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akzente 1/158 IN BRIEF IN COMPARISON ONLINE FOREST MONITORING The Cen- tral American virtual environmental moni- toring system, through which forests can be monitored in detail, has gone online in El Salvador. Its tools include a map that uses satellite technology to analyse changes in forest cover and issue a warning. Different types of forest can be identified and their CO2 storage displayed. The monitoring system is part of a project to reduce emis- sions in Central America and the Domini- can Republic. GIZ is implementing the project on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. www.reddccadgiz.org/bancodedatos Health insurance Health insurance is by no means something that is a standard for everyone, as the figures on the left reveal. They show the proportion of the population insured against illness through a national, social, private or microinsurance health insurance policy. Source: World Social Protection Report 2014/15 Map of woods PHoto:iSTOCK(PAGE8rIGHT) 17% SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 37% ASIA (EXCLUDING CHINA) 99.7% WESTERN EUROPE Masters of tax reform COVETED QUALIFICATION They are already professionals with responsible positions in the tax authorities of their respective countries. Yet 27 experts from 13 African countries decided to return to school at the start of this semester. Their goal is to graduate as an Executive Master in Taxation from the new course of the same name. By studying in Germany and South Af- rica, the graduates will be enabled to help design necessary tax reforms. GIZ is coordinating the training course on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, in conjunction with the Berlin School of Economics and Law, and the African Tax Administration Forum. www.emtaxation.org