Knowra REDD+ REDD+ REDD+ is a United Nations framework that incentivizes developing countries to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and to conserve and enhance forest carbon stocks.
Results-based climate finance : Climate funding disbursed after recipients demonstrate agreed mitigation or adaptation results. REDD+ can reward verified reductions in forest-related emissions.
Deforestation : The conversion of forest to non-forest land, commonly through clearing for agriculture or other uses. It is one of the principal sources of emissions REDD+ seeks to reduce.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change : The 1992 international treaty that provides the main framework for global climate negotiations. REDD+ was developed through decisions made under this convention.
REDD+ jurisdictional programs : Programs that coordinate forest-emission interventions across a jurisdiction, such as a country or state. They translate national REDD+ strategies into coordinated regional action.
Afforestation : The establishment of forest on land that has not recently been forested. It creates or expands forest rather than preventing emissions from existing forests.
Measurement, reporting and verification : Processes for measuring emissions or outcomes, reporting them, and independently checking the results. Credible REDD+ results depend on comparable forest and emissions data.
Forest degradation : A decline in a forest's structure, function, or capacity without complete conversion to non-forest land. REDD+ addresses emissions from damage that leaves forest cover in place.
Bali Action Plan : A 2007 UNFCCC decision that launched negotiations on enhanced action against climate change, including forest emissions. It formally advanced work on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.
Forest governance : The institutions, laws, and practices through which forests are controlled and managed. Weak governance can undermine REDD+ implementation and equitable benefit sharing.
Forest landscape restoration : The long-term process of restoring ecological integrity and improving human well-being in degraded forest landscapes. It emphasizes landscape recovery, while REDD+ is organized around climate mitigation results.
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