Challenges and Opportunity for REDD

The Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation is the proposed financial mechanism which would provide developing countries with incentives to reduce forest sector emission. Today, deforestation and forest degradation is the second largest source of human induced GHG emissions contributing to almost 20% of emission globally.The study entitled Challenges and Opportunity for Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Degradation is mainly focuses on: identifying the drivers of deforestation and degradation, proximate causes and underlying causes of deforestation, the REDD mechanism will addressing current problems i.e. the poverty alleviation, adaptation, biodiversity conservation etc.This study intends to help those institutions, which are involved directly or indirectly in Climate Change, Carbon Trading, REDD, PES and to other related line agencies.The research was done in the Sundari and Buddha Shanti Community Forest of Nawalparsai districts.