Climate Ark: Deforestation and Land-Use Changes Links (XML/RSS)
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http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/docs/biofuels-accelerate-climate-change.pdf
report by Biofuelwatch about the climate impacts of large-scale biofuel production
Added: Jun. 22, 2007 | Rate It
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
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
http://www.coolearth.org/
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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
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/footprint/climate_carbon_energy/forest_climate/
the WWF is working to reduce the destruction of forests; the result of deforestation is an increase in greenhouse gas emissions
Added: Apr. 24, 2011 | Rate It
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
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
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
http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/nc/online-library/browse/view-publication/publication/2792.html
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
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
http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/projects/rainfor/
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an international network established to monitor the biomass and dynamics of Amazonian forests
Added: Dec. 03, 2004 | Rate It
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
http://thereddsite.wordpress.com/
a blog that focuses on the ongoing development of an international REDD (Reducing greenhouse gas Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) mechanism and its implications for indigenous peoples, as well as highlighting REDD projects and resources relevant to their particular needs
Added: Feb. 28, 2010 | Rate It
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
http://www.rainforest-rescue.org/news
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
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
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
