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Ecosystem services from tropical forests: review of current science
Center for Global Development, USA, 2014This report explains the variety of environmental services tropical forests provide and the science underlying how forests provide these services. Tropical deforestation and degradation have reduced the area covered by tropical forests from 12 percent to less than 5 per cent of Earth’s land area.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.DocumentMainstreaming Pakistan for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Plus (REDD+): The way forward to readiness phase
Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2011The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has provided a platform to the international community to negotiate and take measures for climate change mitigation.DocumentInstituting REDD+: An analysis of the processes and outcomes of two pilot projects in Brazil and Tanzania
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013REDD readiness is about developing national strategies for REDD+ including the necessary systems to ensure reduced DD, encompassing systems for monitoring/carbon accounting and distribution of international compensations. Establishing REDD+ is a process of change not least regarding actions on the ground.DocumentThe Ongo Community Forest REDD+ pilot Project, Uganda: A socioeconomic baseline survey
Environmental Economics Programme, IIED, 2012This report aims to synthesise information on current socioeconomic conditions within the villages that are to be involved in the Ecotrust Pro-Poor REDD+ pilot project in the Masindi district of western Uganda.DocumentThe Kilosa District REDD+ pilot project, Tanzania: A socioeconomic baseline study
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013Tanzania has decided to embark upon a national REDD programme to meet its obligations of managing its forests sustainably while responding to poverty reduction initiatives. As part of the REDD Readiness phase, nine pilot projects are being carried out in different areas of the country to draw lessons to assist in structuring a successful REDD+ in the future.DocumentA sourcebook of biodiversity monitoring for REDD+
Zoological Society of London, 2014This sourcebook highlights the complexities of biodiversity, REDD+ and monitoring biodiversity as part of REDD+. It adopts a simple four-stage monitoring framework: 1) Defining objectives: Why monitor biodiversity for REDD+? 2) Selecting indicators: What to monitor for REDD+? 3) Implementation of monitoring: How to monitor for REDD+?DocumentThe challenge of establishing REDD+ on the ground: Insights from 23 subnational initiatives in six countries
Center for International Forestry Research, 2014Since 2007, it has been hoped that REDD+ would deliver on the 3E+ criteria (effectiveness, efficiency, equity, social and environmental co‑benefits) for strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.DocumentThe darker side of green: plantation forestry and carbon violence in Uganda.
The Oakland Institute, 2014In recent years, there has been a significant trend toward land acquisition in developing countries, establishing forestry plantations for offsetting carbon pollution generated in the Global North.DocumentForests in a changing climate: a sourcebook for integrating REDD+ into academic programmes
United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2014This sourcebook seeks to take stock of the knowledge, approaches, tools and initiatives that have been developed for REDD+ and to facilitate their integration into multi-disciplinary higher education programmes, especially in countries actively engaged in REDD+ readiness efforts and preparations.Pages