The IPCC Wetlands Supplement: What it is and what it means
At a glance : The Wetlands Supplement, a new methodology report adopted by the IPCC in October, provides guidance for…
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Peatlands and mangroves receive overdue recognition
At a glance : Peatlands, mangroves and other tropical wetlands are high-Carbon ecosystems that are increasingly receiving recognition in the…
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Indonesian president delivers promised REDD+ agency
BOGOR, Indonesia (10 September 2013) — A new decree signed by the Indonesian president to create a national agency aimed…
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Interactive web app lets users map forest carbon emissions activities
BOGOR, Indonesia (1 August, 2013) – A new online portal for monitoring, reporting and verifying (MRV) carbon emissions allows researchers…
3 min readQ&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 in…
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 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…
5 min readVillagers manage Indonesia’s old flaming habits with the help of REDD+
Equipped with firemen uniforms, water hoses, a pump and axes, rice farmers in Garantung village on Indonesia’s part of Borneo…
3 min readExchanging forests with degraded lands: a challenge for Indonesia
It’s being touted as a way to reduce deforestation in Indonesia: Give investors — who have already been issued permits…
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Scientists show technical concerns no longer an obstacle to progress on REDD+
BOGOR, Indonesia (21 December, 2012)_The challenges in implementing a scheme to reduce carbon emissions by avoiding deforestation and forest degradation…
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