REDD+ News

Read the latest news about Pact's REDD work:

Pact, REDD, and UNDP: Pact's work with REDD+ was included in the 2011 UNDP Human Development Report in Cambodia: "Initial REDD experience — Cambodia is one of a few countries that has already begun piloting activities in line with REDD.The experience of Oddar Meanchey presents inte-resting lessons for the future of REDD in Cambodia. Collaboration between PACT Cambodia and the Forestry Administration has succeeded in accessing Voluntary Carbon Standards through a commercial enterprise, Terra Global Capital. Under a programme called the Mosaic Reduced Emissions From Deforestation and Degradation, several communities have been able to collaborate as one project – allowing them to operate on a scale that gains entry to the international carbon marketplace and to manage forest resources on a much larger geographical scale.

The Oddar Meanchey Community Forest REDD project aggregates 13 community forest groups and aims to protect 67,783 ha of forest, sequestering 7.1 million tonnes of carbon. This is a far larger scale than individual communities could possibly manage, and by accessing these international voluntary carbon markets, it opens up the opportunity for significant economic returns to forest conservation. Again, the governance requirements ensure that the economic benefits accrue to the communities themselves." (Pp. 2011-2012).

Lessons about Land Tenure Forest Governance and REDD+ - Chapter 6 (PDF) A case study drawing lessons from the REDD+ project in Cambodia, by Pact's Amanda Bradley, was recently featured in a publication sponsored by USAID and other organizations.

Oddar Meanchey Carbon Credits Are Now on the Market

Pact's work with REDD in Newspapers across Japan (PDF, Japanese language)

Monks Fight To Get Cambodian Forests on the Carbon Market - TIME magazine online article

Threatened Birds Mammals Found in Oddar Meanchey Forests (PDF - 1mb)

Monks branch out into carbon market to protect forest

Monks Community Forest in Cambodia Wins Prestigious Equator Prize

New TGC and CFI REDD Methodology opens a path for effective Community forest protection (PDF - 198kb)

Cambodia Signs Avoided Deforestation Carbon Agreements for Voluntary Carbon Standard Project