Tree species maps showing distribution of 20 tree species over Europe.

The Jurisdictional and Nested REDD Initiative will develop rules and requirements for the integrated, jurisdiction-wide crediting of activities that Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD).

Under the JNRI initiative, global advisors and technical experts will draft guidelines that can be used by jurisdictions seeking to create integrated accounting frameworks for crediting REDD projects and programs across their territories. Currently, there are no regulatory or institutional frameworks for the integrated, or nested, accounting of REDD projects and programs across jurisdictions.

Our new report, Low-carbon Africa: Leapfrogging to a green future, makes the case that Africa is able to deliver clean and sustainable energy to millions of energy-poor people across the continent without increasing greenhouse gas emissions – and for this renewable power potential to drive a green economic expansion across the region.

An abundance of resources and its sustainable development ambitions give Africa a real advantage when it comes to renewable energy. With access to a ‘leapfrog fund’ from global mitigation finance, this could lay the ground for a low-carbon future.

This report provides an analysis of the PES Pilot in Lam Dong province. It considers the market, policy and governance drivers in the Pilot area that contribute to deforestation and forest degradation, the strategies that the Pilot sets out to deal with these drivers, as well as the process of designing the Pilot. The analysis concluded that the project has been effective in achieving the planned target of piloting PES in the province, analysing the lessons learned and contributing to the formulation of the full PES Decree within a short period of time. The report points out that while the Pilot is not free of shortcomings, it suggests roles that communities could play in forest management for climate change mitigation.

The BioCarbon Fund has released a report documenting lessons learned for financing Afforestation and Reforestation projects registered under the Clean Development Mechanism

REDD+ early action projects and programmes are one of the strategies WWF pursues in reducing CO2 emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. We are working with forest dwelling communities, governments, civil society and the private sector to establish systems for implementing REDD+ at scale. These programmes and projects provide an opportunity to pilot practical mechanisms on the ground to help inform and achieve national REDD+ programmes, build local capacity, and generate learning and knowledge.

On 1 March 2011 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) launched a Guidebook on “Free, prior and informed consent in REDD+: Principles and Approaches for Policy and Project Development” at a regional GIZ conference in Bangkok. The publication has been developed jointly by the GIZ Sector Network Natural Resources and Rural Development – Asia and RECOFTC’s Grassroots Capacity Building Program for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) in the Asia-Pacific Region with the involvement of a consortium of NGOs and CSOs working on REDD+ projects or on indigenous rights in the region.

This new report provides greater insights into the motives and activities of the Norwegian owned company Green Resources Ltd (GRL), in the Mufindi district of Iringa province in southern Tanzania.

It tackles questions concerning the sustainability and economic viability of alien invasive tree plantations, as carbon emission offset projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol (KP).

Download the report here (PDF)