REDD+: Where does it stand and what is needed now?

REDD+ has seen ups and downs over the last years but is now firmly Integrated in the Paris Agreement, and the Green Climate Fund is moving forward on REDD+ payments. What does it mean for the practice of REDD at national and sub national levels? Where are the gaps and what are the next steps needed to make REDD+ happen?

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Further Reading

Angelsen A. 2017. REDD+ as performance based aid. Review of Development Economics 21(2): 237-264.

Angelsen A, Brockhaus M, Duchelle AE, Larson AM, Martius C, Sunderlin WD, Verchot LV, Wong G and Wunder S. 2017. Learning from REDD+: A response to Fletcher et al. Conservation Biology 31 (3): 718-720. https://www2.cifor.org/library/6490/learning-from-redd-a-response-to-fletcher-et-al/

Bos AB, Duchelle AE, Angelsen A, Avitabile V, De Sy V, Herold M, Joseph S, de Sassi C, Sills E, Sunderlin W and Wunder S. 2017. Comparing methods for assessing the effectiveness of subnational REDD+ initiatives. Featured article in Environmental Research Letters 12, 074007: https://www2.cifor.org/library/6487/comparing-methods-for-assessing-the-effectiveness-of-subnational-redd-initiatives/

de Sy V, Herold M, Martius C, Böttcher H, Fritz S, Gaveau DLA, Leonard S, Romijn E, Román-Cuesta RM. 2016. Enhancing transparency in the land-use sector: Exploring the role of independent monitoring approaches. CIFOR Infobrief No. 156. Bogor, Indonesia: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). https://www2.cifor.org/library/6256/enhancing-transparency-in-the-land-use-sector-exploring-the-role-of-independent-monitoring-approaches/

Deschamps Ramirez P and Larson AM. 2017. The politics of REDD+ MRV in Mexico: The interplay of the national and subnational levels. Occasional Paper 171. Bogor, Indonesia: CIFOR. https://www2.cifor.org/library/6568/the-politics-of-redd-mrv-in-mexico-the-interplay-of-the-national-and-subnational-levels/

Duchelle AE, de Sassi C, Jagger P, Cromberg M, Larson AM, Sunderlin WD, Atmadja SS, Resosudarmo IAP and Pratama CD. 2017. Balancing carrots and sticks in REDD+: Implications for social safeguards. Ecology & Society 22(3) 2: https://www2.cifor.org/library/6560/balancing-carrots-and-sticks-in-redd-implications-for-social-safeguards/

Ickowitz A, Sills E and de Sassi C. 2017. Estimating smallholder opportunity costs of REDD+: a pantropical analysis from households to carbon and back. World Development 95, 15-26: https://www2.cifor.org/library/6416/estimating-smallholder-opportunity-costs-of-redd-a-pantropical-analysis-from-households-to-carbon-and-back/

Ihalainen M, Sijapati Basnett B, Larson AM, Duchelle AE, Pham TT and Djoudi H. 2017. What should be included in the Green Climate Fund’s new Gender Policy and Action Plan?: Lessons from CIFOR’s research and analyses. CIFOR Infobrief No. 179. Bogor, Indonesia: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). DOI:10.17528/cifor/006541 https://www2.cifor.org/library/6541/what-should-be-included-in-the-green-climate-funds-new-gender-policy-and-action-plan-lessons-from-cifors-research-and-analyses/

Trench T, Larson AM and Libert Amico A. 2017. Multilevel governance and land use in Chiapas and Yucatan. CIFOR Infobrief no.180. Bogor, Indonesia. DOI: 10.17528/cifor/006550 https://www2.cifor.org/library/6550/multilevel-governance-and-land-use-in-chiapas-and-yucatan-lessons-for-redd-in-mexico/

Wong GY, Angelsen A, Brockhaus M, Carmenta R, Duchelle AE, Leonard S, Luttrell C, Martius C and Wunder S. 2016. Results-based payments for REDD+: Lessons on finance, performance, and non-carbon benefits. CIFOR Infobrief No. 138. Bogor, Indonesia: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). https://www2.cifor.org/library/6108/results-based-payments-for-redd-lessons-on-finance-performance-and-non-carbon-benefits/