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1. 2012UW-Madison Land Tenure CenterNaughton-Treves, L. and Day, C., (Editors)
   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...
2. 2011FIELDAntonio G.M. La Vina & Lawrence G. Ang
   The Road to Durban: Hopes and ChallengesThis document briefly revisits the progress made from Cancun to the last intersessional held in Panama in October 2011, and then tackles the emerging political issues that the authors believe will shape discussions in Durban and beyond, among them the fate of the Kyoto Protocol and the role of the EU, and the increasing centrality of climate finance and the emerging role of business in influe...
3. 2011FAO
   Climate Change for Forest Policy-Makers - An approach for integrating climate change in forest programmes in support of sustainable forest managmentThis document is published as a key part of the effort by the Forestry Department of FAO and the National Forest Programme Facility to assist countries address emerging policy issues related to forests and climate change through integrating climate change considerations into national forest programmes. It is the outcome of a thorough consultative process with active engagement of countries an...
4. 2010Government of Ghana National Climate Change Committee (NCCC)
   Ghana Goes for Green Growth: National engagement on climate changeA report produced under the guidance of the National Climate Change Committee(NCCC) outlines how climate change is impacting Ghana, the NCCC's objectives of achieving low carbon growth, climate change adaptation and social development in Ghana, the supporting pillars to achieve these objectives and the next steps Ghana needs to take. It explains REDD+'s role in providing funding and how Ghana...
5. 2009FIELDPritchard, D.
   Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in developing countries (REDD) - the link with wetlandsThis background paper summarises the importance of wetlands in relation to climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. It particularly examines their potential role in the measures of carbon storage and ecosystem maintenance for REDD.
6. 2011Climate Himalaya
   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.
7. 2011Reed, P.
   REDD+ and the Indigenous question: A Case Study from EcuadorThis case study explores the challenge of constructing a strong legal, financial, and institutional framework in Ecuador for the implementation of REDD+ which indigenous peoples will accept, and which will not infringe their forest rights.
8. 2008IUCNNguyen Quang Tan and Nguyen Van Chin
   Statutory and Customary Forest Rights and their Governance Implications: The case of VietnamPublished by the International Union for Conservation in Nature (IUCN) in Vietnam as part of the Strengthening Voices for Better Choices (SVBC), this document aims to promote the adoption of improved forest governance arrangements in Viet Nam and five other tropical forest countries in Asia, Africa and South America. These arrangements cover policy, legal, institutional and economic structure...
9. 2011Corbera, E., Estrada, M., May, P., Navarro, G.and Pacheco, P.
   Rights to Land, Forests and Carbon in REDD+: Insights from Mexico, Brazil and Costa RicaThis paper looks at tenure regimes and carbon rights issues in Mexico, Brazil and Costa Rica. It is effectively shown that complex bundles of rights over forest resources have distinct implications for REDD+ design and implementation, and that REDD+ strategies in selected countries have to date failed in procedurally addressing land-use conflicts and carbon rights entitlements and liabilities...
10. 2011AlertNet ClimateKarlamanga, S.
    Capturing the value of Forest Carbon for Local LivelihoodsIn the context of assigning "carbon rights," this article discusses the need to first assign land rights to indigenous populations-something that has yet to be done for a great number of people in Indonesia, according to RRI Coordinator Andy White