Conference Report: REDD+ related forest monitoring remains a key issue: a report following the recent UN climate conference in Doha. Issue 2 (April 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sanz-Sanchez, Maria; Herold, Martin; Penman, Jim
• Is Part Of: Carbon management. Volume 4:Issue 2(2013)
• Page Start: 125
• Page End: 127
• Publication Date: 2013-04
• Subjects: Carbon dioxide mitigation -- Periodicals; Greenhouse gas mitigation -- Periodicals; Carbon dioxide -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Greenhouse gases -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; 363.73874605
• DOI: 10.4155/cmt.13.11
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1758-3004

Abstract

The issue of forest monitoring for REDD+ was a focus area at the recent UN climate conference in Doha, Qatar. Although the expected Decision of the COP on national-level forest monitoring systems and measurement, reporting and verification for REDD+ activities was not finalized, the elements in the draft decision that is available and the in-depth discussions evident from side events and processes show the level of technical work that is underway, indicate good convergence, and suggest that resolving the methodological issues need not be a barrier to political agreement.