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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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IASC 2011 - Sustaining Commons: Sustaining our Future. January 10-14 2011, Hyderabad, India.

Tags: Events Tue, 03/23/2010 - 01:12 The 13th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) will be held in Hyderabad, India from January 10th to 14th, 2011.

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State of the Forest Carbon Markets 2009

Tags: carbon_market Tue, 03/23/2010 - 00:59 Companies that rescue and restore forests to earn money by capturing carbon in trees likely expanded their operations in 2009, despite the global recession and regulatory uncertainty, capping three years of accelerating growth, according to the first-ever global survey of emerging markets in forest carbon. Read more:...

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Companies fund projects to preserve Amazon rain forest

Tags: amazon,ASB,REDD Mon, 03/22/2010 - 22:16 A REDD initiative in the Juma Reserve in Amazonas, Brazil, is bringing together private investors and forest dwellers in an effort to reduce deforestation and bring income to the local community.
"If money increases, then life gets better," said Deodato da Silva, 56, with a toothless grin as he peeled cassava under a mango...

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Fourth RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change. London, April 6 2010

Tags: climate_change,rights,Events Mon, 03/22/2010 - 21:52
The Rights and Resources Initiative is pleased to announce the fourth Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change to be held in London on April 6, 2010.

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Deforestation driven by urban population growth and agricultural trade in the twenty-first century

Mon, 03/22/2010 - 21:50 Reducing atmospheric carbon emissions from tropical deforestation is at present considered a cost-effective option for mitigating climate change. However, the forces associated with tropical forest loss are uncertain¹.

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IASC 2011 - Sustaining Commons: Sustaining our Future. January 10-14 2011, Hyderabad, India.

State of the Forest Carbon Markets 2009

Companies fund projects to preserve Amazon rain forest

Fourth RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change. London, April 6 2010

Deforestation driven by urban population growth and agricultural trade in the twenty-first century