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A Review of 25 Readiness Plan Idea Notes from the World Bank Forest Carbon Partnership Facility The first step for developing countries to access financing under the Readiness Mechanism of the World Bank Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) is the development of a Readiness Plan Idea Note (R-PIN). This paper considers the extent to which R-PINs approved by the FCPF trust fund committee...	Thuault, Alice Nakhooda, Smita Daviet, Florence Davis, Crystal World Resources Institute	3 Feb 2010 - 16:52	Report
Filling the REDD Basket: Complementary Financing Approaches Financing approaches for REDD have become an issue of active debate, but there is now a growing consensus on the "Basket of Approaches" idea, which would combine different sources of funding for different aspects of REDD in different timeperiods.	Boucher, Doug Movius, Diana Davidson, Carolyn Union of Concerned Scientists	4 Feb 2010 - 19:34	Report
IPAM Amazon and Climate Change Voices from Within Scientists and forest peoples speak about the relation between Climate Change and the Amazon Forest	Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM)	18 May 2010 - 02:26	Video
The Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry Guidance for Greenhouse Gas Project Accounting The Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry (LULUCF) Guidance for GHG Project Accounting was developed to provide more specific guidance to the Protocol for Project Accounting to quantify and report GHG reductions from LULUCF project activities.	Daviet, Florence Greenhalgh, Suzie Weninger, Emily World Resources Institute	3 Feb 2010 - 17:15	Report
2009 Forest Carbon Investor Survey	Brunswick Research World Wildlife Fund	8 Feb 2010 - 22:47	Report
A day in the life of a carbon credit for reduced deforestation There is broad domestic and international support to include the policy approach called Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) in climate policy. Allowing credit for deforestation reductions within climate legislation can significantly reduce the costs of a U.S. climate...	Environmental Defense Fund	27 Jan 2010 - 20:38	Report
A Nested Approach to REDD+. Structuring effective and transparent incentive mechanisms for REDD+ implementation at multiple scales • In order for REDD+ to be successful, incentives will need to reach the actors responsible foraddressing the drivers of deforestation and for shifting land use to a more sustainable and lowcarbonmodel. These actors span multiple scales, from international commodity buyers tonational governments to...	Cortez, Rane Saines, Rick Griscom, Bronson Martin, Marisa De Deo, Daniel Fishbein, Greg Kerkering, John Marsh, Duncan The Nature Conservancy Baker and McKenzie	7 Jul 2010 - 10:31	Report
A REDD Revolution in Copenhagen?	Lanchbery, John	28 Jan 2010 - 13:57	Presentation
A Registry Approach for REDD+ The purpose of thisdocument is to accelerate aprocess of harmonizationand coordination among theprincipal publicly-fundedmechanisms currentlydedicated to supportingREDD+ activities and tostrengthen the engagementof market-basedmechanisms, includingprivate sector resources.	Climate Registry Option	27 Apr 2010 - 15:17	Report
A System to Deliver Terrestrial Carbon Mitigation (REDD+ to AFOLU) This Terrestrial Carbon Group Project report provides details of a multinational system to do so in support of: (a) ongoing global negotiations on reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and Kyoto Protocol;...	The Terrestrial Carbon Group Project	18 Jan 2010 - 12:20	Report
A “Stock Flow with Targets” Mechanism for Distributing Incentive Payments to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation This policy brief refines the stock‐flow approach submitted jointly by the Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) and by the Amazon Institute for Environmental Research (IPAM) to the UNFCCC in August 2008 on how to distribute across countries the potential incentive payments to reduce emissions from...	Cattaneo, Andrea Woods Hole Research Center	27 Jan 2010 - 17:28	Report
About the Forest Carbon Initiative WWF is working to advance support for an agreed global policy framework for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD). WWF is also working on REDD in key regions of the world to better understand approaches for tackling forest based emissions.	World Wildlife Fund	8 Feb 2010 - 21:17	Report
Accounting Methods and MRV Session Summary	Hardman, Hamilton The Nature Conservancy	28 Jul 2010 - 17:38	Report
Acre: sustainable development and reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in the Brazilian Amazon Acre state, although one of the poorest and most isolated states in Brazil, has experienced substantial economic growth over the last decade while also controlling deforestation. Stable leadership and commitment to good governance enabled the state to grow and improve social indicators while...	Environmental Defense Fund	14 May 2010 - 16:45	Report
Agence Française de Développement		14 May 2010 - 11:44	Organizations/Initiatives
Agenda: REDD+ Event at the 18th Commonwealth Forestry Conference, 1st July 2010	Patenaude, Genevieve The University of Edinburgh	4 May 2010 - 09:08	Web Content
Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM) The Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM) is one of the principal, non-profit and non-governmental research and policy institutes in the Amazon and in Brazil.		27 Jan 2010 - 20:26	Organizations/Initiatives
An Economic Modeling Tool to Support UNFCCC Negotiations on REDD Reference Levels Quantitative economic analysis of REDD reference level design options is critical for developing a REDD mechanism that is effective, efficient, and equitable. The Collaborative Modeling Initiative on REDD Economics has developed a free, transparent and accessible tool to support UNFCCC negotiations...	Strassburg, B. Lubowski, Ruben Cattaneo, Andrea Ashton, R. Conservation International Environmental Defense Fund The Terrestrial Carbon Group Project	26 May 2010 - 22:00	Report
An Overview of Readiness for REDD - Version 2.0 A compilation of readiness activities prepared on behalf of the Forum on Readiness for REDD	The Forum on Readiness for REDD Woods Hole Research Center	17 Dec 2009 - 14:06	Report
ASB ASB is the only global partnership devoted entirely to research on the tropical forest margins. ASB's goal is to raise productivity and income of rural households in the humid tropics without increasing deforestation or undermining essential environmental services.		3 Mar 2010 - 12:07	Organizations/Initiatives
Avoiding deforestation: An incentive accounting mechanism for avoided conversion of intact and non-intact forests	Mollicone, D. Achard, Frédéric Federici, Sandro Hugh, D. Eva Grassi, Giacomo Belward, Alan Raes, Frank Seufert, Günther Matteucci, Giorgio Schulze, Ernst-Detlef	21 Jan 2010 - 11:22	Report
Background Analysis of REDD Regulatory Frameworks	Baker and McKenzie Covington and Burling LLP UN-REDD Programme The Terrestrial Carbon Group Project	29 Jan 2010 - 01:43	Report
Baker and McKenzie		29 Jan 2010 - 01:00	Organizations/Initiatives
Bali Action Plan Decisions adopted by the 13th Conference of the Parties, including Decision 2/CP.13 on Reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries: approaches to stimulate action	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change	27 Jan 2010 - 23:05	Report
Beyond Carbon Financing: The Role of Sustainable Development Policies and Measures in REDD This report looks beyond quantifying emissions reductions at a more flexible approach for recognizing mitigation actions being taken by developing countries in the forest sector. This approach ensures that countries with high historical emissions are not necessarily favored for support, and it...	Daviet, Florence World Resources Institute	29 Jan 2010 - 18:56	Report
Biased media reports that present only part of the story cause damage to serious efforts in nature conservation and sustainable development in Brazil Instead of helping to solve a problem that governments, scientists and environmentalists all over the world are trying to solve, the PBS-Frontline reports make an extremely negative contribution to this effort. These investigative reports fail to gather all the facts on purpose and lead viewers to...	The Nature Conservancy Sociedade de Pesquisa em Vida Selvagem e Educação Ambiental (SPVS)	27 May 2010 - 15:49	Report
Bill Clinton's address to Forest Day 3		12 Jan 2010 - 19:13	Video
Bio-cultural community protocols and REDD	Wood, P UNEP	6 Dec 2009 - 18:02	Report
BioCarbon Fund The World Bank has mobilized a fund to demonstrate projects that sequester or conserve carbon in forest and agro-ecosystems. The Fund, a public/private initiative administered by the World Bank, aims to deliver cost-effective emission reductions, while promoting biodiversity conservation and...		4 Dec 2009 - 17:53	Organizations/Initiatives
Biomass estimations through remote sensing. The value of the third dimension to mapping	Eyre, Charles	25 Jan 2010 - 14:23	Presentation
Brazil: Conserving Forests to Stop Climate Change EDF and local partners are finding innovative ways to protect their most precious resource In 2005, the governor of a major Brazilian state received the “golden chainsaw award” for his aggressive promotion of tropical forest clearing. Much has changed since then. This year, all nine state...	Environmental Defense Fund	27 Jan 2010 - 19:50	Web Content
Bright REDD Spot in Otherwise Dismal Copenhagen Accord	Zwick, Steve	12 Jan 2010 - 14:45	Web Content
Bringing forest carbon projects to the market Bringing forest carbon projects to the marketWhere do forestry projects stand in carbon markets?What trends can be anticipated?How can forest carbon projects be financed and credits sold?	Chenost, Clément Gardette, Yves-Marie Demenois, Julien Grondard, Nicolas Perrier, Martin Wemaëre, Matthieu UNEP Risoe Centre ONF International Agence Française de Développement French Global Environment Facility The World Bank Carbon Finance Unit	14 May 2010 - 11:53	Report
Brunswick Research Brunswick Group is a leading corporate communications consultancy with offices around the globe. The firm provides strategic advice to companies and other organizations, helping them address critical communications challenges that may affect their valuation, reputation or ability to achieve their...		8 Feb 2010 - 21:34	Organizations/Initiatives
Building National Inventory Capacity: U.S. Government and UNFCCC Efforts	Todd, Kimberly	13 Dec 2009 - 11:26	Presentation
C-ROADS Analysis of the Final Copenhagen Accord	Sustainability Institute	12 Jan 2010 - 11:03	Report
Capacity Development for REDD+	Coalition for Rainforest Nations GTZ	13 Dec 2009 - 12:21	Presentation
Carbon Balance and Management		11 Dec 2009 - 09:29	Journal
Carbon Finance		27 Jan 2010 - 20:58	Journal
Carbon payments as a safeguard for threatened tropical mammals One reason for the rapid loss of species-rich tropical forests is the high opportunity costs of forest protection. In Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), the expansion of high-revenue oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) plantations currently threatens 3.3 million ha of forest. We estimate that payments for...	Possingham, H. Meijaard, E. Possingham, H. Dennis, R. Sheil, D. Wich, S Hovani, Alexander Wilson, K.	27 Jan 2010 - 21:49	Journal Article
