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  Contribution Analysis: Norwegian Embassy support to indigenous peoples in Brazil 2002 -2013

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2014

  The purpose of this study is twofold: (a) to acquire knowledge and draw lessons about the nature, organisation and achievements of the Norwegian Indigenous Support Programme in Brazil (NISPB), and (b) to inform future strategies, policies and interventions in this area of development cooperation.
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  Assessing local preferences for payment formats in REDD+ interventions: A case study of the Ongo Community Forest

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013

  The government of Uganda has over time been actively engaged in ensuring the sustainable utilisation of its forestry resources. This has been undertaken by different players including the national forestry sector, forest-neighbouring communities and private individuals owning forested land.
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  Credits where credit’s due: a guide to community-level carbon forestry project development

  World Agroforestry Centre, 2014

  This guide argues that forests are central to sustaining life on our planet. It is estimated that between 500 million and 1 billion smallholds manage agroforestry-based systems or rely on remnant forests to meet subsistence needs.
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  Formative Mid - Term Review of the Rainforest Foundation Norway (RFN) Program in the Amazon: Final report

  Scanteam, 2014

  This is a mid-term review of RFN's Amazon Program, financed by the Norwegian MFA with annual budgets of 30 mill NOK in 2012 - 2013 reduced to 25 mill NOK in 2014.
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  Southern Africa’s dryland forests and climate change adaptation

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014

  The interior of Southern Africa, encompassing significant areas of drylands, will be severely impacted by climate change. The region rapidly needs to implement proactive adaptation policies to pre-empt the worst of these impacts.
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  Governance: linchpin of dryland natural resource management

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014

  Drylands cover approximately 12.5 million km2 (61%) of the African continent and 60% of Africa’s people live in them. Forests and woodlands underpin sustainable land management and livelihoods in dryland regions. They are important for risk management and adaptation, and in emergency and contingency planning.
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  Southern Africa’s dryland forests, climate change and the water–energy–food security nexus

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014

  Forests and trees in Southern Africa’s drylands provide a multitude of goods and services, ranging from timber and non-timber forest products (NTFPs) to carbon sequestration and the protection of watersheds and biodiversity.
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  Tenure rights, human rights and REDD+: knowledge, skills and tools for effective results forest carbon, markets and communities (FCMC) program

  Forest Carbon, Markets and Communities, 2014

  This document presents a framework for identifying and asserting tenure and human rights associated with forests and land use in the context of climate change policies and measures. It argues that clearly defined land rights can help identify which actors are necessary to address drivers of deforestation and can determine shares in benefits from reduced deforestation.
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  Current status of social forestry in climate change mitigation and adaptation in the ASEAN region

  The Centre for People and Forests, 2014

  Produced by The Center for People and Forests, this situational report examines the current status of social forestry in climate mitigation and adaptation in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and aims to update the Initial Baseline Assessment on Social Forestry and Climate Change published in 2010.
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  Forest carbon stocks in woody plants of Tara Gedam Forest: Implication for climate change mitigation

  Science, Technology and Arts Research Journal, 2014

  The overall objective of this study was to estimate the carbon stock potentials of Tara Gedam forest, Ethiopia, as potential sink for climate change mitigation. Forest plays an important role in the global carbon cycle as carbon sinks of the terrestrial ecosystem. The data was collected from the field by measuring plants with a DBH of >5cm and the carbon stocks of each plant were analysed.

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