Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) (Glossary)
The effort to create a financial value for the carbon stored in forests , which offers incentives for developing countries to reduce emissions from forested land and invest in low-carbon pathways to sustainable development (SD) . So it is a mechanism for mitigation consequences of prevention deforestation . REDD+ goes beyond deforestation and forest degradation to include the role of conservation, sustainable forest management and increasing forest carbon stocks. This concept was first presented in 2005 at the 11th session of the Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP)in Montreal and later greater recognition at COP 13 in 2007 in Bali and inclusion in the Bali Action Plan, which called for "policy approaches and positive incentives on issues related to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries" (REDD) and the role of conservation, sustainable forest management and increasing forest carbon stocks in developing countries.” Since then, support for REDD has increased and has slowly become a framework for action supported by many countries.