With the approval of the readiness plans for Guyana and Panama, the World Bank moves its Forest Carbon Partnership Facility forward despite civil society protests World Bank Information Center, 29 June 2009
The third meeting of the Participants Committee (PC) of the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) was held in Montreaux, Switzerland, from 15-18 [...]
Archive for June, 2009
News: FCPF approves R-Plans for Guyana and Panama
Posted in funding, latin america, news items, world bank on 29 June 2009 | 1 Comment »
Briefings: FERN report on effects of carbon trading on forest
Posted in carbon trading, global, ngos on 15 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Counting the cost, forest credits and their effect on carbon markets by Kate Dooley, Forests and the European Union Resource Network (FERN), Avoiding Deforestation and Degradation Briefing Note 6, June 2009
This 6 page briefing note looks at recent research into the impact of trading forest carbon credits on carbon markets, and the subsequent effect on [...]
Green Coalition: Climate pact must halt deforestation and industrial logging of old-growth forests
Posted in global, news items, ngos on 10 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
June 2009 Coalition Statement at the Bonn Climate Talks
A broad coalition of activist groups released a consensus statement at the U.N. climate talks in Bonn Germany stating that a global framework on climate change must immediately halt deforestation and industrial logging of the world’s old-growth forests, while protecting the rights of forest communities and indigenous [...]
