CLIMATE CHANGE AND REDD

According to the Stern review, deforestation accounts for approximately 20 per cent of world annual greenhouse gas emissions and is the largest source of emissions in the developing world. If current rates of deforestation in Brazil and Indonesia alone continue until 2012, they will wipe out nearly 80 per cent of the total emissions savings agreed under the Kyoto Protocol. In sub-Saharan Africa, a study in 2009 estimated carbon emissions from forest degradation may be three times greater than those from deforestation.

Given this significance, there is growing international interest in establishing a mechanism to reduce emissions from deforestation, particularly in tropical countries, to tackle climate change. While much of the deforestation under consideration is the result of legal land-use change and logging, there is also a significant proportion that is illegal.

If avoided deforestation is to become a credible element of an international system for controlling greenhouse gas emissions, forest areas will have to be managed over the very long term and be subject to effective legal enforcement.

It is not yet clear whether the necessary investment in standing forests will come from a public fund or private markets, but, if the latter is the case, it is likely that carbon 'captured' in countries with effective forest law enforcement will be valued more highly than in those with poor sectoral governance.

DOCUMENTS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
06/09/2010	High-Resolution Forest Carbon Stocks and Emissions in the Amazon The researchers on this paper used a combination of satellite imagery, airborne-laser technology, and ...	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, US (Gregory P. Asner et al)
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30/08/2010	Palm Oil and Indigenous Peoples in South East Asia This report sets out to show how rapid expansion of oil palm plantations across Southeast Asia has run ...	Forest People's Programme
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13/07/2010	TEEB – The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity Report for Business - Executive Summary 2010 The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) is a global study, initiated by the G8 and five major ...	The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)
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03/06/2010	Principles for Independent Monitoring of REDD (IM-REDD) The authors of this briefing paper say that governance is key to REDD+. Through internationally agreed ...	Global Witness
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05/05/2010	Climate Change, Forests and Federalism: Seeing the Treaty for the Trees Despite numerous attempts over the past two decades – including most recently at the Copenhagen ...	Hudson, Blake (Stetson University, US)
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01/04/2010	Forest Law Enforcement and Governance and Forest Practices in Guyana Guyana and Norway have agreed to work toward the establishment of a REDD mechanism. Within this context, ...	CIFOR & IWOKRAMA
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01/04/2010	Forestry, Risk and Climate Policy This book examines over a decade of forestry and climate policy advice. It starts by focusing the global ...	Dutschke, Michael (Biocarbon Consult)
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01/03/2010	Implications of the REDD Negotiations for Forest Restoration This briefing looks at the implications of the negotiations on reducing emissions from deforestation ...	UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC)
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01/03/2010	Indigenous Lands, Protected Areas, and Slowing Climate Change The authors of this study state that forest protection offers one of the most effective, practical, and ...	PLoS Biology
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01/03/2010	Forest Governance and Climate-Change Mitigation This brief highlights lessons learned from experiences on the ground and sets out the key elements of ...	ITTO & FAO
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21/01/2010	The End of the Hinterland: Forests, Conflict and Climate Change Forests have long been a hinterland: remote, “backward” areas largely controlled by external, ...	RRI (Rights and Resources Initiative)
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19/01/2010	Can REDD make natural forests competitive with oil palm? The authors of this update claim that payments for forest conservation under the proposed REDD mechanism ...	ITTO (International Tropical Timber Organisation) Tropical Forest Update (Lian Pin Koh & Rhett A. Butler)
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13/01/2010	Financial Governance and Indonesia’s Reforestation Fund During the Soeharto and Post-Soeharto Periods, 1989–2009: a Political Economic Analysis of Lessons for REDD+ This study analyses Indonesia’s experience with its Reforestation Fund, and examines implications ...	Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia.
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18/12/2009	Copenhagen Accord Document agreed by the Copenhagen conference on climate change in December 2009. The topics of deforestation ...	United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009
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18/12/2009	Methodological Guidance for Activities Relating to Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation and the Role of Conservation, Sustainable Management of Forests and Enhancement of Forest Carbon Stocks in Developing Countries This is the decision reached by the 2009 UNFCCC conference of the parties on methodologies for measuring ...	United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009
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15/12/2009	Draft decision on policy approaches and positive incentives on issues relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries; and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of fore Text of a draft decision at the 2009 UNFCCC conference of the parties on a REDD framework. Along with ...	United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009
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13/12/2009	UK-Denmark statement to Forest Day, Copenhagen Climate Change conference Statement on illegal logging and climate change - including the need for transparent and accountable ...	Hilary Benn (UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) and Troels Lund Poulsen (Danish Minister for the Environment)
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11/12/2009	Voices from the Congo Basin: Incorporating the Perspectives of Local Stakeholders for Improved REDD Design The scarcity of information on local and indigenous perspectives on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation ...	WRI
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03/12/2009	The World Bank and the Forest Sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo: REDD Future or Greenwash? This is an open letter send by Greenpeace, Global Witness, and the Rainforest Foundation to Michael Wormser, ...	The Rainforest Foundation, Global Witness & Greenpeace
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02/12/2009	Putting the Brakes on Drivers of Forest Destruction: A Shared Responsibility. The authors of this briefing, published ahead of the Copenhagen climate talks, believe that rising demand ...	Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)
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30/11/2009	Ministry of Finance Green Paper: Economic and Fiscal Policy Strategies for Climate Change Mitigation in Indonesia The Indonesian government published this green paper on climate change prior to the start of the Copenhagen ...	Ministry of Finance, Republic of Indonesia & Australia Indonesia Partnership, Jakarta
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27/11/2009	Noel Kempff Mercado Climate Action Project: Position of Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza (FAN–Bolivia) on Greenpeace's Report In the report entitled "Carbon ...	Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza (FAN–Bolivia)
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27/11/2009	Global Climate Politics in the Congo Basin: Unprecedented Opportunity or High-risk Gamble? This report discusses the challenges and opportunities of forest carbon schemes and management in the ...	Heinrich Boell Foundation (Korinna Horta)
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25/11/2009	What a Scam! Australia’s REDD Offsets for Copenhagen This report by Friends of the Earth Australia and AidWatch examines the Australian and Indonesian Governments’ ...	Friends of the Earth Australia
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01/11/2009	Forests and Climate Change: Adaptation and Mitigation (ETFRN News 50) This issue of ETFRN News contains more than 20 wide-ranging articles on forests and climate change; the ...	European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN)
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27/10/2009	Government's response to Environmental Audit Committee report on 'Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation: No hope without forests' The Environmental Audit Committee of the House of Commons published its report on 'Reducing greenhouse ...	UK government
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27/10/2009	Report of Informal Working Group in Interim Finance for REDD+ Discussion document published by the Informal Working Group in Interim Finance for REDD+ established ...	Informal Working Group in Interim Finance for REDD+
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15/10/2009	Carbon Scam: Noel Kempff Climate Action Project and the Push for Sub-national Forest Offsets In 1997 three energy giants, American Electric Power (AEP), BP-Amoco (BP), and Pacificorp entered into ...	Greenpeace
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07/10/2009	Protecting the Climate Forests: Why Reducing Tropical Deforestation is in America’s Vital National Interest The US Commission on Climate and Tropical Forests – a bipartisan group of leaders from business, ...	The Commission on Climate and Tropical Forests, US
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02/10/2009	Trick or Treat? REDD, Development and Sustainable Forest Management The ability of the negotiators under the UNFCCC to achieve a robust agreement on REDD, one that is not ...	Global Witness
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02/10/2009	REDD+ Social and Environmental Standards This initiative is developing standards that can be used by governments, NGOs, financing agencies and ...	Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) and CARE International (faciltators)
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01/10/2009	Deforestation and Climate Change: Not for Felling Carbon stored in forests will stand centre stage at the Copenhagen climate talks in December. A potential ...	Chatham House (Duncan Brack & Katharina Umpfenbach)
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29/09/2009	The Future of Forests and Orangutans (Pongo abelii) in Sumatra: Predicting Impacts of Oil Palm Plantations, Road Construction, and Mechanisms for Reducing Carbon Emissions from Deforestation Northern Sumatra comprises an area of 65,000 km2 that is both the site of Indonesia's first planned ...	Gaveau, David L A, Wich, Serge, Epting, Justi, Juhn, Daniel, Kanninen, and Leader-Williams, Nigel
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01/08/2009	Incentives to Sustain Forest Ecosystem Services - A Review and Lessons for REDD In 2007, during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP 13, Norway's ...	IIED
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29/06/2009	Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation: No hope without forests The UK and other developed countries must change patterns of consumption to reduce demand for products ...	Environmental Audit Committee of the House of Commons (UK)
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04/06/2009	Vested Interests - Industrial logging and carbon in tropical forests In this report, the authors claim that "Industrial logging is a major source of carbon emissions, ...	Global Witness
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01/06/2009	Fact sheet: Reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries: approaches to stimulate action The four page fact sheet outlines the relationship between forests and climate change, highlighting the ...	UNFCCC
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07/05/2009	An Emergency Package for Tropical Forests Through a process of broad consultation, The Princes Rainforests Project has developed a proposal for ...	The Prince's Rainforests Project
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22/04/2009	Forests: the Green and REDD of Climate Change: UN-DESA Policy Brief 16 This policy brief suggests that financial resources expected to be allocated to forests for climate change ...	UN-DESA
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22/04/2009	Finance for Forests and Climate Change: UN-DESA Policy Brief 15 This policy brief concludes that the global climate change agreement should include actions on deforestation ...	UN-DESA
