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    Rise and spread of national and sub-national forest carbon schemes

    Forest Carbon Asia, 2012
    In December 2011 at the international climate change negotiations at COP17 in Durban, there were further developments on the proposed REDD+ mechanism to reduce forest-based emissions and enhance forest carbon sinks. Various countries have initiated forest-related emission reduction and offsetting schemes within the last year.
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    Charcoal the Reality: A study of charcoal consumption, trade and production in Malawi

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2007
    Charcoal industry is one of the largest in Malawi. Among its  four largest urban areas, the volume of charcoal consumed represents one-third of the annual deforestation in Malawi.
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    The links between poverty and the environment in Malawi

    Population Studies Centre, University of Waikato, 2009
    Deforestation arising from conversion of forest areas into agriculture is a serious problem in Malawi. This paper discusses competition for agricultural land and investigates why the poor are closely associated with forests. Furthermore, the paper examines the effects of changes in crop land use on changes in forest cover.
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    Realising REDD+ national strategy and policy options

    Center for International Forestry Research, 2009
    More than 40 countries are developing national REDD+ strategies and policies, and hundreds of REDD+ projects have been initiated across the tropics. This book wants to inform these national and local processes, by asking some basic questions:
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    The REDD direction: the potential for reduced forest carbon emissions, biodiversity protection and enhanced development: a desk study with special focus on Tanzania and Uganda

    Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009
    This paper examines whether reduced emissions from forests – from deforestation and forest degradation (the REDD project) - should be included in a post-Kyoto agreement . It focuses on how REDD could be instituted at the national level, and sheds light on specific challenges for two African countries – Tanzania and Uganda.
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    A disharmonious trade: China and the continued destruction of Burma’s northern frontier forests

    Global Witness, 2009
    The report documents on illegal logging and illegal export of timber to China in Kachin State in Burma, which is on the border of China and where deforestation is at its worst.
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    Wireless technology for social change: trends in NGO mobile use

    United Nations Foundation, 2008
    This report, published by the UN Foundation, examines real life examples of and trends in wireless technology solutions being used to drive change in the areas of health, humanitarian assistance, and environmental conservation. Largely using case studies, the authors find that NGOs’ use of mobile technology is very widespread and indispensable.
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    Illegal logging: current issues and opportunities for SIDA/SENSA engagement in Southeast Asia

    Regional Community Forestry Training Centre for Asia and the Pacific, 2008
    This report provides an overview of the issues, root causes, and driving forces behind the crimes related to
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    WWF discussion paper: policy approaches and positive incentives for REDD

    Macroeconomics for Sustainable Development Programme Office, WWF, 2008
    This paper aims to provide an overview to potential policy approaches and positive incentives for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) in the post-2012 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In particular, the paper discusses the potential implications or key elements for consideration when determining positive incentives for REDD.
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    Financing sustainable forest management

    European Tropical Forest Research Network, 2008
    Despite the adoption of many international agreements over the last decades, degradation of forests and deforestation has continued. Since this is largely due to the market's failure to account for forests' multifunctionality, this issue argues that a new, holistic approach is necessary to ensure sustainable forest management (SFM) is adequately supported and financed.

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