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Forests and Climate Change Toolbox

Posted Wed, 02/10/2010 - 03:47 by ASB Blog Editor
The Forest and Climate Change Toolbox has been developed by scientists from the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and other ASB collaborators. The objective is to build understanding and technical proficiency on issues of climate change and forests including mitigation, adaptation, carbon accounting and markets, and biofuels.
Topic 1 - Integrating climate change into forestry
Topic 2 - Climate change and forests – exploring the interlinkages
Section A - A brief introduction to climate change and forests
Section B - Integrating climate change into forestry: mitigation
Section C - Integrating climate change into forestry: adaptation
Section D - Integrating climate change into forestry: exercise on a conceptual framework
Topic 3 – All you need to know about adaptation
Section A - Introduction to adaptation
Section B - Forests for adaptation
Section C - Adaptation for forests
Section D - Adaptation: examples and case studies
Topic 4 – Why is carbon counting important?
Section A - Carbon accounting: introduction
Section B - Carbon accounting: quick steps
Section C - Carbon accounting: field measurements
Section D - Forest carbon calculator
Section E - Carbon accounting: modelling
Section F - Carbon accounting: monitoring
Topic 5 – Climate change mitigation mechanisms, markets and projects
Section A - Introduction to mitigation mechanisms and markets
Section B - Introduction to payments for ecosystem services (PES)
Section C - Forest and carbon mechanisms: major issues
Section D - The Clean Development Mechanism: overview
Section E - The Clean Development Mechanism: in depth
Section F - Example of an afforestation/reforestation Clean Development Mechanism project in Sirsa, Haryana, India
Section G - The Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation Programme (REDD & REDD-plus)
Section H - Preliminary results from the survey of emerging REDD demonstration and readiness activities
Section I - Voluntary markets for afforestation, reforestation and avoided deforestation
Topic 6 – The role of biofuels
Section A - Introduction to biofuels
Section B - Biofuels – impact on climate change
Section C - Biofuel policy issues related to economic development and environmental sustainability
Contributors (in alphabetical order) Arild Angelsen • Henning Baur • Jonathan Haskett • Markku Kanninen • Rodel Lasco • Bruno Locatelli • Daniel Murdiyarso • Levania Santoso • Patrick Smith • Brent Swallow • Meine van Noordwijk • Sheila Wertz-Kanounnikoff Source: CIFOR - Forests and Climate Change Toolbox.

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