Policies, players and issues across the region.

REDD+ related risks, opportunities and safeguards for biodiversity conservation – a survey of issues and options in Lao PDR and Ecuador

December, 2012. Lars Schmidt, Phaivanh Phiapalath, James McBreen. Synthesis Report. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Germany. 29 pages

Alternative Approaches to Addressing the Risk of Non-Permanence in Afforestation and Reforestation Projects under the Clean Development Mechanism – Summary

November, 2012. .. Prepared based on information from the Duke Study; and The BioCarbon Fund Experience: Insights from Afforestation/Reforestation Clean Development Mechanism Projects. 4 pages

Alternative Approaches to Addressing the Risk of Non-Permanence in Afforestation and Reforestation Projects under the Clean Development Mechanism

November, 2012. Brian C. Murray, Christopher S. Galik, Stephen Mitchell, Phil Cottle. Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University. Prepared for The World Bank Carbon Finance Unit (BioCarbon Fund). 72 pages

REDD+, Biodiversity and People: Opportunities and Risks

November, 2012. John A. Parrotta, Christoph Wildburger, Stephanie Mansourian (Eds.). Policy Brief. International Union of Forest Research Organizations. 14 pages. ISBN: 978-3-902762-19-1

Carbon outcomes of major land-cover transitions in SE Asia: great uncertainties and REDD+ policy implications

November, 2012. Alan D. Ziegler, Jacob Phelps, Jia QI Yuen, Edward L. Webb, Deborah Lawrence, Jeff M. Fox, Thilde B. Bruun, Stephen J. Leisz, Casey M. Ryan, Wolfram Dressler, Ole Mertz, Unai Pascual, Christine Padoch, Lian Pin Koh. Global Change Biology. Volume 18, Issue 10, pages 3087–3099. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02747.x

Keeping REDD+ clean: a step-by-step guide to preventing corruption

November, 2012. Daphne Hewitt and Phil Cowling. Transparency International. 121 pages. ISBN: 978-3-943497-28-1

Reducing REDD risks: Affirmative policy on an uneven playing field

September, 2012. Jesse Ribot, Anne M. Larson. International Journal of the Commons. Vol. 6, no 2, pp. 233–254. Igitur publishing. ISSN: 1875-0281

Rainforest Roulette? Why creating a forest carbon offset market is a risky bet for REDD

August, 2012. Nathaniel Dyer, Simon Counsell and Jérémie Cravatte. Climate and Forests Policy Brief. Rainforest Foundation UK. 12 pages

REDD costs and uncertainties

July, 2012. Alastair Brown. Nature Climate Change 2, 570. doi:10.1038/nclimate1649