Peg Putt, Climate Change Policy, Wilderness Society Australia, spoke during the Tuesday (10 November) WILD9 plenary panel on "Wild Nature and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation."
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) aims to create financial value for the carbon stored in forests to provide incentives for developing countries to reduce emissions from deforested lands and invest in low-carbon development. Deforestation and forest degradation account for nearly 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions. REDD+ includes conservation, sustainable forest management, and increasing forest carbon stocks in addition to reducing deforestation and degradation. Forests play a vital role in combating climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide through photosynthesis but releasing it when they decay or burn.
Forestry and landscapes: Solutions for sustainable developmentCIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Peter Holmgren, CIFOR's Director General, at the Bogor Agricultural Institute (Institut Pertanian Bogor or IPB), Indonesia, on February 17, 2017. Part of the IPB Talks series.
1. Land degradation negatively impacts over 1.3 billion people and threatens to exceed the Earth's capacity to regenerate by 2050 if not addressed.
2. Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) provides a framework to maintain and improve sustainable land management by balancing anticipated future land degradation with efforts to reverse past degradation, considering tradeoffs among competing land uses.
3. LDN seeks to maintain ecosystem services from land by following principles like counterbalancing anticipated losses with interventions, managing counterbalancing at the same scale as land planning, and balancing economic, social and environmental sustainability.
The document discusses reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) as a cost-effective way to mitigate climate change. REDD aims to provide payments to developing countries for reducing emissions from deforestation and could also help conserve biodiversity and support rural livelihoods. However, there are still many outstanding issues to address regarding REDD, such as avoiding leakage, establishing appropriate baselines, and integrating REDD into carbon markets or creating a separate mechanism.
The document discusses reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) as a cost-effective way to mitigate climate change. REDD aims to provide payments to developing countries for reducing emissions from deforestation and could also help conserve biodiversity and support rural livelihoods. However, there are still many outstanding issues to address regarding REDD, such as avoiding leakage, establishing appropriate baselines, and integrating REDD into carbon markets or developing a separate mechanism.
REDD+ is a mechanism to incentivize developing countries to protect and better manage their forests. It aims to make standing forests more valuable than cleared forests by creating a financial value for the carbon stored in trees. Developed countries would pay developing countries carbon offsets for maintaining their forest carbon stocks. REDD+ was established in 2005 within the UNFCCC to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. It pursues plans and programs to identify drivers of forest loss, encourage sustainable forest management, and enhance carbon stocks. REDD+ investment can help transition economies toward green development by valuing ecosystem services provided by forests. Implementation of REDD+ involves designing national plans, economic and political factors, and assessing impacts on forests and
Advancing a Reforestation Project Under the CCARBecky LaPlant
Presentation by Gerry Gray, American Forests, at the Blandin Foundation sponsored Forest Values and Carbon Markets: Opportunities for Minnesota conference. February 25-26, 2009 at the Cloquet Forestry Center, Cloquet MN
This document discusses achieving climate mitigation through landscape-scale land use activities. It notes that agriculture and forestry contribute 22% of global greenhouse gas emissions and have significant mitigation potential. A climate-smart landscape approach aims to provide food, livelihoods, mitigation, and ecosystem resilience through integrated land uses negotiated by multiple stakeholders. Examples from Madagascar and Western Africa integrate improved rice varieties, agroforestry, and watershed management across large regions involving many farmers and communities. Advances in landscape monitoring now allow measuring carbon benefits across scales. Policy recommendations include incorporating mitigation benefits into all sectoral policies and investments while coordinating actions across sectors and jurisdictions.
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) aims to create financial value for the carbon stored in forests to provide incentives for developing countries to reduce emissions from deforested lands and invest in low-carbon development. Deforestation and forest degradation account for nearly 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions. REDD+ includes conservation, sustainable forest management, and increasing forest carbon stocks in addition to reducing deforestation and degradation. Forests play a vital role in combating climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide through photosynthesis but releasing it when they decay or burn.
Forestry and landscapes: Solutions for sustainable developmentCIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Peter Holmgren, CIFOR's Director General, at the Bogor Agricultural Institute (Institut Pertanian Bogor or IPB), Indonesia, on February 17, 2017. Part of the IPB Talks series.
1. Land degradation negatively impacts over 1.3 billion people and threatens to exceed the Earth's capacity to regenerate by 2050 if not addressed.
2. Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) provides a framework to maintain and improve sustainable land management by balancing anticipated future land degradation with efforts to reverse past degradation, considering tradeoffs among competing land uses.
3. LDN seeks to maintain ecosystem services from land by following principles like counterbalancing anticipated losses with interventions, managing counterbalancing at the same scale as land planning, and balancing economic, social and environmental sustainability.
The document discusses reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) as a cost-effective way to mitigate climate change. REDD aims to provide payments to developing countries for reducing emissions from deforestation and could also help conserve biodiversity and support rural livelihoods. However, there are still many outstanding issues to address regarding REDD, such as avoiding leakage, establishing appropriate baselines, and integrating REDD into carbon markets or creating a separate mechanism.
