The working paper focuses on finance for sustainable forest management (SFM), including strategies at both international and national levels for diversification and enhancement of the quantity and effectiveness of SFM financing. Drawing from
experiences in Latin America, the paper recommends that countries undertake national forest financing strategies when designing their national forest programmes.

With regard to climate change, the paper discusses the potential financing opportunities that addressing climate change brings to SFM. The paper addresses both voluntary and regulatory carbon markets, including those related to reducing emissions from
deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD).

(c) FAO July 2009

The original paper located at FTP Site of the FAO or you can download it here.

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