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Reduced Emission from Deforestation andDegradation in the Southern CardamomEcosystem, Cambodia
Decision makers summary
Pieter J.H. van BeukeringKim van der LeeuwKenneth GroganSofie Louise HansfortReport number R-09/1324 July 2009
 
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 REDD in the Southern Cardamom Ecosystem iii
Contents
Abstract iv
 
1.
 
Introduction 1
 
2.
 
Forestry and the global carbon markets 3
 
2.1
 
Generating marketable carbon from REDD 3
 
2.2
 
Quality of emission reduction issues 4
 
2.3
 
Outlook for REDD and the carbon markets 5
 
3.
 
Forests and the Southern Cardamom ecosystem 6
 
3.1
 
Area and administration 6
 
3.2
 
Deforestation 7
 
3.3
 
Project activities for forest protection 7
 
4.
 
Technical assessment 8
 
4.1
 
Forest cover & disturbance 8
 
4.2
 
Carbon stock 9
 
4.3
 
Deforestation “without” project 10
 
4.4
 
REDD carbon potential 11
 
5.
 
Institutional assessment 13
 
5.1
 
Institutions 13
 
5.2
 
Policies 13
 
5.3
 
Institution challenges 15
 
6.
 
Socio-economic assessment 16
 
6.1
 
People and the forest 16
 
6.2
 
People and forest policy 17
 
6.3
 
Willingness to accept 18
 
6.4
 
Socio-economic challenges 19
 
7.
 
Recommendations 20
 
References 23
 
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