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Safeguards research gauges local participation, views of early-stage REDD+ initiatives

By Martha Cuba, originally posted on CIFOR's Forests Blog Preliminary research shows somewhat limited village-level participation in early-stage efforts at curbing emissions through avoided tropical deforestation, according to scientists presenting at a recent conference. The findings from Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) initiatives in six countries relate to REDD+ safeguards, which were created to mitigate […]

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