The document discusses reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) as a cost-effective way to mitigate climate change. REDD aims to provide payments to developing countries for reducing emissions from deforestation and could also help conserve biodiversity and support rural livelihoods. However, there are still many outstanding issues to address regarding REDD, such as avoiding leakage, establishing appropriate baselines, and integrating REDD into carbon markets or developing a separate mechanism.
REDD+ is a mechanism to incentivize developing countries to protect and better manage their forests. It aims to make standing forests more valuable than cleared forests by creating a financial value for the carbon stored in trees. Developed countries would pay developing countries carbon offsets for maintaining their forest carbon stocks. REDD+ was established in 2005 within the UNFCCC to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. It pursues plans and programs to identify drivers of forest loss, encourage sustainable forest management, and enhance carbon stocks. REDD+ investment can help transition economies toward green development by valuing ecosystem services provided by forests. Implementation of REDD+ involves designing national plans, economic and political factors, and assessing impacts on forests and
Advancing a Reforestation Project Under the CCARBecky LaPlant
Presentation by Gerry Gray, American Forests, at the Blandin Foundation sponsored Forest Values and Carbon Markets: Opportunities for Minnesota conference. February 25-26, 2009 at the Cloquet Forestry Center, Cloquet MN
This document discusses achieving climate mitigation through landscape-scale land use activities. It notes that agriculture and forestry contribute 22% of global greenhouse gas emissions and have significant mitigation potential. A climate-smart landscape approach aims to provide food, livelihoods, mitigation, and ecosystem resilience through integrated land uses negotiated by multiple stakeholders. Examples from Madagascar and Western Africa integrate improved rice varieties, agroforestry, and watershed management across large regions involving many farmers and communities. Advances in landscape monitoring now allow measuring carbon benefits across scales. Policy recommendations include incorporating mitigation benefits into all sectoral policies and investments while coordinating actions across sectors and jurisdictions.
Evaluating the impacts of REDD+ interventions on forests and peopleCIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by CIFOR Scientist Amy Duchelle on behalf of the Global Comparative Study (GCS) REDD+ Subnational Initiatives research group on 12 December 2016 at CBD COP13 in Cancun, Mexico.
Synergies between mitigation and adaptation..ppt glf nov 16Liz Kahurani
There is growing recognition of the potential for jointly achieving climate change mitigation and adaptation through land management. Landscape approaches to enhancing multi-functionality have been identified as a promising pathway to synergies between mitigation and adaptation besides helping achieve other livelihood needs through ecosystem services and functions provision. This presentation explores what is known and gaps in understanding of synergies and trade-offs. It also explores the necessary enabling conditions that help promote synergies in order to realize the benefits of the approach. We build on an ex-post analysis of the Ngitili systems in Tanzania and selected examples from agroforestry practices to inform the discussion.
Theme 4 - Climate Change Mitigation and AdaptationCIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation by Christopher Martius, Henry Neufeldt, Glenn Hyman and Laura Snook focuses on the objectives and structure of the climate change adaptation and mitigation program of the FTA Research Program, their evolution over time, the major accomplishments and the main obstacles and challenges.
This document discusses soil organic carbon (SOC) in nationally determined contributions (NDCs). It finds that only 10 countries specify SOC targets in their NDCs and 3 mention SOC generally. The top countries for potential SOC sequestration are also identified. Examples of SOC inclusion in Japan and USA NDCs are provided. The document concludes that most countries do not address SOC in NDCs currently and that more specific inclusion of SOC measures and targets in future NDCs could increase transparency and demonstrate leadership on this issue.
The document discusses how actions to mitigate climate change through reducing deforestation and enhancing carbon stocks in agricultural and degraded landscapes can also help smallholder farmers adapt to climate change by increasing food security, productivity and biodiversity conservation. It describes agroforestry projects that combine climate mitigation, adaptation, and development benefits as an opportunity to achieve multiple goals at once. Community engagement and standards like the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standards are important for project quality, transparency and equitable outcomes.
Carrots and sticks in REDD+ implementation: Implications for social safeguardsCIFOR-ICRAF
This document summarizes a study on the social impacts of REDD+ initiatives in six countries. The study compared 150 villages and 4,000 households exposed to REDD+ interventions to control groups. Interventions included regulations, incentives, or both. Households exposed to regulations alone reported decreased tenure security and well-being over time, while adding incentives helped alleviate negative effects. In Brazil, households clearing more forest were initially subjected to regulations alone, but cleared less forest after incentives were added. The study concludes that regulations can be effective but also negatively impact well-being, while incentives help address this issue. Trade-offs exist between carbon and social goals in REDD+ implementation.
