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Within a landscape of overlapping ecological, social and economic priorities, there exists a fundamental need to balance the land use dynamics of natural resource management with environmental and livelihood considerations.

This report details multiple legal breaches by Malaysian palm oil producer Radiant Lagoon near the UNESCO-protected Gunung Mulu National Park, one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots.

The protection and revival of degraded and deforested land is the need of the hour. In order to tackle the issues that arise as a consequence of degradation and deforestation, principles of forest landscape restoration are being globally promoted.

This book provides an up-to-date picture of the health of the world’s tropical forests. Claude Martin, an eminent scientist and conservationist, integrates information from remote imaging, ecology, and economics to explain deforestation and forest health throughout the world.

If the cedars of Lebanon could take they would tell a story of human greed and ignorance going all the way back to the Epic of Gilgamesh.

The Responsive Forest Governance Initiative (RFGI) is an Africa-wide environmental-governance research and training program focusing on enabling responsive and accountable decentralization to strengthen the representation of forest-based rural people in local-government decision making.

Cette étude examine les coûts de conservation et la valeur des avantages liés à la biodiversité pour la zone couverte par le projet QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) et ses alentours, mettant particulièrement l'accent sur le complexe forestier de Tsitongambarika (TGK).

This study examines the costs of conservation and the value of benefits associated with biodiversity around the QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) project area, with a focus on the Tsitongambarika (TGK) forest complex.

Part 1 of this final report outlines current global environmental problems and serves as an introduction to the entire report. Part 2 gives the results of the Conference discussions.

Cette brochure est un bref résumé du document de travail de l’UICN « Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change/ REDD – An overview of current discussions and main issues », disponible à l’adresse : http://cmsdata.iu

This document provides an overview and analysis of current international discussions on main issues around indigenous peoples and REDD. A compilation with links to various related resources allows the reader easy access to additional reading and relevant key documents.

Este reporte es el resultado de cuatro diálogos sobre el marco general para el financiamiento e implementación de REDD-plus organizados por el Diálogo Forestal (The Forests Dialogue-TFD, por sus siglas en inglés) entre Abril y Agosto de 2009.

This report presents the outcome of four dialogues on frameworks for the financing and implementation of REDD-plus, which were organized by The Forests Dialogue (TFD) between April and August 2009.

This ambitious publication focuses on lessons learned from ten years of applied conservation approaches of the Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE), which operates in nine countries spanning the entire Congo Basin.

Escondida no emaranhado da floresta tropical brasileira, uma pequena revolução está acontecendo. No Amazonas, o maior estado do País, as pessoas estão usando uma abordagem conhecida como REDD para conservar a floresta e ter como retorno créditos de carbono.

Deforestation accounts for roughly 17 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

An assessment of payments for ecosystem services as a tool for REDD was commissioned by the Government of Norway to inform the International Climate and Forest Initiative.

This paper applies contingent valuation to assess public awareness of tropical deforestation; to investigate the willingness to pay (WTP) to conserve tropical forests; and to determine the impact of the payment vehicle on the stated willingness to pay.

Describes the aims and achievements of the "Strengthening Voices for Better Choices" project in Brazil, particularly as it relates to work in Acre.

The SVBC discussion, which helped create this report, took place at the Chatham House Illegal Logging Update Meeting on 24 June 2009.

This study reviews the financial costs of abating greenhouse gas emissions through Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD). It is written from the perspective of an institutional investor seeking cost-effective climate mitigation options.