Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation plus Sustainable Forest Management

(REDD + SFM)

 


 

Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) is seen to be a key factor to REDD+►►

 

Definition of SFM by UN + FAO: A/RES/62/98►►

Definition of SFM by UNFF: Sustainable forest management as a dynamic and evolving concept aims to maintain and enhance the economic, social and environmental value of all types of forests, for the benefit of present and future generations►►

Definition of SFM by CIFOR: Managing  (permanent) forest  to achieve one or more clearly specified objectives of management with regard to the production of a continuous flow of desired forest products and services (e.g. carbon) without undue reduction of its inherent values and future productivity and without undue undesirable effects on the physical and social environment►►

      

SFM, according to internationally agreed language, is a dynamic and evolving concept that aims to maintain and enhance the economic, social and environmental value of all types of forests, for the benefit of future generations.

 

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REDD+ Governance

At national, regional and local level as well as for state owned and private owned land and forests

 

 

► The REDD Opportunities Scoping Exercise
14. August 2010

The REDD+ Opportunities Scoping Exercise (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, and institutional framework for carbon finance. The ROSE tool was developed and refined during 2009 in the course of conducting case studies in Tanzania, Uganda, and Ghana.

 

► Governance Update
13. August 2010

The UN-REDD Programme has been active over the past few months, in convening and engaging with partners from around in the world to advance ideas and common understandings of governance issues related to REDD+.

 

► REDD Readiness Requires Radical Reform
06. August 2010

Forests may be about to get a lucky break. If opportunities are seized and problems ironed out, international mechanisms to support reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhanced forest carbon stocks (“REDD-plus”) will give efforts to sustain forests and the livelihoods linked to them their best-ever chance of success.

But preparations for making such mechanisms work on the ground have generally been unimpressive. Initiatives are needed to get REDD-plus protagonists from different contexts to work together on common challenges.
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REDD+ Capacity building

At all stages from indigenous people, local communities to individual forest owners

 

 

► Ulu Masen REDD Demonstration Project
02. August 2010

Aceh is a forest landscape where the interests of local people, extractive industries and globally important biodiversity are in conflict. Two prevailing factors have ensured large tracts of forest in Ulu Masen have remained relatively undisturbed: the three decade long separatist conflict that raged in Aceh meant that forests were generally thought to be unsafe; and the fact that much of the area is mountainous terrain, thus making it difficult to access. The signing of the peace agreement in 2005 brought an end to the conflict.

 

► New Casebook of On-the-Ground REDD Project Experience
26. July 2010

Read at : Forest Policy Info Mailing List <forests-l@lists.iisd.ca>

New Casebook of On-the-Ground REDD Project Experience

 

► What’s Next for Indonesia-Norway Cooperation on Forests?
13. July 2010

In May 2010, Norway agreed to contribute up to $1 billion towards reducing deforestation and forest degradation and loss of peatland in Indonesia, which now account for more than 80 percent of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. The “Letter of Intent” is a promising first step, yet the two countries must still settle key details of the agreement. Below is WRI’s analysis of the Letter of Intent and recommendations for what should be addressed next.
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REDD+ Technical Support

From national carbon inventory to national land use planning...

 

 

► Avoiding Planned Deforestation
13. August 2010

The American Carbon Registry (ACR), a non-profit enterprise of Winrock International, welcomes feedback from its members, project proponents and other interested parties on the ACR Methodology for REDD – Avoiding Planned Deforestation. 

This methodology is applicable only to the REDD sub-category Avoiding Planned Deforestation (APD). Separate forthcoming methodologies will address unplanned deforestation and forest degradation.

Three documents are posted for review and comment:

 

► What’s Next for Indonesia-Norway Cooperation on Forests?
13. July 2010

In May 2010, Norway agreed to contribute up to $1 billion towards reducing deforestation and forest degradation and loss of peatland in Indonesia, which now account for more than 80 percent of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. The “Letter of Intent” is a promising first step, yet the two countries must still settle key details of the agreement. Below is WRI’s analysis of the Letter of Intent and recommendations for what should be addressed next.
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