CCBA meaning in Academic & Science ?

What is Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance mean?

The Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) is an initiative led by Conservation International, CARE, The Nature Conservancy, Rainforest Alliance, and the Wildlife Conservation Society to promote the development of land management activities.

The CCBA was established in 2003 and works to increase public and private investment in forest protection, restoration and agroforestry by developing standards intended to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases.

The CCBA has two major initiatives:

The Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standards are in use by more than 100 projects around the world. The Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) Standards enable investors, policymakers, project managers and civil society observers to evaluate land-based climate change mitigation projects by identifying high-quality projects that adopt best practices to generate significant benefits for local communities and biodiversity while delivering credible and robust carbon offsets.The REDD+ Social and Environmental Standards are a being developed in collaboration with the governments of Ecuador, Nepal and Tanzania. reference