Norway has created the political space needed to improve forest governance. This is one of the conclusions in a new evaluation of Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI).

Since 2008, Norway has contributed billions of NOK each year to measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation in developing countries, internationally known as REDD+.
While awareness and understanding of REDD+ has grown tremendously over the past seven years, it has largely been limited to the specialized groups of direct stakeholders. The evaluation team  recommend NICFI develop proactive, professional communication strategies for both REDD+ generally and NICFI itself, to meet core strategic goals of ensuring political support in donor nations for REDD+ funding and in forest nations for integrating REDD+ into development strategies.