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REDD

Focus on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation

Opinion

Storing carbon: the options

With atmospheric carbon dioxide levels rising, Julianna Fessenden examines technologies for locking the gas away.

Amazonian developments: conserving the rainforest

Saving the Amazon will require economically attractive alternatives to deforestation, says Tim Killeen of Conservation International.

News

First map of annual forest-cover loss in Indonesia

Using high-resolution satellite images, the first-ever annual maps of forest-cover loss in Indonesia show an extremely dynamic landscape

Burning need for REDD rethink?

Decreased deforestation in the Amazon appears to be associated with higher rates of forest fire, potentially offsetting some of the carbon saved by REDD schemes

Will REDD+ reduce rights of forest-dwellers?

Researchers raise concerns about centralization of forest management

Does growing soy destroy Amazon rainforest?

Researchers find evidence that soy cultivation on former pasture is indirectly causing deforestation to create pasture elsewhere

Insight: consumers should share responsibility for emissions from deforestation

Beef and soybean exports are focus of Brazilian Amazon study

Balancing REDD politics and effectiveness

The most effective policies for preventing deforestation are likely to be the least politically palatable

REDD project unlikely to save forest in Indonesia

Forest protection projects must span large areas to be effective, say researchers

IOP CONFERENCE SERIES: EES

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Changing the deforestation impacts of Eco-/REDD payments: Evolution (2000-2005) in Costa Rica's PSA program

Alexander Pfaff et al 2009 IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 6 252022

Collaborative modeling initiative on REDD economics

Jonah Busch et al 2009 IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 6 252019

Overcoming the livelihood risks associated with REDD: Options for policymakers

E Weinthal et al 2009 IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 6 252003

Lessons learned from past influences on deforestation: Effectiveness, efficiency, equity and REDD relevance

Alexander Pfaff et al 2009 IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 6 252002