Carbonpositive Carbon Positive is a communications services business in the greenhouse emissions abatement industry and associated carbon finance markets. Our mission is to be the leading industry hub for carbon news, information and business intelligence in the shipping and forestry sectors. The company also...		12 Jan 2010 - 13:21	Organizations/Initiatives
CARE International		24 Feb 2010 - 14:25	Organizations/Initiatives
Case Studies on Measuring and Assessing Forest Degradation; Community Measurement of Carbon Stock Change for REDD Forest Resources Assessment Working Paper 156 Sustainably managed forests have multiple environmental and socio-economic functions whichare important at the global, national and local scales, and they play a vital part in sustainabledevelopment. Reliable and up-to-date information on the state of...	Skutsch, Margaret M. McCall, Michael K. Karky, Bhaskar Zahabu, E. Peters-Guarin, Graciela Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	26 May 2010 - 14:10	Report
Case Study: Forest Carbon Financing for Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change Mitigation and Improved Livelihoods: the Makira Forest Protected Area, Madagascar	Holmes, Christopher Carter Ingram, Jane Meyers, David Crowley, Helen Victurine, Ray Wildlife Conservation Society	27 Jan 2010 - 15:16	Report
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity		14 Jan 2010 - 11:52	Organizations/Initiatives
CCBA This initiative is developing standards that can be used by governments, NGOs, financing agencies and other stakeholders to design and implement REDD and other forest carbon programs that respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities and generate significant social and biodiversity...		6 Dec 2009 - 18:07	Organizations/Initiatives
Center for International Forestry Research		15 Dec 2009 - 12:24	Organizations/Initiatives
Central African Forest Commission		28 Jan 2010 - 12:59	Organizations/Initiatives
Chatham House		3 Jun 2010 - 16:03	Organizations/Initiatives
CIFOR Centre for International Forestry ResearchThe Center for International Forestry Research is a nonprofit, global facility dedicated to advancing human wellbeing, environmental conservation and equity. We conduct research that enables more informed and equitable decision making about the use and...		12 Jan 2010 - 18:46	Organizations/Initiatives
Climate Action Network		3 Jun 2010 - 15:38	Organizations/Initiatives
Climate Advisers Climate Advisers believes climate change poses serious economic, security, and environmental risks. The science is clear and prompt action is essential. It also believes that by working together, the world can solve the climate crisis and do so by means that promote economic growth,...		13 Jul 2010 - 14:19	Organizations/Initiatives
Climate Change Media Parthernship Internews, Panos and IIED have joined forces to support developing world journalism and perspectives from the heart of the international climate negotiations. Forty journalists from Asia, Asia-Pacific, Africa, the Middle East, the Caribbean and Latin America are participating in a climate change...		25 Jan 2010 - 14:45	Organizations/Initiatives
Climate change negotiations & REDD The Bali Action Plan, which emerged from COP13 in late 2007, officially put REDD back on the UNFCCC agenda. But under the Action Plan, if REDD is to be included in the post-2012 framework, decisions about the scope of REDD, who will pay for it, and how a mechanism will be structured must be agreed.	World Wildlife Fund	8 Feb 2010 - 20:57	Report
Climate Focus Climate Focus is an advisory company committed to the development of policies and projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Our international and multidisciplinary team works closely with companies, governments and non-governmental organizations on reducing emissions in energy, households,...		13 Jul 2010 - 12:40	Organizations/Initiatives
Climate Negotiations Bonn May/June 2010 NGO Newsletter	Climate Action Network	3 Jun 2010 - 15:41	Web Content
Climate Registry Option info@climateregistryoption.org		27 Apr 2010 - 15:03	Organizations/Initiatives
Climate Thinkers - Andrew Mitchell Global Canopy Programme	TVE	1 Feb 2010 - 14:46	Video
Climate Thinkers - Dr. John Holdren Dr. John Holdren, science advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama, says dealing with climate change will reduce the expected damages it threatens to bring, improve air quality, preserve forests and unleash a wave of technological innovation	TVE	12 Jul 2010 - 12:43	Video
Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance		5 Jul 2010 - 22:00	Organizations/Initiatives
Co-benefits of REDD, sustainable forest management and governance issues	Quang Tan, N Dart, Peter RECOFTC	6 Dec 2009 - 16:16	Presentation
Coalition for Rainforest Nations		13 Dec 2009 - 12:32	Organizations/Initiatives
Comparison of methods for the measurement and assessment of carbon stocks and carbon stock changes in terrestrial carbon pools Within the UN-REDD Programme, FAO has led a collaborative project which issystematically analysing literature on methods to measure and assessterrestrial carbon stocks using an evidence-based process of the type widelyused in medicine for scientifically-grounded decision-making(http://www.un-redd....	Petrokofsky, Gillian	26 Jul 2010 - 17:52	Web Content
Conservation International MissionBuilding upon a strong foundation of science, partnership and field demonstration, CI empowers societies to responsibly and sustainably care for nature for the well-being of humanity.Vision We imagine a healthy prosperous world in which societies are forever committed to caring for and...		26 Jan 2010 - 23:27	Organizations/Initiatives
Conservation Letters		27 Jan 2010 - 21:46	Journal
Conserving the Climate: Scaling-up Global Markets for Forest Carbon	Myers, Erin Purvis, Nigel	25 Jan 2010 - 21:57	Report
Consideration for Designing a REDD compliant Benefit Distribution Study in Viet Nam	UN-REDD Programme Viet Nam Ministry of Agriculture and Development (MARD) GTZ	28 Jan 2010 - 19:02	Report
Copenhagen Accord	UNFCCC	12 Jan 2010 - 14:57	Report
Cost of implementing methodologies and monitoring systems relating to estimates of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation This paper provides an overview of the possible steps and requirements needed to develop and implement a monitoring system for estimating emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, assessing carbon stocks and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from changes in forest cover, and assessing the...	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change	27 Jan 2010 - 22:59	Report
Covington and Burling LLP		29 Jan 2010 - 00:57	Organizations/Initiatives
Critical Currents: Contours of Climate Justice		6 Dec 2009 - 17:55	Journal
Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund Everyone depends on Earth’s ecosystems and their life-sustaining benefits, such as clean air, fresh water and healthy soils. Founded in 2000, the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund is a global leader in enabling civil society to participate in and benefit from conserving some of the world’s most...		27 Jan 2010 - 15:25	Organizations/Initiatives
Dead REDD? Not quite, but plan to protect forests suffers set back in Copenhagen	Butler, Rhett A.	12 Jan 2010 - 14:30	Web Content
Decoding REDD: Restoration in REDD+	RECOFTC	6 Dec 2009 - 15:51	Report
Deforestation Reduction and Climate Adaptation in U.S. Climate Legislation The American Clean Energy and Security Act (HR 2454) was passed by the U.S. House of Representative in June of 2009. This fact sheet explains the bill's provisions for tropical forest protection and international adaptation.	Boucher, Doug Movius, Diana Fitzhugh, Estrellita Roquemore, Sarah Elias, Patricia Union of Concerned Scientists	4 Feb 2010 - 00:10	Report
Democratic Republic of Congo - Best Practice for Engaging Civil Society in REDD	UN-REDD Programme	27 Jan 2010 - 22:23	Report
Design of a REDDCompliant Benefit Distribution System for Viet Nam Viet Nam is well-placed to develop a REDD-compliant BDS as a result of many years of experience with similar systems such as the 661 or 5 Million Hectare Reforestation Programme, which was launched in 1998, and internationally supported payments for forest environmental services (PFES) pilot...	UN-REDD Programme GTZ Viet Nam Ministry of Agriculture and Development (MARD)	16 Feb 2010 - 20:23	Report
Distribution of Terrestrial Carbon Across Developing Countries Forest and Non-Forest; Vegetation and Soil	The Terrestrial Carbon Group Project	18 Jan 2010 - 11:33	Report
District Berau Forest Carbon Program: Delivering Practical Solutions to Support Development of a National-level REDD Framework in Indonesia Delivering Practical Solutions to Support Development of a National-level REDD Framework in Indonesia	The Nature Conservancy	19 Mar 2010 - 19:40	Report
Draft decision -/CP.15 on REDD+ Outcome of the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-termCooperative Action under the ConventionDraft conclusions proposed by the Chair--AddendumPolicy approaches and positive incentives on issues relating to reducingemissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries;...	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change	27 Jan 2010 - 23:14	Report
Draft UNFCCC LCA Agreement on REDD	UNFCCC AWG-LCA	12 Jan 2010 - 13:34	Report
Early REDD Implementation Fund Overview	The Nature Conservancy	19 Mar 2010 - 19:52	Report
Ecosystem Marketplace		5 Jul 2010 - 19:21	Organizations/Initiatives
Effects of Forest Certification on Biodiversity	van Kuijk, Marijke Putz, Francis E. Zagt, Roderick	18 Jan 2010 - 13:02	Report
El Pequeño Libro de las Finanzas del Clima	Parker, Charlie Brown, Jessica Pickering, Jonathan Roynestad, Emily Mardas, Niki Mitchell, Andrew W. Global Canopy Programme	6 Jan 2010 - 14:43	Book
Emerging Lessons from the Ground with REDD-Readiness	Griffiths, Tom Forest Peoples Programme	24 Feb 2010 - 13:31	Presentation
Enhancing Today’s MRV Framework to Meet Tomorrow’s Needs: The Role of National Communications and Inventories	Fransen, T World Resources Institute	6 Dec 2009 - 16:25	Report
EnviroMarket EnviroMarket is an environmental markets boutique providing brokerage and advisory services that supports sustainable resource management, in particular tropical sustainable forest management and conservation. To date much of our work has focused on the development of alternative mechanisms for...		23 Feb 2010 - 13:14	Organizations/Initiatives
Environmental Defense Fund Mission StatementEnvironmental Defense Fund is a leading national nonprofit organization representing more than 700,000 members. Since 1967, we have linked science, economics and law to create innovative, equitable and cost-effective solutions to society's most urgent environmental problems....		26 Jan 2010 - 23:31	Organizations/Initiatives
Environmental Research Letters open-source		6 Dec 2009 - 17:46	Journal
Environmental Science and Policy		6 Jul 2010 - 18:30	Journal
