Readings on REDD from CIFOR Research

REDD AND RIGHTS & TENURE
In many tropical countries, the majority of forest land remains the property of the state. Indigenous people and other forest-dependent communities commonly do not have secure legal tenure of the lands they occupy. &

REDD AND FINANCING
If forest carbon is included in global emissions trading, the cost of halving net global carbon dioxide emissions from forests by 2030 is estimated at USD 17-33 billion annually. Two main types of financing needs for REDD are apparent.

REDD AND BENEFITS SHARING
REDD has the potential to bring significant new flows of money to developing countries in the tropics. How exactly that money should be paid, and to whom, is a central challenge in designing REDD both at international and national levels.

REDD AND GOVERNANCE
Crafting national and international REDD+ architectures implies making decisions about what are legitimate governance principles and distribution of responsibilities, and how the tradeoffs involved should be dealt with.

REDD AND MEASUREMENT & MONITORING
If REDD aims to fund reductions in carbon emissions from deforestation and degradation, we need to know how large those reductions are, and methods for measuring and monitoring carbon stocks associated with forests.

REDD AND CO-BENEFITS
Reducing deforestation and forest degradation are likely to generate other benefits besides the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, such as social benefits and poverty alleviation; protection of human rights and better forest governance; and protection of biodiversity and other environmental services.