Operationalizing landscape approach in Indonesia: The socio-economic perspect...CIFOR-ICRAF
By Ani Adiwinata Nawir, PhD
SLF –Sustainable Landscape & Food System Team, CIFOR
JFCC Panel Discussion on Indonesia and its environmental record, 28 November 2016, Inter-Continental Hotel Midplaza, Jakarta
The technical meeting discussed financing adaptation priorities in countries. The Green Climate Fund has approved 26 adaptation project proposals worth $69 million and has 10 more in the final approval stages worth an additional $23 million. The Green Climate Fund portfolio allocates funding equally between adaptation and mitigation projects, with at least 50% of adaptation funds going to vulnerable countries. The meeting involved panels on maximizing climate finance synergies, private sector adaptation investment opportunities, the impact of adaptation investments on resilience and risk reduction, and sectoral roundtables on successful adaptation projects.
State action plans on climate change_Preeti Soni, UNDP_15 October 2014India Water Portal
This document discusses State Action Plans on Climate Change (SAPCCs) in India. It provides background on climate change and its impacts. It then describes the process undertaken by states to develop SAPCCs, which help translate national climate policy to the local level. SAPCCs assess state-level vulnerabilities, identify adaptation and mitigation strategies, and prioritize actions. While 20 SAPCCs have been approved, challenges remain around implementation capacities, monitoring, financing, and coordinating with national policy. Ongoing work focuses on strengthening implementation mechanisms and exploring funding opportunities.
Government Policy and Budget Allocation to Tackle Deforestation and Forest FireCIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation was delivered at the third Asia-Pacific Forestry Week 2016, in Clark Freeport Zone, Philippines.
The five sub-thematic streams at APFW 2016 included:
Pathways to prosperity: Future trade and markets
Tackling climate change: challenges and opportunities
Serving society: forestry and people
New institutions, new governance
Our green future: green investment and growing our natural assets
An overview of the predicted change in energy demand over time, given the projection that economic growth in the emerging and developing countries is not only overtaking growth in the industrialized countries, but that growth rates are poised to continue increasing and will make unsustainable demands on conventional energy resources, and especially fossil fuels unless drastic action, climate action in fact, is taken to address this concern.
Slide presentations developed to demonstrate how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) be used to address climate change, and why ICTs are a crucial part of the solution – i.e. in promoting efficiency, Green Growth & sustainable development, in dealing with climate change and for climate and environmental action. These slide presentations were delivered in February 2011 in Seongnam, near Seoul in Korea.
These presentations were developed and delivered over 2.5 days on the occasion of a Regional Training of Trainers Workshop for upcoming Academy modules on ICT for Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Abatement. These modules were developed as part of the Academy of ICT Essentials for Government leaders developed by the United Nations (UN) Asia Pacific Centre for ICT Training (APCICT), based in Songdo City, in the Republic of South Korea.
These presentations were developed in 2011, and are somewhat out of date, but most of the principles still apply. Module 10, which has been published, does not include much of the information outlined in these presentations, which are fairly technical. They were developed to address a significant gap in understanding of the technical basis of using ICTs for climate action and because there is a clear bias in development circles against the importance of dealing with climate change mitigation in developing countries. These presentations are an attempt to redress this lack and are published here with this purpose in mind.
The author, Richard Labelle, is presently working on updating these presentations to further highlight the importance of addressing climate change and the important role that technology including ICTs, play in this effort.
Climate change adaptation and mitigation measures - MadridAlessandro Faia
Presentation by students off IE University's Master in Global Environmental Change for the Biari (Brown International Advanced Research Institute) international workshop on world cities and climate change, held from 31 May to 2 June in Madrid.
Beyond mitigation: forest-based adaptation to climate changeCIFOR-ICRAF
Forests and climate change adaptation are linked in two ways: first, through
adaptation for forests, because climate change will affect forests and so
they need help to adapt; second, through forests for adaptation, because
forests contribute to helping local communities and broader society adapt to
climate change. Both linkages are explored in this presentation, together
with the synergies between climate change mitigation and adaptation in
forestry projects. The possibilities and challenges in these ideas are
explored by using wetlands as a case in point. CIFOR and CIRAD scientist
Bruno Locatelli and colleague Emilia Pramova gave this presentation at the
FAO-UNEP Meeting on Forests and Climate Change Adaptation in Asia during October 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Adaptation-mitigation synergies in forest and agricultural landscapesCIFOR-ICRAF
Find out how Landscape management is highly relevant to both adaptation and mitigation, which synergies in that landscape management exist and what we should take from that.
Day 4a Bio Cf Ci Madagascar André Aquino Bio Cf Training Jan08theREDDdesk
The document summarizes a REDD+ project in Madagascar called the Mantadia Biological Corridor. The project aims to reduce deforestation and support reforestation efforts across 425,000 hectares of protected areas and 3,020 hectares designated for habitat restoration. It seeks to generate carbon credits while also conserving biodiversity and improving local livelihoods through agroforestry and sustainable agriculture programs. Key challenges include developing effective restoration techniques, securing land tenure, funding, coordination across stakeholders, and ensuring long-term monitoring and community benefits from reduced deforestation.
The National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) outlines India's strategy to combat climate change. It includes 8 missions that cover sustainable development, energy efficiency, renewable energy like solar power, habitat, water, the Himalayan ecosystem, green India, and agriculture. The goals are to develop strategies for adaptation and mitigation, deploy new technologies, create market mechanisms, and welcome international cooperation to support research and development.
