The Guardian | 16/04-13 | United Kingdom
While forests once provided subsistence for local people, for generations clearing forested land has also been good for global business, providing immediate food security for the world. Put simply, forests have been worth more dead than alive.
Guyana Times | 18/04-13 05:43 | Guyana
Members of the Multi Stakeholder Steering Committee (MSSC) of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) have issued a release indicating why the proposed cuts to the budget for projects falling under the LCDS should not be implemented.
...the world s lowest deforestation rate, the world s second largest Interim REDD+ partnership, and has earned US$115 million in payments for forest ...
Nature | 18/04-13 | United Kingdom
Tropical deforestation contributes 12% of total anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions globally. Illegal logging is costing nations tens of billions of dollars each year. Although governments are making headway on agreements to stop this destruction, so far there is no coherent plan to monitor tropical forests on the scale or timescales necessary to do so.
Aeromorning (EN) | 17/04-13 09:41 | France
Choose Satellites and Save Millions: UK Academics Appeal to Governments Over Deforestation -- A new system of satellites will be needed to monitor the world's forests as part of the United Nations programme for reducing emissions from forest degradat
...in an article in this week's Nature science journal. The REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) working group of ...
UN News Centre | 17/04-13 | United States
Investing in healthy forests is not only vital for human and environmental well-being but also crucial in the transition to a low-carbon, resource-efficient green economy, says the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
CBCNews | 17/04-13 | Canada
A new study that examines the impact of climate change on New Brunswick's forestry sector says it appears the province will see a decline in some of its native species by the year 2100.
Mongabay | 17/04-13 16:20 | United States
Rising agricultural profitability due to higher prices, improved crop productivity, and forest conservation itself could make it increasingly difficult for conservation programs tied to payments for ecosystem services to succeed, warns a study published this week in the journ
...the nascent Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation ( REDD+) mechanism would have difficulty competing against increasingly industrialized...
Instituto Carbono Brasil | 17/04-13 14:54 | Brazil
Decisão do Parlamento Europeu de rejeitar a proposta de retenção de créditos para lidar com o excesso de oferta no esquema de comércio de emissões derruba o valor do carbono
por exemplo, aceitará créditos de carbono florestal provenientes do REDD . Estamos vendo a multiplicação de algo que é fundamentalmente falho.. .
The Guardian | 17/04-13 15:22 | United Kingdom
A Toronto company is working with the government to strip the protected status of 1.6m hectares on Sumatra. In a statement issued Tuesday, East Asia Minerals Corporation claimed it is actively involved in the process of devising a new spatial plan for Aceh province, Sumatra's western-most province.
...generated under the proposed Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) program before foundering due to slow market conditions .
Bisnis.com | 16/04-13 16:24 | Indonesia
Guru Besar Universitas Indonesia yang juga pakar lingkungan hidup Emil Salim menegaskan pembangunan dengan pola kapitalisme harus diubah dengan pembangunan ekonomi dan nilai sosial plus kepentingan lingkungan.
...degradation and enhancing forest carbon stock in developing countries " (REDD+) dan pembangunan hijau. Dia mengatakan pembangunan ekonomi hijau...
Global Environment Facility | 16/04-13 16:06 | United States
- Forests deliver multiple benefits to the global environment, including providing habitat for biodiversity, sequestration of carbon, and human health and economic wellbeing.
...from the three Rio Conventions covering the full range of SFM and REDD+ activities; Applicability to all types of forest within 144 developing ...
Digitalcongo.net | 13/04-13 13:46 | Congo
/ Economie Le représentant de la RDC au Forum des Nations Unies sur les forêts (Fnuf), en session jusqu'au 19 avril à stanbul, en Turquie, s'est dit satisfait de l'attention soutenue des délégués des Grands Groupes de travail à ces assises.
...un des pays africains les plus avancés dans la préparation de la stratégie REDD**. S il a ainsi attiré l attention sur les avancées enregistrées ...
