Resources tagged "community forestry"
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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...
REDD Realities: Learning from REDD pilot projects to make REDD workStakeholders in Tanzania are working on REDD through national programme development, awareness raising, advocacy and project implementation. Nine REDD pilot projects have been implemented and cover different regions of Tanzania. Some primarily focus on REDD readiness activities, such as establishing permanent monitoring plots and carbon baselines, and training government staff and community m...
Pathways for Implementing REDD+This issue discusses the role of carbon markets in scaling up investments for REDD+ in developing countries. Nine articles share experiences and make suggestions on the key elements of a future international REDD+ regime: Architecture and underlying principles, measuring, reporting and verification (MRV), private-sector involvement, the rights of indigenous people and local communities, biodi...
Pilot Forest Carbon Trust Fund: Rewarding local communities for forest conservationThis infobrief presents the first Forest Carbon Trust Fund in Nepal, and lessons learnt from this pilot project. It provides insights for understanding what kind of governance system will be required for implementing REDD+ at the national level when communities are actively involved in forest management. The project will also contribute to global learning on how to build the capacity of local...
Hot Spots of Confusion: Contested Policies and Competing Carbon Claims in the Peatlands of Central Kalimantan, IndonesiaIn its peatlands in Central Kalimantan, expectations of payments for carbon emission reduction currently shape the discourse over natural resource management as a means of influencing policy and exercising power. Different types of actors use their own interpretation of history, facts, rules and norms to support their claims. Shifting national policies have over the past decades shaped the di...
Stewardship Agreements to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) in IndonesiaConflicts over who controls the forests and forest margins is now widely recognized as a key issue that needs to be addressed if the world wants to see a reduction of emissions from deforestation and degradation. This policy brief argues that Agreements on stewardship in the forest margin are key to the success of the programmes such as NAMA, but rules need to be simplified for wider applicat...
State of the World's Forests 2011The report presents the overall state of the world's forests and explores the role of forestry in the international climate change agenda. It also looks at the local value of forests by exploring the topics of traditional knowledge, community-based forest management, small and medium forest enterprises and the non-cash value of forests.
The Role of Social Forestry in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in the ASEAN regionRecognizing the important role that people living in and around forests play in forest management for poverty reduction and environmental sustainability, RECOFTC conducted a study for the ASEAN Social Forestry Network and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to provide a general overview of social forestry in the ASEAN region and its potential to contribute to climate change...
Forests and Climate Change: Adaptation and MitigationA report with many contributing authors on country-level REDD experiences, forest management practices and climate adaptation strategies. Countries covered include Bolivia, Cameroon, Costa Rica and Sri Lanka, Mexico, Guyana and South Africa.
REDD+ and promoting synergies for climate change mitigation and adaptationA blog entry by Climate Himalaya on how REDD+ fits into India's Forest Right Act (FRA) Committee and how FRA should be implemented in order to protect local communities.