REDD and REDD+

REDD+ is a voluntary climate mitigation framework developed by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It aims to encourage developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation, enhance forest's removal of greenhouse gases, promote sustainable forest management, and financially incentivise these efforts. The acronym refers to "reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries." The "+" refers the framework's forest conservation activities.