India Environment Portal Knowledge for change

Hosny El Lakany

• 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.

  • 01/07/2011

  • Rights and Resources Initiative
  • • REDD
    • Deforestation
    • India
    • Global
    • Afforestation
    • Forest Policy
    • Forest Management
    • Carbon Offset

• Does the opportunity cost approach indicate the real cost of REDD+ ?

  The focus of this paper is that the contextual issues influencing the adequacy and appropriateness of opportunity cost as a proxy for payments required to get successful REDD+ can be major ones in most tropical developing countries; and resolving them can be expensive and time consuming.

  • 01/06/2010

  • Rights and Resources Initiative
  • • Deforestation
    • Climate Change
    • Governance
    • Washington DC
    • Developing Countries
    • & et al
    • Rights and Resources Initiative
    • REDD
    • Hans Gregersen
    • Hosny El Lakany
    • Alain Karsenty