Does the opportunity cost approach indicate the real cost of REDD+ ? Rights and realities of paying for REDD+

However, future CO 2 emissions from land use change are very uncertain due to the lack of knowledge on future trends in tropical forest clearing, degradation rates, and the

Further, the BAP encourages Parties to expand the scope beyond deforestation and forest degradation and to explore options to include forest conservation, sustainable

OLS(PS) refers to the linear regression using ordinary least squares and controlling for the propensity score. 4X) refers to the nearest neighbor estimator using 2 (resp. 4X) refers

Consider two countries in the developing South (labelled i = 1, 2) with a high endowment of forests. The North can decide to contribute to a global transfer fund which is used to

During the first implementation phase (2009–201 2), the purpose of the HCPF REDD+ project was twofold: first, developing national carbon accounting methodologies to measure the

The studies in this PLOS ONE collection investigated the feasibility of community participa- tion in Measuring, Reporting and Verifying (Participatory MRV–PMRV) initiatives in the

• Sustainable Forest and Rural Development (SUFORD): 3-year project (2009–2012) with a REDD+ component, supported by the World Bank and the government of Finland, in central

Another mechanism proposed by Karsenty (2008) is about promoting forest certification through tax cuts. To foster and make more attractive sustainable forest management, and