Environmental Science and Technology The authoritative source of information for environmental professionals presenting magazine and research content covering the environment and its protection by scientific, engineering, and political means.		13 Jan 2010 - 11:59	Journal
Establishing community forestry as the basis for a forest strategy in the Democratic Republic of Congo	Hoare, Alison Forests Monitor	20 Apr 2010 - 10:34	Presentation
Estimated REDD Credit Supply into International Carbon Markets by 2035 Climate Focus has released a study commissioned by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) to assess the supply of high quality REDD + credits for international carbon markets (2011-2035).	Coren, Michael Streck, Charlotte Climate Focus	13 Jul 2010 - 12:42	Report
Estimating the Cost and Potential of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation REDD has gained momentum in international climate negotiations as a cost-effective way to reduce heat-trapping emissions. Recent data on costs show that relatively modest funding can greatly reduce deforestation's contribution to dangerous climate change.	Boucher, Doug Davidson, Carolyn Movius, Diana Union of Concerned Scientists	3 Feb 2010 - 19:18	Report
Estimating the Costs of REDD at the Country Level This paper aims to do two things. First, it tries to clarify some very important conceptual issues. What exactly are we asking when we ask what the ‘cost’ of REDD is? What kinds of costs should be included? Second, it tries to highlight some of the issues involved inproperly estimating the costs of...	Pagiola, Stefano Bosquet, Benoit Forest Carbon Partnership Facility	27 Jan 2010 - 01:44	Report
Estimating Tropical Forest Carbon at Risk of Emission from Deforestation Globally. Applying the Terrestrial Carbon Group Reference Emission Level Approach One of the key unresolved issues in the United Nations negotiations on the inclusion of terrestrial carbon in the climate change solution is how to set a so-called “reference emission level”. The Terrestrial Carbon Group supports the conceptual approach that reference emission levels should reflect...	The Terrestrial Carbon Group Project	18 Jan 2010 - 11:46	Report
Ethnobotany of the Loita Maasai	Saitabau, Charles Loita Council of Elders	3 Jun 2010 - 11:00	Report
EuroMediterranean Center on Climate Change The National Research Center on climate science and policy: integrated, multi-disciplinary and frontier research for understanding, controlling and adapting to Climate Change. The Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change is a Ltd Company (CMCC S.c.a.r.l.) with its registered office and...		26 May 2010 - 21:32	Organizations/Initiatives
European Commission		13 May 2010 - 13:20	Organizations/Initiatives
FAO Strategy for Forests and Forestry	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	15 Apr 2010 - 17:41	Report
Fauna and Flora International		5 Jul 2010 - 22:05	Organizations/Initiatives
Financial governance and Indonesia’s Reforestation Fund during the Soeharto and post-Soeharto periods, 1989–2009. A political economic analysis of lessons for REDD+	Barr, Christohper Dermawan, Ahmad Komarudin, Heru Purnomo, Herry	12 Jan 2010 - 19:03	Report
Financing REDD: meshing markets with government funds	Viana, Virgilio	13 May 2010 - 13:14	Web Content
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and...		28 Jan 2010 - 13:08	Organizations/Initiatives
Forest Carbon Index The Forest Carbon Index (FCI) compiles and displays global data relating to biological, economic, governance, investment, and market readiness conditions for every forest and country in the world, revealing the best places and countries for forest carbon investments. Please use this site...	Resources for the Future Climate Advisers	13 Jul 2010 - 14:21	Web Content
Forest Carbon Partnership Facility The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) assists developing countries in their efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) by providing value to standing forests. It was announced at CoP13 in Bali in December 2007 and became operational in June 2008.For further...		26 Jan 2010 - 10:23	Organizations/Initiatives
Forest Carbon Partnership Facility - 2009 Annual Report With the first full year of FCPF operations completed on June 30, 2009, this Annual Report focuses primarily on the progress and financial status of the Readiness Fund, as the first fund of the FCPF. The Carbon Fund, representing a later phase of the FCPF’s work, is highlighted, but will be...	Forest Carbon Partnership Facility	27 Jan 2010 - 01:26	Report
Forest Carbon Partnership Facility - Update August 28,2009	Forest Carbon Partnership Facility	27 Jan 2010 - 01:20	Presentation
Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Brochure	Gordon, Anita Tam, Stephanie Bosquet, Benoit Aquino, Andre Rodrigues	26 Jan 2010 - 10:33	Web Content
Forest Carbon Strategies in Climate Change Mitigation	The Nature Conservancy	19 Mar 2010 - 19:57	Report
Forest certification for community-based forest management in Indonesia: Does LEI provide a credible option? Forest certification is a voluntary, market-based instrument designed to improve forest management by enabling buyers to identify timber products derived from wellmanaged forests. While small forest enterprises make an important contribution to the forest industry in many countries, they have found...	Maryudi, Ahmad Institute for Global Environmental Strategies	14 May 2010 - 12:32	Report
Forest Cover Change in Space and Time: combining the vun Thumen and Forest Transition Theories This paper presents a framework for analyzing tropical deforestation and reforestation using the von Thunen model as its starting point: land is allocated to the use which yields the highest rent, and the rents of various land uses are determined by location. Forest cover change therefore becomes a...	Angelesen, A.	4 Dec 2009 - 17:39	Report
Forest Cover Newsletter ContentEx Silvis: The US position on Climate Change, the G-20 and its implications.Anna Pinto, Centre for Organization Research ; Education (CORE), IndiaSelling a Dirty REDD Deal with a New Coalition of the Willing.Simone Lovera, Sobrevivencia, ParaguayAgriculture and Soils in Carbon Trading:...	Global Forest Coalition	29 Jan 2010 - 13:00	Report
Forest monitoring by satellite	Rigal, Didier Spot Image Infoterra	16 Apr 2010 - 16:27	Presentation
Forest Peoples Programme		6 Dec 2009 - 18:27	Organizations/Initiatives
Forest Sector Reforms and REDD in the Democratic Republic of Congo	Muchuba, Robert	24 Feb 2010 - 13:05	Presentation
Forest Trends Forest Trends is a Washington D.C.-based international non-profit organization that was created in 1999 by leaders from conservation organizations, forest products firms, research groups, multilateral development banks, private investment funds and philanthropic foundations. Our mission is four-...		16 May 2010 - 21:21	Organizations/Initiatives
Forestry & Development E-News: April 2010 toc_collapse=0; Table of Contents Contents ContentsIs Australia about to cave on illegal logging?Rumours circulating in Canberra indicate that the Australian Government is about to implement a new policy on illegal timber imports. But the impending policy will have less to do with achieving...	Forestry and Development	14 May 2010 - 12:12	Web Content
Forestry and Development		14 May 2010 - 12:11	Organizations/Initiatives
Forests and Emissions: a Contribution to the Elisasch Review	Betts, R.	4 Dec 2009 - 17:45	Report
Forests in the Balance Sheet: Lessons from Developed Country Land Use Change and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Accounting & Reporting	Daviet, Florence Goers, Lauren Austin, Kemen	28 Jan 2010 - 16:09	Report
Forests Monitor		20 Apr 2010 - 10:29	Organizations/Initiatives
Forests Now in the Fight Against Climate Change. Forest Foresight Report 1.v4	Mitchell, Andrew W. Secoy, Katherine Mardas, Niki Trivedi, Mandar Howard, Rachel Parker, Charlie	21 Dec 2009 - 14:54	Report
Forging a Path for High-Quality Compliance REDD Credits Created in 2005, The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University seeks to address some of the world’s most pressing environmental problems through scientifically grounded, rigorous, balanced nonpartisan policy analysis and broad-based dissemination of the Institute’s...	Murray, Brian Olander, Lydia Kanak, Donald Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions	4 Feb 2010 - 21:41	Report
Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD)		6 Dec 2009 - 18:19	Organizations/Initiatives
French Embassy to the United Kingdom		16 Apr 2010 - 16:13	Organizations/Initiatives
French Global Environment Facility		14 May 2010 - 11:47	Organizations/Initiatives
From REDD to PINC	Trivedi, Mandar	21 Dec 2009 - 12:05	Report
FUNDAÇÃO AMAZONAS SUSTENTÁVEL The Amazonas Sustainable Foundation is a public-private, independent and no profit, non governmental institution of public interest and without political party connections. It was founded in December 2007, by the Amazonas State Government and the Bradesco Bank, according to its bylaws, approved by...		12 Feb 2010 - 16:05	Organizations/Initiatives
Gender-differentiated impacts of REDD to be addressed in REDD social standards	Quesada, A Gurung, J Women Organizing for Change in Agriculturae and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN)	6 Dec 2009 - 18:15	Report
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon officially launch the International Year of Biodiversity “It becomes crystal clear that the problems of our planet are highly interlinked - without combating climate change we will fail to stop the loss of biodiversity, without protecting ecosystems with their carbon storing capacity it will be extremely difficult to meet climate change targets. And...	CBD	14 Jan 2010 - 11:59	Web Content
Getting Ready: A Review of the World Bank Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Readiness Preparation Proposals This working paper is part of a series of regular updates on the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) readiness process. It reviews documentation detailing national REDD initiatives emerging from the FCPF in order to assess how these efforts are dealing with fundamental issues of forest...	Nakhooda, Smita Davis, Crystal World Resources Institute	28 Jan 2010 - 17:04	Report
Getting REDD Right: Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) This paper synthesizes principles and concepts about how carbon market compensation for reduced deforestation -- market-based REDD -- can help cut global emissions equitably and effectively, while contributing to development goals, protecting biodiversity and watersheds and benefitting indigenous...	Schwartzman, S. Nepstad, D. Golub, A. Moutinho, P. Environmental Defense Fund Woods Hole Research Center Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM)	27 Jan 2010 - 20:28	Report
GHGs Inventory support initiatives under UN REDD	UN-REDD Programme	13 Dec 2009 - 12:56	Presentation
Global Canopy Programme The Global Canopy Programme is an alliance of 37 scientific institutions in 19 countries, which lead the world in forest canopy research, education and conservation. Our work programmes all aim to define and explore the range and economic value of forest ecosystem services and to share our findings...		11 Dec 2009 - 15:11	Organizations/Initiatives
