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    Community guidelines for accessing forestry voluntary carbon markets

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012
    The climate change debate has brought forests to the forefront of the international agenda. Since the 1990s the forestry voluntary carbon market (VCM) has taken shape, though forest owners have generally not been the first to understand its potential, according to this publication.
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    Forestry Nepal

    The Forestry Nepal website aims to facilitate online networking among Nepalese foresters, to provide a platform to share news and information and to promote forest science among the general public.
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    The Open Forest Science Journal

    The Open Forest Science Journal is an open access, peer reviewed  online journal which publishes research articles, reviews, letters and guest edited single topic issues in all areas of forest sc
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    A new direction in climate compatible development: Indonesia’s forest moratorium

    Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012
    In late 2009, Indonesia made a voluntary commitment to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 26 per cent by 2020, or by 41 per cent with international assistance, compared to business as usual. The country aims to achieve 87 per cent of this goal by reducing emissions from deforestation and peatland conversion.
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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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    Collaboration against corruption?: multistakeholder groups in natural resource management

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2011
    Governance failure in natural resource management is often associated with the pursuit of narrow benefits made possible through corruption. This issue paper discusses the function of multi-stakeholder processes in natural resource management, with a view to considering their possible anti-corruption effects. The paper highlights the following findings:
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    Global Land Project (GLP)

    The Global Land Project is a research initiative of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) and the International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP).
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    Making the forest sector transparent: annual transparency report 2011

    Global Witness, 2012
    This annual report, produced by Global Witness together with a coalition of non-governmental organisations in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ecuador, Ghana, Guatemala, Liberia and Peru, assesses whether the right information is being made available to citizens to ensure that they have a say in how their forests are managed.

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