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Choices in Quantifying Carbon for Jurisdictional REDD+ : Overview from the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility

Neeff, Till - 2020

The Carbon Fund of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) is set up to pilot performance-based payment systems for emission reductions generated from REDD+ efforts in developing countries. The piloting efforts include setting a good practice benchmark for robust carbon quantification that...

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Carbon Pricing for Climate Action

World Bank Group - 2021

Carbon prices are needed to incorporate climate change costs into economic decision making. Carbon pricing should be included as part of a broader arsenal of tools to achieve domestic climate targets, but it is not a silver bullet: other policy instruments and investments (for example, public...

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South Asia Climate Change Risks in Water Management : Climate Risks and Solutions - Adaptation Frameworks for Water Resources Planning, Development, and Management in South Asia

Hirji, Rafik - 1905

Water management is a key development challenge in South Asia. The region - one of the most densely-populated and climate-vulnerable parts of the world - has the world's fastest growing regional economy and the largest proportion of poorest people. With 23.7 percent of the global population, but...

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Implications of Climate Change for Fresh Groundwater Resources in Coastal Aquifers in Bangladesh

World Bank - 2010

The objective of this study is to improve understanding of the implications of climate change for the groundwater … on coastal aquifers of Bangladesh; (b) developing groundwater flow and salt transport models representing general … features and conditions along the coast of Bangladesh; and (c) simulating potential changes in the groundwater systems due to …

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Gender Equity in Land and Forest Tenure in REDD+ Programming

World Bank Group - 2022

The purpose of this study is to understand the legal and policy constraints and opportunities in each of the 17-carbon 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...

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Regulatory Tools, Effective Markets, and Private Sector Participation in the Forestry and Wood Products Processing Sectors : Issues and Solutions for Developing Countries

World Bank Group - 2019

This report presents a framework for strengthening the effectiveness and efficiency of regulation of forestry and … related sectors. It strives to identify and reduce regulatory burdens on private firms active in the forestry sector, while … countries, has significant impact on national and global forestry product markets, leading to increasingly heavy regulation of …

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Partnerships and Opportunities for a New Green Forest Economy in Lao PDR : Sustaining Forest Landscapes and Livelihoods

World Bank Group - 2019

Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) has a comparative advantage in natural capital, which has fueled economic growth averaging around 8 percent per annum since 2000. The natural resource endowment comprises half of the country's wealth. Although forest cover declined 3.6 percent between...

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Country Forest Note : Vietnam

World Bank Group - 2019

This Country Forest Note (CFN) provides an upstream analysis of the status of forests and of investments and policies relevant to the forest sector in Vietnam. It looks at forests in a programmatic and cross-sectoral manner to strategically position the World Bank Group (WBG) to support the...

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Review on Sustainable Forest Management and Financing in China

World Bank Group - 2019

The purpose of this report is to review and disseminate lessons learned from domestically financed forestry programs in …

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Country Forest Note : Zambia

World Bank Group - 2019

(GRZ), and key development partners on future engagements in the forestry sector in Zambia by offering a comprehensive …

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