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Forests and Climate Change After Cancun: An Asia-Pacific Perspective

March 2011

What effect will the decisions from the Cancun climate change talks have on forests and forest users in Asia and the Pacific?

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REDD-Net Asia-Pacific Bulletin #1: Introducing Equity in REDD

October 2009

The first REDD-net Asia-Pacific bulletin introduces three issues of particular concern to civil society worldwide regarding national REDD strategies: participation, benefit sharing, and conflict.

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REDD+ Safeguards for Vietnam: Key Issues and the Way Forward

March 2012

This brief discusses achievements to date by the Government of Vietnam in REDD+ readiness, issues in the seven safeguards defined by UNFCCC, and the need for a flexible, nationally-owned and inclusive process.

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REDD-Net Asia-Pacific Bulletin #5: Drivers of Deforestation and REDD+

December 2011

What do opportunity costs mean in the context of REDD+ and what are the implications for local communities? This bulletin explores what the drivers of deforestation are and what incentives and livelihood opportunities accompany them.

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REDD+, Governance, and Community Forestry

August 2011

How can REDD+ benefit from the lessons of community forestry?

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REDD-Net Asia-Pacific Bulletin #4: Gender and REDD+

May 2011

This brief explores how REDD+ planning and implementation can and should enhance the conditions of rural women in Asia and the Pacific.

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REDD-Net Asia-Pacific Bulletin #3: Carbon Rights and REDD+

February 2011

REDD+ is based on the right to benefit from (or to be compensated for) reducing forest-based emissions of greenhouse gases. But who can claim this right?

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REDD-Net Asia-Pacific Bulletin #2: The Role of Trust in REDD+

November 2010

As negotiations on the shape of REDD+ continue at national and global levels, REDD-Net’s network of civil society organizations has identified the issue of trust as a high priority for further examination. In this issue we explore the importance of trust in REDD+, why the success of REDD+ depends on trust, and how trust may need to come with its own set of warnings.

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REDD-Net COP 15 Briefing

January 2010

How will Copenhagen affect what actually happens on the ground for REDD+? Read key points and outcomes from REDD-Net.

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REDD+ ToT Manual for National and Subnational-level Facilitators

May 2012

As the concept of REDD+ is new, it is essential for all concerned stakeholders to understand it and contribute to the evolving process of this mechanism, particularly poor and marginal communities living in and around forests. This manual, specifically designed for national and subnational facilitators, aims to create a well-trained human resource base that can help raise awareness and build capacity among forestry sector grassroots stakeholders.

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REDD+ ToT Manual for Community-level Facilitators

May 2012

As the concept of REDD+ is new, it is essential for all concerned stakeholders to understand it and contribute to the evolving process of this mechanism, particularly poor and marginal communities living in and around forests. This manual therefore, aims to create a well-trained human resource base that can help raise awareness and build capacity among forestry sector grassroots stakeholders.

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Forests and climate change after Durban

May 2012

In February 2012, RECOFTC, FAO, and CoDe REDD, with support from GIZ-BMU, REDD-net, NORAD, ASFN, and SDC, brought together 13 climate change and forestry experts in Quezon City, Philippines, to discuss the implications on the forestry sector in the Asia-Pacific region of decisions taken at COP 17. This booklet summarizes their responses to a set of 13 key questions raised at the workshop.