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
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Securing rights, combating climate change: how strengthening community forest rights mitigates climate change
Securing Rights, Combating Climate Change analyzes the growing body of evidence linking community forest rights with healthier forests and lower carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from deforestation and forest
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Kenya Carbon Credit Tree Protection Program to Grow Fivefold
Wildlife Works Carbon LLC, a U.S.- based business selling carbon credits in the voluntary market generated by forest conservation, plans to expand fivefold the biodiversity-rich areas it protects in Kenya.
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Nepal to develop plans to receive funds for emission reduction
Nepal is developing a plan to receive results-based payment through the Carbon Fund for emission reduction over a five-year period from 2015 to 2020. Nepal is receiving the fund after its Emission Reductions
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State and trends of carbon pricing 2014
<p>This new World Bank report on the state and trends of carbon pricing shows that while international negotiations may be slow, countries and cities are moving on climate pricing.</p>
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India Environment Portal Newsletter 27 April - 03 May 2014
The weekly digest of important reports, research, policy documents, regulations, studies, court cases, protests, conflicts, initiatives, photos, data, statistics, infographics, presentations on the India
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India to have roadmap for cutting carbon emissions
India has unveiled a draft national policy to provide a roadmap for building comprehensive strategies for cutting carbon emissions from deforestation. Officials said the national policy for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) along with the strategies will lead to REDD+ readiness in the country and enable India to gain from international REDD+ mechanism for its pro conservation policies and efforts in future.
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India ready with draft policy to reduce emissions from deforestation
Taking forward an agreed framework of the 2013 Warsaw climate conference, India has come out with a draft national policy on 'reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation' (popularly known
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New economy of nature: a critical introduction
From climate change to ecosystem degradation – the solution to these problems could re-side in an economic valuation of nature and its services. But if the existential benefits that nature provides to
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National REDD+ policy and strategy: draft
<p><a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/national-redd-policy-and-strategy-draft" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(241, 241, 241);" target="_parent">The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has come out with this draft policy on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation'(REDD+ initiative). Read full text of this policy and find more in this package.</a></p>
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World's forests could hold 20% more carbon than previously thought: Study
Sao Paulo: The world's forests could hold 20 percent more carbon than previously thought, according to a study released on Tuesday. If correct, that extra 125 billion tonnes of carbon could lead to