Projects
Jurisdictional REDD+ Technical Assistance Partnership (JTAP)
As described on the Jurisdictional REDD+ Technical Assistance Partnership website, JTAP is an “initiative to support jurisdictions and their key partners to participate in the highest integrity voluntary carbon markets, and thus catalyze tropical forest conservation and finance at scale. To achieve this, the partnership will provide timely technical assistance to address ongoing audit, issuance, transaction and implementation readiness needs.” JTAP seeks to support the growing number of tropical forest jurisdictions in advancing jurisdictional REDD+ (JREDD+) programs […]
Support to Bolivia’s Jurisdictional REDD+ Program
Winrock International is supporting Bolivia to advance a high-integrity jurisdictional REDD+ program in the Charagua Iyambae Indigenous Territory that enables the country to access results-based climate finance while strengthening long-term forest governance. Funded by Conservation International, this work focuses on helping government partners meet the rigorous requirements of the Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART) program […]
Carbon Stock Assessment and Monitoring
The Government of Guyana is among the first national governments to develop a scalable model for protecting and maintaining its forests to help reduce global carbon emissions. These efforts align with the United Nations REDD+ program, which focuses on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, as well as improving forest conservation, sustainable management and […]
Lowering Emissions and Accelerating Finance Technical Assistance (LEAF-TA)
Through the LEAF Technical Assistance Program funded by the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Winrock’s Ecosystem Services team is supporting six jurisdictions: Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nepal, and three Brazilian states (Acre, Mato Grosso and Pará), to advance their jurisdictional REDD+ programs and pursue results-based payments for reductions in deforestation and forest degradation […]