Global Change Biology Global Change Biology exists to promote understanding of the interface between all aspects of current environmental change and biological systems, including rising tropospheric O3 and CO2 concentrations, climate change, loss of biodiversity, and eutrophication. Topics covered include the following...		6 Dec 2009 - 16:38	Journal
Global Eco-Rescue Global Eco Rescue (GER) was founded to drive the reversal of gross global environmental degradation by integrating capital markets with carbon credits generated from "avoided deforestation" projects. We believe that projects halting the disappearance of the world's rainforests offer the most...		16 May 2010 - 21:24	Organizations/Initiatives
Global Forest Coalition MissionThe mission of the Global Forest Coalition is to reduce poverty amongst, and avoid impoverishment of, Indigenous Peoples and other forest-dependent peoples, by advocating the rights of these peoples as a basis for forest policy and addressing the direct and underlying causes of deforestation...		29 Jan 2010 - 11:26	Organizations/Initiatives
Global Impacts of Climate Change and Potentials for Adaptation and Mitigation Through Ecosystem Restoration	Parmesan, Camille	12 Jan 2010 - 16:27	Presentation
Global Witness Global Witness investigates and campaigns to prevent natural resource-related conflict and corruption.		24 Feb 2010 - 13:57	Organizations/Initiatives
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Established in September 2000, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation seeks to improve the quality of life for future generations.The Foundation’s science-based, results-driven orientation stems from the principles and interests of Gordon and Betty Moore. The Foundation operates proactively in three...		16 Dec 2009 - 19:27	Organizations/Initiatives
Governance, Deforestation Control and REDD	Joels, Luis Serviço Florestal Brasileiro	24 Feb 2010 - 14:09	Presentation
Green Carbon Guidebook Through its Green Carbon Initiative, WWF is deeply involved in the process of developing a credible and comprehensive standard system for forest carbon projects. We are engaged in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiating process to help ensure a credible and ambitious post-2012...	World Wildlife Fund	8 Feb 2010 - 23:28	Report
Greenhouse Gas Inventories -Scope and Purpose	Eggleston, Simon	12 Dec 2009 - 16:12	Presentation
GTZ		13 Dec 2009 - 12:24	Organizations/Initiatives
Guidance on Coffee Carbon Project Development Using the Simplified Agroforestry Methodology The purpose of this guide is to provide those who own or manage coffee farms and the companies or associations who trade coffee with practical, how-to information on developing an agroforestry, afforestation or reforestation project, so that together they can...	Gibbon, Adam Hayward, Jeffrey Baroody, Julianne Rainforest Alliance	10 Jun 2010 - 19:31	Report
Hope and funding for saving forests around the world	Eilperin, Juliet	12 Jan 2010 - 14:35	Web Content
How Can FLEGT be Used to Achieve REDD Objectives?	Nussbaum, Ruth ProForest	24 Feb 2010 - 12:57	Presentation
Idesam		14 Dec 2009 - 16:56	Organizations/Initiatives
IIED International Institute for Environment and DevelopmentThe International Institute for Environment and Development is a global leader in sustainable development.As an independent international research organisation, we are specialists in linking local to global. In Africa, Asia, the Caribbean,...		27 Jan 2010 - 17:40	Organizations/Initiatives
Implications of the REDD negotiations for forest restoration	Miles, Lera The United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre	5 Mar 2010 - 17:06	Report
Including International Forest Carbon Incentives in Climate Policy: Understanding the Economics A dimension that can greatly influence how international forest carbon policies work is the source of financing to pay for emission reductions. Compensation will likely come either from using part of the global carbon market a flexible compliance mechanism for those countries that face a...	Murray, Brian Lubowski, Ruben Sohngen, Brent Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions Environmental Defense Fund	26 May 2010 - 21:40	Report
Informal Working Group on Interim Finance for REDD+		17 Mar 2010 - 15:59	Organizations/Initiatives
Infoterra		16 Apr 2010 - 16:23	Organizations/Initiatives
Initial Analysis of the Mitigation Potential in the Forestry Sector	Blaser, J. Robledo, C.	4 Dec 2009 - 18:09	Report
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies		14 May 2010 - 12:28	Organizations/Initiatives
Instituto Socioambiental ISA was established on April 22, 1994, by a group of people with a significant professional background and experiences in the struggle for social and environmental rights. ISA has incorporated the material and non-material heritage amassed during the 15 years’ experience of several knowledgeable...		26 May 2010 - 22:12	Organizations/Initiatives
Integrated Incentives: A comprehensive REDD+ framework	The Nature Conservancy	19 Mar 2010 - 19:59	Report
International conference on major forest areas – Speech by Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the Republic (excerpts)	French Embassy to the United Kingdom	16 Apr 2010 - 16:14	Web Content
International Environmental Agreements		29 Apr 2010 - 10:23	Journal
International Equity in REDD Mechanisms	Cattaneo, Andrea Woods Hole Research Center	14 Jan 2010 - 03:05	Report
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is an international research organization. It conducts inter disciplinary scientific studies on environmental, economic, technological, and social issues in the context of human dimensions of global change. IIASA is located in Austria...		27 Jan 2010 - 22:06	Organizations/Initiatives
International Panel on Climate Change		14 Jun 2010 - 19:09	Organizations/Initiatives
International Union for the Conservation of Nature		25 Feb 2010 - 16:28	Organizations/Initiatives
International Union of Forest Research Organisations IUFRO is a non-profit, non-governmental international network of forest scientists, which promotes global cooperation in forest-related research and enhances the understanding of the ecological, economic and social aspects of forests and trees.IUFRO Headquarters – SecretariatInternational Union of...		28 Jan 2010 - 12:36	Organizations/Initiatives
Introducing Equity in REDD As governments begin to formulate their national REDD programs, questions are emerging about the role of local people in design and implementation, and the socio-economic implications for the rural poor. This edition introduces three key issues of particular concern to civil...	Bleaney, Allison REDD-net	16 Feb 2010 - 18:19	Report
Introduction to REDD	Global Canopy Programme	23 Apr 2010 - 12:14	Video
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science		6 Jan 2010 - 09:29	Journal
IPCC Emission Factor Database EFDB is meant to be a recognised library, where users can find emission factors and other parameters with background documentation or technical references that can be used for estimating greenhouse gas emissions and removals.	International Panel on Climate Change	14 Jun 2010 - 19:10	Web Content
IPCC National Greenhouse Gas Inventories – a Focus on Forests	Krug, Thelma	9 Jul 2010 - 17:58	Presentation
Juma Sustainable Development Reserve: The First REDD Project In The Brazilian Amazon	Viana, Virgilio Cenamo, Mariano Ribenboim, Gabriel Tezza, Joao Pavan, Mariana FUNDAÇÃO AMAZONAS SUSTENTÁVEL	12 Feb 2010 - 16:16	Report
Keeping the Amazon Forests Standing: A Matter of Values	Hess, S Schouten, M WWF	6 Dec 2009 - 16:52	Report
Le Petit Livre du Financement Climatique	Parker, Charlie Brown, Jessica Pickering, Jonathan Roynestad, Emily Mardas, Niki Mitchell, Andrew W. Global Canopy Programme	6 Jan 2010 - 14:36	Book
Legal and Institutional Foundations for the National Implementation of REDD. Lessons from Early Experience in Developing and Developed Countries This Policy Brief is an edited extract from a report that analysed the design and implementation issues related to national legal frameworks for reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation ("REDD"), broadly defined. The report reviewed existing approaches by developing and developed...	The Terrestrial Carbon Group Project	18 Jan 2010 - 11:52	Report
Legal Frameworks for REDD - Design and Implementation at the National Level	International Union for the Conservation of Nature	25 Feb 2010 - 16:38	Book
Legally REDD: Building Readiness for REDD by Supporting Developing Countries in the Fight Against Illegal Logging If reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) is to work effectively, developing countries will need support to build the capacities required for enforcing their own laws and regulations. At present, timber production that violates the developing country’s own laws both...	Daviet, Florence World Resources Institute	28 Jan 2010 - 17:12	Report
Les marchés du carbone forestier Les marchés du carbone forestierQuelle est la place de la forêt dans les marchés du carbone?Quelles sont les tendances à anticiper?Comment financer un projet et vendre des crédits?	Chenost, Clément Gardette, Yves-Marie Demenois, Julien Grondard, Nicolas Perrier, Martin Wemaëre, Matthieu UNEP Risoe Centre ONF International Agence Française de Développement French Global Environment Facility The World Bank Carbon Finance Unit	14 May 2010 - 11:58	Report
Lineamientos Para el Diseno de Proyectos de Carbono en Cafetales Usando la Metodologia Agroforestal Simplificada El objetivo del manual es el ofrecer información práctica, de cómo diseñar un proyecto agroforestal, de forestación, o de reforestación, a aquéllos que son dueños o administran fincas cafetaleras, y a las empresas o asociaciones que comercializan café, de tal forma...	Gibbon, Adam Hayward, Jeffrey Baroody, Julianne Rainforest Alliance	10 Jun 2010 - 19:59	Report
Linking Mid-century Concentration Targets to Long-Term Climate Change Outcomes We present a framework that could inform the choice of an interim (mid-21st century) target in the making of climate mitigation policy. The idea of interim targets for greenhouse gas concentration has been proposed previously as a way to bridge short- and long-term climate targets, address concerns...	Chameides, William ONeill, Brian Wang, James International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis	27 Jan 2010 - 22:09	Report
Linking Reduced Deforestation and a Global Carbon Market: Impacts on Costs, Financial Flows, and Technological Innovation Discussions over tropical deforestation are currently at the forefront of climate change policy negotiations at national, regional, and international levels. This paper analyzes the effects of linking Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) to a global market...	Lubowski, Ruben Golub, Alexander Bosetti, Valentina Markandya, Anil Environmental Defense Fund EuroMediterranean Center on Climate Change	26 May 2010 - 21:25	Report
Loita Council of Elders Stewardship Council in the Loita community in Kenya, Narok, South District.This is the highest decision making body in the community in all social, cultural and development matters. It is the main steward of the Loita forest and ensures protection and preservation in perpetuity. It is also a...		3 Jun 2010 - 10:31	Organizations/Initiatives
