The roles of Environmental Funds in REDD+

febrero 26, 2011

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REDD stands for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation. Based on the concept adopted by the UN Convention on Climate Change, it is a mechanism that provides for the compensation of countries that reduce their greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation or forest degradation.

After the creation of this concept, the Convention added to its definition the activities of conservation, sustainable forest management, and increased carbon stocks in developing countries. These components gave rise to REDD+ or REDD plus.

The concepts of climate change and global warming refer to an increase in the atmosphere’s capacity to retain heat over and above the normal level. This has occurred due to a gradual rise in the concentration of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere seen over the past 150 years, which has been caused by human activities that produce excessive emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere.

REDD concept can be considered the result of an intense process of discussion on the proposal, known as "compensated reduction of deforestation". According to this proposal, developing countries with tropical rainforests that achieve reductions in their national emissions from deforestation would receive international financial compensation for these efforts. This proposal became the basis for discussions about REDD in the following years.

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