Deforestation

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Tropical Forests for Climate and Development
January 21, 2015
What do forests have to do with global development? To find out, watch our new video featuring CGD's forest expert Jonah Busch. The facts may surprise you!
Blog Post
Is Indonesia’s Flagship Forest Policy Lowering Emissions by Enough to Meet National Climate Targets?
Jonah Busch
January 16, 2015
Indonesia’s flagship forest policy—a moratorium on new licenses to log or clear rainforests that started in 2011—has lowered the country’s greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation by an estimated 1.0-2.5 percent over four years. But unless the moratorium policy is signific...
Blog Post
12 Reasons for Climate Optimism This Holiday Season
Jonah Busch
December 15, 2014
It’s easy to feel down about climate change.  The annual pace of emissions of greenhouse gas to the atmosphere reached an all-time high in 2014. 
Blog Post
Unsung Climate Hero: Forest Monitoring Technology
Jonah Busch
December 11, 2014
Delegates from hundreds of countries are in Lima, Peru, this week, facing the heroic task of negotiating a global climate deal under the auspices of the United Nations. 
WORKING PAPERS
Measurement and Monitoring for REDD+: The Needs, Current Technological Capabilities and Future Potential - Working Paper 392
Scott J. Goetz et al.
December 11, 2014
This paper presents an overview of the state of measurement and monitoring capabilities for forests in the context of REDD+ needs, with a focus on what is currently possible, where improvements are needed, and what capabilities will be advanced in the near-term with new technologies already under de...
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How Germany Copes with REDD+ Dilemmas
Frances Seymour
December 04, 2014
One of the most attractive features of the Cash-on-Delivery approach to development assistance is precisely that payments are made (only) for performance against agreed indicators of outcomes. 
WORKING PAPERS
The Politics of German Finance for REDD+ - Working Paper 390
Till Pistorius
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Laura Kiff
December 04, 2014
The concept of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) and its framing of forest protection as a climate mitigation approach mark a clear paradigm shift – after decades of up-front financing of traditional ODA projects REDD+ follows the logic of ex-post payments fo...