Abstract
When the idea of REDD+ was consolidated at the UNFCCC COP in Bali in 2007, there were high expectations that it would be a path-breaking approach to reducing tropical deforestation and GHG emissions from the forest sector. The core of the idea was to pay for the forgone benefits of forestland conversion with a substantial flow of funding, rewarding forest stakeholders who measurably slowed deforestation and forest degradation against a baseline. Public sector funding would initiate the process, to be eventually supplanted by a robust market in carbon credits. In the introduction of this book, we observed that the idea of REDD+ has evolved and diversified over time, and that there are now equal measures of hope and discouragement concerning its capacity to fulfill its multiple goals.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | REDD+ on the ground: A case book of subnational initiatives across the globe |
Editors | Sills, E.O., S. Atmadja, C. De Sassi, A.E. Duchelle, D.L. Kweka, I.A.P. Resosuda |
Place of Publication | Bogor, Indonesia |
Publisher | Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) |
Pages | 420-439 |
Volume | 1 |
ISBN (Print) | 9786021504550 |
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Publication status | Published - 2014 |