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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Deforestation in Africa's Congo Basin rainforest slows
Tree loss in one of the world's largest rainforests has slowed, a study suggests. Satellite images of Africa's Congo Basin reveal that deforestation has fallen by about a third since 2000. Researchers
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Land encroachment affecting forest development : PCCF
Encroachment of forest land, deforestation and degradation are affecting the development of forest in the State, said Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) Dipak Sarmah. Despite undertaking plantation on nearly 80,000 hectares every year, there is only a minor increase in the forest cover in Karnataka, “In the last three years, wildlife forest has increased from 6,500 sq km to 9,200 sq km and the department is expecting to increase it further 10,000 sq km,” added Sarmah.
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State of the voluntary carbon markets 2013
Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace released State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2013 report in Barcelona, Spain. According to the report, corporate buyers are flocking to voluntary carbon markets despite
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Elements of a new climate agreement by 2015
This year’s Perspectives from UNEP and its UNEP Risø Centre in collaboration with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) focuses on the elements of a new climate agreement by 2015 that will contribute
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Toward sustainable use of forest resource: connecting forest ecology to village economy
In this study, sampled equal proportions of Revenue Forest and Reserve Forest, for assessment of the status of forest biodiversity and disturbance regimes. The report addresses the following objectives:
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Mapping carbon pricing initiatives 2013: developments and prospects
The Mapping Carbon Pricing Initiatives report maps existing and emerging carbon pricing initiatives around the world. It does not provide a quantitative, transaction-based analysis of the international
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ESA’s innovative satellite to monitor Earth’s forests
The European Space Agency is set to launch a new innovative Earth explorer satellite in 2020 to map and monitor the global forests – our planet’s most important natural resources. ESA’s Earth Observation
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Climate-triggered impact costs Pakistan up to $14b a year
Speakers at a meeting of national coordination body of the Mangroves for Future (MFF) programme on Thursday called for protection and conservation of mangrove forests which, they said, played a vital role
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The Odisha community-REDD project: a brief report on the accomplishments
Regional Centre for Development Cooperation (RCDC) evolved as a civil society organization primarily with an objective of consolidating community stake in forest governance. Since its inception in 1993
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Country’s forest cover increased by 5pc
Bangladesh had successfully stopped the trend of deforestation rather country’s forest coverage increased by around five percent during the regime of the government, said Environment and Forest Minister