Flying over the Indonesian half of the island of New Guinea, rainforest stretches like a sea of green, broken only by rugged mountain ranges and winding rivers. The verdant canopy shows little sign of human influence. But as you near Jayapura, the provincial capital of Papua, the tree cover...
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Timber Community |
13 years 4 months ago
When the fund company Banco would make their environmental funds carbon-neutral, they discovered that two forest companies accounted for half of the funds' carbon dioxide emissions writes dn.se. The forest companies, SCA and Stora Enso looked like real environmental villains in comparison with...
Climate Voices |
13 years 4 months ago
The forests in the Congo Basin, the second largest area of tropical forest in the world, are receiving increasing interest. Enormous amounts of carbon are stored in these forests, meaning that REDD proponents are increasingly looking at these forests to “offset” continued pollution in the...
The Guardian |
13 years 4 months ago
We were accused of being obstructionist, obstinate and unrealistic. But we feel an enormous obligation to set aside diplomacy and tell the truth
Forest Trends |
13 years 4 months ago
Forest carbon payments – payments for restoring or planting forest, or for preventing forest degradation or deforestation – can help to prevent and reverse forest loss. However, forest carbon transactions today raise many challenging issues for participants, including difficult legal questions...
Forest Trends |
13 years 4 months ago
Developing forest carbon projects is complex and often daunting for project proponents, whether they are from the private sector, civil society organizations or government agencies. Successful project development requires complying with rigorous requirements for analyzing and documenting carbon...
World Resources Institute |
13 years 4 months ago
How does the new agreement on REDD set the stage for halting the destruction and degradation of forests?
Washington Post |
13 years 5 months ago
What exactly is the hold-up in terms of Norway's forestry assistance to Guyana, which Guyana's president Bharrat Jagdeo complained about last week during a panel sponsored by Avoided Deforestation Partners in Cancun?
Tropical Forestgroup |
13 years 5 months ago
Tonight at 7:07 pm, the California Air Resources Board voted to adopt the cap and trade regulations for AB32, California's global warming law. The final vote passed 9 -1.
Project Syndicate |
13 years 5 months ago
CANCÚN – The official communiqué from the Cancún climate-change conference cannot disguise the fact that there will be no successor to the Kyoto Protocol when it expires at the end of 2012. Japan, among others, has withdrawn its support for efforts simply to extend the Kyoto treaty. This sounds...
Forum for the Future |
13 years 5 months ago
The market for carbon as a traded commodity consists of two main sectors:
Carbon Positive |
13 years 5 months ago
An agreement on tropical forest protection is being hailed as a significant success of the UN climate conference in Cancún, finding broad support among major international social and environmental NGOs. The agreement creates a framework for REDD+, a global mechanism to reduce deforestation and...
Yale University |
13 years 5 months ago
Having had a chance to examine the REDD text of the Cancun Agreement, I find it a relatively positive step forward that manages to avoid some, but not all, of the misperceptions and biases that I encountered while attending REDD-oriented side events during my time at the COP. Below are some...
Kaieteur News |
13 years 5 months ago
Angered by a report which suggested that the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) is based on advice that could be described as ‘junk economics,” President Bharrat Jagdeo has accused Rainforest Foundation UK of being stuck in the colonial-era mentality. International consultants, McKinsey and...
Small Donations |
13 years 5 months ago
The deal U.N. climate negotiators reached last week in Cancún is modest, but the gathering’s dramatic conclusion does restore confidence in the U.N. process, which was limping badly after last year’s fiasco in Copenhagen.
Climate-L |
13 years 5 months ago
March 2010: Global Witness, a non-governmental organization (NGO) representing civil society on the UN-REDD Policy Board, has submitted an assessment of the World Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Readiness-Preparation Proposals (R-PPs) and Joint Program Documents (JPDs) of the...
World Resources Institute |
13 years 5 months ago
On December 11, the Cancun climate talks concluded with the Cancun Agreements, a set of decisions that will move international action on climate change forward. A turning point for international climate negotiations, the Agreements solidify the role of the United Nations Framework Convention on...
GRIST |
13 years 5 months ago
Allafrica |
13 years 5 months ago
A DECISION by the Norwegian government to negotiate post Kyoto Protocol with other countries bilaterally is aimed at sending a strong message to international community that Oslo is committed to address causes of green house gas emissions blamed for causing global warming.
CIFOR |
13 years 5 months ago
A binding deal on the REDD+ scheme to conserve the world’s forests has never been so close. How to finance REDD+ is still under debate, but experts in Cancun have reiterated that a combination of financing mechanisms will be needed to ensure adequate REDD+ funding. Pavan Sukhdev, special advisor...