REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) is a United Nations initiative aimed at climate change mitigation. Its core objectives include: - Providing financial incentives to developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (i). - Creating financial value for carbon captured and stored by forests (ii). - Promoting sustainable forest management, conservation, and enhancement of forest carbon stocks, which also preserves ecosystem services (iv). - While not always listed as a primary driver, benefiting food security (iii) is often an important socio-economic co-benefit and a consideration for the effective and equitable implementation of REDD+ projects, especially in vulnerable communities.
Following are the aims of REDD+, the forest-based climate mitigation approach of the United Nations : (i) Incentivizes a break from historic trends of increasing greenhouse gases emissions (ii) Creating a financial value for carbon capture and storage (iii) Benefitting the food security (iv) Promoting ecosystem services and reduction in deforestation Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
Asked in APPSCCE 2020 Prelims 2020 · Topic: Forest and Wildlife (International conventions and agreements related to forest and wildlife conservation (e.g., CITES, CBD))
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