"A tradable development rights (TDR) program focusing on biodiversity conservation faces a crucial problem defining … range of biodiversity conserved but could increase the opportunity cost of conservation. The issue is relevant to Brazil …, where TDR-like programs are emerging. Current regulations require each rural property to maintain a forest reserve of at …

, meeting the growing demand for forest products, optimizing forest functions at the landscape level, improving forest … governance, mainstreaming forest considerations into macro policy dialogue, and monitoring forest sector activities. Each chapter … communication in forest projects. Chapters eleventh and twelfth discuss the Forest Certification Assessment Guide and the World Bank …

fund (CF) countries affecting women's land and forest tenure. The study also explores women's ability to exercise land and … forest rights in statutory and customary systems; how these rights may be affected by the CF programs (ERPs and BSPs); as … well as what is needed to further protect and strengthen women's rights to land and forest tenure along with their ability …

financial incentive mechanisms that reward forest protection efforts and adequately compensate those actors that face new costs …

This Country Forest Note offers an in-depth picture of the forest sector of Uzbekistan, viewed through a forest … sector. Despite a large number of current challenges, forest landscape management presents opportunities for sustainable … development: increasing the forest area will provide additional benefits in terms of climate change. A holistic approach to soil …