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Why Quantifying the Value of Tropical Forests Matters for Development

October 01, 2014
More electricity. Fewer cases of diarrhea. Fewer lives lost to deadly storms.  These are among the objectives of the development planners and financiers meeting next week in Washington at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund’s annual meetings. 
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The Value of Forest Ecosystem Services to Developing Economies - Working Paper 379

Katrina Mullan
October 01, 2014
This paper assesses the scale of the potential co-benefits for residents of developing countries of protecting forest ecosystems in order to mitigate climate change. The objective is to improve understanding among development practitioners of the ways in which services provided by forest ecosystems ...
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Six Reasons to Welcome New REDD+ Partnerships with Peru and Liberia

September 24, 2014
Tuesday’s Climate Summit in New York prompted a number of forest-related commitments, including a “Declaration on Forests” signed by 28 governments, 8 subnational governments, 35 companies, 16 indigenous peoples groups, and 45 NGO and civil society groups.  
WORKING PAPER

The State of REDD+ Finance - Working Paper 378

Marigold Norman
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Smita Nakhooda
September 16, 2014
This paper presents a thorough synthesis of available data to illuminate the current global state of finance for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+). It adds to a growing body of work that seeks to understand the size and composition of finance for REDD+ initiatives, as we...