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Gamble on World Bank's new framework for REDD+ in tropical forest nations

Many countries have begun the readiness process, but they have had little incentive to see it through to completion. Lloyd Gamble, the Senior Forest Carbon Program Officer for WWF-US, says the new framework offers both an incentive to move forward and clarity on how to proceed.

"Tropical forest nations can now move forward and engage in REDD+ with a clear understanding of what they need to deliver in order to receive valuable performance-based payments for the conservation of their tropical forests,” he says.

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