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REDD+ in the Amazon
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“REDD+ and other climate mechanisms must be built from the ground up”
Since its introduction as a global mechanism to fight climate change through forest conservation, the REDD+ scheme has sparked debate—not…
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Billion-dollar question: How much will it take to protect the trees?
JUMA RESERVE, Brazil _ Would US$33 a month do? That is the amount a project in the Amazon pays each…
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Looking South for climate change expertise to save rainforests
SAO PAOLO, Brazil _ Home to the largest rainforest in the world, Brazil is keen to share its REDD+ experiences…
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Q&A with Sven Wunder on the state of REDD+ in South America
In this interview, Sven Wunder, Principal Scientist with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and head of CIFOR’s Brazil…
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‘Selling the oxygen to the gringos’: Attitudes change toward REDD+
SAO PAOLO, Brazil _ Public support is growing in Brazil for a global climate change scheme that could see the…
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Getting the laws in place in Brazil to move forward with REDD+
SAO PAOLO, Brazil _ Virgilio Viana, one of Brazil’s leading movers and shakers on climate change and rainforests, said he…
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Putting the squeeze: Brazil cuts off credit to illegal loggers
MATO GROSSO, Brazil _ With fines for illegal deforestation rarely paid, Brazil is using a novel approach to save the…
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Protecting forests, fighting climate change: Searching for lessons in the Amazon
THE AMAZON, Brazil _ Looking down from a tiny plane above the Amazon, a blanket of patchy green stretches to…
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Will the real owner please stand up: Land tenure confusion threatens REDD+ in Brazil
MATO GROSSO, Brazil _ A lack of progress in fixing a murky system of land ownership and land-use rules in…
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