Category: REDD+
National Programme Document - Ecuador
Ecuador has approximately 10 million hectares of diverse forest types covering approximately 55% of the country. According to 2000 data, an estimated 198,000 hectares of forest are lost every year. In order to reverse this forest loss, the Government of Ecuador (GoE) has made reducing the deforestation rate a priority of the National Plan for Good Living (2009-2013). To achieve this goal, the Ministry of Environment is implementing a series of initiatives to reduce deforestation in the...
Benefit distribution across scales to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) in Vietnam
At very high policy levels, efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) are considered to be innovative and cost-effective ways to make forest more valuable standing than cut. In response to climate change, international funding to support reductions in emissions needs to balance conservation and development. The Government of Vietnam is currently coordinating the design of a comprehensive benefit-distribution system, with the ambition to convert certified net...
Options for Payment Mechanisms under National REDD+ Programmes
As the global discourse on REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) continues, it is important for governments, civil society organizations, and forestry stakeholders at and below the national level to build their understanding of REDD+ policy and finance mechanisms. This publication explores the advantages and disadvantages of different mechanisms that will be available to countries for making carbon payments to forest managers. It also gives details on the proposed...
Agriculture and Deforestation: Is REDD+ Rooted In Evidence?
This article deals with the links between agricultural technologies and tropical deforestation in order to determine whether and how the REDD + mechanism (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) might address agriculture expansion on forests. We study in the first place the Borlaug/land sparing hypothesis, according to which an increase in agricultural productivity per hectare leads to reduced cultivated areas, or at least is a prerequisite for such an outcome, but we find...
REDD+ and the Role of Wetlands: A journalism training workshop
The video gives a summary of a media workshop in Bali with Indonesian journalists from National media. The participants give feedback that they learned a great deal about climate change and the role wetlands in Indonesia play in mitigation and adaptation.
Emerging REDD+ A preliminary survey of demonstration and readiness activities
This paper presents the results of a preliminary surveyof emerging demonstration and readiness activitiesto reducing emissions from deforestation and forestdegradation and carbon stock enhancement (REDD+)across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The survey wasconducted between November and December 2008,and the information collected was updated until May2009. While the results of the survey offer a usefulsnapshot of the landscape of REDD+ activities, theydo not capture all the dynamics...
Preventing the risk of corruption in REDD+ in Indonesia
Without binding international agreements under the UNFCCC in place, REDD+ is evolving as a voluntary, bilateral or multilateral mechanism. Unclear REDD+ rules, potential for significant financial gain and weak governance in many of the tropical countries involved are giving rise to suspicions that possible speculative processes, corruption and malpractices may proliferate. Such practices range from violation of forest–dependent people’s rights and livelihoods to increased deforestation and...
Towards 'post-REDD+ landscapes': Mexico's Community Forest Enterprises
Community Forest Management, in some circumstances, has shown that it can meet all of the goals articulated by REDD+ whilst generating sustainable local livelihoods for forest based peoples and conserving biodiversity. Unfortunantely, most community forest management programmes have limited rights to limited resources, resulting in limited results. However, in Mexico, community forest management is characterised by the devolution of successively expanded property rights, combined with community...
REDD+ politics in the media: A case study from Brazil
The objective of the analysis contained in this working paper is to characterise the nature of the discourse related to REDD+ in the Brazilian press from 2005 to 2009, identifying the principal actors who led this debate in the media as well as their positions—as either advocates or adversaries of a particular view on REDD+ —as these positions evolved during this period. Such an analysis contributes to the broader goal of the CIFOR project on REDD+, to identify and characterise key decisions...
Governance, forests and REDD+ in Latin America
The first section of this brief examines the relationship between objectives, policies and central government entities overseeing the environment and forest conservation on the one hand, and other sectors affecting forests, on the other. In the context of REDD+, this relationship will determine whether and how to shift development patterns to address drivers of deforestation and achieve forest conservation objectives. The second section discusses forestry sector agencies specifically and their...
