REDD realities: how strategies to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation could impact on biodiversity...
This publication includes independent monitoring reports on the development of national strategies to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation by NGOs and Indigenous Peoples' Organizations from 9 different developing countries, as well as links to reports by NGOs in 3 additional countries. The country reports included in this research illustrate the very different on-the-ground circumstances that will apply to (REDD) projects as and when they are implemented in countries across the world. Critically, there is an immense variation between countries with respect to the existence of effective legislation protecting biodiversity and Indigenous Peoples