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Forest Communities Draw a REDD Line
2013-09-17 10:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Michael Kusolo and his wife Mary lost all their four children in landslides that occurred in 2012 on the steep slopes of Mount Elgon in eastern Uganda's Bududa District. Experts say that it is important that climate finance actually reaches Uganda's communities and addresses the drivers of deforestation and degradation. Credit: Wambi Michael/IPS As the ink dries on a 3.6 million dollar agreement between Uganda and the World Bank to support the country`s preparations for REDD, some analysts are...
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Amazon rainforest tribe sells REDD+ credits to Brazilian cosmetics giant
2013-09-11 00:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The Paiter-Suruí, a rainforest tribe that in June became the first indigenous group to generate REDD+ credits under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), has now closed their first deal. As reported by Ecosystem Marketplace, Brazilian cosmetics giant Natura Cosméticos has purchased 120,000 tons of carbon offsets from the the Surui Forest Carbon Project in Rondônia, Brazil. The deal is significant because it represents a major commitment to the Surui's forest conservation initiative, which aims to...
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Indonesia finally establishes REDD+ agency to tackle deforestation
2013-09-08 00:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Indonesia has finally established an agency to implement the country's Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) program. The REDD+ agency, established by a decree from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday, is a ministry-level body that will coordinate a national REDD+ strategy between various ministries that influence and control land use policy across the sprawling archipelago. The agency will also oversee monitoring, reporting, and verifying emissions reductions...
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Cambodia: REDD+ forest clearing unabated: community
2013-07-21 15:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Phnom Penh Post: SINCE last year, up to a half of nearly 8,000 hectares of community forest has been encroached upon and cleared in Oddar Meanchey provinces Banteay Ampil district by soldiers, community representatives said yesterday. Din Heng, chief of Ang Dong Bor community, said the army has cleared between 3,000 and 4,000 hectares of Ang Dong Bor and Dong Beng community forests in order to build garrisons. The pair are among 12 community forests that make up the UNs Reducing Emissions from Deforestation...
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Will REDD ignore conflict in the DRC?
2013-07-21 15:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: According to a recent WWF press release, the Democratic Republic of Congo may be on the cusp of unlocking $60 million in payments for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+). DRC's emissions reduction program idea note (ER-PIN) was reviewed last month in Paris by the Carbon Fund of the World Bank-run Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), beginning a process of gradual REDD+ implementation in the Central African country. REDD+ aims to reward forest owners for maintaining...
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