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- Certifying forests: How REDD+ can learn from experience
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... conservation, disaster risk prevention, and recreational services. The CIFOR-FSC research is one of a number of new studies by the ... that require a clear “seller” of environmental services. And all are dealing with weak civil society capacity to participate ...
Markus Sommerauer - Thu, 14/07/2011 - 10:58
- Better Forest Data Lends Confidence to Carbon Markets
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... type of market. Nevertheless, this idea, that ecosystem services such as carbon dioxide stored in trees has a value to the world, and ... recognizes the expense of humans trying to recreate these services. And an accurate measurement of what’s actually being sold is key to ...
Markus Sommerauer - Mon, 09/04/2012 - 08:54
- Ghana: Turning the Back On Forest Revenue Loses
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... forest products, non-wood-forest products and forest services, is largely neglected, even though their contribution to livelihoods ... government) to introduce service charters for all the public services, but since then, there is little evidence of performance monitoring ...
Markus Sommerauer - Sun, 03/06/2012 - 06:23
- Agriculture, Forestry Key to Mitigating Climate Change
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... The livelihoods are supported by many different products and services from the forests. And if we can include also climate change actions ... the small-holder farmers and rural population that depend on services and products from forests. Holmgren explained that these ...
Markus Sommerauer - Sun, 20/01/2013 - 17:19
- Ecuador: Threats From Carbon Market
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... by the United Nations in exchange for providing ecosystem services to the international market. Part of this compensation is passed ... (10 million acres) of virgin forests and protect ecosystem services, like oxygen production, that those woodlands provide. The ministry ...
Markus Sommerauer - Tue, 18/10/2011 - 17:25
- Costa Rica scripts a new chapter in forest carbon finance
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... more than a decade-old program of Payments for Environmental Services (PES), under which the government compensates landowners for planting ... owners. Yet the demand for payments for environmental services is higher than can currently be met by the program. Costa Rica’s ...
Markus Sommerauer - Tue, 30/10/2012 - 05:43
- Brazil Shares Lessons with Africa on Incentives for Sustainable Forestry Management
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... created the Bolsa Floresta program, a Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) scheme that rewards forest-dependent communities for sustainable ... communities where the Bolsa Floresta “Payment for Eco Services” initiative was being implemented. Each night, two country ...
Markus Sommerauer - Tue, 27/09/2011 - 12:42
- Who Could Refuse to Protect the Rainforest of Brazil and Feed 9 Billion People?
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... has not been mitigated, the fines will be converted into services for environmental protection. For that reason there is no "amnesty", ... before having their penalties converted into environmental services -- a true benefit for the environment. What the environmental ...
Markus Sommerauer - Mon, 31/10/2011 - 07:55
- FAO Releases Asia-Pacific Forestry Briefs
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... conservation and management for a wide range of goods and services. The brief titled "Better governance, better forestry" focuses on ... in developing countries) and other payments for ecosystem services (PES) to enhance field capacities and increase forest monitoring, and ...
Markus Sommerauer - Sun, 22/04/2012 - 17:33
- Mexico can’t see the wood for the trees
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... hectares were included in the “payment for environmental services” programme, under which agricultural activities are forbidden, but ... area status and an end to the payments for environmental services. They also sent two representatives to the Alternative Global Forum ...
Markus Sommerauer - Sun, 15/01/2012 - 19:29