COP23 Special: The politics of REDD+ in Mexico
If programs for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, or REDD+, are to succeed, changes in those…
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COP23 Special: What would a rights-based REDD+ look like?
From its outset, REDD+ has divided opinions over its potential impacts on the rights of indigenous peoples.Partly, this is because…
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COP23 Special: From Balikpapan to global climate action
Join discussions on the topics mentioned here with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and partners at COP23 on…
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COP23 Special: Can REDD+ benefit the poor?
This topic will be one of several featured at an official COP23 side event hosted by the Center for International…
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COP23 Special: Sharing the benefits of REDD+ in Burkina Faso
As Burkina Faso’s dry forest landscapes come under the dual pressures of climate change and land-use change, REDD+ has been…
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COP23 Special: In Burkina Faso, finding new paths through a changing landscape
When the rains come in Burkina Faso, a familiar change sets in. Well-worn paths through the dry savannah plains and…
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Sharing the benefits of REDD+ in Indonesia
After its introduction in Indonesia more than five years ago, REDD+, originally conceived as a carbon emissions reduction scheme has…
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Indonesia not ready to bury REDD+
Two years have passed since Indonesia’s REDD+ Agency and the National Council on Climate Change merged into the Ministry of…
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Evaluating REDD+ social safeguards with mobile phones, gas stoves and benefits
The UN REDD program was launched in 2008 to “reduce forest emissions and enhance carbon stocks in forests while contributing…
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Why social safeguards matter for managing trade-offs under REDD+
Local people can benefit from climate change mitigation schemes to keep tropical forests standing and enhance forest cover — if…
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Measuring the effectiveness of subnational REDD+ initiatives
Forests play a central role in climate change mitigation, as recognized by the Paris Agreement. Over the last decade, hundreds…
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Green Climate Fund steps up to reduce deforestation and forest degradation
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) recently adopted two new decisions intended to reduce global emissions from deforestation and forest degradation,…
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