Reduction of emission from deforestation and degradation
Issue date:
10 November, 2011
Market and non-market costs of REDD+ perceived by local communities
Forest dependent communities’ perceptions of non-market costs should be included when assessing the costs associated with REDD+, as they are the actors who will largely bear these costs.
Sustainable Forest Management and Carbon in Tropical Latin America: The Case for REDD+
This review paper assesses the economic, governance and technical conditions that shape forest management in tropical Latin America with particular regard to efforts to reduce forest-based carbon emissions.
OPIC Signs First Insurance Contract for REDD Carbon Reduction Project
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has executed the first political risk insurance contract for a Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) project that will protect 64,318 hectares of forest in Cambodia and sequester approximately 8.7 million metric tons of CO2e
USAID Research and Analysis of Carbon Rights and Institutional Mechanisms for REDD+ Benefit Distribution
While a number of researchers and organizations in the US and internationally have highlighted the potential impacts of mitigation efforts on tenure, there remains minimal information and best practice on how to practically address these issues at the field level.
Deliberating REDD+ institutions and governance in Africa
Deliberating REDD+ institutions and governance in Africa, Olufunso Somorin, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Wageningen University, the Netherlands
The importance of the domestic timber trade for FLEGT and REDD
ropenbos International would like to invite you to an informal networking event on 23 November 2011, to learn about the practical dilemmas of regulating domestic timber markets.
Audits finally conducted of Norway’s foreign aid to Tanzania revealed irregularities and corruption, but critics claim Norwegian officials reacted much too mildly.
Replacing community conservation of mangrove forests at Rufiji delta in favour of fortress conservation by the state to meet carbon trading needs will not work.
Interpol, U.N. to train police in REDD host countries
Interpol and the U.N.’s main environmental arm are join forces to help rainforest countries prevent land grabs motivated by carbon trading, and take action against illegal logging.
