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Climate Governance: Ensuring a Collective Commitment
By Angela Dewan Concerns of human rights abuses and a lack of consultation with forest-dependent communities in REDD+ design are…
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Forest Crimes and Money Trails
By Angela Dewan The issue of measurement, reporting and verification of carbon levels is set for the agenda at COP…
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UN emissions targets likely in 2015 – negotiator
By Carbon Finance 03 November, 2010 UN talks in Cancún should focus on issues where some consensus already exists because…
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Getting REDD+ Right
By Angela Dewan The idea that developed countries could pay developing countries to conserve their forests has come a long…
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Co-chairs’ Summary: Aichi-Nagoya Ministerial Meeting of the REDD+ Partnership
By REDD+ Partnership On October 26, 2010, the Aichi-Nagoya Ministerial Meeting of the REDD+ Partnership was held in Nagoya, Aichi…
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Bridging the Divide between the Forestry and Financial Worlds
While it is true that trees do not grow just on money but under carefully crafted governance conditions, REDD+ funding…
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Money Alone Can’t Save the Forests
REDD+ was conceived primarily as a financial mechanism for reducing carbon emissions caused by forest destruction. So, logically the negotiations…
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The Risks and Rewards of REDD+
While opinions vary about what exactly good forest governance means, participants in the Oaxaca workshop dealing with this…
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Leading by Example on the Road to Cancún
The success of any major endeavor depends to a large degree on leadership, and REDD+ is no exception. Showing remarkable…
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Think Big, Think Quickly
By Angela Dewan “Whether REDD will be effective is the hottest question in the forest and climate change…
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