Deforestation remains an entrenched and ongoing issue in the Amazon, the world

Examples from Cameroon and other countries highlight the capacity of non-wood forest products to provide employment, income and sustenance in times of crisis

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Targeted public investment in forestry could generate about 10 million new jobs around the world.

While REDD presents opportunities for positive social outcomes, it also brings risks of serious negative outcomes. The current discussions on REDD mechanisms and impacts have paid little attention to the gender differentiated impacts of REDD, in
terms of the increased vulnerability of rural women to its negative consequences and the opportunities that REDD presents for women.

In 2007, when the Bali Action Plan introduced REDD as a possible method of mitigating climate change, it thereby expanded the potential role of forests in the post-2012 climate change regime.

Developing countries such as Zambia are considered highly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, since a large part of their economy is dependent on climate sensitive sectors (namely those dependent on natural resources) and their adaptive capacity is often limited by weak human and financial resources and by low institutional and technological capability.