Quantifying the multiple benefits from low-carbon actions in a greenhouse gas...
This paper documents the assumptions and analysis that underlie the presentation and discussion of the exhibit on the Global GHG Abatement Benefit and Co-benefit Curve: 2030 in the Commission’s global
View ArticleBP REDD+ officially disbanded
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has officially merged the National Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Agency (BP REDD+) with the Environment and Forestry Ministry, raising...
View ArticleHandbook on Measurement, Reporting and Verification for developing country...
The UNFCCC Secretariat has released a handbook outlining the key concepts, elements and requirements of the international climate change measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) framework. The...
View ArticleADB grants RI $17m in forestry
The US$17 million Forest Investment Program (FIP) funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to help tackle deforestation and forest degradation in Indonesia is set to start in July, an official has said.
View ArticleSubsidies to key commodities driving forest loss: implications for private...
There is an increasing focus on the role that public and private resources can play in supporting activities that reduce forest loss as part of wider efforts to address climate change, and ensure...
View ArticleSubsidies to industries that cause deforestation worth 100 times more than...
Brazil and Indonesia paid over $40bn in subsidies to industries that drive rainforest destruction between 2009 and 2012 - compared to $346m in conservation aid they received to protect forests, according
View ArticleA guide to INDCS- Intended nationally determined contributions
Guide to INDCs - provides practical guidance to Least Developed Countries on how to prepare their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions for the UNFCCC. INDCs are contributions by the Parties to
View ArticleZambia's Forest Ecosystems Contribute $1.3 Billion to the National...
Zambia's forest ecosystems contribute $1.3 billion, roughly 6.3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), to the national economy, further highlighting the crucial role forests can play in the global...
View ArticlePakistan achieves 12pc protected area target under MDGs: Minister
Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Mushahid Ullah Khan has said that Pakistan has achieved the target of 12% protected areas under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on Environmental...
View ArticleJapan, RI collaboration brings change to conservation approach
An official has said that Mount Palung National Park (TNGP) conservation officials and local communities have become far more aware of the need to push forward with cooperation to protect conservation
View ArticleRepressive approach ‘ineffective’ in conservation efforts: Official
The program officer of the Indonesia-Japan project for Development of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Plus (IJ-REDD+) in Ketapang, West Kalimantan, Dicko Rossanda, has...
View ArticleAhead of the curve: state of the voluntary carbon markets 2015
When the international negotiations take center stage in Paris this December in the hopes of reaching an agreement to rein in climate change beginning in 2020, negotiators will be able to draw on the...
View ArticleInvestors could pour billions into farm, forest protection: bankers
Protecting the world's dwindling forests and making small farms more productive will cost hundreds of billions of dollars annually – money governments and charities do not have to spend, experts said at
View ArticleNigeria REED+ Programme Under Threat
Calabar — Cross River State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade, has ordered for the arrest of long-time chairman of Cross River State Forestry Commission, Mr Odigha Odigha to pave way for takeover of the state...
View ArticleUsing international law to advance women’s tenure rights in REDD+
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) is an international initiative to mitigate climate change in the forest sector. It is intended to incentivize developing countries to
View ArticleU’khand may be India’s 1st state in int’l climate body
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand has become the first state in the country to participate in the Governor's Climate and Forest (GCF) Taskforce annual meet held in Barcelona, Spain, from June 15-18. The event centred
View ArticleLiberia: World Bank Team Hails Liberia's Redd+ Initiatives
A visiting World Bank team has rated Liberia's REDD+ initiatives as encouraging, but cautioned that 10 days is not sufficient to complete what is being envisaged for the country in terms of project...
View ArticleAboveground carbon loss in natural and managed tropical forests from 2000 to...
Tropical forests provide global climate regulation ecosystem services and their clearing is a significant source of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and resultant radiative forcing of climate
View ArticleForest ecosystem valuation study: Indonesia
Further degradation of Indonesia's forests could impact the national economy and the lives of millions, according to a new UN study titled "Forest Ecosystem Valuation Study: Indonesia". The report finds
View ArticleForest ecosystems in the transition to a green economy and the role of REDD+...
Deforestation in Tanzania could cost the national economy 5,588 billion Tanzanian Shillings (US$3.5 billion, based on 2013 exchange rates) between 2013 and 2033 on current trends, highlighting the...
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