The Role of Commodity Roundtables & Avoided Forest Conversion in Subnational REDD+
Stopping deforestation driven by agriculture is a cornerstone of reducing GHG emissions fromtropical forest countries. Negotiations continue to define how REDD+1 programs may work and commodity roundtables are developing systems to prevent forest conversion while allowing for increased production.
This technical workshop will explore four inter-locking topics:
1. Evaluate the status of standards for land conversion prevention within the majorcommodity roundtables (e.g. RSB, RSPO, RTRS, etc.)
2. Understand how these standards can complement emerging REDD+ GHG accounting instates and provinces
3. Explore conditions under which agricultural intensification may lead to a decrease indeforestation
4.Examine strategies for improving food security sustainably while mitigating GHG emissions
Contacts: Eric Palola (palola [at] nwf.org) and Nathalie Walker (walkern [at] nwf.org), NWF,John-O Niles, (jniles [at] tropicalforestgroup.org) TFG
