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Environmental Leader: Forests Carbon Offsets Endangered by New UN CO2 Credit Plan
Conservation Value Notes: Without reinstatement of key provision, REDD could subsidize large-scale forest destruction
Eco-Libris blog: Is REDD going bad? Is it going to enable conversion of natural forests into industrial plantations?
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Key forest provision must be reinstated for REDD to work http://tinyurl.com/ygnrnrv #climate #REDD #COP15 30 days ago |
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RT @mongabay: Without reinstatement of key provision, REDD could subsidize large-scale forest destruction: http://bit.ly/2uHgQ 30 days ago |
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RT @kaskadia @carbonmarkt @mongabay w/out reinstatement key provision, REDD cld subsidize largescale forest destruction: http://bit.ly/2uHgQ 11/2/2009 |
Forests Carbon Offsets Endangered by New UN CO2 Credit Plan
Environmental Leader —
... a new climate protection accord, reports Bloomberg News. Measures to slow deforestation may be included. Carbon credits would be generated from projects tied to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, known as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in developing countries (REDD), according to Bloomberg News. It’s generally seen as a cost-effective approach to conserving forests while helping to slow climate change, reports Mongabay.com . The UN estimates that 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions result from ...
Without reinstatement of key provision, REDD could subsidize large-scale forest destruction
Conservation Value Notes —
... Mongabay.com reports on efforts to make sure REDD is done right -- in a way that encourages forest conservation instead of destruction. ...
Is REDD going bad? Is it going to enable conversion of natural forests into industrial plantations?
Eco-Libris blog —
... According to Mongabay.com, the provision, which included safeguards against the conversion of natural forests to forest plantations, was removed the negotiating text during the final session at climate talks in Bangkok. The European Union, backed by Democratic Republic of the Congo and other Congo Basin countries, blocked reinstatement of the conversion safeguard, despite strong requests to do so from Brazil, India, Mexico, Switzerland, Norway, and more than a dozen other countries. ...
