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REALU methodology workshop

Posted Thu, 01/19/2012 - 12:54 by EKahurani

This week, ASB Partnership scientists are meeting in Bogor, Indonesia for a workshop to discuss and explore methodologies that can be used to effectively account for leakage, often seen as a situation where attempts to reduce carbon emissions from one place causes an increase in emissions in another place.

Synergy of REDD+ and Indonesia’s land-based NAMA commitment provides model

Posted Fri, 10/07/2011 - 15:29 by EKahurani

Indonesia now has a presidential decree on land-based NAMA, which converges to REALU (reducing emissions across all land uses), combining REDD+, peatland emission reduction, restocking of above- and-below ground carbon pool

Integrating agriculture and forestry in the landscape is key to reducing carbon emissions

Posted Mon, 09/26/2011 - 19:44 by EKahurani

A multifunctional approach to REDD (reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation) will be far more effective in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing food production than the practice of intensifying agriculture and sparing forests. Read more

Study on Linking Knowledge with Action features ASB Partnership work

Posted Thu, 09/08/2011 - 01:58 by EKahurani

By Meine van Noordwijk and Elizabeth Kahurani

A boundary between science and politics is essential to give free enquiry a chance, but it also implies that the boundary must be bridged for new findings to be appreciated and used.

Study: International trade offsets carbon emissions saved in developed countries

Posted Tue, 09/06/2011 - 20:20 by EKahurani

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) covers 113 countries and 57 economic sectors from 1990 to 2008 to illustrate growth in emission transfers via international trade, a situation that has seen developing co

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