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As Myanmar attracts investment and improves its economic prospects, green growth has moved steadily up the policy agenda. The heightened importance of green growth is visible in high-level political statements as well as policy and institutional reforms that could translate those words into action (i.e. Environmental Conservation Law 2012). Yet...

This report aims to contribute to the management of PNG’s forests as a renewable natural asset for the collective benefit of all Papua New Guineans. It argues that to achieve these ends, illegalities in the forest sector need serious attention. The report aims to (i) provide a review of the illegal logging issue in PNG, (ii) identify the potential...

This discussion paper presents the Action Research Project to Develop a National Quality-of-governance Standard for REDD+ and the Forest Sector in Nepal, which was launched by IGES, Griffith University and the University of Southern Queensland. The process of developing a voluntary national standard in Nepal through online surveys, key informant...

MRV – Measurement/Monitoring, Reporting and Verification - is commonly understood as a series of processes to quantify GHG emission and their change over time. It is a key instrument to understand the level of emissions and the impact of actions aimed at changing emission levels. For this reason, MRV became a keyword as many developed and...

MRV （Measurement：測定/Monitoring：モニタリング, Reporting：報告, Verification：検証）は一般に、温室効果ガスの排出量及びその変化を定量的に計る一連のプロセスである。MRVは排出の程度や排出削減を目指した取り組みの成果を把握するうえで、鍵となるツールである。多くの先進国及び開発途上国が温室効果ガス排出量や削減支援の効果測定ための手法を導入するに伴い、「MRV」は重要な用語となっている。しかし、MRVの厳密な意味の明確化、及びMRV実施例を体系的に文書化するといった作業はまだあまり行われていないというのが現状である。加えて、MRVの実施にあたっては、簡素化と厳密性の間にしばしばトレードオフが生じるという問題もある。本報告書は...

While the form of new framework including new market mechanisms with participation from all the Parties under the UNFCCC will be further discussed and elaborated in order to be agreed upon by 2015 and implemented by 2020, CDM still has a significant role in terms of the foundation of market-based mechanisms and supporting tools especially for the...