This paper conceptualizes the REDD+ policy framework as the world's largest experiment in
Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES). REDD+ promotes the commodification of …

The initiative known as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
(REDD+) officially became part of the international climate agenda in 2007. At that time …

Abstract Scope, Delineations, and Definitions: Livelihoods, Poverty, and Inequality
Understanding the impacts of climate change on livelihoods and poverty requires examining …

Warming trends and increasing temperature extremes have been observed across most of
the Asian region over the past century (high confidence).{24.3} Increasing numbers of warm …

This report aims to improve knowledge on the role of drivers of deforestation and forest
degradation for REDD+1 by promoting a common understanding among delegates of the …

This paper assesses the role of protected and community managed forests for the long term
maintenance of forest cover in the tropics. Through a meta-analysis of published case …

Over half of all wood harvested worldwide is used as fuel, supplying∼ 9% of global primary
energy. By depleting stocks of woody biomass, unsustainable harvesting can contribute to …

Most tropical forests outside protected areas have been or will be selectively logged so it is
essential to maximize the conservation values of partially harvested areas. Here we …

The dominance of “ecosystem services” as a guiding concept for environmental
management–where it appears as a neutral, obvious, taken-for-granted concept–hides the …

Many of the services supplied by nature are externalities. Economic theory suggests that
some form of subsidy or contracting between the beneficiaries and the providers could result …