Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
Presented by Julia Naime
REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) is a fairly new (developed at the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen -COP-15) mechanism that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emmissions by protecting forests and reducting deforestation. This mechanism artificially creates a market value for forests, based on their carbon storage capacity, REDD creates a cap and trade system, where carbon credits are obtained after giving financial support to conserve a forest.
Although REDDs main goal is to reduce climate change, its implementation will have other environmental and social impacts. This presentation will cover two of these impacts: its impact on biodiversity conservation and its impact on human rights.
This is a perfect webinar for those interested in conservation, environmental issues and human rights including students, development workers, conservationists and environmental policy workers.
EN ESPANOL
REDD (Reducir Emisiones por la Deforestacion y Degradación de Bosques) es un nuevo mecanismo que tiene como objectivo reducir las emisiones de gases de carbono protegiendo bosques y disminuyendo la deforestación. Este mecanismo crea artificialmente un valor de mercado para los bosques, basado en la capacidad que tienen de conservar el carbón. REDD crea un sistema de cap-and-trade, en donde se puede obtener créditos de carbono después de dar apoyo financiero para conservar los bosques.
A pesar de que su objetivo central es el de reducir emisiones, la implementación de REDD tendrá más consecuencias ambientales y sociales. Esta presentación tratará sobre dos temas que también incluyen a REDD: su impacto en la conservación de biodiversidad y el respeto de derechos humanos.
PART OF THE ISC RESEARCH AND LEARNING SERIES