Madagascar: Ankeniheny - Zahamena - Mantadia Biodiversity Conservation Corridor and Restoration Project	BioCarbon Fund	27 Jan 2010 - 13:19	Web Content
Madagascar: the Mantadia Biological Corridor REDD/ AR project	Aquino, Andre Rodrigues Conservation International	27 Jan 2010 - 13:41	Presentation
Making REDD a Success: Readiness and Beyond If the world is to diminish its acceleration into a dangerous disruption of the global climate system, steep reductions in the emissions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere will be needed over the next decade. The reduction of emissions from tropical forest clearing and degradation is an...	Woods Hole Research Center	14 Jan 2010 - 01:10	Report
Making REDD work for the poor	Peskett, Leo	12 Dec 2009 - 13:52	Presentation
Makira Forest Area Conservation Project	Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund	27 Jan 2010 - 15:34	Report
MANTADIA CORRIDOR INITIATIVE, MADAGASCAR	Conservation International	27 Jan 2010 - 12:56	Web Content
Manual for Social Impact Assessment of Land-Based Carbon Projects, Part I - Core Guidance for Project Proponents Forest Trends, CCBA, FFI, and Rainforest Alliance have published Version 1.0 of a “Manual for Social Impact Assessment of Land-Based Carbon Projects.” The Manual is designed to be used by carbon project proponents aiming for validation under the CCB Standards, or other multiple-benefit carbon...	Richards, Michael Panfil, Steven Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance Forest Trends	9 Jul 2010 - 14:08	Report
MANUAL FOR SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF LAND-BASED CARBON PROJECTS, PART II – TOOLBOX OF METHODS AND SUPPORT MATERIALS Forest Trends, CCBA, FFI, and Rainforest Alliance have published Version 1.0 of a “Manual for Social Impact Assessment of Land-Based Carbon Projects.” The Manual is designed to be used by carbon project proponents aiming for validation under the CCB Standards, or other multiple-benefit carbon...	Richards, Michael Panfil, Steven Price, Steven Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance Forest Trends Rainforest Alliance Fauna and Flora International	9 Jul 2010 - 14:16	Report
Measuring and Monitoring Terrestrial Carbon as Part of “REDD+” MRV Systems. The State of the Science and Implications for Policy Makers One of the key unresolved issues in the United Nations negotiations on the inclusion of terrestrial carbon (the carbon stored in the terrestrial system including trees, other vegetation, soil, and peatlands) in the climate change solution is how to ensure that real, quantifiable and comparable...	The Terrestrial Carbon Group Project	18 Jan 2010 - 11:58	Report
Measuring Carbon Emissions from Tropical Deforestation: An Overview	Asner, Greg	27 Jan 2010 - 22:01	Report
Meridian Institute Meridian Institute helps decision makers and diverse stakeholders solve some of society's most contentious public policy issues. Meridian's professional mediators offer: Expert process design and facilitation Understanding of and experience with policy development and implementation Ongoing...		16 Mar 2010 - 17:39	Organizations/Initiatives
Methodology for Estimating Reductions of GHG Emissions from Mosaic Deforestation	BioCarbon Fund	4 Dec 2009 - 18:00	Report
Mexico Draft R-PP: Comments by the TAP	Forest Carbon Partnership Facility	20 Apr 2010 - 10:43	Presentation
Money for Nothing? Principles and Rules for REDD and their Implications for Protected Areas This paper explains why, given the likely rules governing REDD and the role of carbon markets in them, the benefits to protected areas are not at all certain. They may not come directly to the protected areas and those who own, develop or maintain them, but rather indirectly, through national...	Boucher, Doug Union of Concerned Scientists	4 Feb 2010 - 00:54	Report
Monitoring Governance in REDD	Holmgren, Peter Reeve, Rosalind Global Witness Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	24 Feb 2010 - 14:00	Presentation
Moving ahead with REDD: Issues, options and implications	Stella Martins, O Skutsch, Margaret Seymour, F Peskett, Leo Streck, Charlotte Verchot, Louis Wertz-Kanounniko, S Wunder, S Verweij, P Murdiyarso, Daniel Luttrell, C Brown, Jessica Brown, D Atmadja, S Dutschke, M Guariguata, M Lubowski, R Kanninen, M Guizol, P Angelsen, Arild Center for International Forestry Research	15 Dec 2009 - 12:34	Book
Moving forward: Interim REDD+ Partnership Arrangement	Coalition for Rainforest Nations	16 Apr 2010 - 15:15	Presentation
Multicriteria Decision Aid to support Multilateral Environmental Agreements in assessing international forestry projects	Co´ndor, Rocı´o Da´nica Scarelli, Antonino Valentini, Riccardo	29 Apr 2010 - 10:24	Journal Article
Natural Resources Defence Council The Natural Resources Defense Council's purpose is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends. We work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life -- air, land and water -- and to defend endangered natural places. We...		26 Jan 2010 - 22:27	Organizations/Initiatives
Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions Created in 2005, The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University seeks to address some of the world’s most pressing environmental problems through scientifically grounded, rigorous, balanced nonpartisan policy analysis and broad-based dissemination of the Institute’s...		4 Feb 2010 - 21:47	Organizations/Initiatives
Noel Kempff Mercado Climate Action Project: A Case Study in Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation	Virgilio, Nicole The Nature Conservancy	25 Jan 2010 - 17:03	Report
Non-paper 39 from the Subgroup on paragraph 1(b) (iii) of the Bali Action Plan This non-paper contains draft text on paragraphs 516 and revisions to paragraph 4 (e) and (f) as proposed by the facilitator of the sub-group on mitigation under paragraph 1 (b) (iii), taking into account the ideas, proposals and views expressed by Parties at informal consultations of the sub-...	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change	27 Jan 2010 - 23:09	Report
O Pequeno Livro de Finanças Climáticas	Parker, Charlie Brown, Jessica Pickering, Jonathan Roynestad, Emily Mardas, Niki Mitchell, Andrew W. Global Canopy Programme	6 Jan 2010 - 14:39	Book
Office of Climate Change of Guyana		3 May 2010 - 11:25	Organizations/Initiatives
ONF International		14 May 2010 - 11:43	Organizations/Initiatives
Out of the Woods: A Realistic Role for Tropical Forests in Curbing Global Warming REDD is an option that averts global warming's worst consequences and generates enormous co-benefits for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. A review of the literature, combined with analyses of the data, shows that REDD could substantially decrease the severity of climate change.	Boucher, Doug Union of Concerned Scientists	4 Feb 2010 - 19:43	Report
Pantropical Forest Carbon Mapped with Satellite and Field Observations The ability to estimate the distribution and total amount of carbon stored in woody biomass across the tropics is important for compensation mechanisms for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Errors...	Baccini, Alessandro Woods Hole Research Center	14 Jan 2010 - 02:53	Report
Participation and benefit sharing in national REDD + schemes: early observations from five countries ‘Benefit sharing’ and ‘participation’ are two terms used frequently in discussions about the social dimensions of REDD+. But how are they being interpreted in the development of REDD+ at the national level? This thematic feature summarises some initial observations from a series of...	Peskett, Leo REDD-net	16 Feb 2010 - 18:04	Report
Participation de la société civile au processus REDD : le bon exemple de la République Démocratique du Congo	UN-REDD Programme	27 Jan 2010 - 23:37	Report
Preguntas y Respuestas Sobre Calentamiento Global Publicação do IPAM em espanhol, que traz respostas às principais questões sobre clima, efeito estufa, florestas, suas populações tradicionais e o mecanismo de REDD.	Pinto, Erika Moutinho, P. Rodrigues, Liana et, al. Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM)	18 May 2010 - 02:33	Report
Preserving the World’s Tropical Forests - A Price on Carbon May Not Do Climate policy will create both disincentives and incentives for tropical deforestation. Disincentives if the carbon emissions from forest clearing are priced, as is currently being discussed within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); incentives as a price on carbon...	Azar, Christian Presson, U. Martin	13 Jan 2010 - 12:01	Journal Article
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America		6 Dec 2009 - 17:17	Journal
ProForest An independent consulting company specialising in the responsible management of natural resources. ProForest helps develop and implement sustainable policy and practices for forests, agricultural commodities and conservation.		24 Feb 2010 - 13:13	Organizations/Initiatives
Progress on Climate and REDD in the United States Congress Promising proposals of climate legislation in the United States include significant support for REDD. These bills show that the U.S. Congress is not only serious about reducing heat-trapping emissions, but is also discussing creative ways to support REDD.	Movius, Diana Boucher, Doug Davidson, Carolyn Union of Concerned Scientists	3 Feb 2010 - 19:22	Report
Promoting Biodiversity Co-Benefits in REDD This report examines how biodiversity co-benefits in REDD can be enhanced, both at the design and implementation level. It discusses potential biodiversity implications of different REDD design options that have been put forward in the international climate change negotiations and proceeds by...	Karousakis, Katia	28 Jan 2010 - 15:20	Report
Protected Areas Benefits Assessment Tool Protected area managers and protected area agencies are increasingly being asked to provide details of the wider social and environmental benefits of the lands and waters under their management. This tool provides a methodology for collating such information for individual protected areas.	Stolton, Sue Dudley, Nigel World Wildlife Fund	8 Feb 2010 - 22:57	Report
Protecting Trees, Protecting Our Climate: Ten Reasons to Invest in Reducing Tropical Deforestation To succesffuly and cost-effectively address global warming, the United States must get serious about stopping tropical deforestation outside of our borders. Here are just ten reasons why investing in forest protection is in the nation's best interest.	Boucher, Doug Lininger, Katherine Fitzhugh, Estrellita Roquemore, Sarah Elias, Patricia Union of Concerned Scientists	4 Feb 2010 - 01:05	Report
Q & A on Deforestation: Forest Carbon and Climate Protection FAQs on forest carbon and climate protection	Environmental Defense Fund	27 Jan 2010 - 20:49	Report
Quantification of global gross forest cover loss A globally consistent methodology using satellite imagery was implemented to quantify gross forest cover loss (GFCL) from 2000 to 2005 and to compare GFCL among biomes, continents, and countries. GFCL is defined as the area of forest cover removed because of any disturbance, including both natural...	Hansen, Matthew C. Stehman, Stephen Potapov, Peter P.	13 May 2010 - 11:38	Journal Article
