Resources tagged "project case study"
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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...
Synergies and trade-offs between REDD+ and food security: insights from the Trees for Global Benefits (TGB) project, South-Western UgandaTrade-offs between REDD+ and food production and availability are not inevitable. This case study demonstrates that many households can incorporate trees into their farms without negatively affecting their food production. Carbon finance delivered through REDD+ could also help improve food security by increasing economic access to food.
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...
Improving accountability for NRM sectors at different scales and levels: An explorationThis report explores the concept of accountability in relation to its possible application in natural resource management (NRM) sectors at different scales and levels, especially in developing countries. Accountability can be exercised by different individuals or groups. At several scales and levels, accountability mechanisms are present but underused or not used at all. Stakeholders, without...
Noell Kempff Mercado Climate Action Project: A Case Study in Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and DegradationThe Noel Kempff Mercado Climate Action Project (“NKCAP”) is preserving the rich, biologically diverse ecosystems of north-eastern Bolivia’s Noel Kempff Mercado National Park while preventing the release of millions of tons of carbon dioxide over 30 years. NK-CAP, nonetheless, serves as an example of how well designed REDD projects can result in real, scientifically measurable, and verif...
Sharing the wealth? A case study of a pioneering community-based timber harvesting operation in Central Viet NamThis paper presents a case study of a pioneering community forestry initiative in the province of Thua Thien Hue, in the North Central region of Viet Nam. The case was innovative because the model for sustainable management of this forest, developed by the Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) through UNDP’s Program for Forests (PROFOR), involved the harvesting of timber for...
Benefit sharing options in Collaborative Forest Management: A case study of Rwoho Environmental Conservation and Protection Association and the National Forestry Authority in UgandaThis case study looks at some early experiences and lessons from a benefit sharing regime in a Collaborative Forest management (CFM) project in Uganda under the Nile Basin Reforestation Project. It is implemented by Uganda’s National Forestry Authority (NFA) in partnership with a local Community Based Organization (RECPA). The reforestation project ...
Benefit sharing in the Trees for Global Benefit Initative - Bushenyi District (Uganda) (Swahili version)Utafiti huu umeandaliwa kwa ajili ya kutoa uzoefu wa awali kutoka katika miradi ambayo tayari inatekeleza mpango wa Malipo ya huduma za mazingira (PES ) lengo ikiwa ni kutoa mwanga katika uandaaji wa mikakati ya kitaifa ya MKUHUMI+, programu na miradi mbalimbali. Kwa upande wa Afrika Mashariki, michakato ya MKUHUMI+ ndio inaendelea kujitokeza kupitia uandaaji wa mipango ya kitai...
Issues and options for benefit sharing in REDD+ in East Africa: a case study of Mt Elgon Regional Conservation Programme (Swahili version)Utafiti huu umeandaliwa kwa ajili ya kutoa uzoefu wa awali kutoka katika miradi ambayo tayari inatekeleza mpango wa Malipo ya huduma za mazingira (PES ) lengo ikiwa ni kutoa mwanga katika uandaaji wa mikakati ya kitaifa ya MKUHUMI+, programu na miradi mbalimbali. Kwa upande wa Afrika Mashariki, michakato ya MKUHUMI+ ndio inaendelea kujitokeza kupitia uandaaji wa mipango ya kitaifa / ua...
Benefit sharing in the Trees for Global Benefit (TGB) Initiative - Bushyeni District (Uganda)The case study examines benefit sharing arrangements in place under the Trees for Global Benefit Initiative in Bushenyi District (Uganda), a Plan Vivo project. The project distributes benefits using a payment for ecosystem services model, where participants receive staged payments for carrying out activities that sequester carbon. The case study highlights lessons from this project for the de...