Deadline passes for gov’t website on REDD+, LCDS funding

Government is yet to establish the dedicated website to show pledges of funding and disbursements of money for REDD+ and Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) projects despite committing to do this by the end of last month.

Under a forests saving agreement with Norway, the government committed to establishing the website “by the end of April 2011” to facilitate transparency. Political parties and civil society members have consistently highlighted corruption fears in spending money