Reuters: A U.N. programme aimed at protecting Panama’s forests has been reopened after it was suspended earlier this year due to disagreement between indigenous forest communities and the Central American nation’s government over how the scheme was being managed.
This week the policy board of the United Nations’ Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (UN-REDD) Programme said progress had been made towards resolving the conflict in Panama. It approved an extension of its national initiative,…