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Options for payment mechanisms under national REDD+ programmes
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2012As the global discourse on REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) continues, this working paper argues that it is important for governments, civil society organizations, and forestry stakeholders at and below the national level to build their understanding of REDD+ policy and finance mechanisms.DocumentThe value of forest ecosystem services to developing economies
Center for Global Development, USA, 2014This paper assesses potential co-benefits for residents of developing countries of protecting forest ecosystems in order to mitigate climate change.DocumentREDD+ in India: managing carbon storage and biodiversity safeguarding in national forest politics?
Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2014The report analyses India's approach towards the mechanism on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries; and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhance-ment of forest carbon stocks (REDD+), with particular attention to India's handling of both carbon and biodiversity matters.DocumentRecognizing indigenous and community rights: Priority steps to advance development znd mitigate climate change
The Rights and Resources Initiative, 2014This brief calculates the cost of securing Indigenous Peoples’ and community rights to the tropical forests where they live, arguing that secure land tenure is a prerequisite for the success of climate, poverty reduction and ecosystem conservation initiatives.DocumentNAMA study for a sustainable charcoal value chain in Côte d’Ivoire
United Nations Development Programme, 2014This study aims to help Côte d’Ivoire to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the current charcoal value chain and enable the country to remove a major driver of deforestation while increasing energy security and sustainability.DocumentCurrent status of social forestry in climate change mitigation and adaptation in the ASEAN region
The Centre for People and Forests, 2014Produced by The Center for People and Forests, this situational report examines the current status of social forestry in climate mitigation and adaptation in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and aims to update the Initial Baseline Assessment on Social Forestry and Climate Change published in 2010.DocumentForest carbon stocks in woody plants of Tara Gedam Forest: Implication for climate change mitigation
Science, Technology and Arts Research Journal, 2014The overall objective of this study was to estimate the carbon stock potentials of Tara Gedam forest, Ethiopia, as potential sink for climate change mitigation. Forest plays an important role in the global carbon cycle as carbon sinks of the terrestrial ecosystem. The data was collected from the field by measuring plants with a DBH of >5cm and the carbon stocks of each plant were analysed.DocumentSynergies across a REDD+ landscape: Non-carbon benefits, joint mitigation and adaptation, and an analysis of submissions to the SBSTA
Center for International Forestry Research, 2014This brief draws from the scientific literature on non-carbon benefits and joint mitigation and adaptation, evaluates recent submissions to the Subsidiary Body on Scientific and Technical Advice (SBSTA) on these issues, and intends to inform the negotiations on these approaches.DocumentGroundwater as an emergency source for drought mitigation in the Crocodile River catchment
Copernicus Publications, 2014This study assesses the drought intensity and severity and the groundwater potential to be used as a supplement source of water to mitigate drought impacts in the Crocodile River catchment, a water-stressed sub-catchment of the Incomati River catchment in South Africa.DocumentWatered down? A review of social and environmental safeguards for large dam projects
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2014This review, which was undertaken primarily as a scoping exercise, seeks to clarify the evolving context for international support for large hydropower in developing countries, and the links to international carbon financing as a perceived route to climate change mitigation, including carbon trading systems.Pages