Reduction of emission from deforestation and degradation
Issue date:
June 9, 2011
Integrating Agriculture And Forestry In The Landscape Is Key To REDD
A multifunctional approach to REDD will be far more effective in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing food production than the practice of intensifying agriculture and sparing forests
Only two of the eleven countries that share the Congo Basin have validated their plans to participate in the forest conservation process known as REDD+.
Bolivia Criticizes Market Mechanisms in the Cancún Agreement and REDD
Bonn, Germany – On Monday, a two-week long round of UN climate negotiations, lasting from June 6 to June 17, 2011, kicked off in Bonn, Germany. The talks will prepare for the way for the COP 17, which takes place November 28, 2011 to December 9, 2011 in Durban, South Africa.
BONN (IDN) - Reflecting profound concerns of developing countries, a new report has strongly criticised the World Bank group for promoting false solutions to climate change, such as carbon trading, megadams, agrofuels and industrial monoculture tree plantations.
Togo, Nigeria Have Highest Rates of Deforestation, Study Shows
Togo, Nigeria and Ghana have the biggest rates of deforestation out of 65 nations, according to a study described by its authors as the most comprehensive analysis of tropical forests.
