Forests in a Changing Climate: A Sourcebook for Integrating REDD+ into Academic Programmes

Summary

Since the mid-2000s, governments, multilateral organisations, non-governmental organisations, indigenous and local communities, research centres, universities and corporations have been working toward the establishment and operationalization of a common set of policy approaches and incentives to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and support the conservation, sustainable management, and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries (REDD+). Work for the adoption of a REDD+ mechanism in a new international agreement providing long-term cooperative action on climate change, the knowledge, skills, methodologies, resources, networks, and institutions that they have fostered have significant and far-reaching implications for environmental governance, policy-making and research.This sourcebook seeks to take stock of the knowledge, approaches, tools and initiatives that have been developed for REDD+ by a range of actors and to facilitate their integration into multi-disciplinary higher education programmes, especially in countries actively engaged in REDD+ readiness efforts and preparations.