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REDD-ALERT



 * About
 * Where we work
 * Activities
 * Collaborators

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation through Alternative
Landuses in Rainforests of the Tropics


NAVIGATION

 * Introduction
 * Where we work
   * Vietnam
   * Indonesia
   * Cameroon
   * Peru
 * Activities
 * Collaborators
 * News
 * Publications
 * Photo Library
   * Field research of J Farmer
   * Kick off meeting in Indonesia
   * Second Annual Meeting in Peru
   * Third Annual Meeting in Vietnam
 * Professionals
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Further information


ABOUT


 


INTRODUCTION

How do you link global policy with local incentives for reducing greenhouse gas
emissions from deforestation?

How can national-level rewards overcome the many local-level pressures that lead
to deforestation, including the need to produce food and fuelwood, and develop
economies?

REDD-ALERT is an FP7 EU project lead by the Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen and
involving 12 partner institutions from EU and tropical countries, linking with
the ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins.


CONTEXT

An estimated 13 million hectares of tropical forest are destroyed each year,
resulting in the emission of 5.8 Gt (gigatonnes) of CO2 annually, about 20% of
total human-caused emissions of greenhouse gasses (GHGs). The drivers of this
destruction are many and varied, but generally include a combination of
commercial wood extraction, permanent cultivation, livestock development, and
the extension of overland transport infrastructure. Currently, this 20% of
emissions is not addressed by an international instrument for governing climate
change.

In December 2009, parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change will
discuss a mechanism for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation in Developing
Countries, which would reward countries that reduce their rate of deforestation
and enhance carbon stocks in forest areas. This proposed mechanism is referred
to as REDD-plus.

Although the international community has mostly embraced the concept of
REDD-plus, the specifics of the mechanism are still being negotiated. Once a
REDD-plus deal is in place, national policy makers will need to be able to
design policies and incentives to influence patterns of land use change on the
ground. This will require a clear understanding of the drivers of land use
change, carbon stocks and changes, policy options, and local stakeholder
perspectives and preferences. The REDD-ALERT project aims to generate this data
in four countries and work with national stakeholders to link this knowledge to
practical action.

Active 'negotiation support' will be needed to achieve the 'free and prior
informed consent' that is seen as a moral imperative to agreements potentially
affecting the livelihoods of people outside of the centres of political power.
This project aims to make a significant contribution to the evaluation of
mechanisms that translate international-level agreements into instruments that
will help change the behaviour of the people on the 'front-line' while
minimising adverse repercussions on their livelihoods.

 


OBJECTIVES OF THE REDD-ALERT PROJECT

 a. Documenting the diversity in social, cultural, economic and ecological
    drivers of forest transition and conservation and the consequences, in case
    study areas in Indonesia, Vietnam, Cameroon and Peru (representative of
    different stages of forest transition).
 b. Quantifying rates of forest conversion and change in forest carbon stocks.
 c. Improving accounting (methods, default values) of the consequences of land
    use change for GHG emissions in tropical forest margins including peatlands.
 d. Identifying and assessing viable policy options addressing the drivers of
    deforestation and their consistency with approaches on avoided deforestation
    currently being discussed in UNFCCC and other international processes.
 e. Analysing scenarios in selected case study areas of the local impacts of
    potential international climate change policies on GHG emission reductions,
    land use and livelihoods.
 f. Developing new negotiation support tools and using these with stakeholders
    at international, national and local scales to explore a suite of options
    for incorporating REDD into post-2012 climate agreements.

Click here for Project brochure [pdf ]

 

This project is implemented by The James Hutton Instituteand its partners, with
funding from the 7th Framework Programme (FP7) of the European Commission. The
views expressed on this website do not necessarily reflect the views of the
funder.

 

For further information email the project lead: Professor Robin Matthews.

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