Role of private sector in supporting community initiative towards peatland pr...CIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Sera Noviany, Head of Sustainability Compliance from Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) Sinarmas, at Webinar "A Synthesis and Way Forward", 17 December 2020.
This presentation shared the experience and lesson learned of APP Sinarmas in conducting a community program named Desa Makmur Peduli Api (Fire Care Prosperous Village) including criteria and indicators used in monitoring and evaluating the program such as environmental protection, sustainable livelihood, and strategic partnership. Speaker also underlined the importance of community involvement and multi-stakeholder collaboration can support protection and restoration efforts.
REDD+ Dynamics: [not] A one size fit all solutionCIFOR-ICRAF
This document provides an overview of REDD+ dynamics and initiatives in several countries and continents. It summarizes REDD+ policy developments and institutional changes in Indonesia from 2008-2016. It also discusses REDD+ activities in Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Brazil, and Peru, highlighting their national REDD+ strategies, challenges, and progress. Common challenges facing REDD+ implementation include conflicting interests between development and conservation, unclear land tenure, and lack of long-term funding. The document concludes with priorities for REDD+ moving forward, including further integrating it within national development plans and addressing major drivers of deforestation.
REDD in Asia - Challenges and OpportunitiesCIFOR-ICRAF
Can REDD+ achieve poverty alleviation and deliver conservation benefits for Great Apes? Laura D'Arcy from ZSL explores this question in a presentation she gave at the ‘Linking Great Ape Conservation with Poverty Alleviation’ workshop hosted by CIFOR in January 2012.
This document provides an introduction to REDD+, which stands for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. REDD+ emerged from UNFCCC negotiations in 2005 as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by paying tropical countries to conserve their forests. The mechanism calculates emissions reductions based on a national baseline and provides compensation based on tons of CO2 not emitted. REDD+ now includes conservation, sustainable forest management, and increasing forest carbon stocks. Key challenges include governance reforms, monitoring emissions accurately, and implementing social and environmental safeguards.
This study was presented during the conference “Production and Carbon Dynamics in Sustainable Agricultural and Forest Systems in Africa” held in September, 2010.
Evaluating the impacts of REDD+ interventions on forests and peopleCIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by CIFOR Scientist Amy Duchelle on behalf of the Global Comparative Study (GCS) REDD+ Subnational Initiatives research group on 12 December 2016 at CBD COP13 in Cancun, Mexico.
Synergies between mitigation and adaptation..ppt glf nov 16Liz Kahurani
There is growing recognition of the potential for jointly achieving climate change mitigation and adaptation through land management. Landscape approaches to enhancing multi-functionality have been identified as a promising pathway to synergies between mitigation and adaptation besides helping achieve other livelihood needs through ecosystem services and functions provision. This presentation explores what is known and gaps in understanding of synergies and trade-offs. It also explores the necessary enabling conditions that help promote synergies in order to realize the benefits of the approach. We build on an ex-post analysis of the Ngitili systems in Tanzania and selected examples from agroforestry practices to inform the discussion.
Theme 4 - Climate Change Mitigation and AdaptationCIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation by Christopher Martius, Henry Neufeldt, Glenn Hyman and Laura Snook focuses on the objectives and structure of the climate change adaptation and mitigation program of the FTA Research Program, their evolution over time, the major accomplishments and the main obstacles and challenges.
This document discusses soil organic carbon (SOC) in nationally determined contributions (NDCs). It finds that only 10 countries specify SOC targets in their NDCs and 3 mention SOC generally. The top countries for potential SOC sequestration are also identified. Examples of SOC inclusion in Japan and USA NDCs are provided. The document concludes that most countries do not address SOC in NDCs currently and that more specific inclusion of SOC measures and targets in future NDCs could increase transparency and demonstrate leadership on this issue.
The document discusses how actions to mitigate climate change through reducing deforestation and enhancing carbon stocks in agricultural and degraded landscapes can also help smallholder farmers adapt to climate change by increasing food security, productivity and biodiversity conservation. It describes agroforestry projects that combine climate mitigation, adaptation, and development benefits as an opportunity to achieve multiple goals at once. Community engagement and standards like the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standards are important for project quality, transparency and equitable outcomes.
Carrots and sticks in REDD+ implementation: Implications for social safeguardsCIFOR-ICRAF
This document summarizes a study on the social impacts of REDD+ initiatives in six countries. The study compared 150 villages and 4,000 households exposed to REDD+ interventions to control groups. Interventions included regulations, incentives, or both. Households exposed to regulations alone reported decreased tenure security and well-being over time, while adding incentives helped alleviate negative effects. In Brazil, households clearing more forest were initially subjected to regulations alone, but cleared less forest after incentives were added. The study concludes that regulations can be effective but also negatively impact well-being, while incentives help address this issue. Trade-offs exist between carbon and social goals in REDD+ implementation.
