Pricing forest carbon
Pricing forest carbon and putting in place the means and channels to pay for it are necessary conditions to achieve the 2030 mitigation goals. Yet, after more than 15 years of discussion, payments for
REDD
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Just forest governance – for REDD, for sanity
In ten forest hotspot countries across Africa and South Asia, the IIED-steered Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG) has been working since 2003 on ways to shift power over forests towards those who
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REDD+ and energy: a cross-sectoral approach to REDD+ and implications for the poor
This paper examines the linkages between the energy sector and forests at local to global levels, covering wood fuel use and the competition for land between forests and biofuel feedstock crops. The paper
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REDD+ and agriculture: a cross-sectoral approach to REDD+ and implications for the poor
The paper outlines the linkages between forests and agriculture, and the need for REDD+ to effectively address the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation from the agriculture sector. It goes onto
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REDD+: reversing, reinforcing or reconfiguring decentralized forest governance in Nepal?
Over the past few years, Nepal has become increasingly involved in international efforts to mitigate climate change through an emerging global mechanism called reducing emissions from deforestation and
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Carbon trading needs a multi-level approach
<p> International agreements are not enough. Interlinked national and regional tools are also needed to reduce carbon emissions, say Mark Maslin and Joanne Scott.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v475/n7357/full/475445a.html">http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v475/n7357/full/475445a.html</a></p>
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Study Shows Forests Have Bigger Role In Slowing Climate Change
The world's forests can play an even greater role in fighting climate change than previously thought, scientists say in the most comprehensive study yet on how much carbon dioxide forests absorb from the air. The study may also boost a U.N.-backed program that aims to create a global market in carbon credits from projects that protect tropical forests.
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The greener side of REDD+: lessons for REDD+ from countries where forest area is increasing
<p>In the last decade, countries have committed major resources to reducing carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD). A debate continues on how REDD financing should include related activities, such as the enhancement of carbon stocks through afforestation, reforestation and rehabilitation of degraded lands.
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Feasibility study of REDD plus in collaborative forest management
The overall objectives of the study was to explore possibility of REDD plus implementation in CFM areas. Furthermore the study assessed the bio-physical potentiality of forests in line to climate change
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REDD+ implementation in Asia and the concerns of indigenous peoples
This report provides an overview on indigenous peoples in five REDD+ countries in Asia, namely, Indonesia, Nepal, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand and the status of REDD+ implementation in these five countries.
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Forests for reducing poverty and hunger
Forests are vital for ensuring stability of water cycle and its benefits to agriculture and households, carbon cycle and its role in climate mitigation, soil fertility and its value to crop production,