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The success of any major endeavor depends to a large degree on leadership, and REDD+ is no exception.

The five winners and their colleague/partner will be a guest of one of five leading European paper companies. The winners will be taken through the forestry and paper making processes and will witness sustainability in action whilst sampling the delights and cuisine of the local area.

Leading paper producers Sappi, Portucel Soporcel, Stora Enso, UPM Kymmene and Mondi will be hosting the two to three day trips.

Oaxaca, Mexico (3 September 2010)—With governments across Latin America preparing to implement a new financial mechanism aimed at mitigating climate change by curbing carbon emissions from the destruction of tropical forests, experts gathering here today warned against a "one-size-fits-all" a

A storm has been brewing for months in an obscure corner of the carbon-trading world, and it's now raging into full public view.

Norway's Climate and Forests Initiative, which has set aside billions of dollars for efforts to reduce deforestation, should work with the country's Ministry of Finance to divest the Government Pension Fund from companies that destroy forests, says the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), an environmental group.