Resources tagged "policy"
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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 ...
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...
Payment for Environmental Services in Vietnam: An Analysis of the Pilot Project in Lam Dong ProvinceThis report provides an analysis of the payment for environmental service (PES) Pilot in Lam Dong province, in Vietnam. It considers the market, policy and governance drivers in the Pilot area that contribute to deforestation and forest degradation, the strategies that the Pilot sets out to deal with these drivers, as well as the process of designing the Pilot. The report aims to contribute t...
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.
Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Latin America and the Caribbean Current Situation, Future Trends and One Policy ExperimentOne challenge for the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region is to increase aggregate agricultural production to meet this growing demand for food/fiber/energy without proportionally increasing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). This research project examines agriculture’s potential contributions to reducing GHGs in LAC and the implications of policy actions to reduce agricultural GHG e...
Sustainable Forest Management and Carbon in Tropical Latin America: The Case for REDD+ This review paper assesses the economic, governance and technical conditions that shape forest management in tropical Latin America with particular regard to efforts to reduce forest-based carbon emissions. Provides a framework for discussions on how forest management can be improved in order to achieve environmental objectives whilst promoting local and national development and contributing ...
Decision making for ecosystems in a changing climate: time to mainstream ecosystem-based approachesAn 'expert perspective' on ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation and what changes need to be made, for example to the role of stakeholders, in order to adopt this approach to climate change adaptation.
Sharing the wealth: Policy and legal frameworks to support equitable sharing of costs and benefits from community forestry This synthesis paper summarises the discussions at the Second Community Forestry Forum which was convened with the purpose of sharing experiences among peers on how to distribute the benefits and costs of community forestry more equitably. Policy makers from 14 countries in Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mongolia, Nepal, Philip...
REDD+ and Benefit Sharing: A Comparative Assessment of Three National Policy Approaches This paper reviews three leading forest sector policy approaches relevant to benefit-sharing for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+): payments for ecosystem services, also known as payments for environmental services (PES), participatory forest management (PFM), and forest concession revenue-sharing arrangements. A survey is made of these three approaches in o...