"Trees provide not only ecological resilience but also cash income, energy, environmental services, fodder for animals and nutritious fruits," says Tony Simons, Director General of the World Agroforestry Centre on the scopeacp.net website, also featured on redd-monitor.org.

The SCOPE website is designed to serve as a tool to support the engagement of stakeholders in decision-making processes related to Sustainable Land Management Finance (SLM-F) in developing affected countries. It outlines how the REDD+ mechanism of the United Nations framework convention on Climate Change aims to create incentives for developing countries to protect, better manage and use forests and trees in a sustainable manner.

Read the full article: REDD+: an Opportunity to Finance Sustainable Forest Management