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Third Informal Consultation on Financial Support for Biennial Transparency Reports

The Global Environment Facility organized this third consultation meeting to receive informal feedback to help identify and assess any necessary adjustments to the current operational guidelines and costing related to the support for biennial transparency report (BTR) preparation, in light of the guidance received at CMA.3. Participants included government representatives, members from the Consultative Group of Experts (CGE), the UNFCCC Secretariat, and relevant GEF implementing agencies.

Good Practice Brief: Enhancing Engagement of Private Sector and Local Communities on Peatland Management

Indonesia has approximately 25 million hectares of peatlands, which provide unique ecosystem services and a source of livelihood to rural populations. Peatlands in Indonesia store an estimated 46 gigatons of carbon equivalent to approximately 8-14 percent of all global soil carbon. Despite the local and global importance of these ecosystems, they face a growing number of threats, including logging; agricultural conversion by smallholder farmers and large private sector plantations; fires; and drainage of peatlands.