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“Avoided Deforestation” Plan Gains Support
Worldwatch Institute — ... Stern has previously supported the inclusion of "avoided deforestation" projects as part of international climate agreements - a policy known as Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, or REDD. He estimates that global deforestation can be halved if climate negotiators provide ...

“Avoided Deforestation” Plan Gains Support
Worldchanging: Bright Green — ... have visited Washington in recent weeks to press Congress and the Obama administration to support international forest preservation projects as part of wider global efforts to tackle climate change. Stern has previously supported the inclusion of "avoided deforestation" projects as part of international climate agreements - a policy known as Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, or REDD . He estimates that global deforestation can be halved if climate negotiators provide ...

G8 Pledges to Support Deforestation & Forest Degradation Reduction Efforts, Stop Illegal Logging
TreeHugger — Aware that deforestation accounts for approximately 20% of annual CO2 emissions, and that forests are an essential repository of biological diversity and key to the livelihoods and rights of many people, we remain engaged in seeking the reduction of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and in further promoting sustainable forest management globally. The statement went on to say that the G8 would support incentives in developing countries to reduce deforestation such the UN Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation ...

Are We Ready for REDD?
Celsias Expert Articles — Courtesy of Chinadialogue: An agreement to curb deforestation is expected to be one of the major outcomes of this year’s global climate-change negotiations in Copenhagen. There is an extensive, often theoretical, debate about the merits of using market mechanisms to slow deforestation. But ahead of the negotiations in December, practical problems with projects aimed at curbing deforestation in Papua New Guinea, Guyana, Panama and Uganda point to a rocky road ahead for REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation). If REDD is to work anywhere, it ...

Exclusive: Rainforest Nations hopeful over Copenhagen deal
Ecoearth.info Blog — ... (CfRN), said that talks to condense the 20 pages of draft negotiating text that cover the so-called Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries ( REDD ) programme were proceeding well."We should get it down to 10 pages," she said. "We are seeing a lot of areas of agreement that include both developed and developing countries there is a much stronger consensus in the room on this than there are on some of the other issues." Bietta said there was widespread support for proposals for the three-phase rollout of REDD through the scaling up ...

Energy and Global Warming News for August 13th: “Historical estimates suggest that global warming could boost the number of hurricanes” — Nature
Climate Progress — ... (CfRN), said that talks to condense the 20 pages of draft negotiating text that cover the so-called Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD) programme were proceeding well. ...

The Nature Conservancy’s Mark Tercek sees REDD
Marc Gunther — Mark Tercek left Goldman Sachs after a long and successful career midway through 2008, just before the global financial meltdown. Good timing, except that Tercek moved on to become the president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy, the world’s biggest environmental organization, as  the global climate crisis is intensifying. He feels the pressure. There’s more work than ever to do, and money is tight at the conservancy. “This is really hard,” Tercek told me recently. “What a responsibility we have to get this right.” ...

Why Guyana's forest protection model matters
The Guardian | Environment — A Copenhagen deal must enable countries like ours to generate an income by conserving forests rather than cutting them down The UN general assembly this week is going to change the world. This is because quiet conversations in meeting rooms and corridors around the UN complex will shape the world's climate ...

Your forgotten business partner: Nature
Marc Gunther — Most companies take for granted the fact that they are utterly dependent on a healthy planet. Nature provides not just the air we breathe and the water we drink, but an array of products and services to business—from the paper on which memos are printed to the sequestration of carbon in forests to the wild fish people eat for lunch. The jargon-y name for these benefits is ecosystem services. Now a group of forward-thinking companies and nonprofits are asking: What are ecosystem services worth? How can companies protect them? Should business pay for the ...

Greenpeace Says Bolivian Offset Project is One Big Carbon Scam & US Electric Companies Behind It
TreeHugger — photo: Greenpeace Here's a good example of how not to do carbon offsets, as well as the potential danger in relying on sub-national REDD offset programs rather than reducing emissions at the source: Greenpeace USA has just released a new report highlight the failures of the Noel Kempff Climate Action Project in Bolivia, sponsored by American Electric Power, Read the full story on TreeHugger ...

UN Launches Satellite Forest Health Tracker
Environmental Leader — October 21, 2009 UN Launches Satellite Forest Health Tracker forest image As more and more companies begin buying and selling forest carbon offsets, the United Nations has launched an online forest health tracker. The tracker uses various data sets, as well as satellite data, to help monitor the size and health of forests. The system has data for 13,000 forest locations, according to the UN ...

Google spyware will help vigilantes save rainforests
Ecoearth.info Blog — Environmentalists across the world are to be enlisted as armchair detectives to monitor satellite images of rainforests and report any illegal logging. The images will be frequently updated and anyone with internet access will be able to make instant comparisons with historical images and spot destruction of rainforest almost as soon as it happens. Every four seconds an area of rainforest the size of a football pitch is cut or burnt down for timber and paper or to clear land for cattle and plantations. Rainforest destruction accounts for 17 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, more than is produced by all the world s cars, ...