Session 8: Scaling up the recognition and protection of land rights

Securing rights as a mitigation measure: The costs of securing rights and carbon benefits Jeffrey Hatcher, Policy Analyst, Rights and Resources Initiative Jeff’s presentation focused on the ways and costs for delimitating and registering rights asking why community tenure is central, what recognizing rights means and how practical and costly different options are in perspective [...]

Session 1 – Setting the Scene

Session 1 featured an address from Erik Solheim, Minister of Environment and International Development, Norway. Minister Solheim asked the conference to consider REDD an opportunity to empower communities and achieve climate goals at the same time. The only way for conservation to work, he said, is for local communities to see an interest in implementing [...]