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12/02/2009	Keeping the Amazon forests standing: a matter of values The authors of this report claim that paying for the ecological services provided by the Amazon rainforest ...	WWF Netherlands
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01/02/2009	Challenges for a business case for high-biodiversity REDD projects and schemes A new report for the CBD Secretariat by EcoSecurities explores the potential for market payments for ...	EcoSecurities Ltd for the Convention on Biodeiversity Secretariat
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01/11/2008	From REDD to HEDD: World Rainforest Movement contribution to the Convention on Climate Change Reflects on the mechanism currently being discussed at the Convention on Climate Change (REDD) to address ...	WRM
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17/10/2008	Communication addressing the challenges of deforestation and forest degradation to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss Communication presenting proposals on deforestation to form the basis of the EU position at the upcoming ...	European Commission
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15/10/2008	REDD and forest governance Submission to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee inquiry into 'Forests: the future ...	Chatham House (Thomas Legge, Alison Hoare and Jade Saunders)
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15/10/2008	Tarapoto Declaration: A compromise and an action plan for REDD in Peru The Peruvian REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) Group have published ...	Peruvian REDD Group
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14/10/2008	Climate Change: Financing Global Forests (Eliasch Review) The Eliasch Review is an independent report to the UK government, commissioned by the Prime Minister ...	Office of Climate Change (UK)
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01/10/2008	Connecting community forests in the Democratic Republic of Congo with international markets: Some initial ideas Includes a section looking at where the REDD (Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degredation) ...	Forests Monitor
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15/08/2008	Estimating the cost of building capacity in rainforest nations to allow them to participate in a global REDD mechanism This report provides an estimation of the funds that will be needed to build capacity in 25 rainforest ...	Chatham House and ProForest (Alison Hoare, Thomas Legge, Ruth Nussbaum & Jade Saunders)
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01/08/2008	Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries: Meeting the main challenges ahead A four page briefing by the German Development Institute, discussing and recommending options for REDD ...	DIE
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04/07/2008	Methodology for Estimating Reductions of GHG Emissions from Mosaic Deforestation Looks at methodology for Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) processes. ...	BioCarbon Fund
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29/06/2008	Combating Climate Change: An International Cooperation Framework Beyond 2012 This paper was commissioned at the GLOBE G8+5 legislators meeting in the US Senate, Washington DC, in ...	GLOBE International (Lord Michael Jay)
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01/04/2008	Securing the future: An alternative plan for Solomon Island forests and economy Comparing the value of industrial logging for round wood export and small-scale sawmilling for timber ...	Greenpeace
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31/03/2008	Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation: Lessons from a forest governance perspective Outlines experiences from existing efforts aimed at improving forest governance which should be considered ...	ProForest, Chatham House, EcoSecurities (Ruth Nussbaum, Jade Saunders, Johannes Ebeling)
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01/01/2008	Forest Governance and Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) This is a revised version of the paper ...	Chatham House and ProForest (Jade Saunders and Ruth Nussbaum)
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03/12/2007	Reduced Emissions from Avoided Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) and Forest Governance Briefing paper outlining governance challenges facing the inclusion of REDD in a post Kyoto mechanism ...	Jade Saunders, Chatham House; Ruth Nussbaum, ProForest
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01/12/2007	Protecting the future: carbon, forests, protected areas and local livelihoods Summary document looking at current proposals on reducing emissions from deforestation in developing ...	United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
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01/12/2007	Reducing Emissions from Deforestation: Global mechanisms, conservation and livelihoods This briefing considers the implications for biodiversity conservation and local people's livelihoods ...	United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
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21/11/2007	The International Regime, Avoided Deforestation and the Evolution of Public and Private Policies towards Forests in Developing Countries Meeting report from a meeting held in PAris just before the 13th Conference of Parties (CoP 13) of the ...	CIRAD, IDDRI, CIFOR and GIP ECOFOR
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20/08/2007	Joint statement by Japan and the Republic of Indonesia on the enhancement of the cooperation on climate change, environment and energy issues The Prime Minister of Japan, H.E. Mr. Shinzo Abe and President of the Republic of Indonesia, H.E. Dr. ...	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
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24/01/2007	Protecting forests to mitigate global climate change A paper prepared for the Chatham House meeting 'Forest governance and trade: exploring options' ...	Climate Focus (Charlotte Streck)
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NEWS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
06/09/2010	Peru's rainforest highway triggers surge in deforestation, according to new 3D forest mapping Scientists using a combination of satellite imagery, airborne-laser technology, and ground-based plot ...	Mongabay.com
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30/08/2010	Rapid growth of palm oil industry tramples indigenous peoples' rights, says report Rapid expansion of oil palm plantations across Southeast Asia have run roughshod over customary tenure ...	Mongabay.com
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26/08/2010	Don't sell forests, groups urge Nigerian govts A round table strategic meeting in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, on Reducing Emissions from ...	AllVoices
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20/08/2010	Saving forests with carrots as well as sticks - part 2 Part 1 of this blog overviewed ...	The Huffington Post, US
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18/08/2010	Preparing for REDD in the Republic of Congo A new WRI project will quantify forest degradation and associated greenhouse gas emissions in the forests ...	WRI (World Resources Institute)
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16/08/2010	IGES REDD+ online database The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) has launched an online database to make information ...	CarbonPositive
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09/08/2010	Indonesia may let palm oil growers collect CO2 credits Indonesia may propose palm oil plantations be eligible to earn carbon credits under a U.N.-backed scheme ...	Reuters
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06/08/2010	Native people demand autonomy over territory In the view of governments, international bodies and some sectors of civil society participating in negotiations ...	IPS News
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04/08/2010	Getting Papua province REDDy The island of New Guinea, which is shared by Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian province of Papua, supports ...	Reuters AlertNet
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03/08/2010	More foreign money pours in for forests The United Nations has vowed to give US$5.6 million to Indonesia, the world’s third-largest forest ...	The Jakarta Post
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02/08/2010	REDD alert: lessons from Peru’s Camisea Pipeline Project Can forest-rich countries learn from the mistakes of extractive projects and avoid unleashing their own ...	WRI (World Resources Institute)
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26/07/2010	US forest strategy boomerangs in Brazil A recent ad campaign aimed at gaining Midwestern senators support for US climate change legislation has ...	Center for Investigative Reporting, US
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17/07/2010	Africa looks to vast forests for carbon credit Banco, Ivory Coast - They inhabit a polluted part of Ivory Coast’s main city with few jobs and ...	Arab News
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15/07/2010	China, the timber baron The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is an initiative to prevent conflict diamonds from being traded; ...	IRIN News
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13/07/2010	Businesses 'profit from investing in nature' ...	BBC News
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13/07/2010	Liberia urged to choose between logging and future climate revenue Desperate need for income makes pressure on timber resources hard to resist for rising population. ...	Guardian, UK
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07/07/2010	Indigenous leaders taking REDD into their own hands Less than 2% of Brazil’s indigenous tribes have undertaken projects that reduce greenhouse gas ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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04/07/2010	United Nations warned that corruption is undermining grants to stop logging Campaigners say countries intend to abuse system by pocketing billions in subsidies while continuing ...	Guardian, UK
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01/07/2010	No rights, no REDD: communities Indigenous communities have warned the government they will reject the implementation of a planned carbon ...	The Jakarta Post
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01/07/2010	Deforestation moratorium is not panacea? At the Oslo Climate and Forest Conference, the Indonesian and Norway governments had signed a partnership ...	The Jakarta Post
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30/06/2010	Guyana indigenous people charge land abuses Georgetown - Guyana's indigenous people are accusing the government of snatching their traditional ...	Reuters
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24/06/2010	Rainforest scientists urge UN to correct "serious loophole" by changing its definition of 'forest' The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) has released a resolution urging the UN ...	Mongabay.com
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23/06/2010	Understanding what REDD means to sustainable development Launched in September 2008, the United Nations Collaborative initiative on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation ...	Just Means
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19/06/2010	People may not receive cash from REDD scheme Local people involved in efforts to protect forests may not receive money in cash since the government's ...	The Jakarta Post
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10/06/2010	Palm oil and tropical rainforest conservation An international conference on climate change and forests, held recently in Oslo, Norway, has agreed ...	The Jakarta Post
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10/06/2010	UN-REDD hosts event on monitoring, reporting and verification for REDD+ activities The UN-REDD Programme, Chatham House and other forest governance experts met in London, UK, from 24-25 ...	MEA Bulletin
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07/06/2010	REDD alert for forest climate change policy Curitiba, Brazil - Carbon dioxide emissions from an unexpected rise in the number of forest fires in ...	SciDev Net
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06/06/2010	Liberia literally hopes to find money growing on trees Conserve the rainforests and we will pay you ... so goes the gist of an ambitious plan by the West to ...	Gulf Times, Qatar
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06/06/2010	An alternative vision for reducing de-forestation A report released recently has warned that the provisions for protecting forests being discussed this ...	Green Building Press
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06/06/2010	Nigeria: FG seeks global support for forestry development Nigeria has underscored the need for the industrial nations to support the developing nations to fast ...	allAfrica
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05/06/2010	Adding firepower to the fight for our forests The deal between Norway and Indonesia to save Indonesian forests is a game-changer in more ways than ...	Today Online, Singapore
