Department of Forestry and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, supported in their efforts by the UN-REDD programme, are making rapid progress towards ensuring that Viet Nam is “REDD-ready”.
Tanzania is moving swiftly on REDD. The government of the United Republic of Tanzania, through the Vice President’s Office and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, has established a National REDD Task Force that will administer the process of developing a National Strategy for REDD.
Working closely with Indigenous Peoples and Civil Society Organizations as well as academia, the Secretariat of the Environment and INFONA (National Forestry Institute) are leading the activities on REDD in Paraguay
An early leader on the topic of REDD, Papua New Guinea is advancing towards readiness. The Office of Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability, under the Prime Minister’s office, leads on the issues.
The increasing pressures on natural resources in Panama, in particular forests resources, is the reason an incentive-based approach to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD – as considered under the Bali Action Plan) is urgently needed.
Indonesia has moved progressively on REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation). In mid 2007, under the guidance of the Ministry of Forestry, a multi-stakeholder forum named the Indonesian Forest and Carbon Alliance was established.
With forests covering 58.9 % of land area, the DRC is home to the second largest tropical rainforest in the world and making rapid and sensible progress towards readiness. The “Coordination Nationale” (National Coordination) was recently established to pilot the REDD Process in the DRC.
Bolivia is a country with an important extension of forest land, as approximately 50% of its territory is covered by forests. Bolivia is also vulnerable to climate change.
