REDD NEWS
- California Cap-and-Trade Law Spurs U.S. Forest Carbon Projects
- 02/15/12
- A new company, Forest Carbon Partners, will make the projects available as carbon offsets for California polluters.
- Paper Giant APP Hammered on Forest Certification Claims
- 02/15/12
- In responding to complaints from environmentalists that its operations are responsible for large-scale destruction of native forests, APP often touts various certification standards which it says demonstrate its commitment to sustainability. Yet the new WWF survey found that these standards don't apply across all of the paper giant's operations.
- REDD Forest Conservation Project in Colombia Qualifies for Gold Certification
- 02/15/12
- Carbon finance has been identified as a potential means to help Afro-Colombian and indigenous landowners strengthen their land claims and improve natural resource management.
- How Much Carbon is Stored in Forests
- 02/12/12
- A new study from the Woods Hole Research Centre uses remote-sensing technology (along with old-fashioned fieldwork) to measure more accurately how much carbon is stored in tropical forests.
- Social and Economic Value of Forests
- 02/09/12
- According to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), forests cover 31 per cent of the world’s total global land area, store more than one trillion tons of carbon and provide livelihoods for more than 1.6 billion people. However, deforestation accounts for 12 to 20 per cent of the global greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming.
- Australia Must Ban Illegally Logged Wood
- 02/09/12
- The massive environmental and economic costs of illegal logging worldwide should press Australia to tighten regulations against importing illegally logged timber at home.
- Better Forest Data Lends Confidence to Carbon Markets
- 01/31/12
- The idea, that ecosystem services such as carbon dioxide stored in trees has a value to the world, and therefore to the market, will likely become more viable as the market recognizes the expense of humans trying to recreate these services. And an accurate measurement of what’s actually being sold is key to market confidence.
- In Brazil, Fears of a Slide Back for Amazon Protection
- 01/24/12
- A provisional measure now allows the president to decrease the lands already created for conservation and the government is granting more flexibility for large infrastructure projects during the environmental licensing process.
- Preserving Peatlands Benefits Orangutans, Makes Economic Sense
- 01/13/12
- With fresh funds coming in under climate change schemes, environmentalists are studying how to include biodiversity conservation as a co-benefit to keeping trees for the sake of carbon and are urging for its corporation into such schemes.
- Well Structured Economic Incentives Could Reduce Deforestation Emissions in Indonesia
- 01/12/12
- A national and comprehensive carbon payment incentive system within Indonesia could generate an estimated 22-26% reduction in national greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and $331 million to $1 billion of net revenue per year.
- USAID Makes Climate Change a Top Priority
- 01/11/12
- USAID is addressing the urgent need for sustainable, clean economic growth in developing countries with the release of its Climate Change and Development Strategy. The Strategy aims to promote responsible land usage through REDD+, among other things.
- Industrial Palm Oil Expands at Expense of Rainforests in Peru
- 01/10/12
- The analysis, based on satellite mapping and on-the-ground field studies, found that 72 percent of new plantations in Peru expanded into forest areas.
- North American Carbon Market to Double in 2012
- 01/10/12
- For US carbon markets, 2012 will be an important year with several key policy decisions due and significantly increased volumes of trade expected as a result of two WCI allowance auctions (California and Quebec) and increased activity in the secondary market
- Law 'Should Settle' Definition of Forest Areas
- 12/01/11
- Before Indonesia moves forward with a bill on illegal logging, the government and the House of Representatives should focus on a revision of the Forestry Law, a legal expert has said.
- Private Sector Needs Quick Decision on REDD Finance
- 11/30/11
- The Green Climate Fund, which is intended to channel funding from the industrialised world to developing countries for climate change mitigation and adaptation, could act as a fast-start mechanism for REDD and help bring together public and private finance, he suggested.
- COP 18 Destination Announcement - Qatar
- 11/30/11
- Every year the COP is hosted by a different region, next year's event is dedicated to the Asian Region of which Qatar will now host.
- 8 Amazon Countries Pledge More Coordination in Rainforest Conservation
- 11/27/11
- Signatories of the 1978 Amazon Cooperation Treaty (OTCA) coordinated a position for next June's Rio+20 conference and discussed existing agreements signed to protect the Amazon.
- Deforestation Threatens Planet, Economies and Communities Warns Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
- 11/18/11
- Mr. Ban was in the Central Kalimantan region of Borneo, which has been chosen by the Indonesian Government for a pilot programme of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) initiative.
- What Can U.N. Climate Talks in Durban Deliver?
- 11/16/11
- Most likely outcome - modest steps toward a broader deal to cut greenhouse gas pollution to fight climate change.
- Carbon Trading May Be Ready for Its Next Act
- 11/13/11
- Despite setbacks, the idea of buying and selling pollution remains attractive, as recent events in Australia show. One-third of global emissions coulb be capped and traded by the end of the decade, according to some estimates.
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