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  • Accelerating Transfers of Interim Finance for REDD+: Options for Early Market Involvement

    P Moura Costa, R Nussbaum | 2009 | Proforest for DIFD

    This report looks at the options and opportunities for early market involvement in the process of funding and implementing REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) activities even before a full international UNFCC (UN Framework Convention on Climate Change) agreement is i... Read more

  • Accelerating Transfers of Interim Finance for REDD+: Building Absorptive Capacity

    J Saunders, R Nussbaum, A Hoare, C McDermott, J Saunders, P Moura Costa | 2009 | Proforest for DIFD

    There is a global commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tropical forests through the introduction of a financing mechanism to provide incentives to rainforest nations for maintaining forest carbon. A crucial issue if these countries are to acquire and use significant resources for REDD+... Read more

  • REDD+ co-benefits and the HCV concept

    C Stewart, A Lindhe, A Cura | 2010 | Proforest

    This document summarises an investigation into the use of a widely used conservation priority-setting and management framework, known as the High Conservation Value (HCV) concept, to support responsible REDD+ programmes. The report has two main aims: Firstly, to understand how some of the major glob... Read more

  • Agricultural production models and methods for UK biofuels

    2010 | Proforest for RFA

    This study, commissioned by the Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA), focusses on the production models and methods of 9 country/crop combinations that are key sources for UK biofuels. These were oilseed rape from the UK, Germany and France; soy from Argentina and the US; oil palm from Malaysia and Indonesi... Read more

  • An Analysis of Current FSC Accreditation, Certification and Standard-Setting Procedures Identifying Elements Which Cause Constraints For Small Forest Owners

    H Scrase | 2000 | Forestry Research Programme, Proforest

    The FSC's requirements for accreditation, certification and national standards and the constraints these cause to small forest enterprises seeking certification. An analysis of the issues and recommendations for action. Read more

  • An analysis of the barriers faced by small-scale farmers and communities producing timber outside a conventional forest matrix, and recommendations for progress: Final Report

    H Scrase | 2001 | Proforest

    An analysis of the problems faced by small landowners providing timber outside a forest environment. Read more

  • Forest Governance and Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD)

    J Saunders, R Nussbaum | 2007 | Chatham House Energy, Environment and Development Programme

    Presented at the UNFCCC in Bali, December 2007. This paper sets out a number of lessons from ongoing efforts to improve forest governance, which should be considered at both the design and implementation stage of a potential REDD mechanism, and suggests that those countries that improve their forest... Read more

  • Reduced Emissions and Forest Degradation: Lessons from a Forest Governance

    J Saunders, Johannes Ebeling, R Nussbaum | 2008 | Proforest, Chatham House

    REDD (Reduced Emission of Greenhouse Gasses from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) puts value on the carbon in standing trees that are at risk of destruction. The economic incentive this offers to forest conservation is, however, only part of the picture. This paper focusses on forest governance... Read more

  • Beyond Timber: Certification and Management of Non-Timber Forest Products

    A Pierce, D Robinson, P Shanley, S Laird | 2008 | Center for International Forestry Research

    This book, co-written by a ProForest team member, is a valuable contribution and a practical guide for communities, researchers, policy makers, and donors interested in assessing the value of investing time and effort in the still elaborate and costly process of gaining independent international rec... Read more

  • The EU Due Diligence Regulation and UK Producers

    2009 | Proforest for Defra

    The proposed Due Diligence regulation will require that operators placing timber on the EU market for the first time implement and run a ‘due diligence’ system to minimize the risk that the timber comes from an illegal source. This applies to timber originating from both outside and from within ... Read more

  • Terrestrial carbon: emissions, sequestration and storage in tropical Africa

    2010 | Proforest for FPAN

    This report, commissioned by the Forest Philanthropy Action Network (FPAN), reviews scientific data available in September 2009 on carbon stocks, emissions and sequestration in tropical Africa and evaluates 52 existing land use related interventions. The report was written by Tim Rayden, Pavithra Ra... Read more

  • REDD+ SE Standards: Briefing on Complimantarities with other REDD+ Social and Environmental Safeguard Mechanisms

    2010 | Proforest in collaboration with CCBA and CARE

    It is widely accepted that there are important social and environmental safeguards which need to be in place within any REDD+ programme. All the emerging REDD+ mechanisms and initiatives including UNFCCC, FCPF and UN-REDD are developing these safeguards. This briefing has been prepared to summari... Read more

  • Mapping and understanding the UK palm oil supply chain

    K Bottriell, N Judd | 2011 | Proforest for Defra

    This research report, commissioned by Defra, aims to map and understand the structure of UK palm oil supply chains and uses of palm oil traded at each stage. The research consisted of a desk-based collection and review of publicly available data and information, and of interviews with over 50 compan... Read more

  • Review of policy options relating to sustainable palm oil procurement

    K Bottriell, N Judd | 2011 | Proforest for Defra

    This report, commissioned by Defra, gathers industry viewpoints on several potential policy options relating to increasing the volume of sustainable palm oil consumed within UK supply chains, along with the possible costs and benefits of each of these options. We interviewed 50 companies to establis... Read more

  • Towards sustainable palm oil: a framework for action

    2011 | ZSL

    While it is becoming widely accepted that there is an urgent need to increase the sustainability of current practices relating to the production and use of palm oil, consensus has yet to be reached on how this can best be achieved. Towards this end, in May 2011 the Zoological Society of London, in c... Read more