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    Readiness and avoided deforestation policies: on the use of the REDD fund

    Chaire Economie du Climat, 2013
    This paper investigates links between the funding of the first phase of the REDD+ mechanism and the quantity of avoided deforestation that will happen during the following phases. The aim of the first phase (the readiness phase) is helping countries to improve their capacity to carry out national forest inventories, notably to assess land-use changes and forest carbon stocks and fluxes.
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    Using corruption risk assessments for REDD+: and introduction for practitioners

    2014
    Corruption Risk Assessments (CRAs) are both an analytic and due diligence exercise to identify issues associated with, contributing to, or otherwise facilitating corruption in a particular setting.
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    The commodity crunch: Value at risk from deforestation

    CDP, 2013
    This report reviews corporate action to tackle deforestation with a focus on palm oil, timber, cattle products, soy & biofuels. Aimed at investors and companies, information is presented in a largely visual way.
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    Covering new ground: State of the forest carbon markets 2013

    Forest Trends, 2013
    State of the Forest Carbon Market 2013 is the fourth installment of the annual series produced by Ecosystems Marketplace, an initiative of the non-profit organisation Forest Trends. A total of 162 agriculture, forest, or land-use (AFOLU) projects were reported via a global survey designed to track transactions of offsets generated from projects that sequester or avoid carbon emissions.
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    Guidance Note on Gender Sensitive REDD+

    The UN-REDD Programme and Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, 2013
    This publication has been designed as a guide for those engaged in REDD+ at the local, national, regional or global level. The overall objective is to promote gender sensitive REDD+ processes and support UN-REDD Programme partner countries and stakeholders in the preparation, development and implementation of gender sensitive national REDD+ strategies.
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    Aligning Biodiversity Compensation and REDD+: a primer on integrating private sector conservation financing schemes in the tropics and sub-tropics

    International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union), 2013
    This paper presents a conceptual framework to begin integrating biodiversity compensation and REDD+ at project level. The additionality assessment from linking project-level conservation areas is covered at great length and the authors argue that this issue is resolvable, on a project-by-project basis through a joint additionality assessment.
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    US experiences with results-based finance

    Forest Carbon, Markets and Communities, 2013
    This report summarises some of the US Government’s experience with results-based finance domestically and in foreign aid, drawing lessons for REDD+. It also summarizes the US Government’s experiences with results-based finance for REDD+ and concludes by identifying some challenges to the US Government providing additional support for results-based finance for REDD+ abroad.
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    Lessons learned from community forestry in Africa and their relevance for REDD+

    Forest Carbon, Markets and Communities, 2013
    This review covers lessons learned from community forestry in Africa. It analyzes experiences and key lessons learned over thirty years following the introduction of legal and policy reforms supporting community management of forests. It presents some key lessons from community forestry that are highly relevant for REDD+.
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    Forest Carbon, Markets and Communities (FCMC)

    FCMC is a global project funded by the United States Agency for International Development, and implemented by Tetra Tech along with a coalition of partners.
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    The Norwegian fast start climate finance contribution

    Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2013
    This Working Paper is part of a series of studies initiated by The Overseas Development Institute, ODI, scrutinizing how developing countries are defining, delivering and reporting on fast start finance - FSF. Norwegian climate finance, unlike most other developed countries, is solely based on public grants.

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