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Indonesia Launches Forest Governance Index To Strengthen REDD+
2013-05-07 08:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Antara: As the two-year moratorium on deforestation faces expire, Indonesia has launched its first forest governance index to address the current state of forest protection and management of central and provincial government. "Good forest governance is about public system and laws to protect the forest and peat lands. We hope the assessment results will translate into concrete actions to improve forest, land and REDD+ governance," said Beate Trankmann, country director of the UNDP Indonesia at the official...
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REDD Talks Aim For Substance On Otherwise Fluffy Earth Day
2013-04-25 05:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecosystem Marketplace: Deforestation pumps more than seven billion tons of CO2 into the atmosphere every year, which is more than any single industrial sector. Carbon finance can reduce this by paying people to save endangered rainforest via mechanisms like REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation). For these mechanisms to work, however, they must be understood beyond the environmental community. If the private sector doesn't participate, the programs are doomed. Towards that end, Wildlife Works Carbon...
New colors of capitalism: REDD+ and the green economy
2013-04-12 09:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Space: Negotiators, big NGOs, and companies In U.N. environmental summits are promoting the Green Economy as a win-win-win for people, the environment and business interests. Yet global South social movements denounce the Green Economy for serving the interests of transnational corporations and wealthy nations, and for stomping on the rights of those most impacted by climate change and environmental degradation. At the heart of the dispute is one big question can capitalism solve the climate crisis?...
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Africans move against REDD initiatives in continent
2013-04-08 04:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Premium Times: REDD intiatives have been decried as a form of neo-colonialism. African participants at the World Social Forum in Tunisia have taken a historic decision to launch a No REDD in Africa Network and join the global movement against REDD. Participants from Nigeria, South Africa, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Mozambique, Tunisia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, and Tanzania participated in the launch of the network recently. REDD, an acronym for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation;...
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REDD+ offsets dont add up
2013-04-08 03:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Connections: Developments in the United States may lead to the adoption of international forest offsets being permitted in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). Californias newly launched carbon market is considering allowing offsets from REDD+ programs while at the same time the state is considering linking its market with the EUs. California would be the first carbon market to allow international forest offsets. A new report, Bad Trade: International Forest Offsets and the Carbon Market, released by Food...
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