CARE International and the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) will present their draft REDD + Social and Environmental Standards (REDD + SE) at a side event during COP-15 hosted by the government of Nepal. REDD + SE aims to help governments institute equitable REDD programs on a national level. The joint CARE/CCBA initiative has [...]
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CCB: REDD + Social and Environmental Standards
Posted in global, ngos, vulnerability on 30 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CBD/IUCN: Good Practice Guide on Forest Livelihoods
Posted in biodiversity, cbd, global, ngos, stewardship on 29 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have launched a new Good Practice Guide on Sustainable Forest Management: Biodiversity and Livelihoods. This booklet is part of a series of Good Practice Guides produced by the CBD. It provides a range of case studies and other materials to make [...]
CTW: Carbon Trading – How It Works and Why It Fails
Posted in carbon trading, global, ngos on 28 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Carbon Trading – How it Works and Why It Fails, Tamra Gilbertson and Oscar Reyes, Critical Currents no. 7, November 2009
Carbon Trade Watch has released a new publication by Tamra Gilbertson and Oscar Reyes that outlines the limitations of an approach to tackling climate change which redefines the problem to fit the assumptions of neoliberal [...]
TFD Report: Investing in REDD-plus
Posted in global, ngos, recent research on 3 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
More than 100 stakeholders have been involved in a collaborative initiative facilitated by The Forests Dialogue (TFD) to build an effective international mechanism for tackling the climate, community and biodiversity issues associated with deforestation. The publication “Investing in REDD-plus” reflects unique consensus amongst forest stakeholders across business, environmental and scientific sectors and from indigenous [...]
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 [...]
Forests Dialogue Report on REDD Finance Mechanisms
Posted in assessment, global, ngos, recent research, vulnerability on 30 April 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dialogue on REDD Finance Mechanisms The Forests Dialogue’s consensus-based Statement on Forests and Climate Change
Beginning in December 2007, The Forests Dialogue (TFD) has led a multi-stakeholder dialogue process focused on developing a clear, unified message and common set of principles illustrating the factors and conditions necessary to maximize forests and people’s ability to mitigate and [...]
Briefing: FERN and RFF submission to UNFCCC on indigenous peoples rights and climate
Posted in assessment, global, ngos, vulnerability on 20 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Views on issues relating to indigenous peoples and local communities for the development and application of methodologies Submission of FERN and Rainforest Foundation UK to the UNFCCC
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), 15 February 2009
The submission by FERN and Rainforest Foundation UK to the UNFCCC SBSTA on indigenous peoples rights and climate. spells [...]
Report: FERN/Forest Peoples Report on Poznan
Posted in assessment, global, ngos on 20 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
FERN/Forest Peoples Programme Special Report on Poznan Forest Watch Issue 134, January 2009
This two-page summary by FERN outlines the climate change discussions at the 14th Conference of the Parties (COP14) of the UN Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It covers various stages in the drafting process for the COP decisions, interventions by NGOs and Indigenous [...]
FOE Report: REDD Myths
Posted in assessment, global, ngos, vulnerability on 29 December 2008 | Leave a Comment »
REDD Myths: A critical review of proposed mechanisms to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation in developing countries Friends of the Earth International, Issue 114, December 2008
Friends of the Earth International (FOE), an environmental activist group, announced its opposition to REDD via a report titled REDD Myths released at the UNFCCC talks in Poznan.
The [...]
