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    A new era in the fight against deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: opportunities to improve policy effectiveness

    Stockholm Environment Institute, 2014
    The deforestation slowdown in the Amazon is one of the most important environmental success stories of recent decades, with an 83% decrease in the annual rate of deforestation from 2004 to 2012. This accomplishment has enabled Brazil to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by more than a third, while also preserving biodiversity and maintaining other vital ecosystem services.
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    Towards REDD+ Integrity: opportunities and challenges for Indonesia

    U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2015
    Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) has become a cornerstone of Indonesia’s forest sector policies. Given corruption risks in the sector, a number of policies and initiatives – both specifically linked to REDD+ and to broader national reform efforts – have been launched to ensure that risks of corruption in REDD+ are minimised.
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    A “Delphi Exercise” as a tool in Amazon Rainforest valuation

    World Bank, 2014
    The Amazon rainforest, the world’s largest and most biodiverse, represents a global public good of which 15 percent has already been lost. The worldwide value of preserving the remaining forest is today unknown.
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    Thinking outside the box: a case for promoting the charcoal industry in Tanzania

    UONGOZI Institute / Institute of African Leadership for Sustainable Development, 2013
    Charcoal is Tanzania’s most important domestic energy source and this is not likely to change in the foreseeable future. Demand for charcoal is rising as Tanzania’s population grows and becomes increasingly urban.
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    Towards a green economy: exploring the potential of forestry in Tanzania through the Green Growth Platform

    UONGOZI Institute / Institute of African Leadership for Sustainable Development, 2013
    Economic growth is needed across Africa to tackle poverty, but countries cannot disregard the adverse impact of growth on the environment. Green growth aims to eliminate the dichotomy that traditionally exists between the economy and the environment.
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    Options for payment mechanisms under national REDD+ programmes

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2012
    As the global discourse on REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) continues, this working paper argues that it is important for governments, civil society organizations, and forestry stakeholders at and below the national level to build their understanding of REDD+ policy and finance mechanisms.
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    Learning on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2014
    A four-day workshop on ‘Learning on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) in South Asia’ was organized from 24 to 27 July 2012 at ICIMOD’s headquarters in Kathmandu, Nepal. This publication contains an account of the proceedings and the contributions on country level policies, case studies, and technical methods.
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    The value of forest ecosystem services to developing economies

    Center for Global Development, USA, 2014
    This paper assesses potential co-benefits for residents of developing countries of protecting forest ecosystems in order to mitigate climate change.
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    REDD+ in India: managing carbon storage and biodiversity safeguarding in national forest politics?

    Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2014
    The report analyses India's approach towards the mechanism on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries; and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhance-ment of forest carbon stocks (REDD+), with particular attention to India's handling of both carbon and biodiversity matters.
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    Ecosystem services from tropical forests: review of current science

    Center for Global Development, USA, 2014
    This report explains the variety of environmental services tropical forests provide and the science underlying how forests provide these services. Tropical deforestation and degradation have reduced the area covered by tropical forests from 12 percent to less than 5 per cent of Earth’s land area.

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