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REDD+ refers to the implementation of activities under the UNFCCC in developing tropical countries to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and to promote the sustainable management of forests and the enhancement and conservation of forest carbon stocks.
Author(s):
- Balderas Torres, Arturo
- Skutsch, Margaret
- de los Ríos Ibarra, Emilio
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ORMACC)
- Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental (CIGA) de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), MX
This report belongs to series of three related reports. This report investigates what legal compliance means for protecting forests and ecosystems in the main Latin American countries of origin for European soy: Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.
Author(s):
- Dam, Jinke van
- Hombergh, Heleen van den
- Hilders, Marianne
Organization(s):
- IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands
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.
Author(s):
- Blomley, Tom
- Walters, Gretchen
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
In this report, we provide insights on the use of responsible and deforestation-free soy in the EU-28 member states, Norway and Switzerland (EU+). As the second largest importer of soy, Europe has a responsibility to solve the sustainability issues connected to its soy consumption.
Organization(s):
- IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative, NL
- IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands
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.
Author(s):
- Jia, Li
- Merten, Jake
- Burke, George
- Mumford, Elaine C.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Asia Regional Office (ARO)
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.
Author(s):
- Borah, B.
- Bhattacharjee, A.
- Ishwar, N.M.
Organization(s):
- IUCN India
- India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
This document discusses the potential for designing pro-poor systems for the distribution of benefits derived from the reduction of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, conservation of forest carbon stocks, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks
Author(s):
- Balderas Torres, Arturo
- Skutsch, Margaret McCall
Organization(s):
- Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental (CIGA) de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), MX
- IUCN, Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ORMACC)
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.
The Amazon region is the focus of intense conflict between conservationists concerned with deforestation and advocates of agro-industrial development.
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.
Organization(s):
- Shouf Biosphere Reserve, LB
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.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
- Sweden, SIDA
- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
En esta publicación se identifican y analizan las cuestiones fundamentales para la formulación y aplicación de marcos jurídicos nacionales y subnacionales para las actividades de REDD.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
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).
Author(s):
- Anstee, Stuart
- Bishop, Joshua
- Olsen, Nathalie
Este estudio analiza los costos de la conservación y el valor de los beneficios asociados con la biodiversidad en y alrededor del área del proyecto QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM), con especial atención al bosque Tsitongambarika (TGK).
Author(s):
- Anstee, Stuart
- Bishop, Joshua
- Olsen, Nathalie
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.
Author(s):
- Anstee, Stuart
- Bishop, Joshua
- Olsen, Nathalie
Author(s):
- Harvey, Celia A.
- Papageorgiou, Stavros
- Zerbock, Olaf
Organization(s):
- Conservation International
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.
Organization(s):
- Asahi Glass Foundation, JP
When it comes to deforestation, the task of reconciling climate and development goals poses a daunting challenge.
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
Cette brochure est un bref résumé du document de travail de lUICN « Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change/ REDD An overview of current discussions and main issues », disponible à ladresse : http://cmsdata.iu
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
This brochure presents a brief summary of IUCNs working document Indigenous People and Climate Change/ REDD An overview of current discussions and main issues, available at: http://cmsdata.iucn.org/download
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
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.
Presents the proceedings of the meeting between IUCN, TERI, and representatives of the Indian government and NGOs.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), IN
Author(s):
- Lawson, Stephen
- Maginnis, Stewart
- Suárez, Luis
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
- Forests Dialogue, US
- Norway, NORAD
Although the rules regarding REDD have not been set, it is already clear that the extent to which an individual country will be able to attract international investment and REDD payments will depend to a considerable extent on its ability to put in place a system that rewards forest managers who
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Asia Regional Office (ARO)
- IUCN Vietnam
- IUCN Laos
- IUCN Cambodia
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.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
- Forests Dialogue, US
- Norway, NORAD
Entre avril et août 2009, The Forests Dialogue (TFD) a organisé quatre dialogues sur les cadres de financement et dapplication de la REDDplus dont les résultats sont communiqués dans le présent rapport.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
- Forests Dialogue, US
- Norway, NORAD
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.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
- Forests Dialogue, US
- Norway, NORAD
Cette publication ambitieuse se concentre sur les leçons apprises pendant dix ans d'approches appliquées de la conservation dans le cadre du Programme régional pour l'environnement en Afrique centrale (CARPE), qui opère dans neuf pays couvrant l'intégralité du Bassin du Congo.
Author(s):
- Angu, Kenneth
- Tchamou, Nicodème
- Yanggen, David
Organization(s):
- Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE)
- United States, AID
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.
Author(s):
- Angu, Kenneth
- Tchamou, Nicodème
- Yanggen, David
Organization(s):
- Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE)
- United States, AID
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
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.
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
O desmatamento é responsável por aproximadamente 17% das emissões globais de gases de efeito estufa.
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
Deforestation accounts for roughly 17 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
As new mechanisms for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) are being negotiated in international climate change talks, resource tenure must be given greater attention.
Author(s):
- Cotula, Lorenzo
- Mayers, James
Organization(s):
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
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.
Author(s):
- Angelsen, Arild
- Bond, James
- Grieg-Gran, Maryanne
- Hazlewood, Peter
- Wertz-Kanounnikoff, Sheila
- Wunder, Sven
Organization(s):
- Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), ID
- IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
- World Resources Institute (WRI)
Deforestation and forest degradation are two of the main causes of the progressing loss of terrestrial biodiversity and are continuing at an alarming rate worldwide, especially in tropical countries.
Author(s):
- Schmitt, Christine B.
- Pistorius, Till
- Winkel, Georg
Organization(s):
- Germany, Bundesamt für Naturschutz
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.
Author(s):
- Huberman, David
- Faust, Anne-Kathrin
- Baranzini, Andrea
Organization(s):
- Centre de Recherche Appliquée en Gestion (HEG), CH
Describes the aims and achievements of the "Strengthening Voices for Better Choices" project in Brazil, particularly as it relates to work in Acre.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
IUCN is looking to replicate and improve the implementation of its role as facilitator for civil society and private sector involvement in other countries VPA negotiations.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
- Keystone Center, US
- United Kingdom, Department for International Development (DFID)
The SVBC discussion, which helped create this report, took place at the Chatham House Illegal Logging Update Meeting on 24 June 2009.
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme
This publication identifies and analyzes critical issues in the formulation and implementation of national and sub-national legal frameworks for REDD activities.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
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.
Author(s):
- Bishop, Joshua
- Olsen, Nathalie
This book is the first comprehensive introduction to the issues surrounding the health of people living in and around forests, particularly in Asia, South America and Africa.
Organization(s):
- Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), ID
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