An International Seminar on Participatory Monitoring for the Management of Biodiversity and Natural Resources was held on 22-26 September 2014 in Manaus, Brazil, hosted by the Brazilian Government. There were 240 participants from 17 countries. The Seminar included the first meeting of the Participatory Monitoring and Management Partnership - PMMP, and an international exchange of experience on emerging themes within local involvement in monitoring and seeked technical and po

Nordeco and University of Copenhagen returned to Batu Majang in East Kalimantan in August 2014. Eleven local Dayaks were measuring and naming the same trees several times in some of the plots established in 2012 during the I-REDD+ project. The results of this experiment will improve our understanding of how local communities best can participate in carbon monitoring for REDD+.