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    International REDD+ architecture and its relevance for India

    Ministry of Environment and Forests, India, 2012
    Implementing REDD+ at the national and local levels requires improving understanding of the issue and increasing capacity (technical, human and financial) for implementation. Inadequate means of implementation remains a grey area for effective sustainable management of forests (SMF), particularly in developing countries.
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    Mainstreaming community-based conservation in a transboundary mountain landscape: lessons from Kangchenjunga

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2012
    This paper draws recommendations for transboundary and participatory biodiversity conservation from the Kangchenjunga Conservation Landscape Initiative. This 'biodiversity hotspot' - shared by Bhutan, India and Nepal - is one of seven transboundary landscapes indentified by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) for regional cooperation development.
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    The future of environmental sustainability in the Taita Hills, Kenya: assessing potential impacts of agricultural expansion and climate change

    Fennia, 2012
    The indigenous cloud forests in the Taita Hills, Kenya, have suffered substantial degradation due to agricultural expansion. Currently, only one per cent of the original forested area remains preserved. Furthermore, climate change imposes an imminent threat for local economy and environmental sustainability.
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    Distributing the benefits from REDD+: the case of Viet Nam

    Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012
    This ‘Inside story on climate compatible development’ by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network highlights key lessons learned from Vietnam’s experiences in planning for a REDD+ compliant benefit distribution system.
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    Keeping REDD+ clean: a step-by-step guide to preventing corruption

    Transparency International, 2012
    This manual helps to understand and address corruption risks associated with forest carbon accounting programmes and strategies at the national level.
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    Leveraging the landscape: state of the forest carbon markets 2012

    Forest Trends, 2012
    This report examines a variety of strategies for injecting financial resources into projects that save or plant forests that capture carbon. The data and analysis cover forest carbon activity in compliance carbon markets (e.g. the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism), as well as voluntary carbon markets (e.g. the voluntary Over-the-Counter market).
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    Ecuador’s Socio Bosque programme

    Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012
    This ‘Inside story on climate compatible development’ by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) presents Ecuador’s Socio Bosque programme as a successful example of a voluntary incentive-based scheme with combined environmental and socioeconomic targets.
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    Going after adaptation co-benefits: a REDD+ programme in Fiji

    Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012
    This ‘Inside story on climate compatible development’ by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) finds that Fiji has an advanced REDD+ policy and planning process, which has also inspired other Pacific countries to engage with REDD+.
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    REDD+ politics in the media: a case study from Papua New Guinea

    Center for International Forestry Research, 2012
    This study examines how policy debates on REDD+ have been framed by the media in Papua New Guinea. The content analysis covers print media articles mentioning ‘REDD(+)’ or ‘carbon trade’/‘carbon trading’ published between December 2005 and December 2010 from the country’s three highest selling and/or most influential newspapers.
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    Designing effective REDD+ safeguard information systems: building on existing systems and country experiences

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2012
    A key determinant of REDD+ success will be the development and implementation of safeguards, including systems for providing information on how safeguards are addressed and respected. This policy paper is the result of a three-year initiative to develop REDD+ safeguard information systems (SIS).

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