Thailand
Overview of Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade
By Kevin Woods, Keith Barney, Kerstin Canby - University of California, Berkeley, York University, Forest TrendsThailand diverges from neighboring regional Mekong countries, with a decade or more experience of actively pursuing policies to combat domestic illegal logging and internal transportation. The 1989 logging ban, and the rise of grassroots social movements organizing around large-scale plantations and community displacement, has meant that Thai forestry institutions have needed to become more responsive […]
Lessons Learned for REDD+ from PES and Conservation Incentive Programs
Examples from Costa Rica, Mexico, and Ecuador
By FONAFIFO, CONAFOR, Ministry of Environment, Forest Trends, Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, Latin American and Caribbean Region of the World BankAt the COP16 in Cancun, representatives from Costa Rica, Mexico, and Ecuador held a discussion on payments for ecosystem services (PES) and conservation incentive programs in these three countries and their relevance for national initiatives related to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, conservation, sustainable management of forests, and enhancement of forest carbon (REDD+). […]
State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2012
Developing Dimension
By Molly Peters-Stanley, Katherine E. HamiltonThe 6th State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets report shows a significant increase in demand from buyers in the US and major changes in the mix of offsets capturing market share, such as record sales of offsets from Asian wind farms and the coming-of-age of clean development projects in Africa. Read the Executive Summary HERE. […]
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Myanmar
Overview of Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade
By Kevin Woords, Kerstin Canby - University of California, Berkeley, Forest TrendsMyanmar remains one of the world’s only countries with no prohibitions on log exports. The country provides much coveted teak and other hardwood logs to the region and beyond. Sawn wood, and to a lesser extent finished wood products, contribute a relatively small amount to Myanmar’s total exports of wood products. As in the majority […]
Resource Paper: No Net Loss and Loss-Gain Calculations in Biodiversity Offsets
By Toby Gardner, Amrei von Hase - BBOPThis document is one of two Resource Papers (the other is on Limits to What Can Be Offset) written to update and complement information already published in the Offset Design Handbook (BBOP, 2009) and to support the interpretation and understanding of the Principles, Criteria and Indicators being developed for the BBOP Standard on Biodiversity Offsets […]
Resource Paper: Limits to What Can Be Offset
By Amrei von Hase - BBOPThis document is one of two Resource Papers (the other being on No Net Loss) written to update information published in the BBOP Offset Design Handbook (2009) and to support the interpretation and understanding of the Principles, and of the Criteria and Indicators developed for the BBOP Standard on Biodiversity Offsets. The document specifically addresses […]
Taking Stock of Government Engagement with the Voluntary Carbon Market
Bringing it Home
By Molly Peters-Stanley - Ecosystem MarketplaceGovernment engagement with voluntary carbon market mechanisms is nothing new. But in contrast to a few years ago, governments are now increasingly turning to private sector mechanisms to deliver reductions on par with regulated instruments like the CDM; to address emissions sources neglected by current market frameworks; to enhance domestic companies’ supply chain competitiveness; and/or […]
BBOP Overview – 2009
By BBOPAn overview of BBOP and the concept of biodiversity offsets, published in 2009. The document accompanied the publication of a broad set of guidance, including handbooks on offset design and implementation, issues papers, case studies and a glossary of terms. This overview presents the vision, mission and goals of BBOP, and its achievements. It also […]
Biodiversity Offset Design Handbook – 2009
By BBOPThe Offset Design Handbook presents information on a range of issues, approaches, methodologies and possible tools from which offset planners can select the approaches best suited to their individual circumstances when designing a biodiversity offset. It describes a generic process that offset planners could use in designing a biodiversity offset, from initial conception of a […]
Biodiversity Offset Design Handbook Appendicies – 2009
By BBOPThis companion volume of Appendices to the BBOP Offset Design Handbook offers readers a summary of a sample of methodologies relevant to biodiversity offsets and some references on them for further reading. Some approaches are required or recommended by government policies; some are the subject of the lending requirements of banks; some are still under […]