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, CCBAForest 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, CCBAState of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2010
Building Bridges
By Kate Hamilton, Milo Sjardin, Molly Peters-Stanley, Thomas MarcelloThis 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 […]
The REDD Opportunities Scoping Exercise
A Tool for Prioritizing Sub-National REDD+ Activities - Case Studies from Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda
By Michael Richards - Forest TrendsThis 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 TrendsThe REDD Opportunities Scoping Exercise for Ghana
ROSE Expert Workshop
By Michael Richards - Forest TrendsThe REDD Opportunities Scoping Exercise (ROSE), Uganda
By Sara Namirembe, Onesmus Mugyenyi - Forest Trends/Katoomba Incubator, ACODEKatoomba Issue Brief
REDD Opportunities in Uganda
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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.
Quotas, Powers, Patronage, and Illegal Rent-Seeking
The Political Economy and the Timber Trade in Southern Laos
By Ian G. BairdForests 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 […]
Aprendendo sobre Serviços Ambientais
By Marina CamposPagamentos 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 […]
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 IncubatorPro-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)State of Biodiversity Markets 2009
Offset and Compensation Programs Worldwide
By Becca Madsen, Nathaniel Carroll, Kelly Moore BrandsThis 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 programswhat drives […]
Amendment to the U.S. Lacey Act
Implications for Exporters of Thailand's Forest Products
By R. Juge GreggA 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 […]