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Climate Investments

Ghana – Mapping REDD+ Finance Flows 2009-2014

By Kwame Agyei, Rebecca Ashley Asare - NCRC, NCRC

REDDX was first launched in Ghana in early 2011 as an exploratory project, and since its first report in 2012 it has collected annual data and information on REDD+ financial flows spanning the past six years—2009 through 2014. The project, which is jointly implemented by the National REDD+ Secretariat (NRS) and NCRC, has established a […]

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Climate Forests Investments

Liberia: Mapping REDD+ Finance Flows 2009-2014

By Peter Gayflor Mulbah - Skills and Agricultural Development Services

Forest Trends, Skills and Agricultural Development Services (SADS), and the Liberian Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have been compiling information on the flows of finance for REDD+ activities as part of the international REDD+ Expenditures Tracking Initiative (REDDX). Based on detailed surveys and interviews with key stakeholders including donors, implementing organizations, […]

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Climate Forests Investments

Linking Flight and Forests

This briefing paper highlights the vital role forests can play in fighting climate change and recommends that countries include REDD+, a policy framework for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, as a means for the international aviation sector to meet its commitments to cap and reduce its carbon pollution.

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Forests Can Play an Essential Role in Reducing Climate Change Impacts of Aviation

Leading international NGOs issue a joint policy paper recommending REDD+ as an integral part of meeting 7.8 billion tonne aviation emission gap

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Technical Overview

Background on the International Civil Aviation Organization and its Processes

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Biodiversity Climate Communities Forests Investments Water

Not So Niche

Co-benefits at the Intersection of Forest Carbon and Sustainable Development

By Allie Goldstein - Forest Trends

Carbon offsets are increasingly seen as a tool to support Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as mitigate climate change, according to a new report from Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace, Not So Niche: Co-benefits at the Intersection of Forest Carbon and Sustainable Development. The report was based on responses to EM’s 2015 survey of forest carbon […]

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Forests

China’s Logging Ban in Natural Forests

Impacts of Extended Policy at Home and Abroad

By Xiufang Sun, Kerstin Canby, Lijun Liu - Forest Trends, Forest Trends, Forest Trends

This Information Brief explores some of the anticipated economic and ecological implications of the forthcoming expansion of restrictions on commercial logging in China’s natural forests.

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Agriculture Climate Forests

Building Carbon in America’s Farms, Forests, and Grasslands

Foundations for a Policy Roadmap

By Emily McGlynn, Christopher Galik, David Tepper, Jerod Myers, Julie DeMeester - Forest Trends, Forest Trends

Forest Trends and the Nicholas Institute at Duke University have authored a new report, “Building Carbon in America’s Farms, Forests, and Grasslands: Foundations for a Policy Roadmap.” This innovative assessment offers new analysis to support a long-term roadmap for enhancing the U.S. land carbon sink, ensuring healthy and productive landscapes contribute to greenhouse gas reduction […]

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Forests Investments

Tanzania: Mapping REDD+ Finance Flows 2009-2014

By Erneus Kaijage, George Kafumu - Forest Trends, United Republic of Tanzania

This report presents the findings of the second and third rounds of REDD+ finance tracking in Tanzania for the period 2009–2014 under the Forest Trends REDDX initiative. The first and second rounds of REDD+ finance tracking were conducted for the period of 2009–2012 and 2009–2013; this report updates and extends those findings through 2014. Overall, […]

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Forests Investments

Perú: Seguimiento al Financiamiento para REDD+ Período 2009–2014

En el Perú, existen varios proyectos e iniciativas relacionados con el mecanismo de reducción de emisiones por deforestación y degradación forestal (REDD+). La iniciativa REDDX de Forest Trends logró identificar a varias organizaciones de la sociedad civil y empresas que han estado implementando actividades relacionadas con REDD+, para las cuales han recibido financiamiento de donantes […]

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Climate Forests Investments

Papua New Guinea – Mapping REDD+ Finance Flows 2009-2014

By Benzolo Ken, Ezra Neale - Wildlife Conservation Society - Papua New Guinea, Wildlife Conservation Society - Papua New Guinea

This report presents the findings from the first round of REDD+ finance tracking in Papua New Guinea (PNG) under the REDDX initiative through Forest Trends. The REDDX initiative is the first comprehensive attempt to track and report on financial commitments and disbursements for REDD+ activities in PNG. REDDX was conducted in PNG through a partnership […]

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Climate Forests Investments

Ecuador: Seguimiento al Financiamiento para REDD+ Período 2013–2014

Como parte del proyecto internacional de Seguimiento al Financiamiento para REDD (REDDX), Forest Trends y EcoDecisión desde el año 2012 han recopilado información sobre los flujos financieros para las actividades REDD+ en Ecuador. Basado en estudios detallados y entrevistas con las principales partes interesadas incluidos financiadores, organizaciones responsables de implementación, beneficiarios y agencias gubernamentales, REDDX […]