Resources tagged "latin america"
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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...
The reality of REDD+ in Peru: Between theory and practice - Indigenous Amazonian peoples' analyses and alternativesThis report compiled by AIDESEP, FENAMAD, CARE (regional and national indigenous organisations) and FPP collates the experiences of indigenous peoples’ organisations with REDD+ policies and projects in Peru. The report analyses the policies and strategies of the Peruvian government, examines the roles of international agencies and scrutinises pilot REDD+ initiatives already underway in indi...
Development without Carbon: Climate and the Global Economy through the 21st CenturyMost climate economics models used to guide policymakers assume very little economic growth in the poorest countries. This report examines the implications of that assumption and finds that, taking developing countries' right to future emissions as a given, economic growth in the poorest countries would require their richer neighbors to reduce their own emissions far more sharply and also pro...
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...
Understanding Climate Change, Part 10, Low Carbon DevelopmentThis info-sheet explains the concept of low-carbon development, challenges and opportunities facing developing countries which pursue Low Carbon Development Strategies (LCDS). The info-sheet then explains in more detail Guyana's LCDS which is notable as it provides a framework for how interim payments and future REDD+ payments could be used to realign the country’s economy along a low carbo...
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 ...
The Potential of REDD to conserve the Amazon river systemRiver 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 thus contribute to maintaining the stability of flow regimes and the overall resilience of the aquatic system. However, this report argues that REDD will have little or no dire...
Study REDD Peru: Situation of REDD in Peru / Estudio REDD PERÚ: La Situación de REDD en el PeruThis report seeks to help a more comprehensive understanding of the different REDD's processes that simultaneously are occurring in Peru, and facilitate decision-making of stakeholders.
Fair and green? Social impacts of payments for environmental services in Costa RicaUnder the programme of payments for environmental services (PES) programme, economic recognition of forests moved from a ‘timber-only’ approach to a wider concept of ecosystem services that feeds directly into human and industrial functions of production or consumption. But who really benefits and loses from PES? A clearer understanding of distributional issues in PES-type projects is bec...
Prioritizing food security and livelihoods in climate change mitigation mechanisms: Experiences and opportunities in smallholder coffee agroforestry forest communities and REDD+In Mesoamerica, it is becoming increasingly clear that smallholder coffee farmers and forest communities can contribute significantly to mitigate climate change, yet existing mechanisms have offered few avenues for benefiting these actors, and in some cases even threaten to undermine their livelihoods. This policy brief examines these challenges and proposes alternative approaches to climate ...