Operationalizing landscape approach in Indonesia: The socio-economic perspect...CIFOR-ICRAF
By Ani Adiwinata Nawir, PhD
SLF –Sustainable Landscape & Food System Team, CIFOR
JFCC Panel Discussion on Indonesia and its environmental record, 28 November 2016, Inter-Continental Hotel Midplaza, Jakarta
The technical meeting discussed financing adaptation priorities in countries. The Green Climate Fund has approved 26 adaptation project proposals worth $69 million and has 10 more in the final approval stages worth an additional $23 million. The Green Climate Fund portfolio allocates funding equally between adaptation and mitigation projects, with at least 50% of adaptation funds going to vulnerable countries. The meeting involved panels on maximizing climate finance synergies, private sector adaptation investment opportunities, the impact of adaptation investments on resilience and risk reduction, and sectoral roundtables on successful adaptation projects.
State action plans on climate change_Preeti Soni, UNDP_15 October 2014India Water Portal
This document discusses State Action Plans on Climate Change (SAPCCs) in India. It provides background on climate change and its impacts. It then describes the process undertaken by states to develop SAPCCs, which help translate national climate policy to the local level. SAPCCs assess state-level vulnerabilities, identify adaptation and mitigation strategies, and prioritize actions. While 20 SAPCCs have been approved, challenges remain around implementation capacities, monitoring, financing, and coordinating with national policy. Ongoing work focuses on strengthening implementation mechanisms and exploring funding opportunities.
Government Policy and Budget Allocation to Tackle Deforestation and Forest FireCIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation was delivered at the third Asia-Pacific Forestry Week 2016, in Clark Freeport Zone, Philippines.
The five sub-thematic streams at APFW 2016 included:
Pathways to prosperity: Future trade and markets
Tackling climate change: challenges and opportunities
Serving society: forestry and people
New institutions, new governance
Our green future: green investment and growing our natural assets
An overview of the predicted change in energy demand over time, given the projection that economic growth in the emerging and developing countries is not only overtaking growth in the industrialized countries, but that growth rates are poised to continue increasing and will make unsustainable demands on conventional energy resources, and especially fossil fuels unless drastic action, climate action in fact, is taken to address this concern.
Slide presentations developed to demonstrate how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) be used to address climate change, and why ICTs are a crucial part of the solution – i.e. in promoting efficiency, Green Growth & sustainable development, in dealing with climate change and for climate and environmental action. These slide presentations were delivered in February 2011 in Seongnam, near Seoul in Korea.
These presentations were developed and delivered over 2.5 days on the occasion of a Regional Training of Trainers Workshop for upcoming Academy modules on ICT for Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Abatement. These modules were developed as part of the Academy of ICT Essentials for Government leaders developed by the United Nations (UN) Asia Pacific Centre for ICT Training (APCICT), based in Songdo City, in the Republic of South Korea.
These presentations were developed in 2011, and are somewhat out of date, but most of the principles still apply. Module 10, which has been published, does not include much of the information outlined in these presentations, which are fairly technical. They were developed to address a significant gap in understanding of the technical basis of using ICTs for climate action and because there is a clear bias in development circles against the importance of dealing with climate change mitigation in developing countries. These presentations are an attempt to redress this lack and are published here with this purpose in mind.
The author, Richard Labelle, is presently working on updating these presentations to further highlight the importance of addressing climate change and the important role that technology including ICTs, play in this effort.
Climate change adaptation and mitigation measures - MadridAlessandro Faia
Presentation by students off IE University's Master in Global Environmental Change for the Biari (Brown International Advanced Research Institute) international workshop on world cities and climate change, held from 31 May to 2 June in Madrid.
Beyond mitigation: forest-based adaptation to climate changeCIFOR-ICRAF
Forests and climate change adaptation are linked in two ways: first, through
adaptation for forests, because climate change will affect forests and so
they need help to adapt; second, through forests for adaptation, because
forests contribute to helping local communities and broader society adapt to
climate change. Both linkages are explored in this presentation, together
with the synergies between climate change mitigation and adaptation in
forestry projects. The possibilities and challenges in these ideas are
explored by using wetlands as a case in point. CIFOR and CIRAD scientist
Bruno Locatelli and colleague Emilia Pramova gave this presentation at the
FAO-UNEP Meeting on Forests and Climate Change Adaptation in Asia during October 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Adaptation-mitigation synergies in forest and agricultural landscapesCIFOR-ICRAF
Find out how Landscape management is highly relevant to both adaptation and mitigation, which synergies in that landscape management exist and what we should take from that.
Day 4a Bio Cf Ci Madagascar André Aquino Bio Cf Training Jan08theREDDdesk
The document summarizes a REDD+ project in Madagascar called the Mantadia Biological Corridor. The project aims to reduce deforestation and support reforestation efforts across 425,000 hectares of protected areas and 3,020 hectares designated for habitat restoration. It seeks to generate carbon credits while also conserving biodiversity and improving local livelihoods through agroforestry and sustainable agriculture programs. Key challenges include developing effective restoration techniques, securing land tenure, funding, coordination across stakeholders, and ensuring long-term monitoring and community benefits from reduced deforestation.
