REDD+ and FLEGT: Working Together to Strengthen Forest Governance and Mitigate Climate Change

This report focuses on the loss that forests contribute to annual greenhouse gas emissions, making it a major contributor to climate change. It compiles cases demonstrating that aligning the actions of stakeholders involved in Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) and Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) can make a greater and more sustained contribution to the forest sector’s ‘mitigation potential’ and to addressing the core drivers of weak forest governance.