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  An approach to designing pro-poor local REDD+ benefit distribution systems: lessons from Vietnam

  SNV, 2012

  Well-designed and targeted local Benefit Distribution Systems (BDS) are central to the success of REDD+. This report, based on experiences from Vietnam, provides an iterative process for the design of local level pro-poor approaches to BDS.
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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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  Climate Focus

  Climate Focus is an advisory company committed to the development of policies and projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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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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  The case for evergreen agriculture in Africa: enhancing food security with climate change adaptation and mitigation in Zambia

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2011

  Climate change vulnerability and food insecurity often have common root causes. Accordingly, measures that address these causes can reduce both problems at once. This is especially important for the many African countries that face daunting agricultural challenges.
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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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