The National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) outlines India's strategy to combat climate change. It includes 8 missions that cover sustainable development, energy efficiency, renewable energy like solar power, habitat, water, the Himalayan ecosystem, green India, and agriculture. The goals are to develop strategies for adaptation and mitigation, deploy new technologies, create market mechanisms, and welcome international cooperation to support research and development.
Role of private sector in supporting community initiative towards peatland pr...CIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Sera Noviany, Head of Sustainability Compliance from Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) Sinarmas, at Webinar "A Synthesis and Way Forward", 17 December 2020.
This presentation shared the experience and lesson learned of APP Sinarmas in conducting a community program named Desa Makmur Peduli Api (Fire Care Prosperous Village) including criteria and indicators used in monitoring and evaluating the program such as environmental protection, sustainable livelihood, and strategic partnership. Speaker also underlined the importance of community involvement and multi-stakeholder collaboration can support protection and restoration efforts.
REDD+ Dynamics: [not] A one size fit all solutionCIFOR-ICRAF
This document provides an overview of REDD+ dynamics and initiatives in several countries and continents. It summarizes REDD+ policy developments and institutional changes in Indonesia from 2008-2016. It also discusses REDD+ activities in Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Brazil, and Peru, highlighting their national REDD+ strategies, challenges, and progress. Common challenges facing REDD+ implementation include conflicting interests between development and conservation, unclear land tenure, and lack of long-term funding. The document concludes with priorities for REDD+ moving forward, including further integrating it within national development plans and addressing major drivers of deforestation.
REDD in Asia - Challenges and OpportunitiesCIFOR-ICRAF
Can REDD+ achieve poverty alleviation and deliver conservation benefits for Great Apes? Laura D'Arcy from ZSL explores this question in a presentation she gave at the ‘Linking Great Ape Conservation with Poverty Alleviation’ workshop hosted by CIFOR in January 2012.
This document provides an introduction to REDD+, which stands for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. REDD+ emerged from UNFCCC negotiations in 2005 as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by paying tropical countries to conserve their forests. The mechanism calculates emissions reductions based on a national baseline and provides compensation based on tons of CO2 not emitted. REDD+ now includes conservation, sustainable forest management, and increasing forest carbon stocks. Key challenges include governance reforms, monitoring emissions accurately, and implementing social and environmental safeguards.
This study was presented during the conference “Production and Carbon Dynamics in Sustainable Agricultural and Forest Systems in Africa” held in September, 2010.
The document summarizes key events and concepts related to REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation), including the establishment of the UNFCCC in 1992, adoption of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, and introduction of REDD+ in 2005. It discusses REDD+'s scope, reference levels, financing mechanisms, and distribution of incentives. Ongoing REDD+ projects through the UN-REDD Programme are working to develop national REDD+ strategies in countries like Indonesia.
Facilitated by SNV, this event was held on April 24 to coincide with the Asia Pacific Forestry Week (APFW), which occured over April 21-26. The event featured a special Guest speaker - David Huberman - who was visiting Hanoi for the APFW - and focussed on REDD, the forestry mechanism proposed for the post-2012 UNFCCC protocol. Click on the link below to read his presentation.
Presentation by David Huberman
This document provides an overview analysis of forest sector commitments within 75 Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) submissions from forested developing countries. The key findings are:
1) Most INDCs include forests within their mitigation targets, though some omit forests due to data limitations.
2) The most common forest targets are afforestation, reforestation, maintaining forest cover, improved cook stoves, and sustainable forest management.
3) Many INDCs highlight synergies between forest adaptation and mitigation actions. Common activities support both.
4) REDD+ is often discussed but not consistently integrated into INDCs, with some countries not mentioning it at all.
The document discusses the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and its application to forestry projects under afforestation and reforestation (A/R). There are currently 17 registered A/R CDM projects worldwide that can generate over 1 million carbon credits until 2020. India has 3 registered A/R CDM projects that can generate over 12 million credits. India has significant potential for more A/R CDM projects due to large areas of degraded lands that could be reforested, providing carbon sequestration as well as livelihood and environmental benefits.
Cbd introduction redd plus biodiversity safeguardstheREDDdesk
The document discusses REDD-plus biodiversity safeguards and CBD decisions relating to REDD-plus. It summarizes CBD COP guidance calling for REDD-plus to support forest biodiversity and indigenous communities. It outlines the process to develop advice on biodiversity safeguards for COP 11 approval. It also discusses linkages between biodiversity and forest carbon, and tools to help maximize REDD-plus benefits for biodiversity and livelihoods while avoiding risks.
Q&A on AFOLU, 'Wetlands Management' and the Road to Land-Based AccountingWetlands International
This Question & Answer booklet aims to give insight into the opportunities and obstacles with regard to reporting and accounting for changes in carbon stores in, and anthropogenic greenhouse gas fluxes from, terrestrial ecosystems.
This document discusses recent developments in the international policy framework around forests and climate change mitigation. It summarizes the two streams under UN climate negotiations that address forests: REDD+ for developing countries, and LULUCF for developed countries under the Kyoto Protocol. Key issues discussed include priorities for REDD+ actions, safeguards, and challenges around accounting rules and reference levels for developed country forests under LULUCF. The document argues there is potential to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in countries like Australia if the policy framework incentivizes reduction over hiding emissions.