Rainforest Alliance The Rainforest Alliance works to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior. Based in New York City, with offices throughout the United States and worldwide, the Rainforest Alliance works with people whose...		19 May 2010 - 17:07	Organizations/Initiatives
Rainforest Credits As the curtain rose on the UN climate change talks in Montreal in December, many observers feared the denouement would be rather dreadful. In the meeting’s opening bars, the all-too-familiar refrainabout rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from fossil fuels met the growing litany of global...	Silva-Chavez, G. Petsonk, A.	27 Jan 2010 - 21:00	Journal Article
Rainforest Foundation UK		28 Apr 2010 - 17:09	Organizations/Initiatives
Real achievements in bringing avoided deforestation into the Copenhagen Agreement	Swallow, Brent	28 Jan 2010 - 10:57	Web Content
RECOFTC RECOFTC is The Center for People and ForestsOur vision is to see local communities in the Asia-Pacific region actively involved in the equitable and ecologically sustainable management of forest landscapes. Our mission is to enhance capacities at all levels to assist people of the Asia-Pacific...		6 Dec 2009 - 15:49	Organizations/Initiatives
REDD and PINC: A new policy framework to fund tropical forests as global ‘eco-utilities’ Tropical forests are ‘eco-utilities’ providing critical ecosystem services that underpin food, energy, water and climate security at local to global scales. Currently, these services are unrecognised and unrewarded in international policy and financial frameworks, causing forests to be worth...	Trivedi, Mandar Mitchell, Andrew W. Mardas, Niki Parker, Charlie Watson, J. E. Nobre, A. D.	6 Jan 2010 - 09:40	Journal Article
REDD Brochure	The Nature Conservancy	19 Mar 2010 - 20:25	Report
REDD Dreams	Lovera, Simone Global Forest Coalition	29 Jan 2010 - 12:43	Presentation
REDD Financing: Different Approaches for Different National Circumstances Recent analysis indicates that both market and non-market financial flows can play key roles in REDD. Market-based approaches can be important in compensating nations for reducing GHG emissions fromdeforestation and degradation; non-market funds can create incentives for maintaining large stocks of...	Environmental Defense Fund	27 Jan 2010 - 21:25	Report
REDD improves forest provision of ecosystem services Actions to reduce emissions caused by deforestation and degradation (REDD) also enhance ecosystem services, according to a new report. Using a case study from the Amazon it indicated that REDD support schemes can also help maintain water levels and quality and protect soil from erosion.	European Commission	13 May 2010 - 13:21	Web Content
REDD in indigneous territories of the Amazon Basin This document summarizes a study carried out by the Insituto Socioambeintal (ISA), with support from the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), on legal frameworks for implementing projects for the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) in indigenous...	Rojas Garzon, Biviany Instituto Socioambiental Environmental Defense Fund	26 May 2010 - 22:19	Report
REDD in the Real World Narrated by former NPR host Alex Chadwick, REDD in the Real World uses the words and voices of those already involved in Readiness development around the world to elaborate the fundamental concepts and terminology that are pivotal to engaging in the issue. Contained in the film are 28...	The Forum on Readiness for REDD	9 Mar 2010 - 16:19	Video
REDD Initiatives and Governance	Daviet, Florence World Resources Institute	24 Feb 2010 - 14:21	Presentation
REDD may yet survive Copenhagen failures	Carbonpositive	12 Jan 2010 - 13:22	Report
REDD Plus and Biodiversity E-Newsletter Volume 10 The aim of this e-Newsletter is to inform CBD National Focal Points and CBD partners about biodiversity aspects in relation to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in...	CBD	13 Jul 2010 - 11:52	Web Content
REDD realities This publication aims to contribute to a more sophisticated understanding of the emerging climate justice movement and to create resonances between different perspectives and spheres of engagement. The activities around the COP 15 in Copenhagen are a starting point in the creation of such a broad...	Lovera, Simone	6 Dec 2009 - 17:56	Journal Article
REDD Realities: How strategies to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation could impact on biodiversity and Indigenous Peoples in developing countries 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...	Global Forest Coalition	29 Jan 2010 - 11:58	Report
REDD Training Materials toc_collapse=0; Table of Contents Objectives Feedback The Materials Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) is a concept that has been gaining momentum in climate change policy negotiations both internationally and at the national level in capitals around the...	The Nature Conservancy	8 Feb 2010 - 23:51	Web Content
REDD+ in the Post-Copenhagen World: Recommendations for Interim Finance Recommendations for funding over the next three years include the need to develop "compliance-grade" REDD+ credits that could potentially sync with future regulatory carbon markets, while building the capacity for national REDD+ frameworks. Supporting state and province-wide initiatives is...	Nepstad, D. Tepper, D. Moutinho, P. Cattaneo, A. Olander, Jacob Jenkins, Michael Embiricos, John Johns, Tracy et, al. Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM) Woods Hole Research Center Forest Trends Global Eco-Rescue Tropical Forest Group Environmental Defense Fund Idesam	16 May 2010 - 21:33	Report
REDD+ in the Post-Copenhagen World: Recommendations for Interim Public Finance REDD+ holds the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve the livelihoods of forest-dependent people, and conserve biodiversity. The interim public funding announced during and since the COP15 could play a strategic role in helping to realize this potential. The overall goal of this...	Nepstad, D. Moutinho, P. Cattaneo, Andrea Johns, Tracy Stella Martins, O Schwartzman, S. Cenamo, Mariano Tepper, David Olander, Jacob Jenkins, Michael Embiricos, John Tsakonas, Ion Niles, John Boyd, William Moreira, Paula Brunello, Tony Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM) Woods Hole Research Center Environmental Defense Fund	13 May 2010 - 20:37	Report
REDD+ Institutional Options Assessment Developing an Efficient, Effective, and Equitable InstitutionalFramework for REDD+ under the UNFCCC.The REDD+ Institutional Options Assessment summarizes the institutional issues that must be considered in order to establish an effective, efficient, and equitable international...	Streck, Charlotte Gomez-Echeverri, L Gutman, P Loisel, C Werksman, J Meridian Institute	27 Jan 2010 - 02:22	Report
REDD+ makes progress but ultimately fall short amid chaotic climate talks After two-weeks of climate change negotiations in Copenhagen, which have included walkouts, protests and halted proceeding, some progress has been made on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) but Parties fail to reach an agreement at the 11th hour. Whilst the outcomes from...	Parker, Charlie	28 Jan 2010 - 10:05	Web Content
REDD+ Social & Environmental Standards version 1 June 2010 This initiative is developing standards that can be used by governments, NGOs, financing agencies and other stakeholders to design and implement REDD+ programs that respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities and generate significant social and environmental co-benefits. The...	Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance CARE International	9 Jul 2010 - 13:58	Report
REDD+ Social and Environmental Standards Initiative	Franks, Phil CARE International	24 Feb 2010 - 14:28	Presentation
REDD-net		3 Feb 2010 - 14:25	Organizations/Initiatives
REDD-plus after Copenhagen: What Does it Mean on the Ground?	Bleaney, Allison Peskett, Leo Mwayafu, David REDD-net	3 Feb 2010 - 14:34	Report
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD): A Casebook of On-the-Ground Experience Advances in technology and practical implementation experience have created a growing body of research and evidence that reducing carbon emissions through forest conservation can be a credible part of the fight against climate change (IPCC, 2007c; FAO, 2005). Existing projects,...	Virgilio, Nicole Marshall, Sarene Zerbock, Olaf Holmes, Christopher The Nature Conservancy Conservation International Wildlife Conservation Society	16 Jun 2010 - 16:09	Report
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD): An Options Assessment Report The REDD Options Assessment Report suggests a flexible, three-phase approach to policy measures and positive incentives in order to accommodate (i) the diverse capabilities and circumstances of REDD countries; (ii) an expanded scope of REDD to include conservation, sustainable management of forests...		27 Jan 2010 - 02:29	Report
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries: Implications for the Carbon Market Allowing REDD credits to be used for compliance in cap-and-trade programs, both in the EU and the United States, could accomplish several goals at once: it would create a powerful incentive for the protection of tropical forests, transform the dynamics for forest protection world-wide, encourage...	Keohane, N. Cabezas, P. Environmental Defense Fund	27 Jan 2010 - 21:34	Report
Reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries: approaches to stimulate action. Draft conclusions proposed by the Chair	UNFCCC SBSTA	12 Jan 2010 - 13:59	Report
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from deforestation and Degradation in Developing countries: A Sourcebook of Methods and Procedures for Monitoring, Measuring and Reporting [toc]	Brown, S.	4 Dec 2009 - 18:16	Report
Reference Levels for REDD	The Nature Conservancy	19 Mar 2010 - 20:05	Report
Reference Scenario (Part 1)	Kornexl, Werner Forest Carbon Partnership Facility	1 Feb 2010 - 11:06	Video
Reference Scenario (Part 2)	Kornexl, Werner Forest Carbon Partnership Facility	1 Feb 2010 - 11:10	Video
Reflecting on REDD: Was Copenhagen all that bad?	Peskett, Leo	28 Jan 2010 - 10:14	Web Content
Report of the Informal Working Group on Interim Finance for REDD+	Informal Working Group on Interim Finance for REDD+	17 Mar 2010 - 16:01	Report
Reporting REDD: a journalist's guide to the role of forests in combating global climate change	Climate Change Media Parthernship CIFOR UN-REDD Programme	25 Jan 2010 - 14:51	Web Content
Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável do JUMA: O Primeiro Projeto de REDD na Amazônia Brasileira	Viana, Virgilio Cenamo, Mariano Ribenboim, Gabriel Tezza, Joao Pavan, Mariana FUNDAÇÃO AMAZONAS SUSTENTÁVEL	12 Feb 2010 - 16:20	Report
Resources for the Future Resources for the Future improves environmental and natural resource policymaking worldwide through objective social science research of the highest caliber.		13 Jul 2010 - 14:17	Organizations/Initiatives
Reuters		23 Feb 2010 - 16:30	Organizations/Initiatives
Rights and Resources Initiative Our mission is to promote greater global action on pro-poor forest policy and market reforms to increase household and community ownership, control and benefits from forests and trees.		28 Jan 2010 - 15:54	Organizations/Initiatives
