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Issue date: 
March 10, 2010

Indigenous leaders call for hold on LCDS, REDD+ projects

Indigenous leaders are calling on government and international agencies to shelve policies related to projects like the LCDS, REDD+ until free, prior and informed consent guidelines for land use are in place.

Issue date: 
July 1, 2009

Amerindian leaders say must not be pressured on low carbon

Indigenous leaders say that they support “in principle” proposals that aim to protect standing forests but said that they must not be pressured into make decisions without full understanding of the implications of such policies.

Issue date: 
March 12, 2010

Consultations on the LCDS in Amerindian communities left the majority of residents none the wiser

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Issue date: 
Monday, 15 March 2010

Indigenous NGOs baffled at APA’s workshop results

THE National Amerindian Development Foundation, the Amerindian Action Movement of Guyana and the Guyanese Organisation of Indigenous Peoples are baffled by the misleading statements carried in the Stabroek News under caption ‘Indigenous Leaders call for hold on LCDS, REDD+ projects’ published March 10, 2010 and Kaieteur News ‘Amerindian Community slams LCDS consultation’ pg 20, published March 10, 2010.

Issue date: 
16 March 2010, 23 March 2010

LCDS made significant efforts to comply with FPIC requirements

I wish to refer to Stabroek News front page article under the caption ‘Indigenous leaders call for the hold on LCDS, REDD + projects’ and Kaieteur News article under the caption ‘Amerindian community slam LCDS consultation

Paris talks keep up REDD+ momentum

A conference bringing together more than 60 nations Thursday added $1 billion to the fight against deforestation and boosted the morale of those hoping to save the world's forests — a key defense against global warming.

Three months after a morose ending to climate change talks in Copenhagen, the one-day ministerial meeting in Paris attended by heavily forested countries such as Indonesia and those in the Amazon and Congo basins amounted to a confidence-builder for nations wondering what comes next in the battle against deforestation, many delegates said.

Issue date: 
March 1, 2010

UNEP: Carbon markets and forest conservation: A review of the environmental benefits of REDD mechanisms

 

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UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP- WCMC)

Issue date: 
February 5, 2010

Will REDD Really Be Cheap?

An international system that enables countries to earn carbon credits by reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) will almost certainly be a prominent feature of whatever post-2012 international climate architecture emerges from ongoing negotiations.

Issue date: 
March 8, 2010

Getting REDD Ready to Cross the Finish Line

It's hard to imagine with all the progress REDD has achieved, that it all started less than 20 years ago with the Rio Summit in '92, when the makings of a global sustainability architecture in the form of a climate treaty began to take shape. But a forestry treaty had yet to happen.

Issue date: 
Thursday 11 March

Noel Kempff project is 'saving the forest' by forcing destruction elsewhere

Forest conservation project in Bolivia proves that unless a nation as a whole cuts deforestation, individual carbon offset schemes are worthless.

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