Climate change & energy
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Between the Amazon and the Atlantic: Brazil’s threatened savannas
The Amazon rainforest has long been a focus for environmentalists, scientists and policy makers, but they are now starting to…
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Seeing the forest and the trees: Brazil’s transparency in deforestation data
Brazil’s deforestation tracking system – followed up with enforcement measures on the ground – is often cited as a key…
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Land rights: Both prerequisite and incentive for smallholder-based REDD+
Incipient initiatives designed to reduce carbon emissions through avoided deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) are also helping to secure forest…
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Postcards from the field: All you need is a hammock
Late on an Acre afternoon we arrive at a small farmhouse along the newly-paved BR-364 Highway in the Brazilian state’s…
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Monitoring of carbon-rich wetlands a focus at U.N. climate talks
New guidelines for calculating carbon emissions from wetlands will provide a more accurate picture of buried treasure — a massive…
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SPECIAL REPORT: How a remote Amazonian state is leading the way in climate change policy
In Brazil’s wild west, a state government is trying to prove that it is possible to safeguard the Amazon –…
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To impact climate policy, researchers should think short-term, expert says
Scientists could have a greater influence over climate change policy if more research showed how communities are already adapting to…
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Biodiversity “hotspots” more likely to have greater ecosystem co-benefits — study
Areas that are “hotspots” of biodiversity can carry higher value for other important ecosystem services, including carbon storage, water conservation…
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The road to REDD+: How Zambia can keep moving forward
At a glance : Progress toward REDD+ readiness in Zambia has been delayed by institutional rearrangements following a change in…
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The IPCC Wetlands Supplement: What it is and what it means
At a glance : The Wetlands Supplement, a new methodology report adopted by the IPCC in October, provides guidance for…
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We analyze: UNFCCC’s draft technical annex to report emissions
EXPERT COMMENTATOR Louis Verchot, research director at the Center for International Forestry Research. DRAFT DOCUMENT Methodological guidance for activities relating…
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Peatlands and mangroves receive overdue recognition
At a glance : Peatlands, mangroves and other tropical wetlands are high-Carbon ecosystems that are increasingly receiving recognition in the…
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COP19: Can we expect a decision on REDD+ emissions verification?
At a glance : The science on emissions verification is strong, but politics between developed and developing countries has stalled…
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West African lake a field laboratory for long-term landscapes research
BOGOR, Indonesia (29 October 2013) — Every year, the long queues of vehicles, donkeys and pedestrians that form at impassable…
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Causes of deforestation getting lost in REDD+ rhetoric – analysis
BOGOR, Indonesia (27 October 2013) — Debates about REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) are skirting a fundamental…
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