Liberian forests to be flattened by secret logging contractsA quarter of Liberia’s total landmass has been granted to logging companies in just two years, following an explosion in the use of secretive and often illegal logging permits,
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Bolivia should prioritize cattle ranching, law enforcement in deforestation fight Bolivia should prioritize environmental law enforcement and slowing expansion of large-scale cattle ranching to reduce Amazon deforestation, argues a study published last month by researchers from G
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REDD+ Finance and SafeguardsFinance for safeguards implementation is essential to attract and sustain funding
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Laos shares land and forestry management goalsLand and forestry is the primary resource of the nation, and needs to be managed properly in order to improve local people's living conditions and further socio-economic development in Laos.
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More logging won't cure trade's ills
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Committee recommends measures to increase timber supplyVICTORIA –The Special Committee on Timber Supply today released its unanimous report making 22 recommendations to increase the supply and value of mid-term timber and to strengthen future forest management in the B.C. Central Interior.
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MLAs aren't facing the truth: B.C. forests are tapped outSince May, when a special committee of the legislature was appointed to address a looming "timber supply" crisis, questions have arisen about what the committee would say about one community in particular.
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MLAs Blow Chance to Help Us See BC's Next Forest IndustryThe Special Legislative Committee on Timber Supply has completed their report intended to help the forest sector and communities impac
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The unanimous decision of the special committee on timber sup-ply to support an increase of logging in "marginally economic forests" and in old-growth reserves previously ruled off limits to logging is outrageous.
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New Way to Capture Carbon: More Forests
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Agriculture Is the Direct Driver for Worldwide DeforestationA new synthesis on drivers of deforestation and forest degradation was published during the Bangkok climate change negotiations in September by researchers from Canada and from Wageningen University, Netherlands.
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Notorious Malaysian Company Surfaces in LiberiaA comprehensive investigation by this paper has unearthed that a notorious Malaysian logging company (Samling) has surfaced in Liberia as a business partner to a Liberian logging company Atlantic Resources.Atlantic Resources is owned by Mr.
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Investment guide to 'triple win' from locally controlled forestryA detailed discussion between investors and forest rights-holders, have resulted in new guidance for investments that can create a 'triple win' of returns for investors, livelihood security for local communities and protection for forests.
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Foresters to draft national action plan for forestry The country’s top professional foresters converged at the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center here on Wednesday for a three-day summit with the end in view of drafting a national action plan on the management and promotion of the country’s forest resources.
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Forest governance critical to global forest conservation, industry sustainabilityCOLLEGE STATION – Protecting forests and the livelihoods they support depends on the ability to develop and implement effectively policy and other initiatives with global cooperation, according to Dr.
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Investing In Locally Controlled ForestrySeptember, 2012. Duncan Macqueen, Chris Buss and Teresa Sarroca. The Forests Dialogue. A TFD Publication Number 7. 66 pages
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What does the future hold for ethical investment?Ethical investment has hit the headlines recently as figures have suggested that there has been a slight drop in interest.
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Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Legally Binding Agreement on Forests in Europe (INC-Forests2)The Second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Legally Binding Agreement on Forests in Europe (INC-Forests2) will convene from 3-7 September 2012 in Bonn, Germany.
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New CSO Observers Selected for UNREDD
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Going once, going twice….. the great green land grab“Buy land, they’re not making it anymore!” Mark Twain’s wry observation on the North American land acquisition boom of the late 19th century remains just as pertinent today as it was then.
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Are conservation projects succeeding in the Lower Mekong Basin?For thousands of years, the people living on the banks of the Mekong river have been paddling through its often treacherous waters in wooden cargo boats laden with all manner of freshly grown produce, ready for trade.
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Açaí: could the wonder fruit also be wonderful for forests?The increased cultivation of açaí — the purple fruit that dangles from palms in the Brazilian rainforest and is touted by many celebrities as the number one superfood for ‘age-defying beauty’ – may be one of the reasons for the country’s staggering increase in forest cover over the past two decad
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IDB, CI-Guyana sign US$1.6M deal for LCDS implementationTHE Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Conservation International-Guyana (CI-Guyana) signed an agreement yesterday, to begin a project that will test models for implementation of this country’s Low Carbon Development S
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In-market log prices are reduced slightly this month. However demand is still strong as shipping prices have lowered. The in-market log price has lowered 1-2% for the products Agrifax monitors, however the cost of shipping in $/JASm³ has lowered 5-6%. Inventories
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NZ Government’s free market approach naive“New Zealand’s primary industries have this week been dealt another blow to value-added forestry products as Norske Skog has favoured re-building their Tasmania paper machine, over the one in Kawerau, and the reason is clear – government subsidies bought the deal for Australia,” said Forest Indus
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Guyana’s LCDS and REDD+ model promoted at IUCN World Congress in Korea Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy and REDD+ model has been cited by former President Jagdeo at the IUCN World Congress in Jeju, South Korea as one of the working examples to achieve conservation of nature and address global climate change while creating livelihood opportunities at the nati
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WB expresses concern over increasing deforestation in BangladeshThe World Bank (WB) has expressed deep concern as deforestation is alarmingly increasing in the country.
