38 datasets found

Brazil aims to reduce emissions from deforestation and land use as a contribution to climate change mitigation and to conserve the country’s rich biodiversity. The country has...

REDD+ has the potential to contribute to achieving more policy goals than climate mitigation alone. In Tanzania, REDD+ is expected to deliver multiple benefits, whose nature and...

UNEP-WCMC in partnership with SNV, have been working with collaborators from Green Field Consulting and Development, Research Centre for Forest Ecology and Environment, and the...

Many developing countries have started preparing for REDD+, including by setting goals for multiple benefits. These goals will need to be informed by the Cancun safeguards that...

It is increasingly recognized that REDD+ can contribute to a range of policy goals in addition to climate change mitigation. It can promote biodiversity conservation and secure...

Efforts related to REDD+ in Bolivia are a component of the overall national strategy on forests and climate change. A UN-REDD Programme mission to Bolivia in 2010 identified a...

The United Nations climate negotiations are focusing unprecedented attention on tropical forests and the urgent need to reduce sharply rates of deforestation and degradation to...

Co-benefits, often called multiple benefits, are the positive impacts of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) that are additional to emissions...

Land-use change, primarily through tropical forest loss and degradation, is estimated to contribute 6–17% of all anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (van der Werf et...

Land-use change models can help in developing a holistic understanding of the range of potential impacts of different land-use related policy options, and so strengthen the...

This policy brief provides summary results produced by the REDD-PAC project about the impacts of Brazil’s Native Vegetation Protection Act, commonly known as the Forest Code...

La cartographie et l’analyse spatiale peuvent soutenir la planification d’actions REDD+ au niveau gouvernemental, d’une manière qui contribue à la réalisation des Objectifs de...

Mapping and spatial analysis can support planning for REDD+ actions in a manner that contributes to the achievement of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the...

Climate change and biodiversity loss are currently two of the key global challenges facing people and ecosystems. REDD+ policies aim to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the...

This report presents the results of spatial analyses that can assist decision-makers in planning for REDD+ in a way that generates multiple benefits, and explores the possible...

A new UN-REDD Programme Info Brief examines “REDD+ and adaptation: Identifying complementary responses to climate change”. The brief highlights the complementarities and...

According to the latest estimate from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2013), land-use change, largely from deforestation, has accounted for an estimated...

The report lays out recommendations to deliver the new integrated REDD+ and Green Economy approach, including better coordination, stronger private sector engagement, changes in...

The potential social and environmental benefits of implementing REDD+actions in a certain location are influenced by a range of factors, including the biophysical, geographic,...

Those who are involved in the development of REDD+ strategies need to consider not only the legal regulations and policies that have been created specifically for REDD+, but...