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04/06/2010	Two-year moratorium signed in Oslo not enough, green groups complain Although Indonesia’s recent commitment to a moratorium on forest concessions has been welcomed, ...	The Jakarta Globe
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04/06/2010	Burning need for REDD rethink? The UN REDD (reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation) scheme looks like a promising, and ...	Environmental Research Web
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03/06/2010	Amazon up in smoke, even when deforestation slows Brazilian farmers are setting more fires in parts of the Amazon where deforestation has slowed, according ...	Reuters
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03/06/2010	Palm oil’s promotion as diesel alternative draws fire London — Ubiquitous in products from cookies to cosmetics, and increasingly in European fuel tanks, ...	The New York Times
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03/06/2010	REDD threatens rights of 350 million local people Last week the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) program received a ...	Mongabay.com
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03/06/2010	Independent monitoring vital to address governance and corruption in US$4 billion deal to end deforestation, new report says Money pledged to help developing countries prevent deforestation and reduce carbon emissions is likely ...	Global Witness
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31/05/2010	Indonesia to scrap permits to save forests-official Indonesia will revoke existing forestry licences held by palm oil and timber firms to save natural forests ...	Reuters
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29/05/2010	President to ensure deforestation efforts work President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono himself will directly monitor the implementation of a Norway-Indonesia ...	The Jakarta Post
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29/05/2010	Agreement reached on measures to protect rainforests Representatives of some 50 countries concluded an agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from ...	Environmental Expert
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28/05/2010	India seeks global fund to help Third World expand forest cover New Delhi - India seized the opportunity accorded by the Oslo Conference on Climate and Forests to make ...	The Economic Times, India
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28/05/2010	Saving our forests: India's Plea for twin-track on REDD Plus Oslo - At the recently concluded Oslo Climate and Forests Conference (OCFC) hosted by Norway's prime ...	The Times of India
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27/05/2010	Will the UN's forest protection dream turn into a nightmare? High hopes are pinned on an international plan to protect forests. But doubts remain over whether the ...	Guardian, UK
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26/05/2010	Indonesia announces two-year moratorium on deforestation Oslo — Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Wednesday he would introduce a two-year ...	AFP
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26/05/2010	NGOs call for strong safeguards in efforts to halt deforestation to help address climate change Gland, Switzerland – Leading environmental and humanitarian organizations are calling for efforts ...	WWF
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21/05/2010	Norway, U.S. may pledge up to $6 billion to fight deforestation Norway, the U.S., the U.K. and other donors may raise pledges to help save forests in poorer nations ...	Bloomberg BusinessWeek
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18/05/2010	Rain forests lose out in Senate's new climate bill Much of the handwringing by greens over the new climate and energy bill introduced in the Senate on May ...	Time
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17/05/2010	From Copenhagen to Cancun: forests and REDD Background on REDD Deforestation and forest degradation threaten the global climate system by removing ...	WRI (World Resources Institute)
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16/05/2010	Seeing REDD over illegal logging A report by a coalition including ...	AFP
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13/05/2010	Investors wary of "green" forestry London - Forests have a growing value as a result of climate policies, but the complexity of carbon markets ...	Reuters
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04/05/2010	Seeing REDD over forest peoples By the end of this year, governments may have finalised arrangements for preserving developing countries' ...	BBC News
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03/05/2010	Can markets protect nature? Over the past 30 years billions of dollars has been committed to global conservation efforts, yet forests ...	Mongabay.com
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29/04/2010	Google powers up its 'Earth Engine' with eye on saving the Amazon Google is putting a new spin on its global mapping program, with a goal of not just peering into locations ...	Solve Climate
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20/04/2010	For U.S. forests, REDD begins at home By losing forest, the United States also loses one of its best defenses against climate change. ...	WRI (World Resources Institute)
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20/04/2010	Will REDD+ reduce rights of forest-dwellers? Over the last quarter-century, developing countries have begun to shift the management of their forests ...	Environmental Research Web
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19/04/2010	REDD rush risks failure: Study The development of a global REDD scheme to halt deforestation risks reversing positive reforms in developing ...	Carbon Positive
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13/04/2010	$6B forest conservation plan lacking in transparency, indigenous participation, say activists The process to establish REDD+, a proposed climate change mitigation mechanism that would reduce greenhouse ...	Mongabay.com
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12/04/2010	Liberia to submit REDD readiness plans On Friday, April 3, 2010, several Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and donor partners including the ...	Daily Observer, Liberia
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12/04/2010	Illegality in forestry sector significant -study finds There is a “significant” level of illegality in Guyana’s forestry sector though it ...	Stabroek News, Guyana
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10/04/2010	Illegal logging ‘must end’ before REDD takes effect The government should work out how to stamp out long-standing illegal logging within two years if the ...	The Jakarta Post
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07/04/2010	Forests at a climate crossroads Montpelier, France - Billions of dollars are being mobilised to protect and increase the world's ...	IPS News
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06/04/2010	Forest carbon incentive rules need time, definition London - Talks to define a mechanism for global forest protection should not be rushed if it is to work ...	Reuters
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01/04/2010	Madagascar’s conservationists pin hopes on UN’s REDD scheme Michel Rozanakoto’s farm lies on the edge of the Mantadia National Park. Across the boundary marking ...	Ethopian Review
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26/03/2010	UN REDD: More countries, more funding A further $US15 million has been approved under the UN REDD programme for creating an avoided deforestation ...	Carbon Positive
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24/03/2010	Community networks key to forest reform Communities linked to their own networks and organizations have the best chance of success in community ...	The Jakarta Post
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22/03/2010	Indigenous peoples to the Norwegian Government: listen to us! Indigenous peoples denounce lack of transparency and participation in French-Norwegian partnership on ...	ScandAsia.com
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22/03/2010	Indonesia walks a 'tricky' path toward growth and sustainability Four decades of aggressive development have stripped Indonesia's forests nearly half bare since ...	The New York Times
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22/03/2010	The challenges of managing high expectations for REDD-plus Civil society, government organizations and local communities in many tropical rainforest nations have ...	Reuters AlertNet
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20/03/2010	WWF hopes to find $60 billion growing on trees The carbon credits scheme would make WWF and its partners much richer, but with no lowering of overall ...	Telegraph, UK
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19/03/2010	Indonesia to review forest carbon laws: official Jakarta - Indonesia has launched a review of laws governing a U.N.-backed carbon trading scheme aimed ...	Reuters
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11/03/2010	Deforestation conference to turn plans to action Paris — French President Nicolas Sarkozy will open a daylong conference Thursday of some 40 nations ...	The Associated Press
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11/03/2010	European Commission position on carbon markets undermines UN Climate Convention Coalition of non-governmental organizations and indigenous peoples’ organizations warns that UN ...	Huntington News, US
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11/03/2010	Sarkozy: more funds needed to fight deforestation Paris — Rich nations must contribute more to a climate change fund and help fight deforestation, ...	The Associated Press
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11/03/2010	Noel Kempff project is 'saving the forest' by forcing destruction elsewhere Forest conservation project in Bolivia proves that unless a nation as a whole cuts deforestation, individual ...	Guardian, UK
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11/03/2010	Forest and donor countries stump up to reduce emissions Paris, France - Forest and donor countries have kicked off an important joint process which could speed ...	WWF
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10/03/2010	Indigenous leaders call for hold on LCDS, REDD+ projects Indigenous leaders are calling on government [of Guyana] and international agencies to shelve policies ...	Stabroek News, Guyana
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10/03/2010	Indonesia Friends of the Earth dismisses Australian REDD offer Jakarta - Indonesia Friends of the Earth (Wahana Lingkungan Hidup) have dismissed carbon trade offer ...	Tempo Interactive
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09/03/2010	Forests, climate change and the challenge of REDD To combat global warming, forests must be part of the solution. How can we make good forest stewardship ...	WRI (World Resources Institute)
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05/03/2010	Rainforest pact: Brazil and the U.S. agree to cooperate The United States and Brazil signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to slash greenhouse ...	Los Angeles Times, US
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02/03/2010	Indonesia, Australia announce carbon project in Sumatra Jakarta - Indonesia and Australia announced on Tuesday a multi-million dollar initiative to reduce greenhouse ...	MySinChew.com
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23/02/2010	Reducing forest emissions The U.S. contribution to this effort will be one billion dollars over the next three years. ...	Voice of America
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23/02/2010	Conflicting signals out of Indonesia on whether palm oil plantations will be classified as forests Indonesia will not allow the conversion of natural forest for oil palm plantations, claimed the country's ...	Mongabay.com
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21/02/2010	Saving the Amazon may be the most cost-effective way to cut greenhouse gas emissions If the U.S. adopts a cap-and-trade program, companies facing carbon controls could meet part of their ...	Los Angeles Times, US
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18/02/2010	Almost half of all primates face 'imminent extinction' Of 634 primate species, 48% are on the IUCN's 'red list' of animals under threat as loggers, ...	Guardian, UK
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17/02/2010	New area to be available for oil palm plantations The Agriculture Ministry plans to use 1.8 million hectares of land designated as industrial forests (HTI) ...	The Jakarta Post
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16/02/2010	Palm estate is forest, says ministry The Forestry Ministry is drafting a decree to include oil palm plantations in the forest sector to comply ...	The Jakarta Post
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12/02/2010	Pricing carbon insufficient to save tropical forests from deforestation Putting a price on carbon emissions from deforestation is unlikely to prevent tropical forests being ...	Environmental Expert
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09/02/2010	One billion trees program ‘verifiable’: Govt The government on Monday defended its ambitious plan to plant 1 billion trees this year to check carbon ...	The Jakarta Post
