sep 11, 2014
Before carbon is counted, policy indicators offer way to measure REDD+ progress
Workers take measurements in a mangrove forest in Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, to gauge the trees' capacity for carbon storage. Can scientists also measure policy progress? Kate Evans/CIFOR photo
CGIAR Climate's insight:
“For a country to succeed with REDD+, it needs to have a suitable governance context and policies in place,” said lead author Kaisa Korhonen-Kurki, of the Helsinki University Centre for Environment and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).