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May 13, 2010

Can direct payments avert deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon?

In a bid to find a solution to the dual crises of climate change and deforestation, the REDD program has emerged as a potential "win-win" conservation idea.

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May 13, 2010

Investors wary of "green" forestry

LONDON, May 13 (Reuters) - Forests have a growing value as a result of climate policies, but the complexity of carbon markets coupled with the effects of the financial crisis are deterring investment, investors and analysts said in London on Thursday.

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May 13, 2010

FACTBOX - U.S. climate bill backs forest offsets

REUTERS - A compromise U.S. climate bill unveiled on Wednesday will allow between 500 million and up to one billion carbon offsets into an emissions trading scheme aimed at cutting U.S. greenhouse gas pollution.

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May 10, 2010

Liberia: REDD readiness planning on its way

After years of darkness as a failed state, Liberia is rebuilding its state institutions, determined to rejoin the international community. Unfortunately, no amount of reforming zeal of a single small country can overturn the threat of climate breakdown or rising tides.

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May 4, 2010

EcoSecurities: Forest carbon offsetting report 2010

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April 21, 2010

Copenhagen Accord - missing the mark

Current pledges to reduce emissions are no where near good enough to keep the planet's warming to below 2°C, argue Joeri Rogelj, Malte Meinshausen and colleagues in an opinion piece in Nature this week.

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May 9, 2010

Implications of Climate Change Agreements on Forest Management in the Greater Mekong Sub-region

Abstract: Concerns over the rapid increase of anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere led to the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, under which 5.2% reduction of the global GHGs emissions was committed.

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May 4, 2010

A REDD dawn in India

The mechanism of REDD has not yet been officially implemented in India, though there is considerable scope of its implementation, considering the extent of India’s forest cover. However, there is also potential for its misuse, as well as plenty of challenges.

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20/04/2010

Video: REDD explanations

On April 21th, 2010 a public debate on Forestry, Climate Change, and Poverty will take place at Litteraturhuset, Oslo.

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by Dr. Radut