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The 'virtual economy' of REDD+ projects: does private certification of REDD+ projects ensure their environmental integrity?

Markus Sommerauer - Mi, 01/06/2016 - 06:47

International Forestry Review http://dx.doi.org/10.1505/146554816818966336

The ‘virtual economy’ of REDD+ projects: does private certification of REDD+ projects ensure their environmental integrity?

C. SEYLLER, S. DESBUREAUX, S. ONGOLO, A. KARSENTY, G. SIMONET, J. FAURE et L. BRIMONT

Issue date: 
11 September 2015

New estimates of tree and forest cover: should we be cheerful or glum?

Three reports. One counts trees. Another counts hectares of tree cover. The third counts hectares of forest cover. All three reached the headlines in the last week but with different figures. What should we make of them?

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Das klimapolitische Instrument REDD - eine kritische Betrachtung

Markus Sommerauer - Mi, 29/04/2015 - 10:27

Im Rahmen des Seminars zur Waldpolitik WS 2014 an der BOKU (in Wien) konnte ich mit Studenten das klimapolitische Instrument "REDD" diskutieren.

Hier finden Sie die Präsentation dazu...

Zusammefassend kann folgendes gesagt werden:

„Primary REDD concepts and principles are fundamentally flawed“

Issue date: 
9 October 2013

Woodland schemes cutting down corporate emissions

Since the launch of the Woodland Carbon Code in 2011, UK businesses have become more aware of the benefits of emissions sequestration through the investment of sustainably managed woodlands.

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Issue date: 
October 17, 2013

Plants Help Control Carbon Sink, Keep The Earth From Cooking

According to a new study led by Princeton University, enhanced growth of the Earth’s plants during the 20th century has caused a significant slowdown of the Earth’s transition to being “red-hot.” This study, the first to specify the extent to which plants have prevented

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Issue date: 
September 10, 2013

Do carbon offsets work? The role of forest management in greenhouse gas mitigation

Author: Fried, Jeremy

Date: 2013

Source: Science Findings 155. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 5 p.

Station ID: SF-PNW-155

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Issue date: 
6 August 2013

Large trees play key role in tropical forest biomass storage – study

BOGOR, Indonesia (6 August, 2013) – A large-scale study has found that a handful of big trees store up to half the above-ground biomass in tropical forests, raising implicatio

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Issue date: 
29 January 2013

‘Carbon credit rules for forestry projects should be made simpler’

The carbon credit rules for forestry projects should be made simpler, said the director general of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) Dr VK Bahuguna while chairing the surveillance audit of ICFRE-Designated Operational Entity (DOE) in Dehradun on Monday.

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Issue date: 
Jan. 24, 2013

First-Ever, REDD+ Project in the State of Acre, Brazil to Achieve Dual VCS-CCBS Validation

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Issue date: 
22 January 2013

How Two Different Studies Found Consensus On Emissions From Tropical Deforestation

In order for the United Nations to achieve its goal of reducing carbon emissions from tropical deforestation by 50% between now and 2020, they have to know the amount of emissions that is currently caused by destroying tropical forests.

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