FERN Grant

Organization - FERN
Grant Amount - $25,000
Foundation - Mott Foundation
Grant Purpose - The 2007 meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change agreed to incorporate the first serious consideration of forest protection as a key element of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Those discussions could offer the prospect of reducing greenhouse gas emissions that come about from deforestation as well as protecting biodiversity of these forests and the livelihoods of forest-dependent communities. Current proposals, however, could give rise to perverse outcomes in which forest-dependent communities' tenure rights are taken away and biodiversity is reduced. To assist in developing a stronger agreement, Fern will organize an invitation only, strategy meeting of international climate negotiation, forest governance, property rights, and carbon trading experts.


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