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Lessons on land tenure, governance and REDD+: Case studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America This volume of case studies collates publications resulting from the Oct. 21-22, 2011 Land Tenure and Forest Carbon Management Workshop hosted by the University of Wisconsin/Madison’s Land Tenure Center (LTC), Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, and Geography Dept. Emerging from these case studies and workshop discussion is the theme that REDD revenues s...
Forests and climate change adaptation in AsiaThe FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, RECOFTC - The Centre for People and Forests, and UNEP recently held a meeting on forests and climate change adaptation in Asia to identify priority forest-based climate change adaptation measures and discuss how these can be implemented. This policy brief is based on information shared during the meeting.
Swidden, Rubber and Carbon Can REDD+ work for people and the environment in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia?Swidden (also called shifting cultivation) has long been the dominant farming system in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia (MMSEA). This paper describes how agricultural policies and institutions have affected land use in the region over the last several decades and the impact these policies have had on the livelihoods of swiddeners and other smallholders. It also explores whether incentivizing ...
Progressing towards post-2012 carbon marketsThis publication discusses the role of carbon markets in contributing to low carbon development and new mechanisms for green growth. It explores how carbon markets at national, regional and global levels can be developed and up-scaled to sustain the involvement of the private sector in leveraging finance and innovative solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Ten authors with a backgroun...
Stakeholders’ incentives for land-use change and REDD+: the case of IndonesiaThe opportunity costs of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) accruing to different stakeholders in Indonesia, including companies and the national, provincial and district level governments, are estimated, with particular emphasis on the influence of alternative discount rates. A cost–benefit analysis of the opportunity costs of avoided deforestation is cond...
AOSIS in the UNFCCC negotiations: from unity to fragmentationSmall island states were able to obtain some remarkable achievements in the climate change negotiations by building a cohesive coalition, the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). Yet, This working paper argues that this cohesiveness has come under stress by a growing fragmentation of the UNFCCC regime. The multiplication of issues on the climate agenda and the increasing number of negotia...
Energy Trends in Developing Asia: Priorities for a Low-Carbon FutureThis report follows up on the 2007 report by examining the most recent data and trends related to primary energy supply, final energy demand, electricity generation and demand, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and clean energy investment, as well as associated policies and targets. It focuses primarily on Asia's six largest developing countries in terms of energy consumption-China, India, Indo...
Linking community monitoring with national MRV for REDD+On Sept 12-14 2011, the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility of the World Bank and the Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México organized a workshop in Mexico City to explore how community monitoring can link with and contribute to national systems of Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) under national programs for Reduced Emissi...
From REDD+ to Low Carbon Growth Strategy: An opportunity for Provincial ActionsA presentation outlining the organizational structure of the Indonesian National Council on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol and Copenhagen Accord and Indonesia's emission profile from 2000 to predicted values in 2020. The presentation then looks at deforestation in Indonesia, before detailing a framework for a Low Carbon Growth path where REDD+ fits into the CO2 mitigation area. Finally th...
REDD+ Design in Cambodia, Indonesia and Mexico: Lessons to Inform International REDD+ Policy DevelopmentEffective REDD+ policy development must integrate analysis and policy at all levels to design complementary international and in-country domestic structures, with sub- national programs combined into a single national program. CCAP studies provide some evidence that the policies and initiatives already underway have a significant potential to reduce deforestation locally, and to be scaled up ...