REDD+ without regrets: CIFOR Director General on where to from here
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (05 July 2012)_Until greater certainty about the future of a global scheme to reduce carbon emissions…
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Is REDD+ moving too slow? Not necessarily…
BOGOR, Indonesia (04 July2102)_REDD+ implementation was supposed to be “big, quick and cheap”. So far, it is not one big…
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Could new interactive maps help preserve last “roadless” areas?
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (02 July 2012)_A movement aiming to preserve the earth’s last roadless areas hopes their new set…
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Linking the local to the global: REDD+ as a multi-level puzzle
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (29 June 12)_If a UN-backed scheme to slow the pace of climate change by safeguarding the…
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Norway may boost REDD+ funding to support green growth
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (28 June 2012)_Norway will invest more money to help developing countries conserve their forests through reduced…
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REDD+ a “game changer” in the move towards a global green economy, says Norwegian Minister
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (26 June 2012)_Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation schemes, or REDD+, could be the “game changer”…
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Communities are not companies: New approach needed for community managed forests
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (26 June 2012) — Models for smallholder and community forest management need to be rethought if…
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New approach to setting reference emissions levels a crucial first step for REDD+
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (22 June2012)_ Scientists from the Center for International Forestry Research have developed an innovative new method…
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Nepalese community forestry expert: ‘With green forests comes a green economy’
RIO DE JANIERO, Brazil (20 June 2012)_Community managed forests in Nepal are already achieving goals set out at this year’s…
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The “Aid-ification” of REDD+: How its changed and why it matters
A scheme for reducing global carbon emissions by slowing deforestation in tropical countries has changed drastically and become “aid-ified” since…
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Ecosystem-based adaptation most effective in coastal cities, study shows
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (19 June 2012)__ Maintaining and rehabilitating natural ecosystems like mangroves may be the most cost-effective way…
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Brazil must go “beyond enforcement” to protect Amazon for Green economy
BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro (18 June 2012)_Strict law enforcement in the Brazilian Amazon has seen deforestation rates plummet, yet the…
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