New Delhi, 20 May 2011: India could soon have its first project registered under the UN's mechanism to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD). A pilot project in the East Khasi Hills in Meghalaya being run jointly by a California-based non-profit organization and a local...
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Anti-Corruption Centre |
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CIFOR |
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BOGOR, Indonesia (21 May, 2011)_Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, or REDD+, means a difficult shift to a new paradigm where economic growth in Indonesia is attained by leaving trees standing, said Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, head of the country’s taskforce that’s preparing...
World and Trust |
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In 2010, the World Land Trust (WLT) ran a training programme to enable African NGOs (non-governmental organisations) to benefit from opportunities for carbon funding. The programme focused on REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation-Plus), as it is considered the most...
The Namibian |
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THE Hindu people of India have a saying in their language stating, “if there is forest there is life and if there life there is forest.”
Down to Earth |
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Can you love tigers but hate forests? This is the question that troubled me as I visited the middle of India last fortnight. I was in Nagpur, where local politicians, conservationists and officials were discussing what needed to be done in this chronically poor and backward region endowed with...
Guyana Chronicle |
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AS Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy moves beyond its start-up phase, the government is leading efforts to advance work on the six priority investments for this year. The six investments will accelerate Guyana’s transition to a low carbon economy by deploying the US$70M earned by Guyana...
CIFOR |
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Forest Talk |
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Environmental groups and forest products companies that signed the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) say significant strides have been made in the past year to turn the landmark agreement into concrete steps to make change on the ground that will protect the Boreal Forest and the people who...
Forest Talk |
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Ontario passed its Ontario Forest Tenure Modernization Act (Bill 151) in its legislature today. The Act changes the forest tenure system and provides a more competitive market environment in the allocation and pricing of Crown timber. Under the new system, Ontario will introduce two new...
CIFOR |
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BOGOR, Indonesia (11 May, 2011)_A CIFOR-led project is yielding innovative tools that help rural people improve their livelihoods and protect their natural resources. In recent years, the Lao PDR government has championed participatory land use planning (known by its abbreviation PLUP). This...
Mongabay |
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A debate over the need to conserve forests versus converting them for industrial use grew heated last week at Australian National University (ANU). A forum brought together policy experts, scientists, and a forestry lobbyist to discuss Australia's role in overseas forestry. But an exchange...
Climate-I |
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May 2011: The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) has released a number of publications relevant to REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, as well as conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of carbon...
Times of India |
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NEW DELHI: In order to lock climate changing carbon dioxide in the growing forests, the government has asked the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to provide a substantial part of the Rs 90 billion needed every year for 10 years.
TIME |
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Times Live |
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Liberia has signed a deal with the European Union promising to crack down on illegal logging on its territory, home to more than half of West Africa’s rainforests, a group linked to the accord said. Ghana, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed similar deals last year ahead of an...
Transparency International |
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IEWY |
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From 9-13 May 2011, the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC) will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. The European Commission will be represented by European Commission President, Jose Manuel Barroso, Development Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs and Trade...
IIED |
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Every month we highlight a new, groundbreaking or bestselling IIED research outcome. This month we feature a ground breaking IIED publication Tenure in REDD: Start-point or afterthought? As new mechanisms for 'reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation' (REDD) are being...
IPS News |
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MEXICO CITY, May 10, 2011 (IPS) - The implementation of a forestry programme against climate change in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas poses a threat to indigenous people in the state, non-governmental organisations warn.
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