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Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation

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dc.creator Zahabu, Eliakimu
dc.creator Skutsch, Margaret M.
dc.creator Malimbwi, Rogers E.
dc.creator Sosovele, Hussein
dc.date 2016-04-06T07:52:01Z
dc.date 2016-04-06T07:52:01Z
dc.date 2007-10
dc.date.accessioned 2018-04-18T11:17:56Z
dc.date.available 2018-04-18T11:17:56Z
dc.identifier Zahabu, E., Skutsch, M.M., Sosovele, H. and Malimbwi, R.E., 2007. Reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation. African Journal of Ecology, 45(4), pp.451-453.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1461
dc.identifier 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2007.00886.x
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/9503
dc.description Until now forest carbon trading has been possible only through the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Con-vention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). But CDM is limitedto afforestation and reforestation projects. The option for reducing rates of carbon emissions by improved forestmanagement and by avoided deforestation is not eligible,despite the fact that the Intergovernmental Panel on Cli-mate Change (IPCC) estimates that 20–25% of currentannual carbon emissions result from loss of tropical forest(IPCC, 2007). The contribution of tropical deforestation to global carbon emissions has prompted re-negotiation of climate change policy to include Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD). This would allow tropical forest nations to claim for compensation, if they reduce national rates of deforestation and degradation through management of natural forests.
dc.language en
dc.subject UNFCCC
dc.subject Clean Development Mechanism
dc.subject REDD
dc.subject Kyoto Protocol
dc.subject Global carbon
dc.title Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation
dc.type Journal Article, Peer Reviewed


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