[Forest-list] 2011-12-11 NRMI: This Issue: REDD+ Monitoring and Assessments (Part 1 of 3) and Some Other Good Things

H. Gyde Lund gyde at comcast.net
Sun Dec 11 12:55:23 EET 2011


*2011-12-11**NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST*

This Issue:*/REDD+ Monitoring and Assessments (Part 1 of 3) /*and Some 
Other Good Things

*REDD+ MONITORING AND ASSESSMENTS (Part 1 of 3) /-/*I April I wrote, /"I 
am doing a little study on what the various countries are doing for 
REDD+ monitoring and assessment for multiple benefits. If you have some 
information to share, please send to me."/ My thanks to Charles (Chip) 
Scott, USFS, for his helpful suggestions. Here are some sites that may 
be of interest. If you know of others, please send to me 
(Gyde at comcast.net <mailto:Gyde at comcast.net>_)_.

Andersson, Krister; Ravikumar, Ashwin. 2010. *The Challenge to Monitor 
Forest Governance in REDD+ Programs: Exploring Options in Tanzania.* 21 
slides. 
http://www.fao.org/forestry/23487-0e1ec6a613abb0242ca913d6154ff1c01.pdf__

Arbonaut. 2010 *Arbolidar: Monitoring Change in Carbon Stocks and 
Achieving REDD+ Targets.* 8 p. 
http://www.arbonaut.com/files/Arbonaut_REDD_en1.pdf 
<http://www.arbonaut.com/files/Arbonaut_REDD_en%281%29.pdf>__

Arce, Hector. 2008. *Methodologies for REDD: Lessons from Costa Rica.* 
UNFCCC Workshop on Methodological Issues relating to Reducing Emissions 
from Deforestation and Forest Degradation REDD in Developing Countries. 
25 to 27 June 2008, Tokyo, Japan. 17 p. 
http://unfccc.int/files/methods_and_science/lulucf/application/pdf/080625_costa_rica.pdf

BELSPO. 2010? *Be-REDDi Home.* Belgian Science Policy BELSPO. 
https://sites.vito.be/sites/be-REDDi/Pages/home_old.aspx__

Biettam, Federica. 2010. *The Accomplishments of the REDD+ Partnership: 
A Solid Foundation*. Climate Change Policy and Practice. Guest Article 
#50. 9 November 2010. 
http://climate-l.iisd.org/guest-articles/the-accomplishments-of-the-redd-partnership-a-solid-foundation/?referrer=climate-change-daily-feed__

Bond, I.,et al. 2010 *REDD+ in dryland forests: Issues and prospects for 
pro-poor REDD in the miombo woodlands of southern Africa.* Natural 
Resource Issues No. 21. IIED, London. 68 p. 
http://pubs.iied.org/pdfs/17506IIED.pdf__

Böttcher, Hannes; et al. 2009. *An assessment of monitoring requirements 
and costs of 'Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation'.* 
Carbon Balance and Management. http://www.cbmjournal.com/content/4/1/7

*Carbon, biodiversity & ecosystem services: exploring co-benefits*. 
http://www.carbon-biodiversity.net/ - 
http://www.carbon-biodiversity.net/Issues__

CBD. 2011. *Biodiversity and Livelihoods - REDD-plus Benefits.* 
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity CBD and Deutsche 
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit giz GmbH. 41 p. 
http://www.cbd.int/doc/publications/for-redd-en.pdf

Cerbu G, et al. 2009. *Global survey of REDD projects: What implications 
for global climate objectives?* ASB Policy Brief No. 12. ASB Partnership 
for the Tropical Forest Margins, Nairobi, Kenya. 
http://www.asb.cgiar.org/pdfwebdocs/ASBPB12.pdf__

CIFOR 2010? *Readings on REDD and Measurement & Monitoring 
*http://www.forestsclimatechange.org/measurementmonitoring.html__

COP. 2010. *Outcome of the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on long-term 
Cooperative Action under the Convention.* Advance unedited version. 
Draft decision -/CP.16. 29 p. 
http://unfccc.int/files/meetings/cop_16/application/pdf/cop16_lca.pdf__

Davis, Crystal. 2010. *Governance in REDD+ taking stock of governance 
issues raised in readiness proposals submitted to the FCPF and the 
UN-REDD Programme.* Background Paper Two, Monitoring Governance 
Safeguards in REDD+ Expert workshop 24th -- 25th May 2010, Chatham 
House, London. 13 p. 
http://www.fao.org/climatechange/21145-091981d43d2eb7409b8a710e700c6571.pdf__

Doswald, N., et al. 2010. *Methods for assessing and monitoring change 
in the ecosystem-derived benefits of afforestation, reforestation and 
forest restoration.* Multiple Benefits Series 6. Prepared on behalf of 
the UN-REDD Programme. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 
Cambridge. 
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/latenews/COP10_Nagoya/Publications/CCB/REDD/Methods%20for%20assessing%20&%20monitoring%20change.pdf 
<http://www.unep-wcmc.org/latenews/COP10_Nagoya/Publications/CCB/REDD/Methods%20for%20assessing%20&%20monitoring%20change.pdf>__

Durbin, Joanna 2009. *Draft REDD+ Social & Environmental Standards.* 
Version 2 October 2009. 9 p. 
http://www.climate-standards.org/redd+/docs/REDD+SE_draft_10_02_09.pdf__

FAO. 2009. *Global forest monitoring to help mitigate climate change - 
Emissions from deforestation and forest degradation must be reduced.* 
Media Centre, FAO News. 20 October 2009. 
http://www.fao.org/news/story/pt/item/36408/icode/en/__

FAO. 2010? *FAO Support to National Forest Monitoring and Assessment - 
monitoring the world's forestry resources*. Brochure, Rome. 4 p. 
http://www.fao.org/forestry/17277-0404ecd56baa7684da1943aef014e4029.pdf__

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*SOME OTHER PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST*

DeFranza, David. 2011. *Problems Caused by Shrinking Biodiversity.* 
http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/6-problems-caused-shrinking-biodiversity.html 


Heimbuch, Jaymi. 2011.*Breakthrough Technology Maps Rainforests in 3D, 
Including Carbon Storage. 
*http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/breakthrough-technology-maps-rainforests-in-3d.html. 
 From Steve Hunter.

Kart, Jeff. 2010. *First-Ever Carbon Map Shows Global Warming in Peru's 
Amazon. 
*http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/first-ever-carbon-map-shows-global-warming-in-perus-amazon.html 


Newton, A.C., et al. 2011. *Projecting impacts of human disturbances to 
inform conservation planning and management in a dryland forest 
landscape.* Biol. Conserv. 144(7):1949-1960. Abstract. 
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320711001212

Nhancale, B.A.;Smith, R.J. 2011. *The influence of planning unit 
characteristics on the efficiency and spatial pattern of systematic 
conservation planning assessments*. Biodivers. Conserv. 20(8):1821-1835. 
http://www.kent.ac.uk/dice/publications/Nhancale_&_Smith_11_Planning_unit_characteristics.pdf 
<http://www.kent.ac.uk/dice/publications/Nhancale_&_Smith_11_Planning_unit_characteristics.pdf> 


Nowak, David et al. 2008*. Effect of Plot and Sample Size on Timing and 
Precision of Urban Forest Assessments*. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 
2008. 34(6):386--390. 
http://www.itreetools.org/eco/resources/08%20plot%20size.pdf

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*Pay It Forward/-- Cheers, Gyde/*

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