For those not particularly familar with “The Forest Investment Program” (FIP), this is a programme within the World Bank’s Strategic Climate Fund (a Trust Fund which is part of the World Bank’s Climate Investment Funds).
They have recently updated their website (which forms part of the climatefundsupdate.org website) in preparation for the Copenhagen COP meeting, and it is well worth a visit in my humble opinion.
http://www.climatefundsupdate.org/listing/forest-investment-program
Quoting directly from the Forestry Investment Program, its aim is to “mobilize significantly increased funds to reduce deforestation and forest degradation and to promote sustainable forest management”.
The Forest Investment Program will be a part of the Strategic Climate Fund (SCF) and the main purpose of the Forestry Investment Program is to help developing countries’ REDD-efforts (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries), via financing for reforms and investments, while taking into account opportunities to help them adapt to the impacts of climate change on forests and to assist in areas such as biodiversity conservation and rural livelihoods. The Forestry Investment Program will finance efforts to address the underlying causes of deforestation and forest degradation and to overcome barriers that have hindered past efforts to do so.
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