A Review of 25 Readiness Plan Idea Notes from the World Bank Forest Carbon Partnership Facility

In 2007 the World Bank launched the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) to assist developing countries to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). It currently includes a Readiness Mechanism to build developing country capacity for REDD activities, and a Carbon Finance Mechanism to test a program of performance-based incentive payments in pilot countries. FCPF programs are expected to infl uence the global learning process on how to reduce emissions from deforestation in developing countries.