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18/6/2013
The United Nation’s Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) program garnered conflicting opinions at the recent UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), held May 20-31 in New York City.Under
REDD+, in return ...
8/6/2013
The launch of the largest project in the world to preserve forest carbon under the UN
REDD+ scheme could help attract funding for similar projects, according to a UN Environment Programme (UNEP) expert.
REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from ...
5/6/2013
The Philippines is to receive more than P700 million from the German government for the
implementation of two projects for climate change mitigation and the protection of flora and fauna, officials said Tuesday.
The Department of ...
30/5/2013
Activists have lauded a decision by Indonesia's president to extend a moratorium on new logging licenses, calling it a historic move in the struggle to save the country's forests and cut carbon emissions. But some experts say the new policy ...
25/5/2013
Issues related to the ownership of forest carbon and to prior consultation mechanisms threaten to derail plans for the Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation of Forests (REDD+) in some countries of Latin America, according to ...
17/5/2013
Panama's largest association of indigenous people will sue the Panamanian government to shut down the country's Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) program.
The National Coordinator of Indigenous Peoples in ...
8/5/2013
The hula-hoop first caught on in the US state of California, as did crack cocaine. For better or worse, that's where trends originate before they sweep the nation and, often, the world. So it's apropos that California is closely engaging with the ...
7/5/2013
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 ...
25/4/2013
Mr Rueben Ottou, Acting Executive Director of the Ghana Wildlife Society, has called on government to take the lead in ensuring that climate sensitive policies are incorporated into district level development plans.
He said adequate ...
19/3/2013
The National Coordinator of Indigenous Peoples in Panama (COONAPIP) has announced it is withdrawing from the United Nation's
REDD+ program following a series of disagreements. The exit of COONAPIP from the negotiating table with UN officials and ...
20/1/2013
Bruce Cabarle, Leader of WWF’s global Forest and Climate Initiative (FCI), answers some key questions on the
REDD+ related outcomes of UNFCCC-COP18, which took place in Doha, Qatar.
Q. What were WWF’s expectations for
REDD+ at ...
10/12/2012
With the Doha summit now concluded, with only very modest achievement, there is growing consensus that a faster response to climate change is desperately needed. This is especially so when the science and physical impacts of global warming are ...
4/12/2012
Brenda Salazar has her sights set on two things: a good organic cacao harvest for the cooperative she belongs to in northern Nicaragua, and for the governments of Central America to heed the ideas of peasant farmers who have organised to fight ...
28/11/2012
An initiative that aims to slow global warming by paying developing countries to protect and better manage their forests is expected to be an important storyline during climate talks in Doha this week and next.
REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from ...
21/11/2012
Scientists are pushing for changes to a UN mechanism that aims to curtail greenhouse gases by preventing forest loss. Environmentalists have long argued the mechanism must also protect biodiversity and forest-dependent communities. Now, ahead of ...
26/9/2012
Greenpeace is dedicated to ending deforestation and preventing catastrophic climate change. We are often recognized for putting our lives and freedoms on the line to accomplish these goals. In the U.S. alone, Greenpeace is campaigning to save ...
26/9/2012
The indigenous peoples’ dialogue, held on 31 August 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand in parallel with the UNFCCC and
REDD+ Partnership meetings, brought together a diverse range of participants to discuss indigenous peoples' effective engagement in ...
25/9/2012
From 2008 through 2010, deforestation in the states of the Brazilian Amazon declined steeply, lowering reductions in CO2 emissions to the atmosphere by approximately 1.5 billion tons. During this same period, the 30 nations that participate in ...
25/9/2012
California's forest conservation-based carbon offsets in its climate change legislation may not lead to net reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and could exacerbate social conflict in places like southern Mexico, argues a report released ...
25/9/2012
From September 25-27, 2012, subnational governments from six countries will arrive in the city of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, México, to promote and advance advance the new shadow program with which they hope, by way of investors and ...
7/9/2012
World Bank pushes program that could bring negative environmental and social consequences.
Central American environmentalists and indigenous people are intensifying efforts to prevent governments in the region from participating in a ...
31/8/2012
The United Nations has launched ‘informal’ negotiations on a climate change protocol in Bangkok, Thailand, today (30 August), prior to the annual UN Climate Conference, which will held in Doha, Qatar, in November.The negotiations, which ...
30/8/2012
A dispute over the
implementation of
REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) in Panama has pitted the United Nations (UN) against the nation's diverse and large indigenous groups. Represented by the National Coordinator of ...
30/8/2012
A report released by the Rainforest Foundation yesterday (28 August) has found that using forest carbon markets could actually increase (rather than reduce) the cost of tackling climate change and may not reduce greenhouse gas emissions due to ...
17/6/2012
Indigenous Peoples of the world participating in Rio+20 denounce that the Green Economy and
REDD+ privatize nature, sell the air we breathe and destroy the future.
Indigenous Peoples´ powerful message to the United Nations summit is ...