“The honeymoon for REDD+ is over”: consensus not yet reached in Doha on MRV, finance
DOHA, Qatar (4 December, 2012)_Negotiators at the U.N. climate talks in Doha this past week did not reach consensus to…
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‘We need leaders to understand the science:’ Bianca Jagger at Forest Day
DOHA, Qatar (4 December, 2012)_Speaking at Forest Day 6 on the sidelines of COP 18 in Doha, social and human…
2 min readU.N. approves annual International Day of Forests
DOHA, Qatar (3 December 2012)_The United Nations General Assembly Second Committee has passed a draft resolution to designate March 21…
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Looking back on Forest Day
DOHA, Qatar (2 December, 2012)_The world’s top forestry experts and high-profile decision makers gathered on the sidelines of the UN Climate…
2 min read“Come out of the forest” to save the trees
DOHA, QATAR (2 December 2012)_Forestry experts have called for a new approach to managing land and tackling climate change –…
4 min readQ+A in Doha: Meeting food needs while protecting forests
DOHA, Qatar (2 December, 2012)_As the world struggles to feed a growing population without expanding into forests and scrubland, poliycmakers…
4 min readBrave new world: the global trends changing the future of deforestation
DOHA, Qatar (30 November 2012)_Global trends will intensify the underlying causes of deforestation over the coming decades – unless all…
5 min readMissing trade records signals threat to Mozambique’s Miombo woodlands
BOGOR, Indonesia (23 November, 2012)_In 2010, Mozambican export figures show almost US$49 million worth of timber shipped out of the…
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Clocking the world’s forests
In an earlier blog entry, I discussed how the annual global deforestation area is determined and the fact that this…
6 min readReference emissions levels decision helps forested nations step closer to REDD+
BONN, Germany (15 May 2012)__A ‘step-wise approach’ for determining greenhouse gas reference emission levels (RELs) from forests, adopted at the…
5 min readEmission reduction policies must be based on accurate carbon measurements
BOGOR, Indonesia (5 October, 2012)_Forest-rich countries must ensure that policies for emissions reduction programs, such as REDD+, are based on…
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Under Threat: Deforestation pressure on Congo Basin forests increasing
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (14 November, 2012)_Rainforests in the Congo Basin are being cleared at an alarming rate amid global demand for…
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