The Paris Climate Change Conference is a focus point for policy makers and researchers from all over the world, working on agreements based on the best current science there is. For those interested in specific research in this field in Forestry, Forest Policy and Economics has made an article selection with 15 relevant articles addressing issues at the intersection of forests and climate policy, mainly through analyses of REDD+ processes, policies and projects around the globe. The selection contains several empirical studies as well as a very recent review article of multi-national REDD+ studies comparing analytical insights and drawing lessons learned.

This article selection is now freely available for a period of three months.

Be sure to read:

1. Advancing small-scale forestry under FLEGT and REDD in Ghana
   Reem Hajjar
   Forest Policy and Economics 58, 12 – 20, 2015
2. Community forest management and REDD +
   Peter Newton, Brian Schaap, Michelle Fournier, Meghan Cornwall, Derrick W. Rosenbach, Joel DeBoer, Jessica Whittemore, Ryan Stock, Mark Yoders, Gernot Brodnig, Arun Agrawal
   Forest Policy and Economics 56, 27 – 37, 2015