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Climate Communities

Manual for Social Impact Assessment of Land-Based Carbon Projects

Part II - Toolbox of Methods and Support Materials

By Michael Richards, Steve Panfil - Forest Trends, CCBA

Forest Trends, CCBA, FFI, and Rainforest Alliance have published Version 1.0 of a Manual for Social Impact Assessment of Land-Based Carbon Projects. The Manual is designed to be used by carbon project proponents aiming for validation under the CCB Standards, or other multiple-benefit carbon standards. The NGOs involved in this initiative believe that a combination […]

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Manual para la Evaluación del Impacto Social de los Proyectos de Carbono Terrestre

By Michael Richards, Steve Panfil - Forest Trends, CCBA
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Climate

State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2010

Building Bridges

By Kate Hamilton, Milo Sjardin, Molly Peters-Stanley, Thomas Marcello

This fourth annual State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets report is designed to give a market‐wide perspective on trading volumes, credit prices, project types, locations, and the motivations of buyers in this market. Findings are based on data voluntarily reported by 200 offset suppliers, as well as exchanges and registries. Because of the challenges of […]

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Communities

The REDD Opportunities Scoping Exercise

A Tool for Prioritizing Sub-National REDD+ Activities - Case Studies from Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda

By Michael Richards - Forest Trends

This report describes the REDD+ Opportunities Scoping Exercise (ROSE) methodology, and summarises the experience of developing and using it in three case study countries Tanzania, Uganda and Ghana. ROSE is a tool for classifying and prioritizing potential REDD+ sub-national activities, and for assessing critical constraints to project development, especially those associated with the legal, political, […]

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Implications of the Legal and Policy Framework for Tree and Forest Carbon in Ghana

REDD Opportunities Scoping Exercise

By Rebecca Asare - Forest Trends
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The REDD Opportunities Scoping Exercise for Ghana

ROSE Expert Workshop

By Michael Richards - Forest Trends
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Getting Started on REDD in Tanzania

A Scoping Study for the Katoomba Ecosystem Services Incubator

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The REDD Opportunities Scoping Exercise (ROSE), Uganda

By Sara Namirembe, Onesmus Mugyenyi - Forest Trends/Katoomba Incubator, ACODE
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Katoomba Issue Brief

REDD Opportunities in Uganda

By Slayde Hawkins - Forest Trends/Katoomba Incubator
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Climate Communities

Aprendiendo sobre Pagos por Servicios Ambientales

El propósito de este manual es introducir líderes comunitarios, agentes del gobierno, técnicos de ONGs y otros actores a los conceptos básicos relacionados al cambio climático y pagos por servicios ambientales, con un enfoque en el mercado de carbono, de una forma clara y didáctica.

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Communities Forests Investments

Quotas, Powers, Patronage, and Illegal Rent-Seeking

The Political Economy and the Timber Trade in Southern Laos

By Ian G. Baird

Forests are extremely important to the people of Laos. They are the basis for the livelihoods of most of those living in rural areas, especially the poor and Laos’ large population of indigenous peoples. Forests are also an important source of government revenue, and Lao forests are being increasingly recognized for the high levels of […]

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Communities

Aprendendo sobre Serviços Ambientais

By Marina Campos

Pagamentos por serviços ambientais (PSA), tais como os mercados de carbono, têm o potencial de gerar novas fontes de recursos para a conservação da biodiversidade e melhorar os meios de sustento das comunidades locais. Na medida em que esquemas de crédito de carbono, tais como seqüestro de carbono por reflorestamento e redução das emissões do […]

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Climate Forests Investments

The REDD Opportunities Scoping Exercise (ROSE) – Brief:

A Tool for Prioritizing Sub-National REDD Opportunities and Constraints Experiences in Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda

By Katoomba Incubator

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Communities Forests

Pro-Poor REDD – How will we Know?

Social Impact Assessment of Land-based Carbon Activities

By Forest Trends, Rainforest Alliance - The Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA), Fauna & Flora International (FFI)

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Biodiversity

State of Biodiversity Markets 2009

Offset and Compensation Programs Worldwide

By Becca Madsen, Nathaniel Carroll, Kelly Moore Brands

This report provides the status and trends of biodiversity offset and compensatory mitigation programs by geographical region. In each section, the report summarizes the total active programs and developing activities, and broad metrics like total known payments and land area protected or restored. In each region, we also analyze the characteristics of offset programs—what drives […]

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Forests Investments

Amendment to the U.S. Lacey Act

Implications for Exporters of Thailand's Forest Products

By R. Juge Gregg

A new law gives the U.S. government the power to fine – and even jail – individuals and companies who deal in illegally harvested or trafficked wood products. The U.S. government can even use this law, called the Lacey Act, to impose significant penalties on individuals and companies who do not realize that their wood […]

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[Thai Version] Amendment to the U.S. Lacey Act

Implications for Exporters of Thailand's Forest Products

By R. Juge Gregg