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09/02/2010	Forest carbon scheme gains support, faces hurdles Among the few policy agreements to emerge from December's United Nations climate summit was recognition ...	Environmental Expert
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07/02/2010	Commodity trade and urbanization, rather than rural poverty, drive deforestation Forest conservation via REDD may be ineffective without addressing commodity consumption and trade, argues ...	Mongabay.com
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02/02/2010	NEPAL: Communities take up cudgels for forest conservation Kathmandu - Tired of walking, Shankar Prasad Ghimire, 87, a retired government worker, puts his walking ...	IPS News
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29/01/2010	Indigenous people get ‘20%’ REDD money At least 20 percent of revenue from the forest carbon scheme should be transferred to indigenous people ...	The Jakarta Post
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25/01/2010	Copenhagen Accord could boost forest protection efforts, though details unclear London - Ensuring that forests and the carbon they store are protected, and that the people who live ...	Reuters AlertNet
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22/01/2010	Govt’s illegal logging target ‘irrational’: Activists Green groups criticized the government’s ambitious target to limit illegal logging to 1 hectare ...	The Jakarta Post
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22/01/2010	Increased conflict in tropical forests projected despite Copenhagen Accord Washington - A new report has warned that ...	OneIndia
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22/01/2010	Copenhagen 'fails forest people' A multi-billion dollar deal tabled at the Copenhagen climate summit could lead to conflicts in forest-rich ...	BBC News
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15/01/2010	Indigenous peoples groups say carbon markets violate rights and threaten cultural survival ...	Huntington News, West Virginia, US
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13/01/2010	REDD must address corruption to save rainforests in Indonesia, says report New report documents billions of dollars in losses from Indonesia's reforestation fund between 1989 ...	Mongabay.com
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11/01/2010	Liberia faces choice between deforestation and REDD If alternatives to deforestation like REDD do not arrive soon Liberia's remaining rainforest cover ...	The Ecologist
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06/01/2010	Australia helps REDD projects in Jambi Indonesia and Australia are set to launch the first-ever forest carbon project in Jambi following the ...	The Jakarta Post
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31/12/2009	What does Copenhagen mean for the private sector in REDD-plus? The Copenhagen Accord recognized the need for a mechanism to funnel money into projects that reduce greenhouse ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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30/12/2009	Govt urged to quickly solve forest issues ...	The Jakarta Post
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28/12/2009	MRV could be ‘double-edged sword’ for Indonesia Allowing independent auditors to verify carbon emission cuts in Indonesia could benefit the country, ...	The Jakarta Post
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27/12/2009	Rainforest conservation: a year in review 2009 may prove to be an important turning point for tropical forests. ...	Mongabay.com
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23/12/2009	Norway’s Prime Minister initiates climate group on forests Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has announced that he will initiate a climate group consisting ...	The Norway Post
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21/12/2009	REDD may yet survive Copenhagen failures There is confusion on climate change as to what happens now given the narrow Copenhagen Accord leaves ...	Carbon Positive
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21/12/2009	Africa: Accra Caucus flay Redd deal Accra — The Accra Caucus on Forests and Climate Change says the deal reached on Reduced Emissions ...	allAfrica.com
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20/12/2009	Dead REDD? Not quite, but plan to protect forests suffers set back in Copenhagen Not dead but plan to protect forests by paying developing countries suffers a set back at the conclusion ...	Mongabay.com
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19/12/2009	Forest plan gets ax at UN climate talks Copenhagen — A plan to protect the world's biologically rich tropical forests was shelved ...	The Associated Press
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18/12/2009	Can climate action resuscitate tropical forests? ...	WRI
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17/12/2009	Congo villagers look to Copenhagen to save forest As world leaders haggle over a plan to fight global warming, tribes in Congo's rainforest have armed ...	World Bulletin
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16/12/2009	REDD deal close, but where's the money? REDD negotiators were called back to Copenhagen’s Bella Center at 10:30pm local time (9:30pm GMT) ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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16/12/2009	U.S. pledges $1 billion toward $3.5 billion deforestation fund The U.S. pledged $1 billion toward a $3.5 billion fund that includes the U.K., Australia, France, Japan ...	Bloomberg
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15/12/2009	Forests and indigenous peoples 'left vulnerable in final text' Copenhagen 2009: The final draft of a deal on curbing carbon emissions from deforestation has been stripped ...	Irish Times
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14/12/2009	Plan to revive peat forest tests waters for trading system Central Kalimantan - A boat trip down the wide brown waters of the Kapuas River and the canals that flow ...	The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
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12/12/2009	New REDD text is weak, say activists Activist group have condemned the latest draft text of an agreement that aims to protect rainforests ...	Mongabay.com
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10/12/2009	Firm seeks carbon deal for Brazilian tribes Brazilian tribes should be entitled to billions of carbon credits in return for sustainable management ...	Financial Times, UK
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08/12/2009	REDD in Madagascar Despite damage from ongoing illegal logging, Madagascar's remaining forests are poised to benefit ...	Mongabay.com
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08/12/2009	Guyana offers a model to save rain forest In Guyana, where pristine rain forest still covers 75 percent of the land, and barely 750,000 people ...	The New York Times
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07/12/2009	Copenhagen: Felling the Amazon rainforest could end within a decade Amazonia has become synonymous with the destruction of the world’s rainforests, but the Copenhagen ...	Telegraph, UK
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07/12/2009	Copenhagen glimmer (update) It may come as a surprise but Indonesia - once one of the world’s great environmental vandals - ...	The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
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04/12/2009	Is the Amazon rainforest worth an $18 billion bailout? New research was recently published in the journal Science which estimates that deforestation of Brazil's ...	Tree Hugger
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04/12/2009	Can REDD keep Indonesia’s forests green? It’s the hottest acronym going in the world of climate change. The UN-backed Reducing Emissions ...	The Jakarta Globe
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04/12/2009	Govt likely to accept tribal communal rights The government is likely to recognize communal rights and the crucial role of tribal people in environmental ...	The Jakarta Post
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03/12/2009	The Nature Conservancy and Blue Source launch innovative forest carbon offering for private landowners to advance forest conservation Pennsylvania — The Nature Conservancy today launched Working Woodlands, a model forest conservation ...	The Nature Conservancy
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02/12/2009	In absence of measures to address consumption, REDD may fail to protect forests Rising demand for timber and agricultural products could work against a proposed initiative to reduce ...	Mongabay.com
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02/12/2009	Forests & Copenhagen: Green light for REDD? Hopes for a meaningful agreement in many of the areas required for a comprehensive global climate accord ...	Carbon Positive
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01/12/2009	Indonesian environment groups say REDD project misses point Environmental nongovernmental organizations released a report on Monday accusing Australia of using a ...	The Jakarta Globe
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30/11/2009	Destruction of Indonesia’s forests will be stopped by reform, not money At last there is an equal amount of money on the side of good that can compete with the forces of evil,” ...	The Jakarta Globe
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29/11/2009	Tree harvester offers to save Indonesian forest Teluk Meranti, Indonesia — From the air, the Kampar Peninsula in Indonesia stretches for mile after ...	The New York Times
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28/11/2009	Satellites to monitor countries for climate change under Gordon Brown plan An international satellite monitoring system to check countries comply with new climate change targets ...	Telegraph, UK
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27/11/2009	A fair deal for forest people: working to ensure that REDD forests bear fruit for local communities As world leaders meet to thrash out the next incarnation of the Kyoto climate agreement, the world waits ...	Mongabay.com
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26/11/2009	Africa: Fears forest proposals are 'human rights disaster' Copenhagen — The clean, ultra-modern chrome and glass lines of the Bella Centre, in the Danish ...	allAfrica.com
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24/11/2009	Timber tech specialist plants itself at Copenhagen climate talks Another IT company is pushing the contribution tech can make to climate change - even if it does provide ...	eWeek, Europe
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23/11/2009	Feature - Amazon forest schemes await strong climate pact The $30 monthly stipend is a useful rather than a transformational boost to family incomes in Juma, which ...	Reuters
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22/11/2009	Google – the new eye in the sky for protecting forests? Google looks set to play a part in a called-for "new environmental world order" by satellite-monitoring ...	Mongabay.com
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20/11/2009	Google spyware will help vigilantes save rainforests Environmentalists across the world are to be enlisted as armchair detectives to monitor satellite images ...	Times Online, UK
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19/11/2009	REDD may increase the cost of conservation of non-forest ecosystems Policy-makers designing a climate change mitigation mechanism that will reduce emissions from deforestation ...	Mongabay.com
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18/11/2009	Forest CO2 projects could bring Brazil $16 billion Sao Paulo - Brazil could earn up to $16 billion per year to fund emissions reductions and Amazon rainforest ...	Reuters
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18/11/2009	Brazil pledges ambitious emissions reductions New targets and deforestation numbers put Brazil in the spotlight. ...	World Resources Institute (WRI)
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16/11/2009	Rainforests could be traded on world market Why would America's largest coal utility and Britain's biggest oil company invest in protecting ...	BBC News
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16/11/2009	U.N. forest plan could threaten species-scientists London - A United Nations plan to protect the world's tropical forests to fight climate change could ...	Reuters
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12/11/2009	Asia governors endorse U.N. forest carbon scheme Singapore - Six provincial governors from Indonesia, Laos and the Philippines on Thursday backed an expanded ...	Reuters
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11/11/2009	Stringent conditions to be met before Norway $$ released Transparency and accountability are key issues in the forest preservation deal between Guyana and Norway ...	Stabroek News, Guyana
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10/11/2009	Indonesian forests on frontline of climate debate Teluk Meranti, Indonesia — With the approach of global climate talks in Copenhagen, activists are ...	AFP
