OSIRIS and the Collaborative Modeling Initiative on REDD Economics
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| Name: | OSIRIS and the Collaborative Modeling Initiative on REDD Economics |
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| Agency/Company /Organization: |
Conservation International |
| Sector: | Climate, Land |
| Focus Area: | Forestry
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| Topics: | GHG inventory, Resource assessment |
| Resource Type: | Dataset, Software/modeling tools |
| User Interface: | Spreadsheet |
| Website: | www.conservation.org/osiris/Pages/overview.aspx
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| RelatedTo: | Open Source Impacts of REDD Incentives Spreadsheet (OSIRIS) |
| Cost: | Free
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| Language: | English
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| References: | OSIRIS[1]
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The Open Source Impacts of REDD+ Incentives Spreadsheet (OSIRIS) is a suite of free, transparent, open-source, spreadsheet-based decision support tools for estimating and mapping the climate, forest and revenue benefits of alternative policy decisions for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). OSIRIS helps REDD+ decision makers reduce greenhouse gas emissions effectively, invest resources efficiently, and distribute revenues equitably.
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Designing a mechanism for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) that is effective, efficient and equitable requires quantitative economic analysis. The Open Source Impacts of REDD Incentives Spreadsheet (OSIRIS) is a free, transparent, accessible and open source decision support tool designed by the Collaborative Modeling Initiative on REDD Economics to support UNFCCC negotiations on REDD. OSIRIS enables a click-of-a-button comparison of global, regional and country-by-country emissions reduction, deforestation and revenue impacts of alternative approaches to providing positive economic incentives for REDD.