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September 21, 2010

EV20 Alliance, Insuring Solutions for Climate Adaptation, PwC Carbon Reduction Goals

The Climate Group, and its partners, including the United Nations, the City of New York, and founding sponsor Swiss Re, kicked off Climate Week NYC yesterday.

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September 22, 2010

Clinton's Plan to Help the Poor and the Planet With Stoves

On Tuesday, Secretary Clinton announced the U.S. plan to contribute $50 million to help send fuel-efficient stoves to developing countries.

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September 08, 2010

Large Land Deals Threaten Farmers, World Bank Says

Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Foreign purchases of agricultural land from Mozambique to Cambodia pose “significant risks” to the livelihoods of farmers in countries with “weak land governance,” the World Bank said in a report.

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3 September 2010

Amazon deforestation rate slashed

The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen by almost half over the past year, according to government data. The figures are only preliminary and need to be confirmed with satellite data, but indications are that the estimate of a 47.5 per cent decline in lost forest area in the period August 2009 and August 2010 is close to the mark.

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02 September 2010

The Fight Over Palm Oil Funding

Called the Draft Framework for Engagement in the Palm Oil Sector, the 48-page document by the IFC seeks to provide

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September 5, 2010

Global warming science is still evolving — but not in the direction the disinformers think

The WSJ pushed a new meme in its editorial, “Climate of Uncertainty:  Global warming s

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September 3, 2010

Latin America Accounts for 65% of Forest Loss in the Last Five Years, says CIFOR

Specialists from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) reported that Latin America accounts for "65 percent of the net loss of forests in the world", which continues despite isolated cases of success.

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September 7, 2010

Development of Carbon Markets in Agriculture and Forestry Have Potential

Carbon sequestration through agriculture could potentially take the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of cars off the road and provide farmers with a new revenue stream worth billions of dollars.

Ann Arbor, MI (Vocus) September 7, 2010

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7th September 2010

Growing conflicts over Tanzania's 'charismatic carbon'

The country's forests are at the centre of a new global scramble to 'buy up' carbon, but as Thembi Mutch reports, is the process really going to benefit the environment or people?

What is the difference between REDD and REDD+?

Many people are questioning the difference between REDD and REDD+, here is the ultimate answer to them:
 

REDD stands for:

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation

 

REDD+ or REDD plus or REDD-plus:

extends REDD by

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