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 [...]
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Briefings: FERN report on effects of carbon trading on forest
Posted in carbon trading, global, ngos on 15 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Review: FERN overview of selected REDD proposals
Posted in assessment, global, ngos on 16 December 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An overview of selected REDD proposals, Kate Dooley with contributions from Iola Leal and Saskia Ozinga, FERN, November 2008
This report describes the different country proposals on the table to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) in the lead up to a forest climate agreement to be agreed by the UNFCCC in December 2009. [...]
Briefing note: FERN From green ideals to REDD money
Posted in assessment, global, ngos on 20 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From green ideals to REDD money Richard Wainwright, Saskia Ozinga, Kate Dooley and Iola Leal, FERN Avoiding Deforestation and Degradation – Briefing Note 2, November 2008
This FERN briefing note outlines both the history of Avoided Deforestation and Degradation discussions and schemes to protect forest carbon resources, and explains the basic differences between the different country [...]
News: The need for national baselines
Posted in assessment, news items, ngos on 24 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Key Issues in REDD Baselines and Monitoring
Rights and Climate Meeting | 23 October 2008
During the Rights, Forests and Climate Change meeting currently being held in Oslo, Phil Shearman, PhD, from the Remote Sensing Centre at the University of Papua New Guinea, raises three developing issues in regard to the technical aspects of baseline setting and [...]
