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April 13, 2011
This training manual shares hands-on experiences from field programs and presents the essential practical and theoretical steps, methods and tools to estimate the opportunity costs of REDD+ at the national level.
REDD stands for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation. REDD+ additionally includes conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of carbon stocks in developing countries. The manual addresses the calculation of costs and benefits of the various land use alternatives in relation to their carbon stocks and the identification of economic trade-offs involved in REDD+ activities. As required data are generally not readily available, the manual also includes information on data collection, analysis and evaluation techniques.
The new training manual was launched and piloted at a recent workshop with the United Nations REDD Program in Arusha, Tanzania in November 2010, attended by 8 counties. Other workshops in 2011 will target South and Southeast Asia, and Latin America.
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