CIFOR | 01/08-13
A new online portal for monitoring, reporting and verifying (MRV) carbon emissions allows researchers and practitioners to better manage forest inventories, its creators say.The Forest Carbon Database (FCDB) can be used to share measurements of carbon pools - reservoirs with the capacity to store and release carbon, the chemical basis of all known life and climate warming gases.
Daily Independent Nigeria | 29/07-13 01:01
Three days of multi-stakeholder and multi-level deliberations last week in Abuja enabled the validation of the draft Readiness Preparation Proposal (R-PP) document, which will this week be submitted to the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF).
Nigeria seeks fresh REDD+ funding, to submit R-PP By Michael Simire Deputy Editor, Sunday Three days of multi-stakeholder and multi-level deliberations...
Mongabay | 29/07-13
Arabica coffee, which makes up about 70% of the 1.6 billion cups of coffee the world drinks every day, is especially sensitive to fluctuations in temperature and rainfall. Too much rain when the plants are in flower and pollination is dramatically disrupted.
CIFOR | 29/07-13
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) released the third book in a series on REDD+. The book, titled 'Analyzing REDD+: Challenges and Choices,' examines the result of early REDD+ activities based on the Global Comparative Study on REDD+ undertaken by CIFOR and partners.
The Korea Times | 28/07-13 07:12
By Yi Whan-woo The state-run Korea Forest Service (KFS) will engage in multiple projects to plant 1 million hectares of forest worldwide by 2050 to secure a stable supply of resources and renewable energy.
...at participating in the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation+ (REDD+) project. A collaborative program run by the U. N .
ABC Color | 28/07-13 06:41
La Unión Europea se está volviendo demasiado proteccionista. Con el anuncio de nuevas exigencias para el comercio de granos alimenticios, piensos y derivados, amenaza con destruir la rentabilidad de la soja, según dijo Marcelo Duarte Monteiro, director de Aprosoja-Brasil, en el merco de la XVI Reuni
...deberían aplicar regulaciones incumplibles. Tomassone se refirió a las normas REDD, de cambio climático, que se enmarcan hacia los nuevos objetivos...
Ecosystem Marketplace | 27/07-13 02:43
The REDD Offsets Working Group (ROW) has released its anticipated recommendations on international REDD+ credits' inclusion in the California cap-and-trade system. Meanwhile, Ecosystem Marketplace debunked a report appearing the next day claiming that the Chiapas government had rescinded support for
This Week In Forest Carbon: REDD Gains Momentum In California The REDD Offsets Working Group (ROW) has released its anticipated recommendations ...
El Sol de Chiapas | 27/07-13 21:12
A través del Proyecto Fortalecimiento de Reducción de Emisiones por Deforestación y Degradación y cooperación Sur-Sur, la Comisión Nacional Forestal (CONAFOR) celebrará el próximo 29 y 30 de Julio el Taller "Oportunidades de cooperación internacional para for
...la preparación para la Reducción de Emisiones por Deforestación y Degradación (REDD+) . La dependencia Federal, informó que en este taller participarán ,
Diario Dominicano | 26/07-13 21:03
Según estudios sitúan a la República Dominicana entre los primeros diez más vulnerables del planeta, se prevén impactos severos por la elevación del nivel del mar, como destrucción de hábitats costeros e infraestructura, provocando grandes pérdidas a la economía.