The document summarizes the key challenges and opportunities for Ghana related to mitigating forest-related climate change through REDD+ initiatives. It outlines Ghana's ongoing policy approaches, weaknesses in addressing climate change, next operational steps, and a proposed roadmap. Key challenges include deforestation from fuelwood harvesting and agriculture. Weaknesses include issues with land tenure systems. Next steps include developing a REDD+ readiness plan, monitoring systems, and building capacity and institutional arrangements. Opportunities include linking REDD+ with the Ghana-EU partnership agreement and potential carbon market benefits.
This document summarizes strategies for adapting to and mitigating climate change. It discusses approaches such as resilient agricultural systems, land-use planning, and solar radiation management as adaptation strategies. Wetland restoration, afforestation, changing agricultural practices, and international agreements are provided as examples of mitigation strategies. The document also examines the Paris Climate Agreement and debates around delaying emissions reductions through concepts like negative emissions.
Mark Leighton - Forests: A Pivotal Player bio4climate
Mark Leighton - Forests: A Pivotal Player
From Biodiversity for a Livable Climate conference: "Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming"
Saturday November 22nd, 2014
Mark Leighton - Forests: A Pivotal Player
From Biodiversity for a Livable Climate conference: "Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming"
Saturday November 22nd, 2014
This document discusses Kenya's potential participation in Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD), a climate mitigation scheme. It notes that deforestation contributes significantly to global emissions and REDD aims to compensate countries for reducing deforestation. The document outlines Kenya's high deforestation rates and the investments needed to participate in REDD to monitor carbon and slow deforestation. It poses research questions on incentives, carbon prices, and economic impacts. The objectives are to analyze the economic impacts and options for Kenya to participate in REDD. The expected outputs are insights on government interventions needed to make Kenya competitive and inform debates on REDD's economic implications.
Forests play an important role in climate change by both emitting and absorbing carbon dioxide. At the UNFCCC COP13 in Bali, parties agreed to address reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD). India advocates a comprehensive approach to REDD+ that provides incentives for conservation, sustainable forest management, and increasing forest carbon stocks. Recent studies estimate that India's forest carbon stocks have increased by over 370 million tons between 1995 and 2005.
Policy recommendations and considerations on peatlands & REDD+ for SBSTAWetlands International
This document provides policy recommendations and considerations on peatlands and REDD+ for the UNFCCC. It summarizes that peatlands store large amounts of carbon, cover 3% of the global surface, and their drainage emits 2 Gt of CO2 per year. Key recommendations include accounting for drainage and rewetting of peatlands under LULUCF, halting conversion of remaining peatswamp forests, and restoring degraded peatlands, which could mitigate almost 2 Gt of CO2 annually. Methodological issues around measuring and reporting emissions from peatlands under REDD+ are also discussed.
The document discusses REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation), a mechanism to reduce deforestation in developing countries. The Amazon rainforest stores a significant amount of carbon but has faced increasing deforestation, especially for agriculture. REDD financially incentivizes sustainable farming practices to reduce emissions while allowing economic growth. However, increased deforestation and agriculture also increase fire risks, which could undermine carbon savings if not properly monitored and managed under REDD policies. More research is still needed but REDD is seen as a promising approach if continuously improved and enforced.
Similar to A Critical Appraisal of UNFCC Negotiations, Peg Putt (20)
4 Stories about individuals conserving wildernessWILD Foundation
If it seems like saving the planet's wilderness is just too big for one person to take on, check out these 4 stories about people who are saving wilderness and making the planet wilder.
Mali Elephant Project: Reconciliation MeetingWILD Foundation
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against developing mental illness and improve symptoms for those who already have a condition.
Making Spain a Wilder Place: Turning problems into opportunities. A pre-WILD10 targeted seminar on the possibilities for and the benefits from rewilding in Spain. Organized by Rewilding Europe in collaboration with Fundación Naturaleza y Hombre, Fundación Felíx Rodríguez de la Fuente, Associação Transumância e Natureza and Fundación José María Blanc.
The Wilderness Leadership School continues as one of the leading organizations in Africa providing a true wilderness experience. Now well over 55 years strong, it was originally established by Ian Player (WILD’s founder) and his Zulu brother and mentor, Magqubu Ntombela.
Namibia’s system of protected/conservation priority areas with numerous types of ownership and management, and the ecological connectivity within this system, is one of the most impressive examples in the world of the Nature Needs Half vision.
With the recent declaration of Dorob National Park in 2010, Namibia became the first and only country in the world to have its entire coastline under protection via a network of four National Parks. The 1,500km long coastline now contributes to an impressive protected area network totaling about 42% of Namibia’s total land mass, not to mention a newly declared Marine Protected Area (MPA) accounting for an additional 12,000 km2.
Imagine an area in Africa that has never been forcibly colonized; an area home to the most mysterious combination of habitats—desert, in-land river delta, forests. With 45 percent of its land protected, Botswana represents what Nature Needs Half is all about.
