The Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation program, or REDD+,
has been the international community's first real attempt to create a global forest governance …

The Himalayan region is not only threatened by rapid changes in anthropogenic activities
but also by global climate change. Given the uncertainties of magnitude and characteristics …

Community-based Forestry (CBF) is now a popular approach for landscape restoration,
forest management, biodiversity conservation and support for rural livelihoods worldwide …

The urgent need to limit anthropogenic carbon emissions has led to the global initiative on
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+). One option to …

The increasing incidence of forest and land degradation is affecting billions of people, and
causing loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Realizing the importance of forest …

Payment for ecosystem services (PESs) is part of a new and more direct conservation and
management paradigm explicitly recognizing:(1) the need to bridge the interests of …

Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) has emerged as an
important and cost-effective climate change mitigation strategy internationally. In many …

This study examines traditional indigenous ontologies of territoriality based on a number of
indigenous communities in Bolivia and Colombia to show how they can inform effective …

Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, the sustainable
management of forests and the conservation and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in …

There is an urgent need for coordinated international action to curb global emissions, and
reducing deforestation is key in this effort. Tropical primary forests like the Amazon are …