Its objective is to mitigate climate change through reducing net emissions of greenhouse gases through enhanced forest management in developing countries.
In the last two decades, various studies estimate that land use change, including deforestation and forest degradation, accounts for 12-29% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
For this reason the inclusion of reducing emissions from land use change is considered essential to achieve the objectives of the UNFCCC
During the negotiations for the Kyoto Protocol the inclusion of tropical forest management was debated but eventually dropped due to anticipated methodological difficulties in establishing – in particular – additionality and leakage (detrimental effects outside of the project area attributable to project activities)
India did not participated in UN-REDD
REDDD+ (Defined in Bali Action Plan, 2007, CoP13)
What constitutes “+”
sustainable management of forests,
conservation of forest carbon stocks and
enhancement of forest carbon stocks
What is the difference between REDD and REDD+?
REDD =“reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries”
REDD+ (or REDD-plus) = to “reducing emissions from deforestation andforest degradationin developing countries, and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests, and enhancement of forest carbon stocksin developing countries”
REDD+ is essentially a vehicle to financially reward developing countries for their verified efforts to reduce emissions and enhance removals of greenhouse gases through a variety of forest management option