Presenting the long-dormant plan for a transboundary park along the USA/Mexico border in the region of Big Bend (Texas) and Maderas del Carmen, Mexico. The Natural Area of Bi-National Interest was officially launched 24 October 2011.
The South Caucasus region of Southwest Asia is a superb example of planning for Nature Needs Half in an ecosystem of great natural beauty, critical biodiversity importance, and long established human settlements. An important, life-sustaining target has been established.
Mali Elephant Project - Community Engagement at Lake Banzena, 2011WILD Foundation
The 2011 phase of the Mali Elephant Project focuses on community engagement. This powerpoint reviews the community engagement at Lake Banzena.
To learn more about the Mali Elephant Project, visit The WILD Foundation at www.wild.org.
Nature Needs Half Presentation for NANPA by Morgan HeimWILD Foundation
View the presentation given by conservation photographers Morgan Heim and Jaime Rojo at the 2011 North American Nature Photographer's Association on Nature Needs Half and how photographers can get involved with this vision.
A Family Foundation's Approach to Protecting Wilderness Around the World, by ...WILD Foundation
Don Weeden, Executive Director of The Weeden Foundation, spoke during the Friday (13 November) WILD9 plenary session on Saving Wildlands through Private Finance, Philanthropy and Commitment, specifically on "A Family Foundation's Approach to Protecting Wilderness Around the World."
National Parks, Private Philanthropy and Securing the Wild Heritage of the Ca...WILD Foundation
Christoph Promberger, spoke during the Friday (13 November) WILD9 plenary session on Saving Wildlands through Private Finance, Philanthropy and Commitment, specifically on"National Parks, Private Philanthropy and Securing the Wild Heritage of the Carpathian Mountains, Romania."
This document discusses how nature responds to boom, bust, and bailout cycles in a sustainable way. It provides examples of how nature optimizes resources rather than maximizes consumption, eliminates waste, exhibits resilience by incorporating past mistakes, and respects ecological boundaries and carrying capacities. The document suggests that to avoid future crises, humans could learn from nature by stabilizing populations and consumption locally, developing feedback loops, and co-evolving solutions with local environments instead of attempting to control or dominate natural systems.
Chris Dowswell, Executive Director Sasakawa Africa Association, spoke during the Thursday (12 November) WILD9 plenary on Wilderness and People - A new agriculture for wilderness and climate change.
The document outlines a proposed 6-month journey across 8 southern African countries to raise awareness of environmental and wildlife challenges. The 5000km journey will follow historical elephant migration routes on foot, bicycle, and kayak. It will pass through major conservation areas in Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Mozambique, and South Africa, with stages highlighting wilderness leadership, workshops on conservation issues, and engaging political and community leaders. The expedition is planned to take place between April and September 2011.
Humanizing the Enemy: Wilderness and Peace BuildingWILD Foundation
Jo Roberts, Executive Director of The Wilderness Foundation (UK), spoke during the Thursday (12 November) WILD9 plenary session on Wilderness and People - Social Issues, Conservation Solutions.
Book Launch - Connectivity Conservation: A Global GuideWILD Foundation
The document summarizes an upcoming book about connectivity conservation management. It describes the book's focus on large-scale connectivity conservation areas that span thousands of kilometers, case studies from six biogeographic realms, and a framework for systematically managing connectivity. The book introduces 15 critical management practices and identifies foundational, delivery, and cross-cutting tasks for connectivity conservation management.
This presentation was provided by Steph Pollock of The American Psychological Association’s Journals Program, and Damita Snow, of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), for the initial session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session One: 'Setting Expectations: a DEIA Primer,' was held June 6, 2024.
This presentation includes basic of PCOS their pathology and treatment and also Ayurveda correlation of PCOS and Ayurvedic line of treatment mentioned in classics.
Strategies for Effective Upskilling is a presentation by Chinwendu Peace in a Your Skill Boost Masterclass organisation by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan on 08th and 09th June 2024 from 1 PM to 3 PM on each day.
How to Add Chatter in the odoo 17 ERP ModuleCeline George
In Odoo, the chatter is like a chat tool that helps you work together on records. You can leave notes and track things, making it easier to talk with your team and partners. Inside chatter, all communication history, activity, and changes will be displayed.
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Introduction to AI for Nonprofits with Tapp NetworkTechSoup
Dive into the world of AI! Experts Jon Hill and Tareq Monaur will guide you through AI's role in enhancing nonprofit websites and basic marketing strategies, making it easy to understand and apply.
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
MATATAG CURRICULUM: ASSESSING THE READINESS OF ELEM. PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS I...NelTorrente
In this research, it concludes that while the readiness of teachers in Caloocan City to implement the MATATAG Curriculum is generally positive, targeted efforts in professional development, resource distribution, support networks, and comprehensive preparation can address the existing gaps and ensure successful curriculum implementation.
17. Instead of fixing this up so that there is more comprehensive and symmetrical accounting, even more scams have been put on the table Developed countries should show more ambition to reduce emissions in this sector, rather than hiding them This would enable greater emissions reductions overall