This report discusses the political, economic and social opportunities and constraints that will influence the design and implementation of REDD+ in Vietnam.
Under what conditions does REDD+ present a threat or opportunity for local land/forest tenure rights? Based on the evidence collected to date from field studies as part of CIFOR’s Global Comparative Study on REDD+, local tenure rights are being taken…
In the forests of Central Africa an “informal economy” in illegal logging and bushmeat trade provides employment, livelihoods and food for hundreds of thousands of people. Scientists decided to look more closely at this ‘invisible’ info…
REDD+ implementation was supposed to be “big, quick and cheap”. So far, it is not one big thing, but many smaller efforts implemented by many different donors and agencies, a collection of programmes that are slow to design and implement, and likel…
A stepwise approach to developing reference levels can reflect different country circumstances and capacities and will facilitate broad participation, early startup and the motivation for improvements over time, alongside efforts to enhance measurement…