Road map for safeguarding indigenous rights in EU REDD policy and proposals	Clabbers, Bas	29 Jan 2010 - 12:27	Presentation
SBSTA Draft Decision -/CP.15 on REDD+ Reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries: approaches to stimulate action Draft conclusions proposed by the Chair-AddendumRecommendation of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice Methodological guidance for activities relating to reducing emissions from...	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change	27 Jan 2010 - 23:22	Report
SBSTA Report on on the expert meeting on methodological issues relating to reference emission levels and reference levels	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change	27 Jan 2010 - 22:45	Report
Science Magazine		6 Dec 2009 - 16:29	Journal
Serviço Florestal Brasileiro		24 Feb 2010 - 14:07	Organizations/Initiatives
Simply REDD: CIFOR's guide to forests, climate change and REDD	CIFOR	12 Jan 2010 - 18:49	Report
Smallholders, Rural Development and REDD in the Brazilian Amazon REDD discussions with regard to forest peoples are based on an implicit policy of command and control that combines investments in government monitoring and enforcement capacity with direct economic incentives to forest stakeholders. There is relatively little emphasis on addressing the...	Nepstad, D. McGrath, David Stickler, Claudia Woods Hole Research Center Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM)	16 Feb 2010 - 16:52	Report
Sociedade de Pesquisa em Vida Selvagem e Educação Ambiental (SPVS) This NGO from the state of Paraná is recognized as one of the most important in Brazil. Its mission is "to work towards the conservation of nature by protecting native areas, carry out environmental education programs and develop models for the rational use of natural resources". SPVS was founded...		27 May 2010 - 15:46	Organizations/Initiatives
Spot Image		16 Apr 2010 - 16:22	Organizations/Initiatives
Stephanie Meeks' 2/14/08 Testimony before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming	The Nature Conservancy	19 Mar 2010 - 20:08	Report
Submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change regarding FCCC/SBSTA/2006/L.25, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation in Developing Countries	The Nature Conservancy	19 Mar 2010 - 20:18	Report
Submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change regarding UNFCCC/CP/2005/L.2, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation in Developing Countries	The Nature Conservancy	19 Mar 2010 - 20:16	Report
Sustainability Institute A non-profit organization founded in 1996 by the late Donella (Dana) Meadows, the Sustainability Institute applies systems thinking, system dynamics modeling, and organizational learning to economic, environmental and social challenges.		12 Jan 2010 - 11:00	Organizations/Initiatives
Sustainable Development in Practice: Lessons Learned from Amazonas Historically, the Amazon region has taken a ‘frontier’ approach to development that has destroyed forests. From 2000-2002, Professor Virgilio Viana worked with IIED to explore options for more forest-friendly forms of development. The Governor of Amazonas subsequently appointed Viana as the first...	Viana, Virgilio IIED	26 Jun 2010 - 10:50	Report
TEEB - The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity Report for Business - Executive Summary 2010 Business and enterprise have a huge role to play in how we manage, safeguard and invest in our natural capital. This report is aimed squarely at this sector and will provide practical guidance on the issues and the opportunities created by the inclusion in mainstream business practices of ecosystem...	Bishop, Joshua Bertrand, Nicolas Evison, William Gilbert, Sean Grigg, Annelisa Hwang, Linda Kallesoe, Mikkel Vakrou, Alexandra van der Lugt, Cornis Vorhies, Francis	13 Jul 2010 - 10:12	Report
Television for the Environment TVE		25 Jan 2010 - 16:16	Organizations/Initiatives
Tetepare Island Community REDD project		15 Dec 2009 - 14:28	Video
The Amazon Fund		5 Jul 2010 - 18:54	Organizations/Initiatives
The American Clean Energy and Security Act: summary of REDD provisions The American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), introduced by U.S. Representatives Henry Waxman (Democrat of California) and Edward Markey (Democrat of Massachusetts) and passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on 26 June 2009, sets progressively tightening legally binding caps on the...	Environmental Defense Fund	27 Jan 2010 - 21:23	Report
The Ape Alliance		4 May 2010 - 08:24	Organizations/Initiatives
The Australian Orangutan Project		4 May 2010 - 08:20	Organizations/Initiatives
The Copenhagen Accord. A first stab at deciphering the implications for the EU	Georgiev, Anton Egenhofer, Christian	20 Jan 2010 - 16:53	Report
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity. TEEB for National and International Policy Makers. Chapter 5 Chapter 5: Rewarding benefits through payments and markets	ten Brink, Patrick Bassi, Samuela Bishop, Joshua Harvey, Celia A. Ruhweza, Alice Varma, Madhu Wertz-Kanounnikoff, Sheila Karousakis, Katia van der Esch, Stefan Hansjürgens, Bernd Trivedi, Mandar Vakrou, Alexandra Ring, Irene McConville, Andrew J. McCoy, Katherine Markandya, Anil Nunes, Paulo A.L.D.	6 Jan 2010 - 10:40	Report
The End of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Brazil has two major opportunities to end the clearing of its Amazon forests and to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions substantially. The first is its formal announcement within UN climate treaty negotiations in 2008 of an Amazon deforestation reduction target, which prompted Norway to commit $...	Nepstad, D. Soares, BS Moutinho, P. Cattaneo, Andrea Rodrigues, HO Schwartzman, S. McGrath, David Stickler, Claudia Lubowski, R Cabezas, P. Stella Martins, O	14 May 2010 - 17:25	Journal Article
The End of the Hinterland: Forests, Conflict and Climate Change Forests have long been a hinterland: remote, “backward” areas largely controlled by external, often urban, actors and seen to be of little use to national development or the world except as a supply of low-valued natural resources. 2009 marks the beginning of the end of this era: Forest lands are...	Alden Wily, Liz Rhodes, David Sarin, Madhu Setra, Mina Shearman, Phil Rights and Resources Initiative RECOFTC Forest Peoples Programme World Agroforestry Centre	28 Jan 2010 - 16:24	Report
The Forum on Readiness for REDD The Forum is a multi-stakeholder initiative focused on practical approaches for building REDD readiness through cross-stakeholder dialogue, South-South collaboration, and linking local expertise with regional readiness efforts. The Forum operates as a neutral convening space to allow various...		5 Dec 2009 - 12:37	Organizations/Initiatives
The future of forests and orangutans (Pongo abelii) in Sumatra: predicting impacts of oil palm plantations, road construction, and mechanisms for reducing carbon emissions from deforestation Payments for reduced carbon emissions from deforestation (RED) are now attracting attention as a way to halt tropical deforestation. Northern Sumatra comprises an area of 65 000 km2 that is both the site of Indonesia’s first planned RED initiative, and the stronghold of 92% of remaining...	Gaveau, D Wich, S Epting, J Juhn, D Kanninen, M Leader-Williams, N	6 Dec 2009 - 17:49	Journal Article
The Government of Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative		21 Apr 2010 - 14:04	Organizations/Initiatives
The Hidden Frontier of Forest Degradation	The Nature Conservancy	19 Mar 2010 - 20:12	Report
The Humane Society International		4 May 2010 - 08:21	Organizations/Initiatives
The Institutional Architecture for Financing a Global Climate Deal: An Options Paper	Reed, David	16 Mar 2010 - 17:46	Report
The Little Climate Finance Book The Little Climate Finance Book is a guide to the multitude of proposals put forward under the UNFCCC to address the scale of financing to tackle climate change. The different proposals are presented using clear non-technical language, and a visual framework that allows the options to...	Parker, Charlie Brown, Jessica Pickering, Jonathan Roynestad, Emily Mardas, Niki Mitchell, Andrew W. Global Canopy Programme	15 Dec 2009 - 15:06	Book
The Little REDD+ Book	Parker, Charlie Mitchell, Andrew W. Trivedi, Mandar Mardas, Niki	21 Dec 2009 - 11:45	Book
The Meridian Institute		6 Jul 2010 - 17:32	Organizations/Initiatives
The Nature Conservancy The Mission of The Nature Conservancy is to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect...		25 Jan 2010 - 15:54	Organizations/Initiatives
The Need for the Review of the UNFCCC’s Forest-Related Terms, Definitions and Classifications Civil Society Submission to the People’s World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth’s Rights	The Australian Orangutan Project The Humane Society International Rainforest Foundation UK The Wilderness Society Wetlands International The Ape Alliance Global Witness	4 May 2010 - 08:27	Report
The Potential ecological costs and cobenefits of REDD: a critical review and case study from the Amazon region The United Nations climate treaty may soon include a mechanism for compensating tropical nations that succeed in reducing carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, source of nearly one fifth of global carbon emissions. We review the potential for this mechanism [reducing emissions...	Nepstad, DC Davidson, EA	6 Dec 2009 - 17:10	Journal Article
The Potential of REDD to Conserve the Amazon River System River systems, such as the Amazon, are closely interdependent with riparian and upland forests, making them vulnerable to changes in forest cover and land use. By reducing deforestation and forest degradation REDD can contribute significantly to maintaining the stability of flow...	McGrath, David Castello, Leandro Stickler, Claudia Coe, Michael Nepstad, D. Woods Hole Research Center Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM)	16 Feb 2010 - 17:43	Report
The REDD Opportunities Scoping Exercise The REDD+ Opportunities Scoping Exercise (ROSE) is a tool for classifying and prioritizing potential REDD+ sub-national activities and for assessing critical constraints to project development, especially those associated with the legal, political, and institutional framework for carbon...	Richards, Michael Asare, Rebecca Namirembe, Sara Olander, Jacob Quinlan, Matt Forest Trends	15 Jul 2010 - 10:19	Report
The REDD+ outlook: how different interests shape the future	Yanda, Pius Peskett, Leo	12 Jan 2010 - 14:21	Report
The Role of Terrestrial Carbon in the Climate Change Solution. Where, Why and How - a Short Guide	The Terrestrial Carbon Group Project	18 Jan 2010 - 12:09	Report
The state of REDD negotiations: Consensus points, options for moving forward and research needs to support the process The United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD) commissioned this report from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) to summarize the current state of negotiations towards a decision in...	Petkova, Elena Verchot, Louis V. CIFOR	25 Jan 2010 - 16:09	Report
The Surui Carbon Project	Borges, Beto	3 May 2010 - 19:25	Web Content
