There is a lot of interest in the role of REDD+ within Eastern Africa and how the region could increasingly become involved in REDD+ mitigation schemes. Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are starting to pilot REDD+ projects and currently in the process of developing national REDD+ plans.
REDD-net in East Africa has so far focused on understanding what REDD+ could look like in the region in terms of the types of policies that could be implemented and their implications. Insights on issues such as benefit sharing and carbon rights have been contributed to publisize regional bulletins by practitioners involved in developing REDD+ projects, and workshops have been held to share experience between projects.
In the sections below you can find more information on REDD+ in East Africa.
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A toolkit to assess proposed benefit sharing and revenue distribution schemes of community REDD+ projects
UCSD has recenntly developed a toolkit to assess proposed benefit sharing and revenue distribution schemes under community REDD+ projects. lllutstrated with examples from the Mount Elgon Region Conservation Programme, it uses five pillars to assist practitioners, civil society and ...
REDD+ and other sectors in East Africa
This set of articles outline the linkages between REDD+, agriculture, energy and water resources in East Africa. They draw out how emerging REDD+ strategies in the region will contribute to meeting objectives of these other sectors, and suggest ways to maximise these synergies and minimise tradeoffs.
REDD+ and adaptation to climate change in East Africa
This article looks at how REDD+ may contribute to climate change adaptation goals in East Africa. It also highlights the potential, not properly coordinated with adaptation actions and strategies, for REDD+ to increase vulnerability in key sectors such as agriculture, energy and water resource management. It outlines the linkages between REDD+ and adapation strategies in the regio...
Carbon rights in REDD+ and their implications in East Africa
This regional bulletin provides an overview of what carbon rights are and why they are important to REDD+ in East Africa. It also examines the interpretation of carbon rights in Uganda and the implications for local communities, and reports on the outcomes of a workshop held in East Africa discussing carbon rights. In East Africa, even though REDD+ strategies are still being developed ...
Further Resources
- REDD+ and rural livelihoodsFocusing on incentive schemes that induce participation in land-use activities to supply env...
- Synergies between REDD+ and adaptive capacity at the local level - a Ghana case studyThis case study uses the Local Adaptive Capacity (LAC) framework developed by the African Cl...
- Synergies and trade-offs between REDD+ and food security: insights from the Trees for Global Benefits (TGB) project, South-Western UgandaTrade-offs between REDD+ and food production and availability are not inevitable. This case ...
- Carbon Stock Assessment and Modelling in Zambia A UN-REDD programme studyDeveloping a Measurement Reporting and Verification (MRV) system will plays a significant ro...
- An Assessment of Opportunities for Low Carbon Growth in KenyaThis report summarises the work of the DFID/DANIDA funded SEI study on the "Economics of Cli...
- Promoting and implementing REDD+ safeguards at national level in East AfricaThis paper reviews the state of play on safeguard regulations of a range of international in...
- Harvesting Knowledge on REDD+: Early lessons from the FCPF Initiative and BeyondThe FCPF initiative is a performance-based pilot of REDD+: this working paper reports lesson...
- Opportunities and Challenges for sustainable production and marketing of gums and resins in EthiopiaThis publication sets out the need for vegetation-based land management as a sustainable opt...
- REDD+ in dryland forests: issues and prospects for pro-poor REDD in the miombo woodlands of southern Africa This report draws and builds on the work of three separate studies in Namibia, Mozambique an...
- Environmental crisis or sustainable development opportunity? Transforming the charcoal sector in TanzaniaAn estimated 90 percent of Tanzania’s energy needs are satisfied through the use of wood f...
- A toolkit to assess proposed benefit sharing and revenue distribution schemes of community REDD+ projectsThis Toolkit to assess proposed Benefit Sharing and Revenue Distribution Schemes of Communit...
- Community involvement in monitoring, reporting and verification of REDD+ activities in East AfricaThis short article details the benefits of involving local communities in MRV in EAst Africa...
- Guest articles and opinions on safeguards in REDD+REDD-net has worked with regional network members to gather stories and insight from across ...
- REDD+ and energy for rural development in East Africa (Swahili)Kutokana na kuongezeka kwa mahitaji ya nishati katika ukanda wa Afrika Mashariki pamo...
- Water resources management and REDD+ in East Africa (Swahili)Shughuri za MKUHUMI zinaweza kuwa na manufaa zaidi ya kupunguza uzalishaji wa hewa ya...
- REDD+ and other sectors in East Africa: opportunities for cross-sectoral implementationAs REDD+ implementation will affect many actors, it is important that it involves a multi-st...
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