Asia: First Regional Forum For People And Forests: Report - Carbon Financing And Community Forestry

Asia: First Regional Forum For People And Forests: Report - Carbon Financing And Community Forestry   In early 2009, momentum was gathering for a global forest carbon financing mechanism. Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) had become the hottest topic on the world’s forestry agenda, and the much anticipated United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Copenhagen negotiations were fast approaching that December. Yet many crucial questions...

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