The Terrestrial Carbon Group Project The Terrestrial Carbon Group came together to develop policy recommendations to unlock the potential of terrestrial carbon. It is an international group of specialists from science, economics, and public policy with expertise in land management, climate change, and markets. The Group has experience...		18 Jan 2010 - 11:27	Organizations/Initiatives
The United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre The United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEPWCMC) is the biodiversity assessment and policy implementation arm of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the world's foremost intergovernmental environmental organization. The centre has been in...		5 Mar 2010 - 17:02	Organizations/Initiatives
The University of Edinburgh		4 May 2010 - 09:07	Organizations/Initiatives
The Wilderness Society		4 May 2010 - 08:22	Organizations/Initiatives
The World Bank Carbon Finance Unit		14 May 2010 - 11:50	Organizations/Initiatives
The World Bank Group		6 Jul 2010 - 23:42	Organizations/Initiatives
TNC's Position Statement on REDD 2009	The Nature Conservancy	19 Mar 2010 - 20:21	Report
Tools for Setting Reference Emission Levels. A review of existing tools that can be used to set a benchmark for rewarding reduced emissions and increased sequestration of greenhouse gasses in the terrestrial system One of the key unresolved issues in the United Nations negotiations on the inclusion of terrestrial carbon in the climate change solution is how to set a so-called “reference emission level”. This Policy Brief outlines the policy considerations facing decision-makers (including on scale,...	The Terrestrial Carbon Group Project	18 Jan 2010 - 11:38	Report
Trade-offs and synergies between carbon storage and livelihood benefits from forest commons Forests provide multiple benefits at local to global scales. These include the global public good of carbon sequestration and local and national level contributions to livelihoods for more than half a billion users. Forest commons are a particularly important class of forests generating these...	Ashwini, C Agrawal, A	6 Dec 2009 - 17:23	Journal Article
Tropical Deforestation and Climate Change: Creating Economic Incentives to Conserve Forests through REDD REDD policies can establish economic incentives for large-scale tropical forest conservation by valuing standing forests for the ecosystem service they provide to the climate system through carbon storage. Without such incentives for conservation, the powerful economic forces that drive...	Environmental Defense Fund	27 Jan 2010 - 20:33	Report
Tropical Deforestation and Global Warming: A Solution This fact sheet explains how tropical deforestation contributes to global warming, and how actions to protect tropical forests (including a set of policies known as REDD) can reduce global warming while providing many additional benefits.	Boucher, Doug Movius, Diana Fitzhugh, Estrellita Roquemore, Sarah Elias, Patricia Union of Concerned Scientists	4 Feb 2010 - 19:39	Report
Tropical Forest Group The Tropical Forest Group (TFG) catalyzes policy, science and advocacy to conserve and restore the planet’s remaining tropical forests. TFG works urgently and responsibly to save tropical forests, fight climate change and improve the lives of local people. TFG is a 501(c)3 non-profit...		16 May 2010 - 21:27	Organizations/Initiatives
TVE TVE's Climate Thinkers taps into the minds of leading scientists, politicians, policy makers and ordinary people to get their insights into the challenges of climate change and their ideas on how to tackle it. Climate Thinkers is produced with support from the UN-REDD Programme and Com+ Alliance.		1 Feb 2010 - 14:45	Organizations/Initiatives
U.N. says emissions vows not enough to avoid rise of 2 degrees C	Reuters	23 Feb 2010 - 16:34	Web Content
UK Prime Minister's Office		16 Apr 2010 - 12:53	Organizations/Initiatives
UN-REDD Newsletter Issue 5	UN-REDD Programme	25 Jan 2010 - 16:28	Web Content
UN-REDD Programme Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) is increasingly likely to be included in a post-2012 climate agreement, yet many questions remain unanswered. How will the REDD mechanism link to existing national development strategies? How can forest communities and indigenous...		13 Dec 2009 - 12:55	Organizations/Initiatives
UN-REDD Programme Newsletter 6	UN-REDD Programme	26 Feb 2010 - 17:17	Web Content
Understanding Climate Change (Part VII)	Office of Climate Change of Guyana	3 May 2010 - 11:29	Web Content
UNEP		6 Dec 2009 - 18:01	Organizations/Initiatives
UNEP Risoe Centre The UNEP Risoe Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development (URC) supports the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in its aim to incorporate environmental and development aspects into energy planning and policy worldwide, with special emphasis on assisting developing...		14 May 2010 - 11:41	Organizations/Initiatives
UNEP Year Book 2010 The UNEP Year Book 2010 is essential, informative and authoritative reading and reports on new environmental science plus recent developments in our changing environment. It looks at progress in environmental governance: the effects of continuing degradation and loss of the world's ecosystems;...	UNEP	23 Feb 2010 - 16:40	Book
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change		12 Jan 2010 - 14:55	Organizations/Initiatives
UNFCCC AWG-LCA Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change		12 Jan 2010 - 13:31	Organizations/Initiatives
UNFCCC SBSTA SBSTA was established at the first Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC in August 1995 to provide the COP and, as appropriate, its other subsidiary bodies with timely information and advice on scientific and technological matters relating to the Convention.		12 Jan 2010 - 13:54	Organizations/Initiatives
Union of Concerned Scientists The Union of Concerned Scientists is a nonprofit partnership of scientists and citizens combining rigorous scientific analysis, innovative policy development, and effective citizen advocacy to achieve practical environmental solutions. Established in 1969, we seek to ensure that all people have...		3 Feb 2010 - 18:57	Organizations/Initiatives
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change		27 Jan 2010 - 22:40	Organizations/Initiatives
Validation Assessment Report for the Philippine Peñablanca Sustainable Reforestation Project The Rainforest Alliance has validated that Conservation International and Toyota Motor Corporation’s Peñablanca Sustainable Reforestation Project design is in compliance with The Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance Standards, Second Edition and attained the gold level of approval for...	Sapkota, Indu Gibbon, Adam Boutmy, Jacques Dugan, Jr., Patrick Rainforest Alliance	14 Jun 2010 - 17:19	Report
Viet Nam Ministry of Agriculture and Development (MARD)		28 Jan 2010 - 19:10	Organizations/Initiatives
Visioning REDD+ in East Africa: a focus on benefit sharing in Uganda and Tanzania Progress in international debates about ‘Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation’ (REDD) and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks’ in developing countries (REDD+) is slow. At the national level, a different story is...	Mwayafu, David REDD-net	16 Feb 2010 - 18:35	Report
Voices From the Congo Basin: Incorporating the Perspectives of Local Stakeholders for Improved REDD Design The scarcity of information on local and indigenous perspectives on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) may inhibit the development of effective REDD-related measures in the Congo Basin. The World Resources Institute (WRI), along with the Network for Environment and...	Dkamela, Guy Patrice Mbambu, Félicien Kabamba Austin, Kemen Minnemeyer, Susan World Resources Institute	3 Feb 2010 - 18:24	Report
Welcome to 2010. The United Nations International Year of Biodiversity	CBD	14 Jan 2010 - 11:53	Video
Wetlands International		4 May 2010 - 08:23	Organizations/Initiatives
What Does Copenhagen Mean for the Private Sector in REDD-plus?	Bendana, Maria	28 Jan 2010 - 10:28	Web Content
What we could achieve at the Oslo Climate and Forest Conference	The Government of Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative	21 Apr 2010 - 14:07	Web Content
Where do we go from here? REDD-plus and AFOLU after Copenhagen	Akong Minang, Peter ASB	3 Mar 2010 - 12:08	Web Content
Why REDD Matters Deforestation and forest degradation contribute at least 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Without addressing these emissions the world will not be able to limit warming to below 2°C. Reducing emissions from tropical forests offers the potential to mitigate a major source of global emissions...	Conservation International Environmental Defense Fund Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM) The Nature Conservancy Woods Hole Research Center	27 Jan 2010 - 21:17	Report
Wildlife Conservation Society Mission StatementThe Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild places worldwide. We do so through science, global conservation, education and the management of the world's largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. Together these activities change attitudes...		26 Jan 2010 - 23:18	Organizations/Initiatives
Women Organizing for Change in Agriculturae and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN) Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA) was prepared for an initiative of CARE International and the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) to develop voluntary Social and Environmental Standards for REDD entitled. With respect to social impacts, REDD clearly presents some...		6 Dec 2009 - 18:14	Organizations/Initiatives
Woods Hole Research Center The Woods Hole Research Center is an independent, nonprofit institute focused on environmental science, education, and public policy.We seek to conserve and sustain the planet’s vegetation, soils, water, and climate by clarifying and communicating their interacting functions in support of human...		11 Dec 2009 - 16:01	Organizations/Initiatives
World Agroforestry Centre		28 Jan 2010 - 16:23	Organizations/Initiatives
World Resources Institute WRI is an environmental think tank that goes beyond research to find practical ways to protect the earth and improve people’s lives. Today’s environmental challenges are complex and global in nature. They call for visionary and ambitious action grounded in sound science and objective analysis–...		6 Dec 2009 - 16:23	Organizations/Initiatives
World Wildlife Fund WWF was born into this world in 1961. It was the product of a deep concern held by a few eminent gentlemen who were worried by what they saw happening in our world at that time. Since those early days WWF has grown up to be one of the largest environmental organizations in the...		4 Feb 2010 - 22:41	Organizations/Initiatives
WWF		6 Dec 2009 - 16:51	Organizations/Initiatives
WWF position on forests and climate change mitigation Forests have a vital role to play in the fight against global warming, being the largest terrestrial store of carbon and the third largest source of carbon emissions after coal and oil. Deforestation is estimated to be responsible for approximately 15% of current greenhouse gas emissions. In...	World Wildlife Fund	8 Feb 2010 - 23:22	Report

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