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Diagnostic assessment of select environmental challenges valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services in India
World Bank, 2013This paper reports on a wide range of research that estimates the value of ecosystem services (ESS) in India, including those related to forests, grasslands, wetlands, mangroves, and coral reefs.DocumentStakeholder engagement in preparing investments plans for the climate investment funds case studies from Asia, second edition
Asian Development Bank, 2013Since the inception of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has participated in the preparation of 15 investment plans covering the two main CIF funds, the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) and the Strategic Climate Fund (SCF).DocumentChallenges for a climate compatible development: how to strengthen agricultural, livestock and forestry public policies
Latin American Platform on Climate, 2012This policy brief emerges from a process of analysis of the status and quality of the public policies on climate change and development in ten Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Colombia, El Salvador and Paraguay.DocumentRights-based rainforest protection Why securing the rights of forest peoples is the right way to save the forest
2012The loss of the world’s rainforest has for decades been recognised as a serious, global environmental problem, both by rainforest nations and the international community. Still, 13 million hectares of tropical forest disappear every year. There is, thus, an urgent need for intensified efforts at the appropriate scale and with the right approach.DocumentSouth-South REDD. A Brazil–Mozambique initiative for zero deforestation with pan-African relevance
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013A memorandum of understanding between the government of Mozambique through the Ministry for Coordination of Environmental Affairs (MICOA) and the Foundation for Sustainable Amazonas (FAS) signed in 2009 laid the ground for a multi-partner ollaborative initiative designated South–South REDD: A Brazil–Mozambique Initiative for Zero Deforestation with Pan-African Relevance.DocumentInterventions for achieving sustainability in tropical forest and agricultural landscapes
CGIAR System-wide Program on Property Rights and Collective Action, 2013The rapid expansion of commodity agriculture in tropical forest landscapes is a key driver of deforestation. To meet the growing demand from a more prosperous and expanding global population, it is imperative to develop sustainable commodity supply chains that support higher agricultural productivity, and that enable improved environmental, economic, and social outcomes.DocumentPredicting Future Conflict under REDD+ Implementation
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2013With the current complexity of issues facing forest and land management, the implementation of the REDD+ initiative comes with significant risks, including conflict.DocumentDETERring deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: environmental monitoring and law enforcement
Climate Policy Initiative, 2013This study asks: which specific policy efforts contributed most to the reduction in Amazon deforestation? The paper, which evaluates the impact of monitoring on deforestation, focuses on DETER, a satellite-based system for real-time detection of deforestation. DETER is the key tool for targeting law enforcement activities in the Brazilian Amazon.DocumentLand tenure and fast-tracking REDD+: time to reframe the debate?
Global Canopy Programme, 2013This paper argues that legal reform of land tenure will not take place fast enough to enable developing countries to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation through REDD+. It highlights that a global agreement on REDD+ is needed by 2020, if the mechanism is to have a significant impact on mitigating climate change.DocumentBringing people back into protected forests in developing countries: insights from co-management in Malawi
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2013Focusing on Malawi, this study examines struggles to bring people back into protected forests to enhance sustainable forest management and livelihoods using insights emerging from a co-management project in Malawi. It uses mixed social science methods to analyse continuing local forest-user commitment to co-management despite conservation burdens largely for minimal financial benefits.Pages