REDD+
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Green Climate Fund steps up to reduce deforestation and forest degradation
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) recently adopted two new decisions intended to reduce global emissions from deforestation and forest degradation,…
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Is REDD+ playing fair?
What if more forests could be saved – and carbon emissions thus lowered- if conservation projects strictly followed one basic…
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The cost of missed opportunities
It is clear that REDD+ has changed from what was first envisaged. First formulated in 2005 as part of the…
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Forests, people and data
Growing up in a village in Indonesia’s Central Java in the 1980s, Dian Ekowati went to the local Posyandu every…
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REDD+ results-based finance
As we approach the next meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), we can expect a significant…
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Can REDD+ help Brazil roll back rising deforestation rates?
Land-use change represents more than 60 percent of Brazil’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and the Amazon accounts for 65.2 percent…
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Lera Miles of UN Environment: ‘There’s much more peatland there than anyone had ever anticipated’
Will the recent discovery of peat in the Congo Basin be a boon or a liability for global climate change…
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Tim Christophersen of UN Environment: ‘Peatlands are one of the least-understood ecosystems.’
With 425 people in attendance in Jakarta — as well as over one thousand views of the event livestream and…
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Preserving precious peat in the Congo Basin
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has long been known for the biodiversity and carbon storage capacity of its vast…
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Getting down to business in Bonn
The 46th sessions of the UN Climate Convention Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 46) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and…
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It’s too soon to bury REDD+
Is REDD+ dead? The ambitious plan for reducing carbon emissions in the tropics by preventing deforestation and forest degradation is…
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East Africa: An urgent need to monitor the forests
East Africa is home to some of the world’s most diverse forests: Montane forests, which include some of the highest…
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REDD+ pioneers or guinea pigs?
In 2012, Central Kalimantan was chosen as Indonesia’s pilot province for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). REDD+…
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What is CarboScen?
Understanding the carbon implications of deforestation, tree-planting, and changes in agricultural practices can help policy makers and land-use planners make…
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One number to rule them all
Deforestation is one of our key concerns in land use and forestry. Huge political and financial resources are directed toward…
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