Policies, players and issues across the region.

Building REDD+ Policy Capacity for Developing Country Negotiators and Land Managers Phase III: Lessons learned

May, 2012. Scott McFatridge Jessica Boyle Deborah Murphy Florence Bernard. Expert Meeting and REDD Project Field Visit April 2–5, 2012. Meeting report and main messages. International Institute for Sustainable Development. 16 pages

Sustaining conservation values in selectively logged tropical forests: the attained and the attainable

May, 2012. Francis E. Putz, Pieter A. Zuidema, Timothy Synnott, Marielos Peña-Claros, Michelle A. Pinard, Douglas Sheil, Jerome K. Vanclay, Plinio Sist, Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury, Bronson Griscom, John Palmer, Roderick Zagt. Conservation Letters. Early View (Online Version of Record published before inclusion in an issue). 8 pages. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00242.x

Forest Peoples: Numbers Across the World

May, 2012. Sophie Chao. Forest Peoples Programme, United Kingdom. 24 pages

Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security

May, 2012. Committee on World Food Security (CFS). 34 pages

Myanmar: Overview of Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade

May, 2012. Kevin Woods and Kerstin Canby. Forest Trends for FLEGT Asia Regional Programme. 56 pages

Report of the Eighth Policy Board Meeting

May, 2012. UN-REDD Programme. Report of the Eighth Policy Board Meeting, 25-26 March 2012, Asunción, Paraguay. 29 pages

Defining REDD+ Success: Expert workshop on safeguard information systems and private sector engagement

May, 2012. International Institute for Sustainable Development. 4 pages

Peatlands – guidance for climate change mitigation by conservation, rehabilitation and sustainable use

May, 2012. Hans Joosten, Marja-Liisa Tapio-Biström & Susanna Tol (eds.). Mitigation of climate change in Agriculture Series 5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Wetland International. 96 pages

The UNFCCC after Durban: Recognizing limitations and calling for a multi-track approach to climate multilateralism and action Short guide to the UNFCCC process for negotiators

May, 2012. Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD). International law for people & the environment. 12 pages