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Liberia To Investigate Logging Of RainforestsA report by the non-governmental organization Global Witness says more than 60 percent of the West African nation's rainforests have been granted to logging companies in the past six years. The group has found evidence of fraud and misconduct within Liberia's logging sector.
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Ilona Jankovits - 320217- Msc Global Business and Stakeholder Management - The Different Colours of REDD
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Agricultural expansion: an “either or more” factor in deforestation Pastureland has been identified as the leading driver of deforestation in many parts of Latin America.
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Forestry planting falls to near zeroThe low price of carbon credits is a factor but probably not the root cause of new forestry plantations dropping off to near zero over the past few years, according to a leading economist.
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US forest climate assistance: An assessmentAlmost three years ago, the United States launched a major effort to help tropical forest nations dramatically reduce deforestation, one of the primary sources of climate pollution.
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The Model Forests and REDD+ in Latin AmericaThis is the fourth in a series of guest contributions focussed on sharing local experiences from around the world in developing and implementing safeguards in REDD+.
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Can REDD+ Save the Forest? The Role of Payments and Tenure
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How the mafia is destroying the rainforests It's not as glamorous as cocaine or diamonds, but the illegal logging industry has become very attractive to criminal organisations over the past decade.
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The return of fortress conservation: REDD and the green land grab in the Peruvian AmazonI remember when the park guards first came to our village. They called a meeting and said ‘get your things together and pack your bags, don’t make any new farms and we will see where you can be resettled’.
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New report compares timber import requirements to safeguard biodiversityA TRAFFIC document analysing and comparing the different requirements under various regulatory systems for legal importation of timber into the European Union (EU) has been launched today in India.
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Publication Details - Participatory Social Impact Assessment for Natural Resource Projects and ProgramsThere is a growing realization that good practice Social Impact Assessment (SIA) is an issue of self-interest; it can strengthen social sustainability, reduce investor risks and transaction costs, inform adaptive management, and build stakeholder ownership when undertaken in a participatory way.
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Chainsaws massacre Tanzania`s green coverTanzania, which once prided in being among the greenest countries on the continent faces major threats of looming desertification brought about by major acts of deforestation.
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Making Forestry Work for the Poor: Assessment of the Contribution of Forestry to Poverty Alleviation in Asia and the PacificSince the launch of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) over a decade ago, concerted efforts have been made around the world to improve the contribution of different economic sectors to poverty eradication.
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Issue date: September 28th, 2012; Oct 19, 2012 Biodiversity Offsets: : Voluntary and Compliance Regimes UNEP-WCMC and UNEP FI have issued a new publica
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Manage forests for the futureAs it looks for ways to shore up the province's timber industry, the B.C. government is in danger of not seeing the forest for the trees.
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Long-term plan needed for B.C.'s forests Re: "Manage forests for the future," Oct. 17.
The editorial is spot-on in many respects.
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Wisconsin tribe has much to teach usRe: "Manage forests for the future," Oct. 17.
The editorial correctly observes that B.C.'s public forests must be managed for the future. The Menominee native Americans in Wisconsin are an excellent example of people doing this.
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Can adaptation be a hook for local engagement in REDD+?As a primarily local issue, adaptation has more direct relevance to local people than the mitigation potential of REDD+, and in the absence of long term monetary benefits from REDD+, could emphasising the tangible contributions to local environmental conditions and wider governance reforms of RED
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Forests or Agriculture: not necessarily an ‘all or nothing’ trade-off BOGOR, Indonesia (16 October, 2012)_Making informed decisions on how to reduce carbon emissions from forestry and agriculture requires some solid knowledge about potential tradeoffs between development and conservation objectives: what you manage to win through avoided deforestation or reduced c
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Letter from Steve Thomson, BC’s Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations regarding timber supply action planWith the release of ‘Beyond the Beetle: A Mid-Term Timber Supply Action Plan’, we have outlined a clear strategy to help our forests recover from the damage done by the mountain pine beetle infestation.
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Protecting mangroves cheaper than building coastal protectionKeeping coastal mangrove forests intact or replanting them is cheaper than building man-man structure to protect coastlines threatened by climate change, according to the head of the International Union for Conservation for Nature (IUCN).
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Russian log prices defy policyLog costs for Russian sawmills did not fall as the Russian government intended when it implemented a 25 percent log export tariff in 2008.
