Q&A on fires and haze in Southeast Asia
BOGOR, Indonesia — Fires in forests and former forest lands occur in Indonesia in the dry season every year, particularly…
9 min readBonn climate talks tackle emissions verification stumbling block
BONN, Germany (24 June, 2013) – Negotiators at Bonn climate talks have whittled away at controversial policy details related to…
7 min readQ+A: How do local forest communities in the Amazon feel about REDD+?
KITAFUJI, Japan (21 June 2013) – Relatively little is known about how local forest people feel about schemes to reduce…
4 min readREDD+ emissions verification could lead to results-based aid financing
BONN, Germany (20 June, 2013) – Concerns among developing countries about REDD+ “aid conditionality” — development aid payouts made based…
3 min readBonn delegates to tackle impasse over REDD+ climate change negotiations
BONN, Germany (31 May, 2013) – Negotiators attending a U.N. climate change conference next week are expected to propose setting…
9 min readQ&A: The challenges of monitoring a forest three times as large as France
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (24 May, 2013)_As international donors consider funding programs targeting the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and…
5 min readFor DR Congo’s forests, legislation is only part of the solution
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (23 May, 2013)_ Legislation enacted in the past decade to slow forest loss in the Democratic Republic of…
4 min readReducing deforestation emissions in Cameroon demands variety of expertise
As the world grapples with implementing a U.N.-backed scheme aimed at slowing forest loss and degradation (REDD+), new research from…
5 min readMangroves under threat as Cameroonians move toward coast
Mangroves that could protect Cameroon from rising seas may be subject to more pressure than they can bear, as people…
5 min readAmazon timber-food balance saves forest smallholder livelihoods from risk
LIMA, Peru (7 May, 2013) – Tropical fruits, leaves, oils and seeds from the Amazon rainforest provide food, medicine and…
6 min readIndonesia’s REDD+ pilot province: how is it faring two years on?
When Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono selected Central Kalimantan as the pilot province for his country’s Reducing Emissions from Deforestation…
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