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1. A Nested Approach to REDD+ 2010 by the Nature Conservancy

Under a nested approach the national government could set up a national accounting framework and establish a nation-wide monitoring system. The national government could implement certain policy reforms that would lead to verifiable emission reductions and therefore earn incentives from an international system (or a bilateral arrangement). Meanwhile, implementation of REDD+ activities could also occur at the sub-national level led by local/regional governments, communities, NGOs, or private developers. These activities would account for emission reductions at the sub-national level and earn incentives directly from the international (or bilateral) system based on those reductions. Under the approach proposed in this paper, the sub-national accounting would need to be “trued-up” to the national level (i.e. all credits issued in any given year are based on the performance of the nation as a whole relative to its reference emission level).

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