Impacts of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation and Enhancing Carbon Stocks
At a glance
Project duration
01/2011
– 12/2014
DFG classification of subject areas
Geodesy, Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, Geoinformatics, Cartography
Project description
The overall objective will be to obtain an improved understanding of how the implementation of REDD+ mechanisms may: 1. reduce emissions of GHG and maintain or enhance existing stocks of carbon in vegetation and soil of various land cover types, 2. impact the livelihoods and welfare of local farming communities and particularly, the differences between communities, 3. impact biodiversity conservation, especially the 'plus' in REDD+, which could fall short on its potential to protect biodiversity, 4. provide a realistic framework for monitoring, reporting and verification of the mechanism, including the importance of governance and accountability at multiple levels.
Project head
Cooperation partners
- Cooperation partnerIndonesia
Center for International Forestry Research
- Cooperation partnerNon-university research institutionFrance
French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development
- Cooperation partnerResearch instituteKenya
International Centre for Research in Agroforestry
- Cooperation partnerUniversityChina
Kumming Insitute of Botany , Chinese academy of Sciences
- Cooperation partnerNon-university research institutionGermany
Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies
- Cooperation partnerUniversityLao People's Democratic Republic
National University of Laos
- Cooperation partnerFoundationDenmark
Nordic Fund for Environment and Development
- Cooperation partnerUniversitySwitzerland
University of Bern
- Cooperation partnerUniversityDenmark
University of Copenhagen
- Cooperation partnerUniversityGreat Britain
University of East Anglia
- Cooperation partnerUniversityGreat Britain
University of Edinburgh
- Cooperation partnerUniversityVietnam
Vietnam National University of Agriculture
- Cooperation partnerIndonesia
WWF-Indonesia