The International
Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is pleased to
announce its latest
FOREST
related publications.
Incentives to
sustain forest ecosystem services: A review and lessons for REDD
Paying
people to protect forests can be an effective way to tackle deforestation and
climate change but only if there is good governance of natural resources,
claims this study funded by Norway’s
Government. IIED, the World Resources Institute and the Center for
International Forestry Research looked at existing efforts to pay people in
developing nations to protect ecosystems in return for the services —
such as fresh water, wild foods and climate control — they provide. It
aimed to see if such payments could be used to help tackle climate change by
reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
(REDD). A review of 13 schemes that make payments for ecosystems services in
Africa, South-East Asia and Latin America concluded that performance-based
payments can be part of REDD but only if important preconditions are met. http://www.iied.org/pubs/display.php?o=13555IIED
Roots of success: cultivating viable
community forestry
Small
forestry was for years half-lost in the shadow of industrial logging. Now, as
forests become flashpoints for conflict and a focus for climate concerns,
community forestry could be coming into its own. Collective ownership and
strategic alliances, for instance, make for sustainability and cooperation.
The second in IIED’s ‘business models for sustainable
development’ series, this briefing reveals how forest communities round
the world are creating a new business model that works. http://www.iied.org/pubs/display.php?o=17057IIED
Small and medium forest enterprises
in Ethiopia
The
annual value of small and medium forest enterprises (SMFEs) in Ethiopia
amounts to hundreds of millions of dollars. SMFEs have great potential to reduce
poverty in Ethiopia,
but in their present unregulated state also represent a threat to the
country’s declining forest resources. This report consolidates
information about Ethiopia's
SMFEs and suggests a practical way forward for those wishing to provide
support. http://www.iied.org/pubs/display.php?o=17057IIED
These
publications can be downloaded from our on-line database which holds over
4,000 resources on environment and development: http://www.iied.org/pubs
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