Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) is a mechanism that has been under negotiation by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) since 2005, with the twin objectives of mitigating climate change through reducing emissions of greenhouse gases and removing greenhouse gases through enhanced forest management in developing countries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reducing_emissions_from_deforestation_and_forest_degradation The UN-REDD Programme is not the only initiative assisting countries that wish to engage in REDD+ activities. Other initiatives include the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative, the Global Environment Facility, Australia’s International Forest Carbon Initiative and the Collaborative Partnership on Forests. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_REDD_Programme In a traditional economic analysis of the factors of production, natural capital would usually be classified as land distinct from capital in its original sense. The historical distinction between land and capital defined “land” as naturally occurring and its supply fixed, whereas “capital” as originally defined referred only to man-made goods (e.g., Georgism) It has been argued that it is misleading to view them as if their productive capacity is fixed by nature alone because natural capital can be improved or degraded by the actions of man over time (see Tragedy of the Commons). Moreover, they yield benefits naturally which are harvested by humans, those being natures services, ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_capital The services of ecological systems and the natural capital stocks that produce them are critical to the functioning of the Earth’s life-support system. ... We have estimated the current economic value of 17 ecosystem services for 16 biomes, based on published studies and a few original calculations. ... esd.ornl.gov/benefits_conference/nature_paper.pdf ... The seminar will cover an outline of the Natural Capital-Ecosystem Services (NCES) approach from the research community, and how the approach is being applied by policy-makers in central and local government. agscience.org.nz/PDF/political_forum_2014_programme.pdf New Zealand Institute of Agricultural & Horticultural Science Inc, Wed. 16 July 2014
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