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10/11/2009	California's illegal adoption of "Carbon Credits for Clearcuts" forest policy challenged Sacramento, California - The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal letter today with the California ...	Center for Biological Diversity, US
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06/11/2009	Forestry talks end in toothless pact in Barcelona Barcelona - Hopes for a strong global deal that would pay poor nations to stop deforestation hit a new ...	Reuters
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06/11/2009	Important safeguards to protect rainforests lacking in REDD negotiating text Important safeguards to protect natural forests are still lacking in negotiating text on REDD, a proposed ...	Mongabay.com
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02/11/2009	Five nations sign up to UN initiative to tackle deforestation Five countries today joined the United Nations initiative aimed at combating climate change by creating ...	UN News Centre
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30/10/2009	Environmental group disputes effectiveness of REDD project A major private-sector project to reduce carbon emissions through forest management in Bolivia is a ‘scam’, ...	ICTSD
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30/10/2009	Copenhagen climate treaty may subsidise forest destruction Conservation organisations have warned that the Copenhagen climate treaty threatens to subsidise the ...	IndyBay, Australia
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29/10/2009	Africa: African governments and outside powers must be accountable On the eve of the climate change summit in Copenhagen this December, momentum for action still falls ...	allAfrica.com
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26/10/2009	Indonesia warns of REDD carbon cowboys The Indonesian government is warning local authorities to be wary of those purporting to be carbon brokers ...	Carbon Positive
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09/10/2009	British delegate's pro-logging stance prompts EU apology Embarassed official apologises after a British negotiator at the Bangkok climate talks rewrites the EU's ...	Guardian, UK
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08/10/2009	REDD for green Riddled with pitfalls, REDD may nevertheless hold out hope for meeting emissions reduction targets globally, ...	International Relations and Security Network, Zurich
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08/10/2009	Redd comes with risks but there is no other choice than to try By rewarding transparency and accuracy, we can make the UN's forest protection scheme work. ...	Guardian, UK
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08/10/2009	Curtailing tropical deforestation vital to U.S. interests Curtailing tropical deforestation is vital to U.S. national interests as a cost-effective means to slow ...	Mongabay.com
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07/10/2009	Give forests back to local people to save them Give tropical forests back to the people who live in them – and the trees will soak up your carbon ...	New Scientist
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05/10/2009	Redd in Africa: 'how we can earn money from air by harvesting carbon' Kenyan ranch shows how UN scheme could protect forests that absorb CO2 and earn billions of dollars for ...	Guardian, UK
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05/10/2009	UN's forest protection scheme at risk from organised crime, experts warn International police, politicians and conservationists warn that the UN's programme to cut carbon ...	Guardian, UK
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01/10/2009	REDD project unlikely to save forest in Indonesia The IPCC estimates that destruction of forests contributes around 20% of the greenhouse gas emissions ...	Environmental Research Web
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01/10/2009	Leaders From Indonesia, Brazil join 3 U.S. States in deforestation accord Los Angeles - Three U.S. governors and eight regional leaders from Brazil and Indonesia have drafted ...	The New York Times
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27/09/2009	Spell out Indonesia's carbon-cutting plan, SBY told Environmental groups are calling on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to explain precisely how the government ...	The Jakarta Globe
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24/09/2009	Q&A: Redd (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) Redd could be the cornerstone of a Copenhagen deal, putting forests at the frontline of tackling climate ...	Guardian, UK
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24/09/2009	A goal for Copenhagen: keep the focus on enforcement Few seem willing to address the issue openly, but one of the toughest issues to address when delegates ...	GreenandSave.com
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19/09/2009	UN, Norway fund program to reduce deforestation emissions A US$4.38 million-program to help Vietnam reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation ...	Thanh Nien News, Vietnam
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02/09/2009	Vietnam outsources deforestation to neighboring countries In conserving its forests while its growing export-oriented wood products industry, Vietnam outsources ...	Mongabay.com
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06/08/2009	Letter: Leaving forests intact In the Aug. 3 edition of The Jakarta Post, Alan Oxley argued that environmental NGO's are using ...	The Jakarta Post
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03/08/2009	Miliband delivers message to forest tribes deep in the Amazon Halting deforestation is essential to preventing dangerous global warming, the energy and climate change ...	Guardian, UK
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01/08/2009	India to assess climate gain; pump millions in forests New Delhi - India will spend some $200 million to protect its forests and will announce how much carbon ...	Reuters India
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30/07/2009	REDD shouldn't neglect biodiversity say scientists Schemes to mitigate climate change by protecting tropical forests must take into account biodiversity ...	Mongabay.com
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22/07/2009	Wooded bliss If US Reprentative Ed Markey of Massachusetts has his way, poor countries in Africa, Asia, and South ...	The Boston Globe, US
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14/07/2009	Environmental protection must be a presidential priority You could be forgiven for thinking that environmental issues are of no importance to Indonesia, based ...	The Jakarta Post
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14/07/2009	Big REDD Right now, theres more money to be made cutting tropical forests down than leaving them standing. Environmental ...	Washington Monthly
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13/07/2009	Timber export ban to save forests, promote carbon-credit trading Agriculture Ministry says programme will offer sustainable development options that improve people's ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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13/07/2009	Going green with REDD To combat the effects of climate change by reducing carbon emissions, the United Nations Collaborative ...	The East African, Kenya
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10/07/2009	British company barcodes trees to protect forests London - Deep in the world's tropical rainforests, workers are hammering thousands of barcodes into ...	Reuters UK
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10/07/2009	Kenya: adopt African views on forestry In the run-up to this year's global climate negotiations in Copenhagen, the international community ...	allAfrica.com
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09/07/2009	G8 leaders declare support for REDD forest conservation initiative A declaration issued by political leaders meeting at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, included ...	Mongabay.com
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02/07/2009	Carbon markets won't save the rainforest - we must tackle the route causes of deforestation Responding to the launch of the [UK] Environmental Audit Committee's report on how to stop emissions ...	7th Space Interactive
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02/07/2009	REDD readiness plans for Panama, Guyana approved but rejected for Indonesia The World Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) has approved REDD readiness plans (R-Plans) ...	Mongabay.com
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01/07/2009	U.S. to forgive Indonesian debt in exchange for conservation plan Jakarta - The United States will sign an agreement Tuesday to forgive nearly $30 million in Indonesian ...	The Wall Street Journal
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01/07/2009	Amerindian leaders say must not be pressured on low carbon Indigenous leaders say that they support "in principle" proposals that aim to protect standing ...	Stabroek News
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24/06/2009	Cambodia signs REDD agreement Terra Global Capital, a San Francisco-based firm seeking to capitalize on emerging markets for ecosystem ...	Mongabay.com
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23/06/2009	The Amazon rainforest: worth the fight? Brazil is home to one-third of the world's rainforest and half of the Amazon. Between its vast rainforests ...	Scoop Independent News, New Zealand
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22/06/2009	Amazon deforestation in 2009 declines to lowest on record Annual deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell below 10,000 square kilometers for the first time since ...	Mongabay.com
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19/06/2009	Brazil to pay Amazon small farmers to plant trees Brasilia - Brazil will pay small farmers to plant trees in deforested Amazon areas to slow rain forest ...	Reuters
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14/06/2009	Climate pact must halt deforestation and industrial logging of old-growth forests, exclude carbon credits for forest conservation, say activists A global framework on climate change must immediately halt deforestation and industrial logging of the ...	Mongabay.com
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10/06/2009	Need to end industrial primary forest logging After being a lone voice in the wilderness for decades, Dr. Glen Barry and Ecological Internet's ...	Ecological Internet, featured on Scoop Independent News, New Zealand
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05/06/2009	Rainforest is worth more standing The Indonesian rainforest is worth more standing than felled say researchers. ...	BBC News
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04/06/2009	Forest carbon market already shows cracks LONDON/NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - It could save the rainforests of Borneo, slow climate change and ...	Reuters (Gerard Wynn and Sunanda Creagh)
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29/05/2009	Interview - Forest-CO2 scheme will draw organised crime: Interpol Nusa Dua, Indonesia - Organised crime syndicates are eyeing the nascent forest carbon credit industry ...	Reuters
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27/05/2009	Forest experts to discuss illegal logging and REDD Forestry experts from 50 countries are slated to hold conference to discuss long standing illegal logging ...	The Jakarta Post
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27/05/2009	Property rights and the fight against climate change The recent news that deforestation is faster in Africa than anywhere else is hardly surprising. Weak ...	Telegraph, UK
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13/05/2009	Peru gets $120m to protect 212,000 sq mi of Amazon rainforest The Japanese government will loan Peru $120 million to protect 55 million hectares (212,000 square miles) ...	Mongabay.com
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11/05/2009	Indonesia firms up REDD rules Indonesia has finalised some of the rules to govern carbon market payments for forest preservation, the ...	Carbon Positive
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08/05/2009	Indonesia forest CO2 rules need finance clarity: experts Singapore - The world's first rules for generating tradeable carbon credits from protecting forests ...	Reuters
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08/05/2009	Stopping the Burning season: Can carbon trading save Indonesia's forests? Fires scorch the forests in the Aceh province in Northwest Indonesia, fires started by palm oil farmers ...	ScienceLine
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07/05/2009	Celebrating 10 years of saving the Amazon Rainforest Manaus, Brazil - Ten years ago, we set up an office in Manaus, a city inaccessible except by boat or ...	Greenpeace
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07/05/2009	Prince Charles and Greenpeace address tropical forest emergency It might seem unlikely to have Greenpeace and Prince Charles working towards the same goals, but when ...	Greenpeace
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01/05/2009	An oil shock we cannot ignore There is no shortage of ways to measure the cost of palm oil. First there is the catastrophic impact ...	The Independent, UK
