Forestry
- DETERring deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: environmental monitoring and law enforcement
- J. Assunção; C. Gandour; R. Rocha / Climate Policy Initiative, 2013
- This study asks: which specific policy efforts contributed most to the reduction in Amazon deforestation? The paper, which evaluates the impact of monitoring on deforestation, focuses on DETER, a satellite-based system for real-time d...
- Assessment of REDD+ training needs and supply in six countries in the Africa and Asia-Pacific Regions
- Conservation International, 2013
- REDD+ capacity building is fundamental to achieving REDD+ readiness. There is little data, however, that describe the type of capacity building and the number of people that are reached with these initiatives in REDD+ countries. The l...
- Bringing people back into protected forests in developing countries: insights from co-management in Malawi
- L. Zulu / Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2013
- Focusing on Malawi, this study examines struggles to bring people back into protected forests to enhance sustainable forest management and livelihoods using insights emerging from a co-management project in Malawi. It uses mixed socia...
- Land tenure and fast-tracking REDD+: time to reframe the debate?
- A. Bolin; L. Lawrence; M. Leggett / Global Canopy Programme, 2013
- This paper argues that legal reform of land tenure will not take place fast enough to enable developing countries to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation through REDD+. It highlights that a global agreemen...
- Scientific literature review on the roles of forests and trees in social vulnerability to climate change
- E. Pramova; B. Locatelli; H. Djoudi; O. A. Somorin / Center for International Forestry Research, 2012
- Ecosystems provide crucial services to help people adapt to climate change. In conducting a review of the scientific literature, this paper shows how ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation can reduce social vulnerability to climate ...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- Gender Mainstreaming Strategy and Checklist for Climate Change Mitigation / REDD+ program
- K. Giri (ed) / Lowering Emissions in Asia's Forests, 2012
- Women and men, owning to their gendered responsibilities, possess unique knowledge sets about forest resources. This knowledge can be applied to achieving successful sustainable forest management. Accrediting this unique knowledge pro...
- Framework for the design and implementation of national REDD+ safeguard systems
- F. Daviet; G. Larsen / World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2012
- This report provides a framework for the national implementation of REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) safeguards. These safeguards are needed to ensure effective implementation of REDD+ so that it do...
- DETERring deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: environmental monitoring and law enforcement
- J. Assunção; C. Gandour; R. Rocha / Climate Policy Initiative, 2013
- This study asks: which specific policy efforts contributed most to the reduction in Amazon deforestation? The paper, which evaluates the impact of monitoring on deforestation, focuses on DETER, a satellite-based system for real-time d...
- Assessment of REDD+ training needs and supply in six countries in the Africa and Asia-Pacific Regions
- Conservation International, 2013
- REDD+ capacity building is fundamental to achieving REDD+ readiness. There is little data, however, that describe the type of capacity building and the number of people that are reached with these initiatives in REDD+ countries. The l...
- Bringing people back into protected forests in developing countries: insights from co-management in Malawi
- L. Zulu / Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2013
- Focusing on Malawi, this study examines struggles to bring people back into protected forests to enhance sustainable forest management and livelihoods using insights emerging from a co-management project in Malawi. It uses mixed socia...
- Land tenure and fast-tracking REDD+: time to reframe the debate?
- A. Bolin; L. Lawrence; M. Leggett / Global Canopy Programme, 2013
- This paper argues that legal reform of land tenure will not take place fast enough to enable developing countries to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation through REDD+. It highlights that a global agreemen...
- Scientific literature review on the roles of forests and trees in social vulnerability to climate change
- E. Pramova; B. Locatelli; H. Djoudi; O. A. Somorin / Center for International Forestry Research, 2012
- Ecosystems provide crucial services to help people adapt to climate change. In conducting a review of the scientific literature, this paper shows how ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation can reduce social vulnerability to climate ...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- Gender Mainstreaming Strategy and Checklist for Climate Change Mitigation / REDD+ program
- K. Giri (ed) / Lowering Emissions in Asia's Forests, 2012
- Women and men, owning to their gendered responsibilities, possess unique knowledge sets about forest resources. This knowledge can be applied to achieving successful sustainable forest management. Accrediting this unique knowledge pro...
- Framework for the design and implementation of national REDD+ safeguard systems
- F. Daviet; G. Larsen / World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2012
- This report provides a framework for the national implementation of REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) safeguards. These safeguards are needed to ensure effective implementation of REDD+ so that it do...
- Forestry Nepal
- Gateway to forestry information on Nepal.
- The Open Forest Science Journal
- The Open Forest Science Journal is an open access, peer reviewed online journal which publishes research articles, reviews, letters and guest edited single topic issues in all areas of forest science. Topics covered in the journal include, forest ecology; conservation and management, tree genetics and physiology, wood quality and production, systems analysis and modeling and silvi...
- Congo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF)
- The Congo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF) helps to develop the capacity of the people and institutions of the Congo Basin to preserve and manage their forests.
- International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
- The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) is an intergovernmental organisation promoting the conservation and sustainable management, use and trade of tropical forest resources. Its members represent about 80 per cent of the world's tropical forests and 90 per cent of the global tropical timber trade.
- Livelihoods and Forestry Programme (LFP)
- The Livelihoods and Forestry Programme promotes more equitable, efficient, and sustainable use of forests by rural communities, focusing particularly on the needs of the 53% of households identified as being poor and socially excluded. The Livelihoods and Forestry Programme (LFP) is a bilateral aid programme of the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) and the Government...
- Oslo Climate and Forest Conference (OSFC)
- International conference on climate and forests held in Oslo, Norway, May 2010
- African Forestry Forum (AFF)
- The African Forest Forum (AFF) is a platform for stakeholders in African forestry.
- The Centre for People and Forests (RECOFTC)
- The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) is an international organisation with a vision of local communities actively managing forests in Asia and the Pacific to ensure optimal social, economic and environmental benefits.
- Commonwealth Forestry Association (CFA)
- Focali, Forest, Climate, and Livelihood research network
- Focali (Forest, Climate, and Livelihood research network) is a Swedish research network focusing on forest / bio-energy, climate change and poverty issues. Several Swedish universities and institutions are represented in the network. The purpose is to contribute to the provision of relevant knowledge to Sida and other Swedish authorities for the effective use of forest operations to achieve climat...
