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“Avoided Deforestation” Plan Gains Support
worldwatch.org - 3/9/2009
“Avoided Deforestation” Plan Gains Support
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Economist Nicholas Stern urged U.S. leaders to contribute to a Brazilian fund for conserving the Amazon during a visit to Washington, D.C., last week. While visiting the White House and Capitol Hill, the former World Bank chief economist said the fund would help reduce Amazonian ...
guardian.co.uk - 3/12/2009
Climate changing too fast to save Amazon, experts warn
— guardian.co.uk — Even severe cuts in deforestation and carbon emissions will fail to save the jungle, experts say Global... warming will wreck attempts to save the Amazon rainforest, according to a devastating new study which predicts that one-third of its trees will ... (more) Climate changing too fast to save Amazon, experts warn

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news.mongabay.com - 3/6/2009
Norway offers $1 billion towards saving the Amazon rainforest
— news.mongabay.com — mongabay.com September 17, 2008 Norway will donate up to a billion dollars to a Brazilian government fund... that aims to protect the Amazon rainforest. The announcement, made by Tuesday Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, was expected. Norway has pledged ... (more) Norway offers $1 billion towards saving the Amazon ...

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panda.org - 3/6/2009
WWF - Brazil falls short with forest emission reduction ambitions
— panda.org — 03 Dec 2008 Brasilia, Brail: Brazil's revised National Climate Change Plan, which for the first time defines... goals for reducing massive emissions from deforestation in the Amazon, is commendable but still short on ambition and detail, WWF-Brazil said ... (more) WWF - Brazil falls short with forest emission reduction ...

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Worldchanging: Bright Green — ... . WWF President Carter Roberts was among the leaders who formerly opposed REDD. But at an event on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Roberts and the president of Guyana described REDD payments as vital for addressing climate change. "There is no way Copenhagen is going to exclude REDD," Roberts said. Ben Block is a staff writer with the Worldwatch Institute . He can be reached at ...

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