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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Aboveground carbon loss in natural and managed tropical forests from 2000 to 2012
<p>Tropical forests provide global climate regulation ecosystem services and their clearing is a significant source of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and resultant radiative forcing of climate
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U’khand may be India’s 1st state in int’l climate body
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand has become the first state in the country to participate in the Governor's Climate and Forest (GCF) Taskforce annual meet held in Barcelona, Spain, from June 15-18. The event centred
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Nigeria REED+ Programme Under Threat
Calabar — Cross River State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade, has ordered for the arrest of long-time chairman of Cross River State Forestry Commission, Mr Odigha Odigha to pave way for takeover of the state owned
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Investors could pour billions into farm, forest protection: bankers
Protecting the world's dwindling forests and making small farms more productive will cost hundreds of billions of dollars annually – money governments and charities do not have to spend, experts said at
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Repressive approach ‘ineffective’ in conservation efforts: Official
The program officer of the Indonesia-Japan project for Development of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Plus (IJ-REDD+) in Ketapang, West Kalimantan, Dicko Rossanda, has indicated
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Ahead of the curve: state of the voluntary carbon markets 2015
When the international negotiations take center stage in Paris this December in the hopes of reaching an agreement to rein in climate change beginning in 2020, negotiators will be able to draw on the lessons
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Japan, RI collaboration brings change to conservation approach
An official has said that Mount Palung National Park (TNGP) conservation officials and local communities have become far more aware of the need to push forward with cooperation to protect conservation
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Using international law to advance women’s tenure rights in REDD+
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) is an international initiative to mitigate climate change in the forest sector. It is intended to incentivize developing countries to
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Pakistan achieves 12pc protected area target under MDGs: Minister
Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Mushahid Ullah Khan has said that Pakistan has achieved the target of 12% protected areas under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on Environmental Sustainability.
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Zambia's Forest Ecosystems Contribute $1.3 Billion to the National Economy Higher Than Previously Thought
Zambia's forest ecosystems contribute $1.3 billion, roughly 6.3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), to the national economy, further highlighting the crucial role forests can play in the global transition