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Climate Change Mitigation Techniques and International Law: Assessing the Externalities of Reforestation and Geoengineering

2017

Scholarly Work

Cedric Ryngaert

The article reviews climate engineering, and techniques such as compensation payments, for keeping rainforests intact and how their impacts adversely effect human rights and biodiversity.

Afforestation and reforestation in Romania: History, current practice and future perspectives

2017

Scholarly Work

Ciprian Palaghianu, Ioan Dutca

This paper chronologically presents the historical initiatives to preserve and increase forest cover in Romania, the current practices, available funding and future perspectives on artificial forest regeneration.

The New Zealand forestry sector’s experience in providing carbon sequestration services under the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme, 2008 to 2012

2017

Scholarly Work

David Evison

This paper argues that the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme is not the correct policy instrument to encourage carbon sequestration by planted forests.

EU climate policies: friend, foe or bystander to forest restoration and carbon sinks? EU Climate Governance for restoring degraded forests

2017

Think Tank Report

Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf, Ana Frelih-Larsen

This report argues that relevant EU laws and policies should contain ambitious forest restoration targets for Member States and the EU as a whole, as well as a robust compliance system.

The Agadir Commitment

2017

Policy Proposal

A regional Mediterranean initiative that aims to restore at least 8 million hectares of degraded forest ecosystems by 2030.

Kigali Declaration on Forest Landscape Restoration in Africa

2017

Declaration

During the Africa High Level Bonn Challenge Roundtable on 26-27 July 2016, ministers and government officials representing 13 African countries adopted a declaration reaffirming and increasing their commitment to the Bonn Challenge.

The Lilongwe Call for Action on Forest Landscape Restoration in Africa

2017

Declaration

Ministers of African countries and representatives gathered in Lilongwe on July 12th and 13th, 2017 for the SADC+ Ministerial Bonn Challenge Summit, hosted by the Government of Malawi and issued this ‘Call for Action.'

Farmer perceptions, policy and reforestation in Santa Catarina, Brazil

2016

Scholarly Work

A.C.D. Trevisan, A.L. Schmitt-Filho, J. Farley, A.C. Fantini, C. Longo

This article evaluates three policy options for promoting reforestation, paying particular attention to the impacts on farmer livelihoods and their intrinsic willingness to restore and preserve forest cover.

An overview of Italian participation in afforestation and reforestation projects under the Clean Development Mechanism

2016

Scholarly Work

Giulia Corradini, Lucio Brotto, Lorenzo Ciccarese, Davide Pettenella

This paper investigates the Italian afforestation/reforestation projects under the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol.

Tropical reforestation and climate change: beyond carbon

2016

Scholarly Work

Bruno Locatelli, Carla P. Catterall, Pablo Imbach, Chetan Kumar, Rodel Lasco, Erika Marín-Spiotta, Bernard Mercer, Jennifer S. Powers, Naomi Schwartz, Maria Uriarte

This article advocates a focus on “climate-smart reforestation,” defined as reforesting for climate change mitigation and adaptation, while ensuring that the direct and indirect impacts of climate change on reforestation are anticipated and minimized

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