COP18 was not good enough: Time to rethink green sectors’ approach for 2015
BOGOR, Indonesia (11 December, 2012)_The UNFCCC COP-18 in Doha worked overtime to finally agree not to disagree. The Secretariat was…
6 min readEfforts to protect roadless areas pick up steam: good news for forests
DOHA, Qatar (7 December, 2012)_An international movement to protect the last remaining areas on earth that are ‘free from roads’…
4 min read“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…
7 min readScientists pinpoint activities driving deforestation and urge countries to take action at Doha
DOHA, Qatar (27 November 2012)_For the first time scientists have assessed the main activities driving deforestation and forest degradation at…
5 min readA delay in key decisions at Doha could see REDD+ lose its climate change focus
DOHA, Qatar (26 November 2012)_While significant progress is being made at the local level to move ahead with an international…
7 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…
5 min readWill uncertainty over new climate agreement prolong the REDD+ stalemate?
BOGOR, Indonesia (23 November, 2012)_At the upcoming U.N. international climate change conference (COP18) in Doha, 193 heads of state will…
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…
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Postcards from the Field: Lukolela Lullaby
The Lukolela Police Commander’s rusting Kalashnikov is digging into my thigh as we lunge into the forest on his equally…
4 min readCertifying Vietnam’s timber plantations would help smallholders profit from lucrative export market
BOGOR, Indonesia (21 November, 2012)_If Vietnam wants its timber producers to benefit from the growing eco-conscious and more lucrative international…
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