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20 May 2011

Writing the Rules for a New REDD Paradigm: Norway and Guyana

20 May 2011 | Guyanese Finance Minister Ashni Singh was ebullient when he and his Norwegian counterpart, Erik Solheim, officially launched the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) last October.

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May 20, 2011

Funding for Forests: UK government support for REDD+

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May 21, 2011

REDD+ needs to change the way we think about forests

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May 14, 2011

Program that cuts illegal logging by providing high quality health care in Borneo wins major conservation award

The co-founder of an initiative that discourages illegal logging by bringing affordable, high quality health care to impoverished communities in Indonesian Borneo has been recognized with a prestigious conservation award.

Dr. Hotlin Ompusunggu, co-founder of Alam Sehat Lestari (ASRI), was this week awarded the £30,000 Whitley Award during a ceremony hosted in London by Princess Anne.

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May 16 2011

Kenyan firms to tap new IFC carbon fund

Kenyan companies investing in carbon trading projects are set to benefit from a new fund set up by IFC to cover a financing gap arising from the European Union’s decision to stop buying carbon credits from developing countries beginning next year.

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May 14, 2011

UN climate change panel refuses to correct `mistakes' in Cancun pact

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19.05.2011

Where there is forest, there is life

THE Hindu people of India have a saying in their language stating, “if there is forest there is life and if there life there is forest.”

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May 22, 2011

Sawlog prices in Western US were up about 20 percent in 2010

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May 20, 2011

Carbon Traders Ask California Agency for Fake Offset Protection

May 20 (Bloomberg) -- Companies that unknowingly buy fake carbon-offset credits in California’s planned cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases shouldn’t be forced to replace them with real ones, according to emissions traders.

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May 21, 2011

Electricity for 10,500 hinterlands homes

Government has unveiled a major hinterland project that will see 10,500 homes being equipped with solar power.
The programme is being executed by the Project Management Office, Office of the President, with the Office of the Prime Minister responsible for procurement and monitoring activities.
The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs will also be lending support to the project implementation, a government statement announced.

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Writing the Rules for a New REDD Paradigm: Norway and Guyana

Funding for Forests: UK government support for REDD+

REDD+ needs to change the way we think about forests

Program that cuts illegal logging by providing high quality health care in Borneo wins major conservation award

Kenyan firms to tap new IFC carbon fund

UN climate change panel refuses to correct `mistakes' in Cancun pact

Where there is forest, there is life

Sawlog prices in Western US were up about 20 percent in 2010

Carbon Traders Ask California Agency for Fake Offset Protection

Electricity for 10,500 hinterlands homes

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Writing the Rules for a New REDD Paradigm: Norway and Guyana

Funding for Forests: UK government support for REDD+

REDD+ needs to change the way we think about forests

Program that cuts illegal logging by providing high quality health care in Borneo wins major conservation award

Kenyan firms to tap new IFC carbon fund

UN climate change panel refuses to correct `mistakes' in Cancun pact

Where there is forest, there is life

Sawlog prices in Western US were up about 20 percent in 2010

Carbon Traders Ask California Agency for Fake Offset Protection

Electricity for 10,500 hinterlands homes

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