House of Commons - Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation: No hope without forests - Environmental Audit Committee

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Environmental Audit Committee - First Report
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation: No hope without forests

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 16 June 2009.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary
1  Introduction

Why are forests important?
International negotiations

2  Deforestation and sustainable land use

The causes of deforestation
Changing the global approach

3  Supporting rainforest nations

Governance
Bilateral support for good forest governance
The Forest Carbon Partnership Fund
Forest dependent people
Wider aspects of development policy

4  Managing demand

Agricultural commodities
The timber trade
Public sector procurement
Beyond the public sector

5  Paying for forests

Where should funds come from?
Wider impacts of a payment mechanism

6  Conclusion
Conclusions and recommendations
Annex: Environmental Audit Committee Visit to Cameroon, 18-23 January 2009
7  Formal Minutes
8  Witnesses
9  List of written evidence
10  List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and Written Evidence

Tuesday 9 December 2008
Tuesday 16 December 2008
Tuesday 10 February 2009
Tuesday 24 February 2009
Tuesday 3 March 2009

Written Evidence

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Prepared 29 June 2009