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Climate Forests

Patrones y factores de deforestación en el Ecuador continental, 1990-2010

By Rodrigo Sierra

This document analyzes the shifting historical trends in deforestation drivers and agents and provides a model projecting deforestation trends to 2020. The publication points to continuing changes in land-use patterns as Ecuador slowly moves towards a forest transition. Increasing urbanization, demographic shifts, consolidation of infrastructure and intensification agricultural production are contributing to a decline in […]

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Forests

Small-Scale Illegal Logging in Vietnam

Implications for FLEGT and REDD+

This brief summarizes village case studies that demonstrate how Vietnam’s domestic illegal logging will only be curtailed if Vietnamese policies promote forest governance that accommodates small-scale forest use and management, and allows local communities to benefit from the forest. Effective strategies to curb illegal logging will require the allocation of clear and secure tenure rights […]

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Biodiversity

To No Net Loss and Beyond

An Overview of the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme (BBOP)

By BBOP

This updated Overview document with its Principles on Biodiversity Offsets, introduction to the Standard on Biodiversity Offsets, and the accompanying supporting materials have been prepared by the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme (BBOP). Its aim is to help developers, conservation groups, communities, governments and financial institutions wishing to consider and develop best practice related to […]

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Forests Investments

European Trade Flows and Risk

By Rupert Oliver, Kerstin Canby - Forest Industries Intelligence Limited, Forest Trends

Illegal logging, as defined in the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR), is the harvesting of timber in contravention of the laws and regulations of the country of harvest. Illegal logging is a global epidemic with significant negative economic, environmental and social impacts. Recent studies indicate that illegal logging accounts for 50–90 percent of the volume of […]

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Water

Charting New Waters

State of Watershed Payments 2012

By Genevieve Bennett, Nathaniel Carroll, Katherine Hamilton

State of Watershed Payments 2012 is the second installment of the most comprehensive inventory to date of initiatives around the world that are paying individuals and communities to revive or preserve water-friendly features of the landscape. The number of initiatives that protect and restore forests, wetlands, and other water-rich ecosystems has nearly doubled in just […]

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Trazando las Nuevas Aguas

By Genevieve Bennett, Nathaniel Carroll, Katherine Hamilton - Ecosystem Marketplace, Ecosystem Marketplace, Ecosystem Marketplace
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2012年流域服务支付状况

勾画水资源新蓝图 - 执行摘要 (Charting New Waters - Exec Summ in Chinese)

By Genevieve Bennett, Nathaniel Carroll, Katherine Hamilton - Ecosystem Marketplace, Ecosystem Marketplace, Ecosystem Marketplace
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Executive Summary: Charting New Waters

State of Watershed Payments 2012

By Genevieve Bennett, Nathaniel Carroll, Katherine Hamilton
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State of Watershed Payments Report (Executive Summary for Business)

By Genevieve Bennett, Nathaniel Carroll - Forest Trends' Ecosystem Marketplace, Forest Trends' Ecosystem Marketplace
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Communities

Poverty Impact Assessment for Reducing Social Risks and Enhancing Pro-Poor Outcomes of Voluntary Partnership Agreements

Forest Trends Information Brief No. 4

By Michael Richards - Forest Trends

This Information Brief describes the role of poverty impact assessment in the context of Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) between tropical timber-producing countries and the European Union. Ex ante poverty impact assessment can be a powerful tool for design, monitoring and adaptive management of a VPA. This Brief describes a possible approach to poverty impact assessment […]

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Communities

Experiencias en Compensación por Servicios Ambientales en América Latina

By Sebastian Charchalac Santay

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Climate Forests Investments

State of the Forest Carbon Markets 2012

Leveraging the Landscape

By Molly Peters-Stanley, Katherine Hamilton, Daphne Yin - Ecosystem Marketplace, Ecosystem Marketplace, Ecosystem Marketplace

The report, which aggregates data from 415 individual forest carbon projects historically, was published Thursday by Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace, a world-leading provider of news, data and analytics on environmental markets and investments in conservation. The report examines a variety of strategies for injecting financial resources into projects that save or plant forests that capture […]

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Executive Summary: Leveraging the Landscape

State of the Forest Carbon Markets 2012

By Molly Peters-Stanley, Katherine Hamilton, Daphne Yin - Ecosystem Marketplace, Ecosystem Marketplace, Ecosystem Marketplace
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Biodiversity Communities

Standard on Biodiversity Offsets

By BBOP

This Standard on Biodiversity Offsets has been prepared by the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme (BBOP) to help auditors, developers, conservation groups, communities, governments and financial institutions that wish to assess biodiversity offsets against the BBOP Principles, Criteria and Indicators.

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Climate

The Opportunity for Agriculture

Becoming Climate-Smart and Sequestering Carbon

The future of agricultural productivity is intertwined with climate change. Agriculture is a significant contributor to GHG emissions (10-12% of all emissions); at the same time, many agricultural areas are facing changes in mean temperature, precipitation, and increasing climate variability, all of which may impact their harvests. As a result, it will be essential for […]