securing rights, combating climate change
DESCRIPTION
This presentation by Caleb Stevens was given at a session titled "Securing rights as a climate change mitigation strategy" at the Global Landscapes Forum in Lima, Peru, on December 6, 2014. By discussing how securing rights can serve as proven and cost-effective climate change mitigation strategy, the session built bridges between policy-makers, practitioners, and scholars.TRANSCRIPT
SECURING RIGHTS,
COMBATING
CLIMATE CHANGEHow Strengthening Community Forest Rights Mitigates Climate Change: A Report by WRI and RRI
WITH THANKS TO
And
other
partners
COMBATING DEFORESTATION
ESSENTIAL TO CLIMATE CHANGE
11% of CO2
from deforestation
and other land uses
Image: Aulia Erlangga, CIFOR
COMMUNITIES HOLD THE KEY TO
PROTECTING THE FORESTS
REPORT METHODOLOGY
• 130 studies
reviewed
• Original
deforestation
and carbon
analysis
OUR FINDINGS
OUR FINDINGS: RIGHTS ARE A SOLUTION
WHY DO COMMUNITIES TEND TO PROTECT THE FOREST?
MAPPING COMMUNITY FOREST WITH GLOBAL FOREST WATCH
XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK IN BRAZIL
Deforestation
in Xingu from
2000 to 2012
was 3%
COMMUNITY CONCESSIONS IN GUATEMALA MAYA
BIOSPHERE RESERVE
• Deforestation as
low as .02%
• US $18.7 million
annually in
income
SUCCESSFUL FOREST RESTORATION IN NIGER
30 million tonnesof carbon
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
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WHAT ACTIONS CAN BE TAKEN?
• DONOR SUPPORT
• GREEN CLIMATE FUND
• INDCs
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