Author Elias, P., Burns, D., Walker, N., Leggett, M., Davis, F. & Pinzon, A.

Year of publication 2013

Successful efforts to reduce deforestation and degradation (deforestation) will need to directly address their respective drivers; therefore, on April 8-9 2013, the Global Canopy Programme (GCP), National Wildlife Federation (NWF), CDP and other sponsors convened government representatives, private sector actors, and civil society participants for a workshop to increase cross-sectoral understanding of the drivers, and to explore a range of potential options for tackling these drivers from both public and private perspectives. Based on that workshop and subsequent conversations, GCP and NWF propose a toolbox that leverages the actions of governments, businesses, and civil society. Investment tools, international policy tools, and domestic policy tools can break some of the barriers to scaling-up efforts to leverage the private sector – a critical REDD+ actor and stakeholder.