Forests and Climate Change - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Forests and Climate Change write by Anthony Hall. This book was released on 2012-04-01. Forests and Climate Change available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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 new international initiative – Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) – provides economic incentives to forest users to encourage preservation of trees. Nearly all Latin American countries are introducing national REDD strategies and pilot schemes. This insightful book raises questions over some of the basic assumptions that underpin REDD policies in Latin America. It raises doubts about whether sufficient account is being taken of the complex social, economic, cultural and governance dimensions involved, advocating a comprehensive 'social development' approach to REDD planning. Forests and Climate Change is the first book to comprehensively examine REDD policies across Latin America, including a focus on social aspects. It will prove invaluable for academics and postgraduate students in the fields of environmental studies, environmental politics, geography, social planning, social and environmental impact assessment, development studies, and Latin American area studies. Policy-makers, planners and practitioners working on REDD at national and international levels (both official and NGO sectors) will also find plenty of refreshing data in this much-needed resource.
Climate Change, Forests and REDD
Climate Change, Forests and REDD - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Climate Change, Forests and REDD write by Joyeeta Gupta. This book was released on 2013-02-11. Climate Change, Forests and REDD available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A search for new methods for dealing with climate change led to the identification of forest maintenance as a potential policy option that could cost-effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with the development of measures for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD). This book explores how an analysis of past forest governance patterns from the global through to the local level, can help us to build institutions which more effectively deal with forests within the climate change regime. The book assesses the options for reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries under the international climate regime, as well as the incentives flowing from them at the national and sub national level and examines how these policy levers change human behaviour and interface with the drivers and pressures of land use change in tropical forests. The book considers the trade-offs between certain forestry related policies within the current climate regime and the larger goal of sustainable forestry. Based on an assessment of existing multi-level institutional forestry arrangements, the book questions how policy frameworks can be better designed in order to effectively and equitably govern the challenges of deforestation and land degradation under the global climate change regime. This book will be of particular interest to students and scholars of Law and Environmental Studies.
REDD+ on the ground
REDD+ on the ground - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook REDD+ on the ground write by Erin O Sills. This book was released on 2014-12-24. REDD+ on the ground available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. REDD+ is one of the leading near-term options for global climate change mitigation. More than 300 subnational REDD+ initiatives have been launched across the tropics, responding to both the call for demonstration activities in the Bali Action Plan and the market for voluntary carbon offset credits.
Moving Ahead with REDD: Issues, Options and Implications
Moving Ahead with REDD: Issues, Options and Implications - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Moving Ahead with REDD: Issues, Options and Implications write by Arild Angelsen. This book was released on 2008-01-01. Moving Ahead with REDD: Issues, Options and Implications available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Why REDD will Fail
Why REDD will Fail - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Why REDD will Fail write by Jessica L. DeShazo. This book was released on 2016-02-05. Why REDD will Fail available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) attempts to address climate change from one angle – by paying developing countries to slow or stop deforestation and forest degradation. Trumpeted as a way to both mitigate climate change and assist countries with development, REDD was presented as a win-win solution. However, there have been few attempts to understand and analyse the overall framework. Why REDD Will Fail argues that the important goals will not be met under the existing REDD regime unless the actual drivers of deforestation and forest degradation are diminished. The book delves into the problematic details of the regime, ranging from; national capacity to monitor results, the funding mechanism, the definition of a forest, leakage, and the impetus behind the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation. As the international community rallies around REDD and developed countries and companies are willing to commit substantial amounts to implement the scheme, this books seeks to address whether REDD has the potential to achieve its purported goals. This is an important resource for academics and students interested in the policy and management aspects of mitigating climate change, environmental policy, international relations and development studies as well as policy makers involved in the REDD process.
