Not ready for REDD? - SciDev.Net

Practicalities of trading carbon and protecting forests make meeting high expectations for REDD hard, say Esteve Corbera and Manuel Estrada in an article on SciDev.net. A REDD deal will need to take account some of the challenges that developing country governments and project developers face for implementing successful REDD projects. These include...  More

Evidence base for Measuring and Assessing Forest Carbon

Scientists from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the University of Oxford and other institutions are working on a protocol for comparison of methods for the measurement and assessment of carbon stocks and carbon stock changes in terrestrial carbon pools. A draft protocol is now available to the public and is open to comments on the web...  More


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The river detectives

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