Since 2005, the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Cimate Change (UNFCCC) negotiate how the protection of rainforests could be integrated into the climate regime. This discussion paper primarily addresses the question of how this integration via the REDD (Reducing Emissions from...
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Financial Times |
12 years 5 months ago
ECO congregation Ireland |
12 years 5 months ago
REDD+ aims to reduce emissions from forests, prevent deforestation and encourage investment in low-carbon development. Christian Aid’s Latin American and Caribbean partners believe that such projects must be managed by local communities and be truly inclusive.
CIFOR |
12 years 5 months ago
A scheme for reducing global carbon emissions by slowing deforestation in tropical countries has changed drastically and become “aid-ified” since it was first floated in 2005, according to a major new publication on the subject. From its early days, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest...
NewsWire |
12 years 5 months ago
The B.C. forest products industry is pleased to recognize the openings and events of three wood demonstration projects in the province this week - North Shore Credit Union Environmental Learning Centre, Elkford Community Conference Centre and City of North Vancouver Civic Centre Renovation. The...
CIFOR |
12 years 5 months ago
Analysing REDD+: Challenges and choices June, 2012. Angelsen, A.; Brockhaus, M.; Sunderlin, W.D.; Verchot, L.V. (eds). Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia. 426 pages. ISBN: 978-602-8693-80-6
DFID |
12 years 5 months ago
The forest-friendly package was announced by the Deputy Prime Minster at the UN Earth Summit in Rio - also known as Rio+20- taking place this week. The UK will invest in a forest management 'knowledge bank' to help indigenous people in the poorest and most remote forest areas to protect their...
ForestTalk |
12 years 5 months ago
The Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada (PPWC) union has come out against British Columbia’s proposal to open up protected areas to logging. “It’s just short term gain for probably long term pain,” said Arnold Bercov, the forest resource officer for the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada,...
Bloomberg |
12 years 5 months ago
The carbon emissions from cutting down tropical forests may be about one third of the level previously estimated, according to an article in the journal Science.
Demara Waves |
12 years 5 months ago
Prime Minister of Norway Mr. Jens Stoltenberg has reaffirmed the country’s support for the implementation of Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) which continues to be hailed as a model for sustainable development, according to the Government Information Agency (GINA).
12 years 5 months ago
This week, I published a short policy brief with the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre at the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) in Bergen, Norway. Entitled ‘Unready for REDD+? Lessons from Corruption in Ugandan Conservation Areas‘, the brief reviews coverage of a recent scandal involving a US $37...
ForestCarbonAsia |
12 years 5 months ago
A CDM policy dialogue with Asian stakeholders took place in Bangkok from 7-8 June 2012. Asia has more than 80% of the registered CDM projects in the world. What did the participants have to say about CDM’s impact and future prospects, and what are the implications for CDM forestry projects and REDD...
IBI-Times |
12 years 5 months ago
Five major corporations will join the emergency campaign to save the world's threatened forests by pledging to buy REDD multimillion dollar credits from projects protecting threatened forests around the world, the campaign announced Tuesday at the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development,...
New Matilda |
12 years 5 months ago
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono this week urged the international community to protect its forests, in the wake of forestry issues being sidelined at Rio+20 conference on sustainable development to be held later this month. "Sustainable forestry is critical to our efforts at...
Orissa Diary |
12 years 5 months ago
ecalling the 2009 U.S.-India MOU on clean energy, energy efficiency, energy security and climate change, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Minister of External Affairs S.M.
Think African |
12 years 5 months ago
With the lyrics of American rap legend Tupac Shakur pumping from the car stereo, 36-year-old Steve Okoikpi manoeuvres his Mercedes Benz through sharp bends on the road. The destination is Akasanko, a forest community of about 500 people on the outskirts of Calabar, the capital of Cross River State...
Business Green |
12 years 5 months ago
Transactions of voluntary carbon credits grew to $576m last year, defying the sluggish economy by reaching the highest level since 2008, with corporate buyers making up the vast majority of purchases.
Greenwood Investment |
12 years 5 months ago
Ikea has come under heavy criticism for failing to use sustainable forestry for making its wooden furniture. The Swedish company has been found to have cleared old-growth forests in the north of Russia in Karelia through its wholly-owned subsidiary Swedwood.
CIFOR |
12 years 5 months ago
Legal clarity and consensus on which government institutions have the authority to make regulations on how to share benefits from REDD+ among stakeholders are critical to ensure the process’ legitimacy and avoid future disputes, recommended a study conducted by the Center for International Forestry...
Boston.com |
12 years 5 months ago
China has made significant progress in restoring its forest cover while also allowing residents to make a living from plantations, forest products and tourism, the RRI report says. In southwestern China’s Tengchong area, local communities are allowed to vote on whether to manage the forests...