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Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)

Analysis on reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD)

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Decision support tool: Integrated REDD+ accounting frameworks: nested national approaches
Lowering Emissions in Asia's Forests, 2013
Carbon accounting and incentive allocation frameworks are a central component of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) and in structuring these frameworks, decisions need to be made over how to reach REDD+ obje...
Forests and climate change after Doha: an Asia-Pacific perspective
The Centre for People and Forests, 2013
Since 2010 the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and have brought together regional experts to reflect on the outcomes of the 15th, 16th and 17th Conference o...
Tenure of indigenous peoples territories and REDD+ as a forestry management incentive: the case of Mesoamerican countries
The UN-REDD Programme and Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, 2012
Programmes to reduce emissions from deforestation and ecosystem degradation, including REDD+ and Payment for Environmental Services (PES), could represent an opportunity to strengthen processes of conservation, sustainable usage and p...
Protecting carbon to destroy forests: land enclosures and REDD+
Transnational Institute, 2013
This paper argues that REDD+ will not stop forest destruction developing countries and the underlying causes of deforestation remain untouched. The paper suggests that because REDD+ is embedded in the logic that environmental destruct...
Study reviewing the comprehensiveness of REDD+ readiness proposals
L. Goers Williams / World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2013
The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Readiness Fund and the United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (UN-REDD) are supporting capacity building efforts in preparation fro...
Carbon stocks of tropical coastal wetlands within the karstic landscape of the Mexican Caribbean
M. F. Adame; J. B. Kauffman; I. Medina / PLoS ONE, 2013
As one of the most carbon (C) rich ecosystems in the world, the conservation and restoration of tropical wetlands represent a priority for climate change mitigation. Deforestation, agri/aqua culture conversion, pollution and coastal d...
Institutional framework for implementing REDD+ in India
R. Sud / Ministry of Environment and Forests, India, 2013
India has 78.29 million hectare under forest and tree cover (Forest Survey of India, 2011) which is 23.81 per cent of the total geographical area of the country. However, the country’s forests are facing immense pressure due to u...
Governing the forests: an institutional analysis of REDD+ and community forest management in Asia
J. Puppim de Oliveira; T. Cadman; H. Ok Ma / International Tropical Timber Organization, 2013
This report examines the history, structure and monitoring mechanisms of REDD+ to better understand how it impacts upon, and interacts with, Community Forest Management (CFM). It presents case studies of CFM and REDD+ governance from ...
Economics of forest and forest carbon projects: translating lessons learned into national REDD+ implementation
M. Z. Romero / UNEP Risø Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development, 2013
This report draws lessons on finance options and barriers related to project activities from the forest sector. It investigates the economics of implementing forest and REDD+ projects through a number of case studies from Africa, Lati...
REDD+ related risks, opportunities and safeguards for biodiversity conservation: a survey of issues and options in Lao PDR and Ecuador
L. Schmidt / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, 2012
REDD+ aims to create incentives for developing countries to reduce emissions through the protection and better management of forests. However, despite of generating multiple co-benefits for nature and people, there have been concerns ...
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