Environment, Carbon and Forests

AFP
Greater clarity on climate finance at 46-nation forum
AFP
At best, say experts, Cancun will deliver good progress on finance, technology transfer, preventing deforestation and encouraging skills-building in poor ...
Remarks at the Geneva Dialogue on Climate FinanceUS Department of State
A climate for European actionIndependent
Human Survival Depends On Shared Technology, Says New UN Climate ChiefIntellectual Property Watch (blog)
PEJ News -Reuters Blogs (blog)
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Reuters India
A climate for European action
Independent
It was also clear they were beginning to take action to reduce their emissions. But nowhere could they see an OECD government in which the volume of capital ...
Website tracks Copenhagen pledgesAFP
Human Survival Depends On Shared Technology, Says New UN Climate ChiefIntellectual Property Watch (blog)
The People Create Thousands of Solutions to Confront Climate Change!PEJ News
Reuters Blogs (blog)
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Amazon deforestation rate slashed
Carbon Positive
Deforestation of tropical forests is a major contributor to greenhouse emissions worldwide. Forest loss adds billions of tonnes of carbon to the atmosphere ...

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WWF, 26 August 2010 | Guided by WWF’s overall forests and climate vision of no net greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation by 2020, the Engaging Civil Society in REDD+ programme sought to build capacity and contribute to the readiness of national REDD+ programmes. Activities focused on several key forest countries – particularly those with high rates of deforestation and forest degradation, and in countries or regions, such as the Congo Basin and Guyana, whose large and highly biodiverse forests will increasingly be vulnerable to deforestation pressure. This report synthesizes achievements, challenges, and lessons learned across varied geographies and themes over the course of Engaging Civil Society in REDD+ programme. The purpose of this report is to share reflections, insights and experiences gained through this work so that others can benefit, and to shape and sharpen future WWF efforts in this complex and rapidly evolving area.

Melbourne, Australia 11-13 October 2010 | Australasia’s premier Trade Fair & Carbon Conference for emissions intensive business and low-carbon economy product & service providers will be this year's best opportunity to network with key domestic and international carbon business players, and to develop strategies to minimise costs and maximise benefits associated with emissions reductions and carbon pricing.

Melbourne, Australia 11-13 October 2010 | Australasia’s premier Trade Fair & Carbon Conference for emissions intensive business and low-carbon economy product & service providers will be this year's best opportunity to network with key domestic and international carbon business players, and to develop strategies to minimise costs and maximise benefits associated with emissions reductions and carbon pricing.

Skepticism mounts on benefits of moratorium
Jakarta Post
The correlation between funds raised through the government's emission reduction plans with the goal to tackle the forestry crisis was vague as there was ...

BMKG to take lead in monitoring emissions
Jakarta Post
The money from Norway would be disbursed based on tons of emissions reduced from deforestation and forest degradation, which would be verified through the ...

New climate change mitigation schemes could benefit elites rather than the ...
EurekAlert (press release)
Under REDD+ (for reducing deforestation and forest degradation), industrialized countries will provide developing nations with sizeable sums of money in ...

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Mongabay.com
80% of tropical agricultural expansion between 1980-2000 came at expense of ...
Mongabay.com
They highlight the emergence of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD), an approach that could see tropical countries ...
Most new farmland comes from cutting tropical forest, says Stanford researcherStanford University News

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Source: Mongabay --More than 80 percent of agricultural expansion in the tropics between 1980 and 2000 came at the expense of forests, reports research published last week in the early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Source: CIFOR's Blog -- Because of this haste to implement, he explained, countries may neglect to “build on and learn from previous efforts” and fail to create the conditions – such as secure land tenure and strengthened local capacity

The Economist
Game conservation in Africa: Horns, claws and the bottom line
The Economist
But because most Africans depend on what they inefficiently grow or gather, and because there is little investment in sustainable farming and forestry, ...

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World Growth Warning Over UK Government Palm Oil Enquiry
PR Newswire (press release)
... supports the production of palm oil and the use of forestry as a means to promote economic growth, reduce poverty and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. ...

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Shaughnessy Renews Environmental Commitments
PR Web (press release)
This is an effort to reduce illegal deforestation, which has an effect on both the ecological landscape, and indigenous people.

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Climate Action Reserve, 31 August 2010 | The newest version of the Forest Project Protocol from the Climate Action Reserve, North America’s largest carbon offset registry, has been officially released for use in the carbon market. Updates in version 3.2 of the protocol create stronger standards for ensuring integrity and long-term environmental benefit in forest offset projects across the U.S. While other offset project types prevent carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) from entering the atmosphere, forest offset projects are unique because they remove CO2 from the atmosphere, in a sense “reversing” emissions that already happened.

Climate Action Reserve, 31 August 2010 | The newest version of the Forest Project Protocol from the Climate Action Reserve, North America’s largest carbon offset registry, has been officially released for use in the carbon market. Updates in version 3.2 of the protocol create stronger standards for ensuring integrity and long-term environmental benefit in forest offset projects across the U.S. While other offset project types prevent carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) from entering the atmosphere, forest offset projects are unique because they remove CO2 from the atmosphere, in a sense “reversing” emissions that already happened.

Climate Action Reserve, 31 August 2010 | The newest version of the Forest Project Protocol from the Climate Action Reserve, North America’s largest carbon offset registry, has been officially released for use in the carbon market. Updates in version 3.2 of the protocol create stronger standards for ensuring integrity and long-term environmental benefit in forest offset projects across the U.S. While other offset project types prevent carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) from entering the atmosphere, forest offset projects are unique because they remove CO2 from the atmosphere, in a sense “reversing” emissions that already happened.

By Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com, 31 August 2010 | Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is down significantly since last year, according to preliminary estimates released by Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) and Imazon, a Brazil-based NGO that tracks forest loss and degradation across the Amazon. Analysis of NASA MODIS data by Imazon found some 1,488 square kilometers of forest were cleared during the 12 months ended July 31, 2010, down 16 percent from the same period last year, when 1,766 square kilometers were deforested. Nearly half (47 percent) of forest loss occurred in the state of Para, where agricultural expansion is fast-expanding. Mato Grosso, the Amazon's major cattle- and soy-producing state accounted for 23 percent of deforestation during the period.

By Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com, 31 August 2010 | Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is down significantly since last year, according to preliminary estimates released by Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) and Imazon, a Brazil-based NGO that tracks forest loss and degradation across the Amazon. Analysis of NASA MODIS data by Imazon found some 1,488 square kilometers of forest were cleared during the 12 months ended July 31, 2010, down 16 percent from the same period last year, when 1,766 square kilometers were deforested. Nearly half (47 percent) of forest loss occurred in the state of Para, where agricultural expansion is fast-expanding. Mato Grosso, the Amazon's major cattle- and soy-producing state accounted for 23 percent of deforestation during the period.