Asia REDD Working Group (ARWG)
In January 2013, CFI hosted the 3rd annual ARWG meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia. The focus of this meeting was a discussion of community-based payments for ecosystem services (PES) including REDD carbon offset credits. The meeting was well-received and included ARWG members from India, Nepal, Indonesia, the Philippines, and resource people from the U.K., Sweden, Germany, and the U.S.A.
In February 2012, CFI hosted the second ARWG meeting in Kathmandu, Nepal in collaboration with RUPATARAN with funding from the Ford Foundation and DFID, India. The invitees for the second meeting came from Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, the Philippines and representatives from the UK, France, Japan, Germany, and the USA.
In January 2011, CFI hosted the first ARWG meeting in New Delhi, India in collaboration with TERI with funding from the Ford Foundation and DFID, India. The invitees for the first meeting came from Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, the Philippines and representatives from the UK and the USA.