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  Forest Carbon Partnership Facility: 2012 annual report

  Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, 2012

  The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) is a global partnership of governments, businesses, civil society and indigenous peoples groups focused on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, forest carbon stock conservation, the sustainable management of forests and the enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries (i.e. REDD+ activities).
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  Safeguarding forests and people: a framework for designing a national system to implement REDD+ safeguards

  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 does not inadvertently harm communities and ecosystems.
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  Understanding relationships between biodiversity, carbon, forests and people: the key to achieving REDD+ objectives. A global assessment report

  International Union of Forest Research Organizations, 2012

  This report seeks to better understand the relationships between biodiversity, carbon, forests and people, so as to support the achievement of REDD+ objectives.
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  Forest transitions across ages and continents: implications for REDD

  Institute of Green Economy, 2013

  According to this paper, forest transitions across the world result from the relative strengths of causes favouring forest losses and gains, which are very context specific.
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  Working together for REDD+: developing a national readiness strategy in Tanzania

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2011

  Forests are of critical importance to the livelihoods of rural and forest-dependent communities in Tanzania, as well as to the country’s national economy. However, much of Tanzania’s vast forested area is characterised by high rates of deforestation.
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  Can REDD+ save the forest? The role of payments and tenure

  Forests - Open Access Journal, 2012

  The success of REDD+ depends on whether it can be economically viable and if any resulting payments are sufficient to cover the opportunity cost plus any transaction cost. Where tenure security over forested areas is weak, REDD+ can pose a risk for forest communities, who could be dispossessed, excluded and marginalised.
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  Achieving gender equality through response to climate change: case studies from local action to global policy

  The Centre for People and Forests, 2012

  This paper presents specific examples of the work of members of the Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA), showcasing their diverse expertise and practical experience, as well as highlighting lessons learned in developing and implementing gender-responsive climate policy and practice at all levels.
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  The private sector in the REDD+ supply chain: trends, challenges and opportunities

  ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins, 2012

  Effective private sector engagement is essential for REDD+ success. Nevertheless, little has been done to identify key private sector actors and the trends of their current involvement in REDD+ initiatives. This report presents findings from a three-year REDD+ capacity building initiative which explored the role of the private sector in REDD+.
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  Challenges and prospects for REDD+ in Africa: desk review of REDD+ implementation in Africa - a GOFC-ACRENET synthesis

  Global Land Project, 2012

  This report reviews the status of REDD+ implementation in Africa, identifying forest degradation as one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. The research lists current projects in Africa to build a database of REDD initiatives and their status of implementation.
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  Tackling corruption for governing REDD in the Philippines

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2011

  National efforts aimed at reversing forest degradation in the Philippines have taken on a new dimension in the context of recent international focus on actions aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change. This issue paper is sought to provide policy considerations for the implementation of “Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation” (REDD) in the Philippines.

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