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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

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

Forest protection measures must cover whole region

Vietnam's policies have displaced around 49 million cubic metres of forest extraction to countries nearby, say researchers

Deforestation "boom and bust" leaves humans no better off

Rainforest removal wrecks ecosystem without offering long-term human gain

Checking up on forest protection

Technique offers better assessment of the amount of deforestation prevented by creating reserves.

Boosting law enforcement protects forests

Empowering local people can save the carbon sinks in forest islands.

IOP CONFERENCE SERIES: EES

An open-access proceedings service

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