WOCAN to participate in Katoomba Meeting XV in Accra

Over the past 15 years, West Africa has lost 1.4 million hectares (26%) of its ‘old growth' forest, leaving only about 1.5% of the area under primary forest cover.  The failure of more traditional policies, projects and strategies to slow down the degradation of the nation's natural resources has strengthened the interest in mechanisms such as payments for ecosystems services (PES) and environmental markets.  This is particularly relevant in areas of biodiversity conservation, carbon markets and avoided deforestation (REDD), sustainable agroforestry and marine and coastal ecosystems.

Join Forest Trends and other leading global PES experts to explore the potential and challenges of how to develop effective and equitable PES mechanisms in the region, including detailed analyses of the some key topics.