Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD): An options assessment report

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2009
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Meridian Institute
Abstract

This report assesses several important considerations for a future REDD mechanism within the UNFCCC, and strives to clarify and inform some of the critical choices that will need to be made about including REDD in a Copenhagen agreement. At the international level, a good outcome for REDD would create the enabling conditions for effective implementation in REDD countries, including:

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Carbon sequestration, Deforestation, World markets, Payments for environmental services, Climate control, Forests, PES, Forest degradation, Emissions, Redd mechanisms, Ecosystem Governance
Citation
Prepared for the Government of Norway by Angelsen, A., S. Brown, C. Loisel, L. Peskett, C. Streck and D. Zarin. Available at: http://www.REDD-OAR.org