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How are REDD+ Proponents Addressing Tenure Problems? Evidence from Brazil, Cameroon, Tanzania, Indonesia, and Vietnam

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In this article, the authors assessed REDD+ proponent activities to address tenure insecurity in light of actions required for effective and equitable implementation of REDD+, and found that REDD proponents addressed tenure insecurity by demarcating village and forest boundaries and identifying legal right holders, but were limited in their ability to resolve local tenure challenges that were national in origin and scope.
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This article is published in World Development.The article was published on 2014-03-01. It has received 239 citations till now.

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Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)

TL;DR: Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use (AFOLU) is unique among the sectors considered in this volume, since the mitigation potential is derived from both an enhancement of removals of greenhouse gases (GHG), as well as reduction of emissions through management of land and livestock as discussed by the authors.
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Does secure land tenure save forests? A meta-analysis of the relationship between land tenure and tropical deforestation

TL;DR: In this article, a review of the literature that connects forest outcomes and land tenure to better understand broad interactions between tenure form, security and forest change, they find 36 publications that link land cover change to tenure conditions while also controlling for other plausibly confounding variables.

Strengthening and Implementing the Global Response

TL;DR: The feasibility of mitigation and adaptation options, and the enabling conditions for strengthening and implementing the systemic changes, are assessed in this article, where the authors consider the global response to warming of 1.5oC comprises transitions in land and ecosystem, energy, urban and infrastructure, and industrial systems.
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Palm oil-based biofuels and sustainability in southeast Asia: A review of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the sustainability implications of palm oil biodiesel in Southeast Asia, with a focus on Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, and explore the origins, drivers and current technologies surrounding palmoil biodiesel development in the region.
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Land tenure and REDD+: The good, the bad and the ugly

TL;DR: In this paper, a global comparative study on REDD+, led by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFR), was conducted to investigate how tenure concerns are being addressed at both national and project level in emerging REDD+ programs.
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Benchmark map of forest carbon stocks in tropical regions across three continents.

TL;DR: A “benchmark” map of biomass carbon stocks over 2.5 billion ha of forests on three continents, encompassing all tropical forests, for the early 2000s is presented, which will be invaluable for REDD assessments at both project and national scales.

Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the evidence on the economic impacts of climate change itself, and explore the economics of stabilizing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, concluding that the benefits of strong, early action on climate change considerably outweigh the costs.
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Rising Global Interest in Farmland: Can It Yield Sustainable and Equitable Benefits?

TL;DR: The lack of reliable information has made it difficult to understand what has been actually happening as discussed by the authors, which has raised serious concerns about the danger of neglecting local rights and other problems.
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Land policies for growth and poverty reduction

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight the importance of land policies in support of development, and poverty reduction, by setting out the results of recent research in a way that is accessible to a wide audience.
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Changing Governance of the World's Forests

TL;DR: A greater role for community and market actors in forest governance and deeper attention to the factors that lead to effective governance, beyond ownership patterns, is necessary to address future forest governance challenges.
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