Publications

REDD+ & Post-Conflict

A briefing for the Oslo REDD-Exchange

Since the first commitments for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) were announced in Bali in 2007, more than half of all participating countries have experienced violent conflict involving organized, armed groups. If properly designed, REDD+ programs can strengthen peace and security as much as they can mitigate climate change, improve environmental management, […]

Supply Change: Tracking Corporate Commitments to Deforestation-free Supply Chains, 2016

A new report from Forest Trends’ Supply Change project tracks progress on 579 public commitments from companies around the world who have pledged to remove forest destruction from their supply chains. These businesses depend on the “big four” agricultural commodities – palm oil, wood products, soy, and cattle – that are found in nearly every aisle of […]

State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2016

Raising Ambition

Voluntary buyers around the world paid to offset the equivalent of 84.1 million (M) tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2015, a 10% increase from 2014, led by private-sector companies taking proactive steps to reduce emissions ahead of regulation, according to a new report from Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace (EM). The EM report, ­­­Raising Ambition: State of the […]

Protocolo de Serviços Ambientais dos Ashaninka

Ashaninka Environmental Services Protocol

Community protocols were recognized as legal instruments in Brazil by Law No. 13,123, of May 20, 2015, known as the “Biodiversity Law.” With this protocol, the Ashaninka reaffirm their role as guardians of their forest in their 87,200 hectares in the Kampa region of the Amônia River Indigenous Reserve, and as crucial stewards of environmental […]

Plano de Vida Yawanawa

Yawanawa Life Plan

The Yawanawa Life Plan establishes how territorial governance is conducted in order to promote conservation and protect communities’ well-being in their 187,000 hectares in the Gregorio River Indigenous Reserve in the Brazilian Amazon. This book also documents many years of Yawanawa history, details the way that they have developed their organizational capacity and their initiatives, […]

Democractic Republic of Congo: Mapping REDD+ Finance Flows 2009-2014

The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of thirteen countries participating in the global REDDX initiative which tracks REDD+ finance from donors through international recipients and intermediary organizations to in-country recipients and ultimately to REDD+ projects on the ground. This report presents the results of the initiative’s findings as it tracked REDD+ finance in the […]

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New Initiative Aims to Move DRC from Preparation to Large-Scale Action on Forest Protection Goals

Liberia: Mapping REDD+ Finance Flows 2009-2014

Forest Trends, Skills and Agricultural Development Services (SADS), and the Liberian Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have been compiling information on the flows of finance for REDD+ activities as part of the international REDD+ Expenditures Tracking Initiative (REDDX). Based on detailed surveys and interviews with key stakeholders including donors, implementing organizations, […]

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Norway’s $150 Million Pledge Gives New Life to Forest Conservation in Liberia

Ghana – Mapping REDD+ Finance Flows 2009-2014

REDDX was first launched in Ghana in early 2011 as an exploratory project, and since its first report in 2012 it has collected annual data and information on REDD+ financial flows spanning the past six years—2009 through 2014. The project, which is jointly implemented by the National REDD+ Secretariat (NRS) and NCRC, has established a […]

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Forest Finance to Ghana Focuses on Making Cocoa Farming More Sustainable

Linking Flight and Forests

This briefing paper highlights the vital role forests can play in fighting climate change and recommends that countries include REDD+, a policy framework for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, as a means for the international aviation sector to meet its commitments to cap and reduce its carbon pollution.

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Forests Can Play an Essential Role in Reducing Climate Change Impacts of Aviation

Leading international NGOs issue a joint policy paper recommending REDD+ as an integral part of meeting 7.8 billion tonne aviation emission gap

Technical Overview

Background on the International Civil Aviation Organization and its Processes

Not So Niche

Co-benefits at the Intersection of Forest Carbon and Sustainable Development

Carbon offsets are increasingly seen as a tool to support Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as mitigate climate change, according to a new report from Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace, Not So Niche: Co-benefits at the Intersection of Forest Carbon and Sustainable Development. The report was based on responses to EM’s 2015 survey of forest carbon […]