Sustaining Livelihoods While Reducing Emissions From Deforestation

Author(s): Kathleen Lawlor, Lydia P. Olander and Erika Weinthal

Published: June 2009

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Reducing tropical deforestation is a necessary component of any comprehensive strategy to address climate change. Mechanisms to reduce tropical deforestation in climate change policy are currently under consideration at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), as part of U.S. climate policy deliberations, and through other public and private sector endeavors throughout the world.