The general reluctance of policy makers to include forests in discussions about global
warming has changed with the development of measures to Reduce Emissions from …

Abstract Payments for Environmental Services (PES) are one of the instruments that
countries might use to try to reduce deforestation, and hence receive payments for Reduced …

Deforestation and forest degradation account for 20 percent of annual total greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions. The vast majority of these forestry emissions come from deforestation in …

Controlling deforestation, which is responsible for about one-fifth of the world's greenhouse
gas emissions, has become a major tool in the battle against global warming. An important …

Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) has received
strong support as a major component of future global climate change policy. The financial …

Abstract The United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC), at its thirteenth
meeting in 2005 (COP-11), agreed to start a work program to explore a range of policy …

The article reviews some of the critical issues for including Reduced Emissions from
Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) into a new global climate agreement. Four …

Since 2005, negotiations aiming at reducing emissions from deforestation in developing
countries (REDD) are ongoing in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Two …

There is a high level of interest in reducing emissions from deforestation and forest
degradation plus (REDD+) carbon (C) financing as a way to accelerate forest conservation …

REDD is one of the latest additions to a series of incentive-based mechanisms for reducing
carbon emissions. Although international negotiations have not eliminated uncertainties …