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Agriculture is the key to curb deforestation

Markus Sommerauer - Mon, 04/07/2011 - 15:50

In an official side event to the UNFCCC 34th session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) some interesting presentations had been given by the speakers.

BONN 2011: REDD+ status and results achieved so far

Markus Sommerauer - Mon, 27/06/2011 - 07:17

Duly to yearly climate change negotiations on technical level in Bonn, Germany some stakeholders have published their view on the state of negotiations. Below you will find some interesting excerpt of documentes published so far:

 

1. There is good paper from Carbon TradeWatch describing the key players in REDD+ negotiations.

IUFRO came up with a new report on REDD

Markus Sommerauer - Fri, 28/01/2011 - 07:27

 

IUFRO came up with a new study about REDD. It's an impressive pack of information and a lots of background info.

And of course people immediately started to interpret their own thoughts and ideas on the "results" of this study.

Here is an overview of what people are reading out of the study:

There is no dramatic drop in illegal logging...

Markus Sommerauer - Tue, 11/01/2011 - 09:18

So, illegal logging fell in the last decade (reported by Chatham House and World Resource Institute).

Issue date: 
January 4th, 2011

USA: Biomass Crop Assistance Program

On December 15 2010, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released all the documents necessary to kick off the implementation of the Biomass Crop Assistance Program. Biomass conversion facilities can now apply for qualifying status.

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REDD+: The war over forests - all against all

Markus Sommerauer - Sun, 05/12/2010 - 17:51

One week of Cancun talks have passed by and I just can't stop wondering!

Seems the world gets more wired any time when people meet for negotiations on what should happen to forests.

Issue date: 
November 17, 2010

Integrating FSC certification in REDD+ projects: guidelines for Project Developer - NEW PUBLICATION

This guideline consists of a set of concepts, guidelines and procedures useful for integrating the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Forest Management certification into the organization of REDD+ projects.

The guideline is divided into three main sections:

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REDD+: Conservation is not the deal at all!

Markus Sommerauer - Mon, 18/10/2010 - 06:15
German/Deutsch

REDD+: Development Aid, Neocolonialism or Anticipatory Obedience towards do-gooder NGOs?

Markus Sommerauer - Sun, 26/09/2010 - 18:43

Climate change mitigation support to emerging or developing countries should be given by western industrialized (so called ANNEX I) countries. In Copenhagen leaders of the world have agreed to start some financing activities in the fields of climate change aid. Our bosses had been in the opinion that it would make sense to immediately start these financing activities and therefore called it “fast start funding” or “fast start financing of climate change mitigation”.

REDD+ for low deforestation countries: How to solve this issue?

Markus Sommerauer - Tue, 20/07/2010 - 16:16

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