1. Adaptation Now: Options for
transforming landscapes to build
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climate change resilience
Voting results from subplenary key
questions

2. 1. In order to reduce the vulnerability of forest
ecosystems, it is most urgent to:
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1. Limit current threats to forests by paying compensations and/or carbon
credits to reduce pressure on forests
credits to reduce pressure on forests
20%
2. Address underlying threats to forests such as poverty or tenure issues.
31%
3. Implement forest management measures for reducing the impacts of
climate variability and change such as fires and pests
9%
4. Follow a landscape based approach combining increased productivity,
restoration of degraded lands and protection of vital ecosystems
38%
5. Others
2%

3. 2. Do you think ongoing REDD+ initiatives will increase the
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economic and social resilience of rural populations in a changing
climate? Most measures under discussion
1. Are well placed to increase economic and social resilience
24%
2. Modestly address these issues
29%
3. Are unlikely to effectively improve rural population’s
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economic and social resilience to climate change
32%
4. Will leave rural populations worse off
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15%

4. 3. Do emerging adaptation policies and plans fully and sufficiently
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provide for improving sustainable management and restoration of
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forest ecosystems?
1. Not at all
1 Not at all
8%
2. Generally not
27%
3. Don’t know
27%
4. Yes, sometimes
38%
5. Yes
0%

5. 4. Should sustainable management and restoration of forest
ecosystems be mainstreamed in the adaptation plans and policies of
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other sectors such as agriculture, water and energy?
1. Yes, always
Yes, always
62%
2. Yes, sometimes
19%
3. Don’t know
7%
4. Generally no
7%
5. Never
5%

6. 5. Compared to the relative challenges and opportunities, is
the balance of current finance for forests and climate change
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1. Extremely skewed to mitigation
Extremely skewed to mitigation
41%
2. Moderately skewed to mitigation
22%
3. About right
20%
4. Moderately skewed to adaptation
17%
5. Extremely skewed to adaptation
0%

7. Thank you
Thank you