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Trees Outside Forests to Counter Climate Change

The REDD line wrongly drawn between forest and non-forests –Dr. Meine van Noordwijk, Principal Scientist and Chief Science Advisor, World Agroforestry Centre speaks to Climate Change TV

Carbon Leakage And Emission Displacement Will Haunt Redd's Effectiveness Unless Programs And Forest Definitions Are More Inclusive And Comprehensive

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Does the Opportunity Cost Approach Indicate the Real Cost of REDD+?

Tags: economics,Opportunity_costs,publication,REDD Wed, 08/04/2010 - 07:50
The focus of this new paper from the Rights and Resources Initiative is that in most tropical developing countries, there are many contextual issues that influence the adequacy of using REDD+ opportunity costs as a proxy for the full cost of...

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Calling for an 'old-fashioned' green revolution

Tags: forestry,livelihoods,opinion Thu, 07/08/2010 - 01:00
In an opinion piece on BBC's Green Room, Tensie Whelan, president of the Rainforest Alliance, argues that smallholder farmers in the forest margins possess the skills and knowledge to protect the forests while farming...

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Protected forests in Brazil more prone to fire, or contributing to reduced deforestation?

Tags: amazon,brazil,fire,REDD Wed, 07/07/2010 - 01:52
New research from the Amazon is showing that despite a reduction in the overall rate of deforestation, forest fires - and resulting Carbon emissions from burning forests - are on the rise.

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Protected forests in Brazil more prone to fire, or contributing to reduced deforestation?

Tags: amazon,brazil,fire,REDD Wed, 07/07/2010 - 01:52
New research from the Amazon is showing that despite a reduction in the overall rate of deforestation, forest fires - and resulting Carbon emissions from burning forests - are on the rise.

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Saving tropical forests helps protect U.S. and Brazilian agriculture: new reports

Sat, 07/03/2010 - 03:22
As part of their campaign for US climate legislation that includes reducing tropical deforestation, Avoided Deforestation Partners have released a report and video arguing that these measures will be good for U.S.

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Does the Opportunity Cost Approach Indicate the Real Cost of REDD+?

Calling for an 'old-fashioned' green revolution

Protected forests in Brazil more prone to fire, or contributing to reduced deforestation?

Protected forests in Brazil more prone to fire, or contributing to reduced deforestation?

Saving tropical forests helps protect U.S. and Brazilian agriculture: new reports