This paper analyses the complex battle between RED and REDD policies and the resulting global consequences on land use … land use and the possibility to convert forestry land into agricultural land as REDD policies might prevent the use of … implementation of the REDD policies as a shift in potential availability for agricultural land in various regions in the world. Both …

that payments for REDD should benefit the poor, and that it is necessary to design incentives that make sustainable … Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda over the next 20 years. Cultivable land has already been cleared in most of the investigated … villagers will allocate more labour to land clearing and crop production, thus increasing deforestation. These results may be …

at the international level about how to integrate reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) into the … an economically and environmentally robust market-based REDD policy. The paper begins with an overview of the role of … forests in climate change, and is followed by an examination of design elements that will affect the integrity of a REDD …

, capital, and land size significantly influence household food security. Food security programmes, in subsistence economies …