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    Designing a REDD+ Program that Benefits Forestry Communities in Mesoamerica Synthesis Report

    Programa Salvadoreño de investigación sobre desarrollo y medio mmbiente, 2011
    This paper is an integrated synthesis of the primary results of the project ―Designing a REDD Program that Benefits Forestry Communities in Mesoamerica, implemented from October 2009 to September 2010 by Fundación PRISMA and Grupo CABAL, with funding from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the Ford Foundation.
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    Cambio climático y desarrollo: Advertencias y oportunidades para la producción de agrocombustibles

    Programa Salvadoreño de investigación sobre desarrollo y medio mmbiente, 2009
    El Salvador y la región centroamericana en general, apuntan hacia una expansión en la producción de agrocombustibles, reforzando el interés de posicionarse en mercados emergentes vinculados con la reducción de emisiones de carbono, bajo una nueva generación de acciones de mitigación del cambio climático.
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    Prioritizing food security and livelihoods in climate change mitigation mechanisms: Experiences and opportunities for smallholder coffee agroforestry, forest communities and REDD+

    Programa Salvadoreño de investigación sobre desarrollo y medio mmbiente, 2011
    This policy brief examines mechanisms to change land use patterns in order to reduce carbon emissions, or promote carbon capture and storage in the light of new research on smallholder coffee agroforestry, recent evidence on sustainable forest management, and experiences with reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation, forest conservation, sustainable management of forests, and the enhan
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    Compensation for ecosystem services: Directions, potentials and pitfalls for rural communities

    Programa Salvadoreño de investigación sobre desarrollo y medio mmbiente, 2011
    Payment for environmental services has rapidly gained worldwide attention as an instrument for promoting conservation and addressing rural poverty, nevertheless, the practice has demonstrated that these schemes have important limitations.
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    Cambodia REDD+ capacity building services assessment

    The Centre for People and Forests, 2012
    In the past three years, tropical forested countries across the world have taken important institutional, policy, legal and piloting steps to become ready for REDD+. Capacity building is a key component of this REDD+ readiness process, which is backed by investments from a large number of organisations, government agencies, communities and individuals.
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    Indonesia REDD+ capacity building services assessment

    The Centre for People and Forests, 2012
    Capacity building and training efforts have transformed REDD+ from a little-known concept to an issue that is widely recognised, discussed and on the agenda of the government of Indonesia.
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    Philippines REDD+ capacity building services assessment

    The Centre for People and Forests, 2012
    Building capacity for implementing REDD+ is a key component of REDD+ readiness processes that have been underway for over three years. Backed by substantial funding from a large number of organisations, government agencies and individuals, a multitude of organisations are conducting awareness raising and training activities in all REDD+ nations.
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    Viet Nam REDD+ capacity building services assessment

    The Centre for People and Forests, 2012
    This country report assesses organisations providing REDD+ capacity building services in Vietnam. The report identifies gaps in key areas that need to be filled in order for Vietnam to meet the objectives of its Draft National REDD+ programme.
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    Agriculture and climate change: post-Durban issues for negotiators

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2012
    Recognising the importance of agriculture was an important outcome of the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP 17) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), held in Durban, South Africa, in December 2011.
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    Yasuni-ITT Initiative: A big idea from a small country

    2009
    This document describes the Yasuni-ITT Initiative from the Government of Ecuador, that proposes the establishment of a Trust Fund in order to maintain the crude oil in the ITT field indefinitely underground, in order to put social and environmental values first, and was exploring other ways to benefit the country economically.

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