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29/04/2009	Analysis - Economic woes may damage moves to slow deforestation Kuala Lumpur / Jakarta - Growing economic pain may increasingly force consumers to turn to palm oil, ...	Reuters AlertNet
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28/04/2009	South-east Asia faces climate change disaster Southeast Asia will be hit particularly hard by climate change, causing the regions agriculture-dependent ...	The Malaysian Insider
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24/04/2009	Can "sustainable" palm oil slow deforestation? Malaysia-based United Plantations marked the beginning of a new era for the controversial palm oil market ...	WorldWatch Institute
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24/04/2009	Pygmy lives neglected in forests of the troubled Congo The provinces of Northern and Southern Kivu are amongst those most affected by deforestation and soil ...	peopleandplanet.net
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22/04/2009	Indigenous people serve as guardians of forest carbon, must be involved in climate solutions Efforts to create an international climate framework - including a carbon financing mechanism for forest ...	Mongabay.com
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22/04/2009	UN DESA Climate Change Working Group prepares policy briefs on forests and climate change The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) Climate Change Working Group has prepared ...	Climate-L.org
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20/04/2009	The Forest Carbon Offsetting Survey 2009 This report, which was created by EcoSecurities, Conservation International, The Climate, Community & ...	EcoSecurities, featured on GreenBiz.com
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20/04/2009	Indonesia says REDD unworkable Indonesias forestry minister says the emerging carbon market system to encourage forest preservation ...	Carbon Positive
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19/04/2009	REDD and the rights of Indigenous Peoples: ensuring equity and participation in World Bank funds One of the most contentious issues under discussion in current climate change debates is how to reduce ...	Bretton Woods Project
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16/04/2009	Kenya signs its first REDD deal to conserve forests ...	Mongabay.com
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16/04/2009	Africa: countries funded to plan forest protection Five developing countries have received US$18 million in funding to plan how to implement a proposed ...	allAfrica.com
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16/04/2009	Carbon deal seen key to Amazon preservation Rio de Janeiro - Deforestation in Brazil's huge Amazonas state could fall to zero by 2020 if a global ...	Reuters
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14/04/2009	Rainforest conservation gains in U.S. and U.N. climate proposals A proposed mechanism for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) figures prominently ...	Mongabay.com, on Climate Ark News Archive
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13/04/2009	Brazilian stakeholders urge feds to go REDD Farmers, indigenous tribes, and environmental NGOs across Brazil say they need direct payments for reducing ...	The Katoomba Group's Ecosystem Marketplace
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10/04/2009	Global palm oil demand fueling deforestation The benefits of the oil palm are difficult for Indonesia to ignore. ...	WorldWatch Institute
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02/04/2009	REDD alert: how Brazil's biggest state is protecting forests with credits Deforestation remains an entrenched and ongoing issue in the Amazon, the world's largest and naturally ...	Guardian, UK
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02/04/2009	G20 summit: leaders agree to look at Prince Charles's multi billion plan to save rainforests UK - G20 leaders have agreed to consider a multi-billion pound "emergency package" to save ...	Telegraph (UK)
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01/04/2009	$18 million approved under UN-REDD Programme Funds will back forestry programmes combating climate change and boosting local livelihoods ...	FAO
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19/03/2009	REDD funds approved for pilot nations UN agencies have released initial funding to five pilot countries to prepare avoided deforestation action ...	Carbon Positive
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17/03/2009	Crisis hits wood industry, forests still vulnerable Rome - The global financial crisis and the collapse of the housing sector are a big blow for wood industries, ...	Reuters, featured on Planet Ark
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05/03/2009	Indonesia applies for World Bank forest CO2 scheme Indonesia has applied to join a World Bank program that supports developing nations' efforts to ...	Reuters, featured on Planet Ark
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12/02/2009	Payments for eco services could save the Amazon Paying for the ecological services provided by the Amazon rainforest could be the key to saving it, reports ...	Mongabay.com
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13/01/2009	How to Save the Amazon Rainforest Everyone agrees the tropical rainforests are worth more alive than dead, but our economic and political ...	Ecosystem Marketplace (USA)
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01/01/2009	Can money grow on trees? There is a new wave of entrepreneurs aiming to get rich by saving the rainforests. Richard Lofthouse ...	CNBC European Business
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09/12/2008	Poznan climate change meeting to see REDD UQ forestry researcher Dr Peter Dart witnessed climate change first hand as he waded through knee deep ...	UQ News (Australia)
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09/12/2008	Climate of no-confidence Forests may help in the fight against climate change but will their inhabitants? ...	Nepalnews.com (Nepal)
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08/12/2008	Peru seeks $200 million to save its rainforests Peru is seeking $200 million in international contributions over the next ten years to cut deforestation ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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04/11/2008	Editorial: Protecting the forests Japan - Forests cover about 30 percent of the world's land. These green tracts bustling with trees ...	asahi.com (Japan)
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29/10/2008	Nations see REDD in rush for carbon credits Singapore - In the far north of Indonesia's Sumatra island lies a vast stretch of forest brimming ...	Reuters (UK)
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20/10/2008	Forest peoples' rights key to reducing emissions from deforestation Unless based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples and forest communities, efforts by rich ...	Science Daily
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14/10/2008	Pay-to-protect forest plan gets cautious welcome Environmentalists warn the global fund would give rich nations a cheaper alternative to cutting their ...	Guardian (UK)
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10/10/2008	Paraguay extends zero deforestation law, aims to cut agricultural emissions Paraguay announced it will implement a policy to cut net carbon emissions from land use change to zero ...	Mongabay.com
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08/10/2008	Indonesia, Papua NG, Vietnam ask UN for assistance to combat deforestation Hanoi - Three of Asias most rapidly deforesting countries - Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Vietnam - ...	Green Assembly Asia Environment
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03/10/2008	New UN scheme to fight climate change by avoiding deforestation UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has officially unveiled a new climate change programme aimed at moving ...	Bridges Trade BioRes
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08/09/2008	UN Plan to Protect Forests Flawed - UK Adviser Plans to pay tropical countries to protect forests under a UN pact to fight climate change are flawed ...	Planet Ark (Australia)
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08/09/2008	Why the West should put money in the trees In 2006, Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo outlined an offer to place almost the entirety of Guyana's ...	BBC (UK)
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30/08/2008	The Week in Green: why forestry protection is doomed to failure One of the great truisms of the fight against climate change is that we cannot hope to avoid a future ...	Business Green (UK)
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28/08/2008	Aussie scheme to halt Indonesian logging An Australian not-for-profit company has joined Indonesia's carbon credits stampede with a project ...	The Australian (Australia)
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22/08/2008	REDD carbon markets: Proposals compared Delegates to a UN climate convention meeting in Ghana today begin hard discussions on establishing a ...	Carbon Positive (Netherlands)
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21/08/2008	Australia pays to reduce Asia's emissions Brisbane, Australia - Australia released an initial US$2 million Tuesday out of a US$13.7 million fund ...	United Press International (USA)
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21/08/2008	Indigenous community in Panama to see carbon payments from forest conservation The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), the Panama-based branch of the Smithsonian Institution, ...	Mongabay.com
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18/08/2008	An interview with Dr. Andrew Mitchell of the Global Canopy Program: Markets could save rainforests Markets may soon value rainforests as living entities rather than for just the commodities produced when ...	Mongabay.com
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14/08/2008	Ghana to sign agreement to protect forest resources Accra, Ghana - Government will next month initial an agreement with the European Union (EU) to ensure ...	GhanaWeb (Ghana)
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31/07/2008	Congo Basin sees progress on REDD preparations As discussed at the UNFCCC workshop on methodologies to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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31/07/2008	Ghana initiates CDM PIN and REDD R-PINs Ghana ratified the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) in 1995 and the Kyoto Protocol in ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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31/07/2008	Indonesia REDD initiatives could generate USD3.75 billion per year Indonesian Environment Minister Rachmat Witoelar said Indonesia could obtain USD3.75 billion per year ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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31/07/2008	Guyana prepares to engage in REDD schemes Guyana has expressed its commitment to take action on climate change through conservation and sustainable ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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31/07/2008	REDD seen as risky approach for EU ETS The EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is the largest multi-national, greenhouse gas emissions trading ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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24/07/2008	14 countries win REDD funding to protect tropical forests Fourteen countries have been selected by the World Bank to receive funds for conserving their tropical ...	Mongabay.com
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24/07/2008	Deforestation reason behind global warming: Gilani Islamabad - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that deforestation is the basic reason for ...	Associated Press of Pakistan
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16/07/2008	Groundbreaking Study Finds the "Hotspots" Most Responsible For Deforestation A new study by WRI and other researchers finds that much of the worlds deforestation is isolated in a ...	World Resources Institute (USA)
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29/06/2008	The Threat From Trees Global warming isn't just a problem of cars and smokestacks but of the chain saw, too. ...	Newsweek (USA)
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28/06/2008	Smoke-screens and the lungs of the world Reducing deforestation, has become a respected policy target for governments. Unfortunately, the term ...	Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
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22/06/2008	Money might just grow on trees Taking a step into the tropical peat swamp of Central Kalimantan can be a dangerous affair. A firm surface ...	Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
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09/06/2008	Deforestation taking Pakistan's temperature up: expert Karachi: Deforestation is the main reason for the expansion of the heat-zone, reduction in the flow of ...	Daily Times, Pakistan