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Ecuador says companies join novel Amazon protection fundAbout a dozen companies are contributing to a novel conservation plan that pays Ecuador to protect part of the Amazon rainforest in return for barring oil drilling, the head of the initiative said on Friday.
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MINEPAT Evaluates Japan Funded Programme on Forest Governance
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Preserve the services of mangroves—Earth's invaluable coastal forests, experts urgeExperts are urging policy makers to preserve mangroves and their essential services to nature and humanity alike, saying their replacement with shrimp farms and other forms of development is a bad economic tradeoff both short and long-term.
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Frankfurt School of Finance & Management does a REDD projecthe Malaysian Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (NRE) with co-funding from The United Nations Development Programme, launched a project this month to develop sustainable mechanisms to finance REDD+ in Malaysia.
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Designing Effective REDD+ Safeguard Information Systems: Building on existing systems and country experiences (Policy Paper)A key determinant of REDD+ success will be the continued development and implementation of safeguards. An important element of REDD+ safeguards is systems for providing information on how safeguards are addressed and respected.
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Kenya loses $145 million to deforestation in two yearsA joint Kenya Forest Service (KFS) and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report released Monday, November 5, 2012, has revealed that deforestation deprived Kenya’s economy of 6.6 billion shillings ($77million) in 2009 and 5.8 billion shillings ($68 million) in 2010, making it a total of $ 14 in jus
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Unlocking National Opportunities: New Insights on Financing Sustainable Forest and Land Management
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Guyana REDD-Plus Investment Fund (GRIF) In 2009 the Governments of Guyana and Norway signed a Memorandum of Understanding and a
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Bigger Picture Landscape Approach to Forest-Agriculture Management Gains CredibilityA world population expected to reach 9 billion by 2050 is going to create ever-greater demand for food and fuel, putting ever-growing pressure on forests.
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Amazonas Florestal, Ltd., Sustainable Forest Management Company, Issues First Annual CEO Letter to ShareholdersAmazonas Florestal, Ltd. (OTCPK: AZFL), a diversified forest management company generating profit through innovative, sustainable forest management, today released a letter from President & CEO Michael Ibar to its shareholders:
OUR MISSION
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Promoting and implementing REDD+ safeguards at national level in East Africa
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District-Level Consultative Workshops in Pakistan under ICIMOD’s REDD+ Project
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The report, which aggregates data from 415 individual forest carbon projects historically, was published Thursday by Forest Trends' Ecosystem Marketplace, a world-leading provider of news, data and analytics on environmental markets and investments in conservation.
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Initiative to document forestry land rights under way in West Africa A US initiative to document forestry land rights is expected to promote sustainable agroforestry, environmental protection and the rural livelihoods of the upper Guinean tropical forest.
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Keeping REDD+ clean: a step-by-step guide to preventing corruption This manual helps interested parties to understand and address corruption risks associa
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Peru seeks World Bank carbon market supportSAO PAULO, Oct 30 (Reuters Point Carbon) - Peru's government has requested technical and financial support from the World Bank to support its plans to study the adoption of a greenhouse gas emissions trading system, according to official documents.
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Forest Carbon Prices Doubled In 2012The price of forest carbon credits doubled in 2011, leading to a record market value of $237 million as more country programs embraced mechanisms that use carbon finance to plant or replenish endangered forests, according to the latest "State of Forest Carbon Markets" report, which aggregates
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A Struggle for the Soul of the GCFExistential crises usually kick in mid-life, as one wakes and wonders: what is my purpose in life? Why am I here, and where am I going?
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Ready for the Market? Assessing prerequisites for market-based REDD+ activities This policy paper aims at identifying and assessing the prerequisites developing countries should fulfill in order to access a future market-based REDD+ mechanism.
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Communites take over forest management A total of 152 households in Samtse will now take care of 582.11 acres of forest land with the dzongkhag administration handing over four community forest ownership certificates and 15 private forest certificates to the beneficiaries on November 15.
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FSC first for Brazil forest concession
Brazilian forestry company LN Guerra has achieved FSC certification for Mamuru, its 46-000 hectare concession in Para state. This is the first forest concession in Brazil to achieve FSC certification.
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Counting carbon: Measuring carbon stocks in logging concessions in Cameroon Deep inside a logging concession in southern Cameroon, scientists from the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) are measuring the carbon content of a huge tree, selectively felled by a timber company.
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Capacity development in national forest monitoringThe development of a system for forest monitoring and measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) is an on-going priority – and challenge – for REDD+ countries.
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REDD-plus briefing paper: Doha Climate Change Conference
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China’s bloody timber trail The world’s most precious trees are being rapidly logged into extinction in countries such as Cambodia and served up to Chinese consumers as “staggeringly” expensive ornate furniture with the complicity of Beijing, a comprehensive investigation into the trade has found.
