Tropical forests are important regulators of the flux and storage of carbon, water, and energy in the Biosphere, and they are the habitat of more than three-fourths of the world’s plant and animal species. These ecosystems are also undergoing rapid conversion through pasture formation, shifting cultivation and timber highgrading as the people of tropical nations turn to forestlands for sustenance and wealth.
Building Bridges Between Agriculture and REDD+: summary of an international REDD+ farm fund proposal
Building Bridges Between Agriculture and REDD+: summary of an international REDD+ farm fund proposal
The REDD+ component of the UNFCCC and other REDD processes such as the Governors’ Climate and Forest task force have the potential to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions 10% or more by slowing tropical deforestation and forest degradation and by enhancing forest...