Poster: ‘ What is the value of secondary forest for REDD+ in Sierra Leone’
Poster: ‘ What is the value of secondary forest for REDD+ in Sierra Leone’
This poster was presented at at the “Climate Change, deforestation and the Future of African Rainforests” conference in Oxford in January, 2012.
Suggested citation:
Wilebore, B. et al. (2012) Poster: What is the value of secondary forest for REDD+ in Sierra Leone, “Climate Change, deforestation and the Future of African Rainforests” conference, Oxford, January, 2012
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Methods for establishing baseline emission rates for REDD projects
International negotiations aimed at reducing emissions from tropical forest deforestation and degradation (REDD+) through carbon trading are gathering momentum, with numerous pilot projects around the world currently at the design or early-implementation stage. Polluters investing in REDD+ projects to offset carbon emissions will seek assurances that emissions reductions are genuine, requiring the development of robust…