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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Mapping forest finance: a landscape of available sources of finance for REDD+ and climate action in forests
This report identifies the sources of funding currently available for REDD+ and climate action in forests, and analyzes the challenges and opportunities for accessing and coordinating this finance. It
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UN-REDD trains communities, seeks forest protection
The United Nations Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (UN-REDD Programme) has trained about 800 people from forest reserved Communities of Cross River state on the
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Harnessing the potential of the private sector to deliver REDD+
Partnership between the public and private sectors can offer advantages to all stakeholders in REDD+, providing finance, technology and project skills. Private sector companies may play various roles in
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Agriculture-driven deforestation in the tropics from 1990–2015: emissions, trends and uncertainties
<p>Limited data exists on emissions from agriculture-driven deforestation, and available data are typically uncertain. In this paper, we provide comparable estimates of emissions from both all deforestation
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State of Forest Carbon Finance 2017: fertile ground
Policymakers around the world recognize the potential for natural land area to combat climate change: a total of 97 countries mentioned specific plans to reduce emissions from deforestation or increase
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Building trust in forest carbon payments (REDD+): Learning from the world of financial accounting
Over a third of the carbon mitigation needed annually to keep global temperature rise below 2°C could be met by reforestation and reducing global deforestation. Expectations for the concept of REDD+, which
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Options for enhancing REDD+ collaboration in the context of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement
This report evaluates options for how countries that are parties to the Paris Agreement can cooperate to accelerate the implementation of REDD+. The five presented options, summarized below, are not mutually
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Disempowering democracy: Local representation in community and carbon forestry in Africa
<p>All major agencies intervening in community-based and carbon forestry – such as international development agencies, conservation institutions, and national governments – state that their
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Facipulation and elite formation: Community resource management in Southwestern Ghana
<p>Despite their stated commitment to democratic processes, the Government of Ghana and international authorities presume the accountability and ability of NGOs to represent local interests in forest resource
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Feigning Democracy: Performing Representation in the UN-REDD Funded Nigeria-REDD Programme
<p>educing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation plus the sustainable management of forest and enhancement of carbon stocks (REDD+) is a global climate change mitigation initiative. The United