Search Results - "Skutsch, M"

How countries link REDD+ interventions to drivers in their readiness plans: implications for monitoring systems by Salvini, G, Herold, M, De Sy, V, Kissinger, G, Brockhaus, M, Skutsch, M

“…Countries participating in the REDD+ scheme are in the readiness phase, designing policy interventions to address drivers of deforestation and forest…”
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WHICH VARIABLES IN FOREST SURVEY DATA CAN BETTER DISTINGUISH CONSERVED AND DEGRADED TROPICAL DRY FOREST? by Gao, Y., Jiménez, D., Skutsch, M., Salinas, M., Solórzano, J.

“…This paper presents the results of a statistical study of forest inventory data for tropical dry forest in Ayuquila River Basin, Jalisco state, Mexico. The…”
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Deforestation and land tenure in Mexico: A response to Bonilla-Moheno et al by Skutsch, M., Mas, J.F., Bocco, G., Bee, B., Cuevas, G., Gao, Y.

“…•Methodology used in Bonilla-Moheno et al. (2013) may give erroneous results.•Coarse resolution MODIS EVI data probably underestimates deforestation.•Sampling…”
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EVALUATION OF ANNUAL MODIS PTC DATA FOR DEFORESTATION AND FOREST DEGRADATION ANALYSIS by Gao, Y., Ghilardi, A., Mas, J. F., Paneque-Galvez, J., Skutsch, M.

“…Anthropogenic land-cover change, e.g. deforestation and forest degradation cause carbon emissions. To estimate deforestation and forest degradation, it is…”
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A synopsis of land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) under the Kyoto Protocol and Marrakech Accords by Schlamadinger, B., Bird, N., Johns, T., Brown, S., Canadell, J., Ciccarese, L., Dutschke, M., Fiedler, J., Fischlin, A., Fearnside, P., Forner, C., Freibauer, A., Frumhoff, P., Hoehne, N., Kirschbaum, M.U.F., Labat, A., Marland, G., Michaelowa, A., Montanarella, L., Moutinho, P., Murdiyarso, D., Pena, N., Pingoud, K., Rakonczay, Z., Rametsteiner, E., Rock, J., Sanz, M.J., Schneider, U.A., Shvidenko, A., Skutsch, M., Smith, P., Somogyi, Z., Trines, E., Ward, M., Yamagata, Y.

“…The complexities inherent in land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) activities have led to contentious and prolonged debates about the merits of their…”
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Clearing the way for reducing emissions from tropical deforestation by Skutsch, M., Bird, N., Trines, E., Dutschke, M., Frumhoff, P., de Jong, B.H.J., van Laake, P., Masera, O., Murdiyarso, D.

“…Carbon emissions from tropical deforestation account for about 25% of all anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions but cannot be credited under current climate…”
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Dealing with locally-driven degradation: A quick start option under REDD by Skutsch, Margaret M, Torres, Arturo Balderas, Mwampamba, Tuyeni H, Ghilardi, Adrian, Herold, Martin

“…The paper reviews a number of challenges associated with reducing degradation and its related emissions through national approaches to REDD+ under UNFCCC…”
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Reassessing REDD: governance, markets and the hype cycle by Skutsch, Margaret M, McCall, Michael K

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Reducing carbon transaction costs in community-based forest management by Skutsch, Margaret M.

“…The article considers the potential for community-based forest management (of existing forests) in developing countries, as a future CDM strategy, to sequester…”
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Protocols, treaties, and action: The 'climate change process' viewed through gender spectacles by Skutsch, Margaret M.

“…This paper starts by assessing the extent to which gender considerations have been taken into account in the international processes concerning the development…”
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National forest policy as a platform for biosphere carbon management: the case of community forestry in Cameroon by Minang, Peter A., Bressers, Hans Th.A., Skutsch, Margaret M., McCall, Michael K.

“…Little attention has been given to the development of national policies relevant for the uptake, development and implementation of Clean Development Mechanism…”
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data support infrastructure for Clean Development Mechanism forestry implementation: an inventory perspective from Cameroon by Minang, Peter A, McCall, Michael K, Skutsch, Margaret M, Verplanke, Jeroen J

“…Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) forestry project development requires highly multi-disciplinary and multiple-source information that can be complex,…”
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The gender issue in energy project planning Welfare, empowerment or efficiency? by Skutsch, Margaret M

“…The gap between gender policy as adopted by governments and donors, and the inclusion of gender issues in energy planning practice at project level, is great,…”
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Conflict management and participation in community forestry by SKUTSCH, M. M

“…In this paper consideration is first given to how community forestry practitioners have commonly understood the term 'participation', and why the concept of…”
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Reassessing REDD: governance, markets and the hype cycle: An editorial comment by Skutsch, Margaret M., McCall, Michael K.

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Crediting carbon in dry forests: The potential for community forest management in West Africa by Skutsch, Margaret M., Ba, Libasse

“…Policy on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD) is currently being debated under the auspices of the UNFCCC. The…”
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Balancing views on community monitoring: the case of REDD by Skutsch, Margaret M, McCall, Michael K, Larrazabal, Alejandra P

“…In response to the commentary by Jens Friis Lund we suggest that the problem lies not in community monitoring but in the way the reward systems are designed…”
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Balancing views on community monitoring: the case of REDD: A response to “towards a more balanced view on the potentials of locally-based monitoring” by Skutsch, Margaret M., McCall, Michael K., Larrazabal, Alejandra P.

“…In response to the commentary by Jens Friis Lund we suggest that the problem lies not in community monitoring but in the way the reward systems are designed…”
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Gender analysis for energy projects and programmes by Skutsch, Margaret M.

“…This paper proposes that one of the reasons why gender is not being mainstreamed in energy project and programme planning is because there are no appropriate…”
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The cost of carbon abatement through community forest management in Nepal Himalaya by Karky, Bhaskar Singh, Skutsch, Margaret

“…This paper estimates the economic returns to carbon abatement through biological sequestration in community managed forest under future REDD policy, and…”
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