Pricing forest carbon
Pricing forest carbon and putting in place the means and channels to pay for it are necessary conditions to achieve the 2030 mitigation goals. Yet, after more than 15 years of discussion, payments for
REDD
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Plantation of Trees to Combat Climate Change, 26/07/2016
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Plantation of Trees to Combat Climate Change, 26/07/2016. Government implements afforestation schemes namely National Mission for a Green India and National Afforestation
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Forestry for a low-carbon future: integrating forests and wood products in climate change strategies
Forests have an acclaimed role as a carbon sink needed to tackle climate change. Less known is how their contribution can be scaled up even after a tree has been logged. A new FAO publication, Forestry
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Forestry for a low-carbon future: integrating forests and wood products in climate change strategies
Forests have an acclaimed role as a carbon sink needed to tackle climate change. Less known is how their contribution can be scaled up even after a tree has been logged. A new FAO publication, Forestry
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Conserving forests to combat climate change: what is REDD+, how was it created and where is it going?
In December 2015, the Paris Agreement recognized the critical role of forests in combating climate change. This recognition included actions to halt and reverse the rate of deforestation and forest degradation
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Benefits of Community Forest Management in Madagascar not evenly distributed: report
The benefits of community-based forestry are well known. A 2014 study by the World Resources Institute, for instance, showed that deforestation rates were as much as 11 times lower in forests licensed
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Norway pledges $14M to strengthen forest monitoring platform
The Norwegian government is providing World Resources Institute with 115 million kroner over the next three years to strengthen Global Forest Watch, a platform for monitoring the world's forests. The
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Indigenous rights and private funding key to slowing deforestation, says Norway minister
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Efforts to save the world's forests hinge on securing private sector funds and ensuring indigenous communities in tropical forests are more involved in protecting
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Living Amazon Report 2016
The Amazon is under pressure from unsustainable economic activities and is undergoing unprecedented change, according to WWF’s Living Amazon Report 2016. The report highlights the regional and global realities
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Supply and sustainability of carbon offsets and alternative fuels for international aviation
International aviation produced an estimated 490.4 million tonnes (Mt) of carbon dioxide emissions in 2013, about 1.5% of global CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion that year, and as the role of
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Zimbabwe: Stop Aiding Deforestation, Forestry Firm Told
Hurungwe Rural District Council in Mashonaland West has for the second time accused the Forestry Company of Zimbabwe (FCZ) of facilitating deforestation by unprocedurally issuing wood permits to tobacco