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09/06/2008	Guiana Shield forests help preserve biodiversity and climate The Guiana Shield region of South America could play a significant role in efforts to fight global warming ...	Mongabay.com
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01/06/2008	Costa Rica: the first carbon-neutral country Costa Rica has pledged to become Carbon-Neutral by reducing or offsetting its emissions of greenhouse ...	Ahlan Wasahlan
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19/05/2008	REDD carbon deal struck for Papua The momentum in the push to use carbon markets to help reduce deforestation is growing as a trickle of ...	Carbon Positive (Netherlands)
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15/05/2008	ITTO holds climate change and SFM meeting ITTO held an international meeting on SFM and climate change in Yokohama, Japan from 30 April to 2 May ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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26/04/2008	Illegal logging must end for Australia-PNG Forest Carbon Partnership to be successful Greenpeace today cautiously welcomed the first steps taken towards a Papua New Guinea-Australia Forest ...	Trading Markets (USA)
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22/04/2008	International Deforestation and Climate Change: Statement for the record by US Assistant Administrator for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade (USAID Press Release) How the US government and US Agency for International Development (USAID) work ...	USAID (USA)
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15/03/2008	Forests vanishing fast: WWF official An increasing percentage of greenhouse gas emissions is a result of deforestation and forest degradation, ...	Taipei Times
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24/02/2008	Forest Protection Is Climate Protection, GLOBE Forum Told Brasilia, Brazil - To combat global warming, the rich countries must create a fund to conserve the Amazon ...	Environment News Service (USA)
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15/02/2008	International Experts Convene to Discuss Illegal Logging An international forum has concluded that while some major initiatives are being developed to address ...	ForestNewsWire (Canada)
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09/02/2008	Growing money on trees Tropical forests store enormous amounts of carbon and its release, through deforestation, accounts for ...	Green Left Weekly (Australia)
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07/02/2008	First rainforest-for-carbon-credits deal becomes a reality Villagers in Aceh, the Indonesian province that suffered through three decades of civil war and lost ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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08/01/2008	The Bali road map some practical implications for Guyana Letter - In your news article, 'Market-based reward mechanism for standing forests Guyana will ...	The Guyana Chronicle (Guyana)
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22/12/2007	Tree planting mandatory, cutting prohibited in RI action plan Indonesia - The government has released a report on a plan of action covering the mitigation and adaptation ...	The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
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19/12/2007	So hard to see the wood for the trees If the Bali conference on climate change brought good news to anyone, it must surely be the inhabitants ...	Economist (UK)
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13/12/2007	UN climate conference expected to embrace forest protection as part of climate change plan Bali, Indonesia - Fighting illegal logging has for decades mostly been marked by failure. There was never ...	International Herald Tribune (France)
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12/12/2007	US, China cooperate to stop illegal logging Washington, USA - The United States and China sealed their first deal to stop illegal logging in a bid ...	AFP
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07/12/2007	Greenpeace urges European and African leaders to act against deforestation and climate change (Press Release) Lisbon, Portugal - Greenpeace International today urged political leaders from Europe ...	Organisation de la Presse Africaine (Switzerland)
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05/12/2007	Experts Say Illegal Logging Contributes Significantly to Climate Change Environmental experts at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali say illegal logging is ...	Voice of America (USA)
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03/12/2007	Indonesia: Jakarta to look at new laws to stop illegal logging Bali, Indonesia – Indonesia, currently hosting the United Nations climate change conference, has ...	Adnkronos International Italia (Italy)
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01/12/2007	Stopping the rot in logging industry With world leaders ready to nut out Kyoto's successor, corruption in Indonesian forestry is a huge ...	Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
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25/11/2007	Carbon dioxide oozes from damaged peatlands Indonesia's swamps absorb greenhouse gasses when healthy, but once they dry out they become climate ...	Taipei Times (Taiwan)
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15/11/2007	Timber baron cleared of illegal logging charges An Indonesian industrialist, Mr. Adelin Lis, was recently cleared of illegal logging charges following ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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26/10/2007	Indonesia asks for conservation funds Jakarta, Indonesia - Determined to lead the discussion on climate change among developing nations, the ...	International Herald Tribune (France)
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14/10/2007	New money is last hope in battle to save rainforests: misplaced optimism over climate change initiatives? Industrial clearance of rainforests accounts for 20 per cent of greenhouse gases. Every second of each ...	The Observer (UK)
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10/10/2007	Peatland to palm oil no good for RI Indonesia needs to focus on reigning in the distruction of peatland along with illegal logging if it ...	The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
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22/09/2007	Community logging may address deforestation Indonesia is the third biggest contributor to global warming after the United States and China, adding ...	The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
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21/09/2007	Forest nations want billions for not logging A multibillion-dollar plan to protect forests and reduce global warming is to be backed by an alliance ...	Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
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PRESENTATIONS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
25/06/2010	Monitoring governance for REDD+: Results of Chatham House / UN-REDD workshop 24-25 May 2010	Jade Saunders, EFI / Chatham House
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25/06/2010	Lessons from FLEGT for REDD	Kate Dooley, FERN
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25/06/2010	REDD-FLEGT synergies: analysis of Cameroon and Indonesia	Alison Hoare, Chatham House
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25/06/2010	Linkages between REDD and illegal logging	Jan Abrahamsen, Norwegian Ministry of Environment
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25/06/2010	REDD et FLEGT en République du Congo	Sylvie Nadège M'Foutou-Banga, Organisation pour la Développement et les Droits Humains au Congo
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24/05/2010	Lessons from EITI for REDD	Gavin Hayman, EITI & Global Witness
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24/05/2010	Proposed framework parameters for monitoring governance: the 'what'	Peter Holmgren, FAO
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24/05/2010	Proposed guidance for effective governance monitoring	Rosalind Reeve, Chatham House
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24/05/2010	Lessons from CITES and Montreal Protocol	Rosalind Reeve, Chatham House
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24/05/2010	Background, concepts and definitions	Jade Saunders & Rosalind Reeve, Chatham House
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24/05/2010	Taking stock of governance in Readiness Proposals submitted to theFCPF & UN-REDD Programme	Crystal Davis, WRI
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24/05/2010	REDD+ relevant 'governance' initiatives and tools	Jade Saunders, Chatham House
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22/01/2010	A REDD Revolution in Copenhagen?	John Lanchbery, RSPB
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22/01/2010	Emerging Lessons from the Ground with REDD-Readiness	Tom Griffiths, Forest People's Programme
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22/01/2010	Forest Sector Reforms and REDD in the Democratic Republic of Congo	Roger Muchuba, Groupe de Travail, REDD, DRC
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22/01/2010	REDD Initiatives and Governance	Florence Daviet, World Resources Institute
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22/01/2010	Monitoring Governance in REDD	Ros Reeve, Global Witness & Peter Holmgren, FAO
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22/01/2010	How Can FLEGT be Used to Achieve REDD Objectives?	Ruth Nussbaum, ProForest
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22/01/2010	REDD+ Social and Environmental Standards Initiative	Phil Franks, CARE International
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20/01/2010	A REDD Revolution in Copenhagen?	John Lanchbery, RSPB
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23/10/2009	Defining Sub-National	Brian Turner, Deputy Director, Office of Governor Schwarzenegger
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23/10/2009	Forest governance and the Rules for REDD credits: experience at state-level in Brazil	Laurent Micol, Instituto Centro de Vida Cuiabá, Mato Grosso Brasil
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23/10/2009	REDD financing	Charlotte Streck, Climate Focus
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23/10/2009	Governance, risk and REDD	Rosalind Reeve, Global Witness
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23/10/2009	The UN-REDD Programme: Towards transparency, participation & accountability	Charles McNeill, UNDP
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23/10/2009	Forest Carbon Partnership Facility: Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment Proposal for comments	Benoit Bosquet, World Bank
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23/10/2009	Multilateral initiatives to pilot REDD in Papua New Guinea	Kenn Mondiai, PNG Eco-Forestry Forum
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23/10/2009	Day 2 - opening remarks	Arvind Khare, RRI
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22/10/2009	Acting globally: Developments and insights from the UNFCCC negotiations	Kate Horner, Friends of the Earth US
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22/10/2009	REDD+ in international climate policy	Rane Cortez, The Nature Conservancy
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22/10/2009	Indigenous peoples in Bangkok UNFCCC meeting	Johnson Cerda, Conservation International
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22/10/2009	Forestry governance and climate change in the context of community forestry in Nepal	Yuba Raj Bhusal, Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation Government of Nepal
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22/10/2009	Do protected areas reduce deforestation? A global assessment with implications for REDD	Ken Chomitz, Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank
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22/10/2009	Day 1 - Introduction	Andy White, RRI
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08/07/2009	Getting ready for REDD?	Manish Bapna, World Resources Institute (WRI)
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08/07/2009	UN-REDD, FCPF, FIP: Creating precedents & standards	Mark Cackler, World Bank
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08/07/2009	Safeguarding rights in the FCPF	Marcus Colchester, Forest Peoples Programme
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08/07/2009	The Forests Dialogue (TFD) Forest and Climate Change Initiative	James Mayers, IIED
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08/07/2009	Rights, rules and emissions reductions - social, environmental and governance 'readiness for REDD': the Norwegian Government's International Climate and Forest Initiative	Leif John Fosse, Government of Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative
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08/07/2009	Clarifying what it really means to be 'REDD-ready'	Frances Seymour, CIFOR
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08/07/2009	Contribution to the AWG-LCA and to the Chair's Note entitled "ldeas and proposals on paragraph 1 of the Bali Action Plan"	Beatriz Souviron, Ambassador of Bolivia to the United Kingdom
