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Small Cameroon farmers nearly ready for REDD with a bit of help
2013-11-18 12:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A recent study of two villages in Cameroon indicates that small farmers there are not far from having the capacity to make REDD+ projects work in their communities. As the links between agriculture and climate change are discussed at the COP19 global climate conference and at the Global Landscapes Forum, the research shows how projects intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation could build upon farming communities' existing skills to achieve results. The study of the villages...
REDD+ carbon market stabilizes, but risk of supply glut looms
2013-11-14 00:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Logging, conversion to plantations and agriculture, and other drivers of deforestation account for roughly ten percent of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions The market for carbon credits generated under projects that reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) showed signs of stabilizing in 2012 after a sharp drop in 2011, finds Forest Trends' new assessment of the global forest carbon market. The report, titled State of the Forest Carbon Markets 2013, shows that offsets...
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REDD mechanism could be too late to save world's rainforests
2013-11-05 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Parliaments and national legislation are key to reducing deforestation, according to a report released last week by Globe International. The global forum of legislators says Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico and the Democratic Republic of Congo do not need to wait for a binding climate change deal in 2015 to reduce the destruction of forests. Deforestation account for around 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and is especially damaging because the jungles of the Amazon, Congo and Sumatra store vast...
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Coalition calls for indigenous representation in REDD Partnership
2013-10-13 21:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Jakarta Post: Indigenous people should have a permanent representative in a partnership of 75 countries that aims to decrease the global carbon footprint through reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+), a civil society coalition says. Asia- and Australia-based members of the REDD+ Safeguards Working Group (R-SWG), a North-South coalition of civil society and indigenous peoples organizations, issued the call for indigenous people to be granted full partner status in the REDD+ Partnership,...
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Credits from first African government-backed REDD+ project go on sale
2013-09-18 03:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Carbon credits generated from protecting thousands of hectares of endangered rainforest in northeastern Madagascar have now been certified for sale, reports the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the project's main organizer. The development represents the first time that credits generated by African government-owned project have been put on the voluntary carbon market. The Makira REDD+ Project aims to protect 400,000 hectares of forest in a part of Madagascar that has suffered from illegal...
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