Category: REDD Countries Overview
Ecuador: Un Resumen de el REDD Countries Database
Ecuador es un país relativamente pequeño (283.561 km2, el extremadamente variados y una extraordinaria diversidad biológica (MAE 2010a). Ecuador es considerado uno de los países megadiversos del mundo (Mittermeier et al. 1997) y la región amazónica ecuatoriana incluye grandes...
Ecuador: An Overview from the REDD Countries Database
Ecuador is a relatively small country (about half the size of France or 283,561 km2) with an extremely varied geographical landscape and extraordinary biological diversity (MAE 2010a). Ecuador is considered to be one of the world’s megadiverse countries (Mittermeier et al. 1997) and the Amazonian region includes large tracts of intact natural forest of global conservation significance (Bass et al. 2010). Ecuador is divided into four distinct biogeographic...
Vietnam. An Overview from the REDD Countries Database
In 2010 Vietnam had around 44% forest cover, more than a 50% increase since 1990 when forest cover was less than 30%. Despite an overall increase in forest area over recent years various regions of Vietnam still have high rates of deforestation and forest degradation, and fragmentation is occurring throughout the remaining natural forests. There has been considerable work undertaken in Vietnam to get ready for REDD, and the country is advancing across many areas.Vietnam is currently in the...
Brazil. An Overview from the REDD Countries Database
At just over 519 million hectares, Brazil has the largest remaining area of tropical forest in the world. The Brazilian Amazon covers an area of 41o million hectares, accounting for 48% of the country’s total area. Although Brazil has several other large forest biomes including the Atlantic Forest, the “Cerrado” (savannah), the “Caatinga” (common vegetation in arid zones), the Brazilian Amazon is often used as a proxy for Brazil’s tropical forests. The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian...