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23/06/2009	State of play in the REDD negotiations	John Lanchbery, RSPB
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23/06/2009	The Environmental Audit Committee's report on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation	Tim Yeo MP, Chair, Environmental Audit Committee, UK Parliament
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19/01/2009	Is REDD undermining FLEGT?	Iola Leal, FERN
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19/01/2009	Climate change: financing global forests	Graham Floater, UK Office of Climate Change
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19/01/2009	Illegal logging policies in the context of REDD: policies and experiences	Lars Laestadius, WRI
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18/06/2008	Promoting sustainable forestry and addressing climate change: Two mutually achievable goals	Sidley & Partners Law Offices (Roger R. Martella)
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18/01/2008	REDD After Bali	John Lanchbery, RSPB
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18/01/2008	REDD and forest governance exploring demand side options	Jade Saunders, Chatham House
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18/01/2008	The Bali discussions on avoided deforestation good news for forests and forest peoples?	Jutta Kill, FERN
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18/01/2008	REDD: lessons from a forest governance perspective	Ruth Nussbaum, Proforest, Johannes Ebeling, EcoSecurities, Jade Saunders, Chatham House
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10/09/2007	Reducing Emissions from Avoided Deforestation - Approaches and Challenges	Manuel Estrada, Advisor, National Institute of Ecology, Ministry of Environment Mexico
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10/09/2007	Links between FLEGT and RED(D)	Valerie Merckx, Julia Falconer, John Bazill, European Commission
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10/09/2007	Forest governance, Carbon and Avoided Deforestation: Who Benefits? A view from the Congo Basin	Samuel Nnah Ndobe, Centre for Environment and Development, Cameroon; Cath Long, Rainforest Foundation
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10/09/2007	Is there a role for FLEG(T) in AD?	Tapani Oksanen, World Bank
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10/09/2007	FLEGT and REDD: lessons and synergies	Ruth Nussbaum, Proforest; Johannes Ebeling, Ecosecurities; Jade Saunders, Chatham House
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10/09/2007	REDD and Risk - Carbon Markets, Projects, Governance	Johannes Ebeling, Ecosecurities
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10/09/2007	REDD Governance and Risk: National vs. Sub-national	Robert O'Sullivan, Climate Focus
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10/09/2007	Forest Governance, Carbon and Avoided Deforestation: Who Benefits?	Leo Peskett, ODI
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10/09/2007	Reducing Emissions from Deforestation in Developing Countries update on the UNFCCC negotiations	Amy Sullivan, UK DEFRA
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10/09/2007	Issues and govt. positions on REDD	John Lanchbery, RSPB
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10/09/2007	Avoided Deforestation what role for Co-Benefits?	Klas Sander, SDN Forests Team, The World Bank
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EVENTS

DATE	TITLE
Sunday 5th December 2010	Forest Day 4 Coinciding with the 16th Conference of the Parties for the UN Framework Convention ...
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Tuesday 5th October 2010	Emerging Economic Mechanisms: Implications for Forest-Related Policies and Sector Governance This international conference will be part of World Forest Week. The conference-forum is co-organised ...
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Tuesday 31st August 2010	Workshop: Forest Governance, Decentralisation and REDD in Latin America Several factors underscore the relevance of discussing the relationships among sustainable forest management, ...
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Wednesday 4th August 2010	Forest Governance Challenges Beyond Copenhagen: An Asia-Pacific Perspective The Asia Forest Partnership (AFP) Dialogue 2010 will examine the links between REDD+ and governance. ...
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Monday 28th June 2010	18th Commonwealth Forestry Conference The theme of the Conference, which will take place from 28 June to 2 July, is "Restoring the Commonwealth's ...
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Monday 24th May 2010	Monitoring Governance Safeguards in REDD+ Expert Workshop There was increasing recognition in the run up to Copenhagen of the importance of social and environmental ...
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Friday 22nd January 2010	Chatham House-RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change No. 3 The third in the series of Chatham House-RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change was held ...
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Wednesday 18th November 2009	Financing Forest Conservation to Combat Global Warming: Keys to Success at Copenhagen Forest clearing in developing countries is an enormous contributor to global warming, accounting for ...
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Thursday 22nd October 2009	Chatham House-RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change No. 2 The second Chatham House-RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change was held in Washington ...
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Monday 3rd August 2009	Financing the World's Forests: integrating markets and stakeholders Although the international community has agreed that urgent action to protect tropical forests is needed, ...
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Wednesday 8th July 2009	Chatham House-RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change No. 1 The first in a series of meetings aiming to promote learning and frank discussion on the key issues facing ...
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Thursday 28th May 2009	REDD and Combating Illegal Logging The Asia Forest Partnership (AFP) Dialogue 2009 will examine links between mechanisms to compensate countries ...
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Wednesday 27th May 2009	8th Meeting of the Asia Forest Partnership and AFP Dialogue: REDD and Combating Illegal Logging Projects to test new mechanisms for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) ...
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Tuesday 24th March 2009	Forests and Climate Change: an Amazonian Perspective for Copenhagen Speaker: Professor Virgilio Viana, Director General, Amazon Sustainability Foundation Jointly hosted ...
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Monday 16th March 2009	World Forest Week 2009 'Forests in a changing world' is the theme of World Forest Week 2009. The week's themes ...
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Thursday 11th December 2008	COP 14 Side Event - Transforming the global wood trade to support REDD and fight illegal logging: Lessons on the ground Please join the Environmental Investigation Agency and Global Witness to discuss what has been learned ...
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Saturday 6th December 2008	UNFCCC COP 14 Parallel Event: Shaping the Global Agenda for Forests and Climate Change Forest Day 2 will bring together the worlds pre-eminent forest stakeholders, agenda setters and policy ...
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Saturday 6th December 2008	COP 14 Side Event - Learning from Illegal Logging: Transforming the global timber trade to support successful REDD and forest governance Please join EIA and NRDC for a lively side event at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP-14) about the ...
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Saturday 6th December 2008	COP 14 Side Event - Moving Ahead with REDD: Issues, Options and Implications of MRV, Financing and Other Items under Negotiation It is sometimes difficult to keep track of the options available to tackle the many complex questions ...
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Monday 27th October 2008	International course on REDD: Designing REDD activities to mitigate climate change Organised by the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE), the World Bank, ...
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Wednesday 30th April 2008	Addressing Climate Change Through Sustainable Management of Tropical Forests International Expert Meeting is to promote the role of tropical forests and their sustainable management ...
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Thursday 17th January 2008	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 11 The eleventh in a series of update meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID, the meeting ...
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Monday 10th September 2007	Discussion Meeting: Carbon Markets and Forest Governance The aim of the meeting is to bring together a small, informed group to explore critical governance issues ...
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LINKS

TITLE	DESCRIPTION	REPORT
Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance	The Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) is a partnership between leading companies, NGOs and research institutes seeking to promote integrated solutions to land management around the world. With this goal in mind, the CCBA has developed voluntary standards to help design and identify land management projects that simultaneously minimize climate change, support sustainable development and conserve biodiversity.	Broken link
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Convention on Biological Diversity: REDD e-Newsletter	The aim of this e-Newsletter is to inform CBD National Focal Points and other interested recipients about biodiversity aspects in relation to Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD).	Broken link
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IGES REDD+ online database	The purpose of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) REDD+ online database is to make information on REDD+ readiness activities and projects readily accessible for analysis and learning. The database mainly provides profiles of REDD-plus projects using a common template, but the intention is to also provide country summaries of REDD-plus policies and frameworks.	Broken link
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SciDev.net Reducing Forest Emissions	SciDev.Net has published a free online spotlight investigating the means for reducing forest emissions in developing countries. This spotlight provides a series of articles and commentaries written by international experts that: - explore the role of science in informing REDD; - examine what research is needed to implement it; - consider key issues facing policymakers such as how to marry environmental and livelihood goals; - and highlight the options for different regions of the developing world.	Broken link
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The Prince's Rainforests Project	The Prince's Rainforests Project (PRP) has the clear ambition to 'Make the trees worth more alive than dead'. The Project works with governments, businesses and non-profit organisations around the world to find solutions to deforestation - and to find them fast. In particular, the Project has identified the need for an Emergency Package of funding for rainforest nations to help protect the rainforests.	Broken link
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UK Department of Energy and Climate Change	The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) was created in October 2008, to bring together energy policy and climate change mitigation policy. The Department's three overall objectives are to: * ensure UK energy is secure, affordable and efficient * bring about the transition to a low-carbon Britain * achieve an international agreement on climate change at Copenhagen in December 2009.	Broken link
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UN-REDD Programme	The UN-REDD Programme is a collaboration between FAO, UNDP and UNEP. Based on a multi-donor trust fund, the Programme finances capacity-building for a number of pilot countries that might participate in future schemes for compensation of Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD).	Broken link
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World Bank Forest Carbon Partnership Facility	The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) is designed to build the capacity of developing countries in tropical and subtropical regions to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) and to tap into any future system of positive incentives for REDD. In some of these countries, the FCPF will also help reduce the rate of deforestation and forest degradation by providing an incentive per ton of carbon dioxide of emissions reduced through specific Emission Reductions Programs targeting the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation.	Broken link
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