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REDD+

Reduction of emission from deforestation and degradation

Issue date: 
December 05, 2011

Global Green Carbon Announces First REDD+ Project in Cameroon

Global Green Carbon Corporation ("Global Green Carbon", "GGC" or the "Company") and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Center for Tropical Research (CTR) consortium announced today that it has received formal Letters of Approval from the Cameroon government to advance feasibility assess

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December 4, 2011

REDD+ draft texts postpone financing decision to 2012, water down safeguards

Latest draft texts on REDD+ that will go forward to a plenary session for approval have postponed a decision on financing to next year and watered down safeguards requirements, leaving REDD+ projects in limbo and indigenous groups unprotected.

Issue date: 
05 December 2011

Climate change, the Big corrupt business?

Goldtooth expresses his misgivings about agriculture being included as part of the United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD).

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December 06, 2011

Events Update: Summary of Forest day 5

The fifth Forest Day took place in Durban, South Africa, in parallel with the UN Durban Climate Change Conference, which convened from 28 November – 9 December 2011.

Issue date: 
05 December 2011

UN forest protection scheme heading in wrong direction

“The outcome on REDD safeguards is a step backwards from what was agreed in Cancun last year, which itself was far short of what could have been agreed in Copenhagen. The provisions for safeguards in forest conservation are being shredded”, says Raja Jarrah, CARE’s Senior Advisor on REDD.

"This is bad news for millions of indigenous people and local communities whose livelihoods depend on forests.”

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December 9, 2011

Indigenous Groups, Development Bank, and Yale University Move Forward With Cooperation on REDD

Representative from Pueblos Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica frente al Cambio Climático (Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon Basin to Combat Climate Change) have announced more details of a program that aims to help indigenous groups in the Amazon Basin develop REDD projects.  Initially ann

UN-REDD guidelines on FPIC: Open for consultation

The draft UN-REDD Programme Guidelines on Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) are open for public review until 15th January 2012.

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December 11, 2011

REDD+ benefit sharing in Tanzania

Reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and degradation plus (REDD+) has been developing in Tanzania since 2008 and the government is working on the development of a national strategy and action plan, as well as institutions that will enable it to implement a national REDD+ scheme.

Issue date: 
November 30, 2011

Is REDD-readiness taking us in the right direction?

November, 2011. Nabaraj Dahal, Siri Damman, Kate Dooley, Nathaniel Dyer, Indra van Gisbergen, Maixent Fortunin Hanimbat Emeka, Raja Jarrah, Bienvenu Florentin Kemanda Yogo, Samual Nnah Ndobe, Justin Ondopa, Thomas Paka, & Abdul-Razak Saeed.

Issue date: 
November 30, 2011

REDD-plus finance

REDD-plus finance has received a lot of attention over the last years.  This Brief describes the funding initiatives in support of this major international mitigation strategy and raises some ongoing challenges for the equitable delivery of climate finance.

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by Dr. Radut