The aim of this report is to explore the relationship between the Amazon, climate, and the changes in this relationship that are underway as a result of forest destruction and the release of heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere.
REDD+ in the Post-Copenhagen World: Recommendations for Interim Public Finance
REDD holds the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve the livelihoods of forest-dependent people, and conserve biodiversity. The interim public fundind announced during and since the COP15 could play a role in helping to realize this potential. The...