REDD+

Exploring Mechanisms to Support High-Biodiversity Conservation through REDD+: Piloting in Vietnam

Supporting Vietnam in responding to REDD+ safeguards, the project is identifying and testing possible mechanisms that promote conservation of forest biodiversity through policy research, advice and on-the-ground pilot demonstration activities.  Find out more

Fund Management Agent to the Congo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF)

The multi-donor CBFF supports Governments, Civil Society Organisations and the Private Sector to develop and implement local transformative and innovative initiatives, to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in the Congo Basin.

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Lowering Emission in Asia’s Forests

The programme aims to strengthen the capacity of target countries (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Thailand and Vietnam) to achieve meaningful and sustained reductions in GHG emissions from the forestry-land use sector while assisting them in benefitting from the emerging international REDD+ framework. Find out more

Advancing Understanding of Natural Forest Carbon Stock Enhancement as part of REDD+

Exploring the technical and economic feasibility of forest carbon stock enhancement strategies in pilot sites across Vietnam and Lao PDR. These include mangroves, peat swamp Melaleuca and evergreen montane forest.       Find out more

Forest Certification for Ecosystem Services (ForCES)

Exploring the viability of expanding FSC certification beyond timber to include additional ecosystem services produced from forest, including carbon and watershed services, in Vietnam. The project will also determine the national and international market demand for ecosystem services. Find out more

Promoting Ecosystem-based Adaptation through Mangrove Restoration and Sustainable Use in Thailand and Vietnam

Providing incentives for mangrove conservation that link climate change adaptation, mitigation, and sustainable aquaculture.

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Thimphu – at the invitation of the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB), SNV advisors Rik van Keulen and Steve Swan participated in a National C

Attapeu - 25 and 26 of April 2012, the USAID-funded Lowering Emissions in Asia’s Forests (LEAF) programme organised an inception workshop in Attapeu province, Southeastern

Washington DC - The Wildlife Conservation Society and Forest Trends jointly hosted a workshop on bundling and stacking of ecosystem service payments, attr

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About the SNV REDD+ Programme

SNV believes that the success of any REDD+ (Reducing Emissions through Deforestation and Forest Degradation) scheme will ultimately depend on how effectively it is designed and introduced. Our experience has shown that lasting solutions for the protection and sustainable management of forests can only be generated if there is the will and ability of the state to make changes and if forest dependent communities have real and reliable incentives to manage forests. SNV has identified six areas for intervention necessary to make REDD+ work, while supporting the poor and enhancing biodiversity. They are:

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