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Degradation: The forgotten D in REDD+Though degraded forest cover is increasing in many regions, difficulties in defining these areas of land and accurately measuring their carbon stocks has seen degradation left by the wayside in the global debate about Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+), says a re
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Stepping out of the REDD+ Shadow – Forests and AdaptationFor those of us with hazy recollections of the middle of the last decade, it is easy to forget that when REDD+ was assigned to the mitigation stream under the UNFCCC, many commentators, including indigenous peoples, thought it should straddle both adaptation and mitigation
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The concept of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries (REDD+) has been touted as one of the success stories of international negotiation on
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5 years in, debates over REDD+ continueAn initiative that aims to slow global warming by paying developing countries to protect and better manage their forests is expected to be an important storyline during climate talks in Doha this we
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The Road to Doha: The future of REDD-Plus, agriculture, and land-use change in the UNFCCCNovember, 2012. Antonio G.M. La Vina, Leticia Labre, Lawrence Ang, and Alaya de Leon. Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development. 12 pages
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REDD: Reducing decentralizationOn Oct. 22, the House of Representatives endorsed formation of the province of North Kalimantan and regencies of Pangandaran, South Coast Lampung, South Manokwari and Arfak Mountains.
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EcoPlanet Bamboo’s Nicaraguan Plantations Receive VCS Validation EcoPlanet Bamboo’s Rio Kama and Rio Siquia plantations have received carbon validation through the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS).
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REDD-plus COOK BOOK - How to Measure and Monitor Forest CarbonThis Cookbook is an easy-to-understand technical manual which provide basic knowledge and technologies required for REDD-plus with the main focus on the forest carbon monitoring methods. It comprises of four parts: Introduction, Planning, Technics, and References.
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Socio-economic conditions in REDD+ pilot areas: A synthesis of five baseline surveys
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Unlocking progress on REDD+: sector coordination in Uganda
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The chairman of the world’s largest coal producer, the state-run Coal India Ltd., has a solution in mind to solve the country’s coal shortage: mine forest areas in a big way.
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Sustain2Green:
REDD Text Limps Out Of Doha – Healthy, Homeless, And Broke
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Norway Pays Brazil for Deforestation Cut Amid Verification Row
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Forest monitoring should integrate biodiversity and socioeconomic data, say expertsCountries need to ensure that their forest monitoring activities under REDD+ move beyond just measuring carbon emissions and changes in forest area – they should be integrated with monitoring of other forest values like biodiversity and rural social conditions, said experts on the sidelines of th
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REDD+ Sidelined In Dispute Over VerificationThe once-promising REDD text has passed from the scientific negotiating track to the long-term action track with key provisions unresolved after Norway vetoed a last-minute compromise that Papua New Guinea had brokered between Brazil and the United States.
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Challenges and prospects for REDD+ in Africa: desk review of REDD+ implementation in Africa - a GOFC-ACRENET synthesisThis report reviews the status of REDD+ implementation in Africa, identifying forest degradation as one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. The research lists current projects in Africa to build a database of REDD initiatives and their status of implementation.
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Bolivian delegation in Doha: “this is a COP of climate change not a COP of carbon trade”
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REDD+: What is needed to make it work for the poor?
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The UK sets out new efforts to tackle global deforestation
Energy and Climate Secretary Edward Davey today outlined new innovative plans to tackle deforestation as part of the UK’s international climate change commitments.
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Brunei will do its utmost to combat climate changeIn Addressing climate change and its impacts, Brunei Darussalam believes that there is a need to strike a balance between economic growth, social development and environmental protection that forms the very foundation of sustainable development, Borneo Bulletin reported.
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REDD+ Partnership Launches the Voluntary REDD+ DatabaseThrough the REDD+ Partnership, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), in collaboration with the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), have launched an online database of REDD+ investments.
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Greenpeace leaves Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement, claims Resolute logging activity in off-limit areasGreenpeace is leaving the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA).
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Are ‘Landscapes’ the new ‘Forests’?We are witnessing a shift. Ever since 2007 when REDD+ first appeared on the table in Bali, forests have benefited from a profound image makeover.
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MRV as a Trojan Horse for Carbon Markets?While the spectacular conference centre where the current climate talks are held looks rather unworldly, it is important to look at the realities behind these negotiations. In Paraguay, for example, the main cause of greenhouse gas emissions is deforestation.
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Report Explores Experiences and Lessons for Equitable Benefit Sharing and REDD+ in TanzaniaA new report entitled, "Equitable Benefit Sharing: Exploring Experiences and Lessons for REDD+ in Tanzania" has just been published. The report and an accompanying information summary were developed in collaboration with the nine NGOs that are implementing REDD+ pilot
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