German Development Cooperation (GTZ) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat has launched a new guide on Biodiversity and Livelihoods: REDD Benefits.
This brochure provides a wide array of tools and examples on how measures and policies can be shaped to simultaneously address climate change, biodiversity loss and poverty. It provides a basic introduction [...]
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CBD/GTZ booklet: Biodiversity, Livelihoods and REDD Benefits
Posted in biodiversity, cbd, global on 29 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 [...]
UNEP: Bio-Cultural Community Protocols
Posted in biodiversity, global, recent research, stewardship, unep, vulnerability on 20 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BioCultural Community Protocols: A Community Approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
Kabir Bavikatte & Harry Jonas (Eds.), Natural Justice and UNEP, November 2009.
This book illustrates the application of bio-cultural community protocols to a range of environmental legal frameworks. Part I focuses on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and access and [...]
Guest Article: Rights and role of indigenous peoples and local communities in the Brazilian Amazon Forest
Posted in biodiversity, guest article, latin america, stewardship on 7 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Leading to an equitable REDD mechanism: Recognizing the rights and role of indigenous peoples and local communities in the Brazilian Amazon Forest
Special guest article from Paula Moreira, Instituto de Pesquisa Amiental da Amazônia (IPAM). For further information, please contact Paula Moreira (paulamoreira[at]@ipam.org.br), Flávia Gabriela Oyo França (flaviagabriela[at]ipam.org.br) or Paulo Moutinho, (moutinho[at]ipam.org.br)
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The majority of indigenous peoples [...]
DIE Discussion Paper: REDD from an integrated perspective
Posted in assessment, biodiversity, global, recent research, vulnerability on 30 April 2009 | Leave a Comment »
REDD from an integrated perspective: Considering overall climate change mitigation, biodiversity conservation and equity issues Lars Schmidt, Bonn, April 2009. Discussion Paper 4/2009, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, ISBN 978-3-88985-452-0
The discussion paper assesses selected options currently “on the table” in the international debate and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations on Reducing [...]
Research: Life as Commerce
Posted in biodiversity, carbon trading, funding, indicators, recent research, stewardship, vulnerability on 26 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Life as Commerce: the impact of market-based conservation on Indigenous Peoples, local communities and women
Global Forest Coalition, CENSAT Agua Viva, COECOCEIBA,
EQUATIONS, Alter Vida, the Timberwatch Coalition, October 2008.
“Life as Commerce” features case studies from India, Costa Rica, South Africa, Paraguay and Colombia about the impact of market-based conservation mechanisms like ecotourism, forest certification, biodiversity offsets [...]
News: Forest Peoples’ Rights Key To Reducing Emissions From Deforestation
Posted in biodiversity, carbon trading, funding, global, incentives, news items, stewardship on 20 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
News: Forest Peoples’ Rights Key To Reducing Emissions From Deforestation
ScienceDaily | 20 October 2008
Unless based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples and forest communities, efforts by rich countries to combat climate change by funding reductions in deforestation in developing countries will fail, and could even unleash a devastating wave of forest loss, cultural [...]
News: CBD launches Biodiversity and REDD newsletter
Posted in biodiversity, news items on 16 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
REDD e-newsletter
CBD Secretariat | 1 October 2008
The CBD Secretariat is publishing a bi-monthly e-Newsletter to inform CBD National Focal Points and other interested recipients about biodiversity aspects in relation to Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD). The first edition (October 2008) contains news items, calls for contributions on climate standards and upcoming meetings.
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Research: PNAS study finds carbon trading not helpful to biodiversity
Posted in biodiversity, incentives, north america, recent research on 31 July 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Carbon payments may not protect biodiversity
EurekaAlert | 7 July 2008
USA: Paying rural landowners in Oregon’s Willamette Basin to protect at-risk animals won’t necessarily mean that their newly conserved trees and plants will absorb more carbon from the atmosphere and vice versa, a new study has found. The study “Efficiency of Incentives to Jointly Increase Carbon [...]
