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Climate and Deforestation

http://www.foei.org/en/resources/publications/forests-and-biodiversity/2008/redd-myths

a critical review, by Friends of the Earth, of proposed mechanisms for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) in developing countries (pdf)

Added: Dec. 14, 2008 | Rate It

Clouds on the Horizon: The Congo Basin's Forests and Climate Change

http://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/files/Global%20Warming%20Low%20PDF.pdf

a report by the Rainforest Foundation UK about emissions from deforestation in the Congo Basin, and the likely impact of increased logging and land conversion in the future (pdf)

Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Cool Earth

http://www.coolearth.org/

8 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

works to control carbon emissions and halt climate change by tackling tropical deforestation, purchasing rainforests for their carbon ecosystem services

Added: Oct. 10, 2006 | Rate It

Deforestation, Forest Degradation, Biodiversity Loss and CO2 Emissionsin Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Environment/documents/2008/02/26/riaureport.pdf

report documents deforestation and degradation of natural forests in a section of Sumatra, Indonesia, and its impacts upon carbon release and climate change (pdf)

Added: Mar. 03, 2008 | Rate It

Global Warming

http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/solutions/forest_solutions/REDD.html

Union of Concerned Scientists site providing reports, articles and fact sheets regarding tropical forests and the REDD program

Added: Jun. 01, 2009 | Rate It

Illegal Wood for the European Market

http://assets.panda.org/downloads/illegal_wood_for_the_european_market_july_2008.pdf

a WWF report that estimates the magnitude of timber from illegal sources which reach the European market (pdf)

Added: Oct. 28, 2008 | Rate It

Keeping the Amazon Forests Standing: A Matter of Values

http://assets.panda.org/downloads/wnf_amazonerapport_def.pdf

a report by the WWF that places an economic value on the ecosystem services provided by tropical rainforests (pdf)

Added: Feb. 19, 2009 | Rate It

RAINFOR

http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/projects/rainfor/

7 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

an international network established to monitor the biomass and dynamics of Amazonian forests

Added: Dec. 03, 2004 | Rate It

Real Cost of Agrofuels: Food, Forest and the Climate, The

http://vh-gfc.dpi.nl/img/userpics/File/publications/Therealcostofagrofuels.pdf

report concludes current and future agrofuel technologies are a key direct and indirect cause of global deforestation, and thus contribute to climate change as well as to loss of livelihoods (pdf)

Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

REDD Web Platform

http://unfccc.int/methods_science/redd/items/4531.php

a clearinghouse where parties, relevant organizations and stakeholders are encouraged to submit information relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD)

Added: Jun. 01, 2009 | Rate It

Rettet den Regenwald (Rainforest Rescue)

http://www.regenwald.org/international/englisch/news.php?id=1226

news from a German non-profit that organizes protest actions against rainforest destruction by loggers, companies such as oil or mining companies and development projects

Added: May. 01, 2009 | Rate It

Seeing REDD in the Amazon:A Win for People, Trees and Climate

http://www.iied.org/pubs/pdfs/17052IIED.pdf

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) describes the increased use of REDD (reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation) procedures to preserve forests in Amazonia (pdf)

Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It

Terrestrial Carbon Group, The

http://www.terrestrialcarbon.org/

objective is to insure that terrestrial carbon is effectively included in the international response to climate change

Added: Oct. 28, 2008 | Rate It

The impacts and opportunities of oil palm in Southeast Asia: What do we know and what do we need to

http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/Knowledge/Publications/Detail?pid=2792

from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), a report that examines what we know and what we don’t know about oil palm developments

Added: Oct. 07, 2009 | Rate It

Voluntary Carbon Standard - Guidance for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use Projects

http://www.v-c-s.org/docs/AFOLU%20Guidance%20Document.pdf

a report that identifies the latest solutions for mitigating the impacts of land use practices on climate change and that provides best-practice guidance for project activities (pdf)

Added: Nov. 26, 2008 | Rate It