Publications

Laying the Foundation

An Analytical Tool for Assessing Legal and Institutional Readiness for PES

This booklet has been created as an initial resource for public sector officials interested in fostering an environment in which PES transactions can occur. While PES legal and policy readiness is likely to look very different from one country to another—depending on legal frameworks, as well as historical and current circumstances and pressures—understanding policy options […]

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An Analytical Tool for Assessing Legal and Institutional Readiness for PES

Summary Presentation

By Slayde Hawkins - Forest Trends

Creating New Values for Africa

Emerging Ecosystem Service Markets

This booklet contains 12 featured projects and initiatives which demonstrate the current innovations and challenges to carbon, water, biodiversity PES implementation in Africa. Our hope is that this publication, (coupled with training sessions, policy advice, legal analysis, and network building) will enable community leaders, government actors, NGO technical staff, project developers and other interested persons […]

Manuel sur l’Évaluation des Impacts Sociaux et sur la Biodiversité (EISB) pour les Projets de REDD+

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Manuel sur l’Évalution des Impacts Sociaux et sur la Biodiversité pour les Projets de REDD+

By Michael Richards - Forest Trends

Katoomba Issue Brief

Nested Approaches to Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation

This brief summarizes key reasons for taking a nested approach to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, conservation, sustainable management of forests, and enhancement of forest carbon (REDD+) and describes issues and options for policymakers.

Social and Biodiversity Impact Assessment (SBIA) Manual for REDD+ Projects

Core Guidance for Project Proponents

Are land-based carbon projects good for local people, biodiversity, and ecosystem services? The Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA), Forest Trends, Fauna & Flora International (FFI), and the Rainforest Alliance formed an alliance with the aim of producing a user-friendly Manual on how to conduct cost-effective and credible social and biodiversity impact assessment. The concepts […]

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Social and Biodiversity Impact Assessment (SBIA) Manual for REDD+ Projects

Social Impact Assessment Toolbox

By Michael Richards - Forest Trends

Social and Biodiversity Impact Assessment (SBIA) Manual for REDD+ Projects

Biodiversity Impact Assessment Toolbox

By Nigel Pitman

State of Forest Carbon Markets 2011

From Canopy to Currency

This second annual State of the Forest Carbon Markets tracks, reports, and analyzes trends in global transactions of emissions reductions generated from forest carbon projects. The data and analysis that follow cover forest carbon activity in compliance carbon markets as well as voluntary carbon markets—such as the voluntary Over-the-Counter (OTC) market and the Chicago Climate […]

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State of Forest Carbon Markets 2011

From Canopy to Currency - Executive Summary

By David Diaz, Katherine Hamilton, Evan Johnson - Ecosystem Marketplace, Ecosystem Marketplace

El Estado de los Mercados de Carbono Forestal 2011

By David Diaz, Katherine Hamilton, Evan Johnson - Ecosystem Marketplace

Bilan des Marchés du Carbone Forestier 2011

By David Diaz, Katherine Hamilton, Evan Johnson - Ecosystem Marketplace

Forest Carbon in Ghana

The Legal Framework and the Role of Community Resource Management Areas (CREMAs)

This report provides insight into Ghanaian statutory and case law and its potential implications for REDD+. As the legal nature of carbon rights has yet to be determined, the report does not purport to conclusively describe the proper treatment of carbon rights and benefits under existing law, but rather to outline implications and uncertainties for […]

Lao PDR

Overview of Forest Governance, Markets and Trade

Over the past decade in Lao PDR, new regulations and policies related to logging and timber exports have aimed to conserve existing natural forests and promote a shift towards participatory, sustainable forest management. Still, the main challenge will be to implement these reforms effectively. In addition, over the past five to six years, considerable foreign […]

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Lao PDR

Overview of Forest Governance, Markets and Trade (Lao)

By Keith Barney, Kerstin Canby - York University, Forest Trends

Timber Trade Flow Maps of China and the Mekong Region

This report provides a number of illustrated maps giving an overview of the timber trade flows in Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam and their respective trading partners. The maps provide information on the import and export in value as well as volume (RWE). In addition, there are a number of maps summarizing the […]

Buyer, Regulator, and Enabler – The Government’s Role in Ecosystem Services Markets

International Lessons Learned for Payments for Ecological Services in the People's Republic of China

This paper discusses the public sector’s role in PES internationally. In general, the public sector’s role in ecosystem services markets is both critical, and evolving. The public sector roles are evolving in three distinct ways: 1) Government as buyer of ecosystem services (a strategy to replace or complement government regulation); 2) Government as regulator, mobilizing […]