Essays about: "thesis on REDD"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words thesis on REDD.

  1. 1. REDD+ Projects Providing Sustainable Livelihoods for Rural Communities?  An Assessment of Voluntary Carbon Offsetting Projects in Peru and Tanzania

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Laura Tapping; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; carbon offsetting; REDD ; Sustainable Livelihoods; project communities; voluntary carbon market;

    Abstract : The voluntary carbon market, the area of focus for this thesis, developed alongside the compliance carbon market when individuals and organisations elected to compensate for their CO2 emissions. The steep growth in demand for voluntary carbon offset credits stemmed from the 2015 Paris Agreement. READ MORE

  3. 2. Forest Management Decentralisation in a REDD+ World : A Case Study of a REDD+ Pilot Project in the Kolo Hills Forests, Kondoa District, Tanzania

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

    Author : Liesa Nieskens; [2018]
    Keywords : REDD ; Participatory Forest Management; Political Ecology; Access Qualifications; Carbon Offset;

    Abstract : Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradatin (REDD+) is a market-based approachto address tropical deforestation as a key driver of anthropogenic climate change. In Tanzania, participatory forest management (PFM) was used as a vehicle for the institutionalisation of REDD+and implementation of pilot initiatives. READ MORE

  4. 3. To care about the environment : Technologies of government in forest conservation - Khasi Hills, India

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Erik Andervad; [2014]
    Keywords : political ecology; environmental subjectivities; governmentality; forest conservation; community management; REDD ; India;

    Abstract : Involvement of communities in forest conservation and other forms of environmental governance isproliferating. Reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+) is one mechanism,designed to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by reversing deforestation trends in low-incomecountries. READ MORE

  5. 4. Can REDD+ deliver forest protection in Malaysia?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Dayang Nor Izan Binti Abang Halil; [2013]
    Keywords : theory of incentives; sustainability science; tropical deforestation; forest conservation; economic development; federal-state system; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change identified deforestation as the main cause of anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases in developing countries and since then the mechanism on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation; and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries (REDD+) has been developed and discussed at the international level. In Malaysia, deforestation is prevailing. READ MORE

  6. 5. Gendering the REDD+ policy process in Ghana

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Yaw Yeboah; [2013]
    Keywords : gender; forest policy; climate change; REDD ; policy process; environment;

    Abstract : There is a growing discourse on ‘climate change’ resulting in consciousness of a world seen through the lens of climate. This has led to the development of new structures, actors as well as policies and programs at international, national and local levels with the aim of managing the implications that global warming and climate change might pose to the environment and humankind. READ MORE