CLIMATE CHANGE & REDD

According to the Stern review, deforestation accounts for approximately 20 per cent of world annual greenhouse gas emissions and is the largest source of emissions in the developing world. In sub-Saharan Africa, a study in 2009 estimated carbon emissions from forest degradation may be three times greater than those from deforestation.

Given this significance, there has been growing interest in establishing a mechanism to reduce emissions from deforestation, particularly in tropical countries, to tackle climate change. The need to include measures to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) in developing countries in any new international agreement on climate change was recognised by parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in December 2007.

The scope for REDD+ - which goes beyond deforestation and forest degradation to include the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks - was set out at the UNFCCC 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) in Copenhagen in December 2009. While much of the deforestation under consideration is the result of legal land-use change and logging, there is also a significant proportion that is illegal. If avoided deforestation is to become a credible element of an international system for controlling greenhouse gas emissions, forest areas will have to be managed over the very long term and be subject to effective legal enforcement. Considerable amounts of finance will also be required.

In May 2010, 58 countries adopted the REDD+ Partnership document; the objective of the Partnership is to serve as "an interim platform for Partners to scale up to REDD+ action and finance". Total pledges of initial public finance between 2010 and 2012 currently total US$4 billion. Many countries have begun the process of getting 'REDD-ready' with technical support and finance from the UN-REDD programme and the World Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) and Forest Investment Programme (FIP).

However, although the amount of money pledged for interim REDD+ finance is considerable, and potential financial flows for REDD+ are predicted at US$30 billion a year, the amount of money that could be earned by developing countries by converting their remaining forests for agricultural production is potentially far greater, and poses a continuing threat to those forests.

The most recent UNFCCC conference took placde in Cancun, Mexico, in late November-early December 2010. Agreement was reached on REDD, the text of which can be found in the Outcome of the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention.

There remain many concerns about REDD, including the lack of decision on whether markets can be used for long-term REDD funding, the existence of potential loopholes for the accounting of emissions reductions from deforestation, and the potential development of tradeable property rights over trees - a particular concern of indigenous people's groups.

DOCUMENTS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
01/04/2013	Consolidated Summary: E-Discussion on Addressing REDD+ Corruption at the Local Level The UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing ...	UN-REDD
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01/01/2013	FAO, Forests and Climate Change: Working with Countries to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change Through Sustainable Forest Management This publication summarises the work that FAO is undertaking, with its partners, to assist countries ...	FAO
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16/11/2012	Understanding Relationships between Biodiversity, Carbon, Forests and People: The Key to Achieving REDD+ Objectives The relationships between biodiversity, carbon, forests and people are complex and interdependent. Reducing ...	IUFRO
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05/11/2012	The Role and Contribution of Montane Forests and Related Ecosystem Services to the Kenyan Economy The montane forests of Kenya, better known as Kenya’s “Water Towers”, produce direct ...	UNEP / UN-REDD Programme / Kenyan Government / Kenya Forest Service
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31/10/2012	Community-based Forest Monitoring for REDD+: Lessons and Reflections from the Field This policy brief reports some of the early findings of a regional action learning project involving ...	IGES
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26/10/2012	Interim REDD+ Finance: Current Status and Ways Forward for 2013-2020 The paper is intended to provide a constructive contribution to the efforts of colleagues around the ...	The Prince's Rainforest Project
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08/10/2012	An Assessment of Deforestation and Forest Degradation Drivers in Developing Countries Countries are encouraged to identify drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in the development ...	Environmental Research Letters (Noriko Hosonuma, Martin Herold, Veronique De Sy, Ruth S De Fries, Maria Brockhaus, Louis Verchot, Arild Angelsen, and Erika Romijn)
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01/10/2012	Forests And Climate Change: The Social Dimensions of REDD in Latin America Controlling deforestation, which is responsible for about one-fifth of the world’s greenhouse gas ...	Anthony Hall, Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics, UK
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27/09/2012	Drivers of Deforestation and Forest Degradation The long-term viability of REDD+ depends on altering business-as-usual activity in sectors currently ...	Gabrielle Kissinger, Lexeme Consulting, Canada & Martin Herold & Veronique De Sy of Wageningen University, The Netherlands
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25/09/2012	Outsourcing Hot Air: The Push for Sub-National REDD Offsets in California’s Carbon Market from Mexico and Beyond The success of REDD+ depends on its ability to deliver real, additional and permanent reductions in deforestation ...	Greenpeace
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03/09/2012	Policy Options to Reduce Deforestation Based on a Systematic Analysis of Drivers and Agents in Lowland Bolivia The reduction of tropical deforestation is of crucial importance for mitigating climate change and curbing ...	Land Use Policy (Robert Müller, Till Pistorius, Sophia Rohde, Gerhard Gerold, Pablo Pacheco)
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01/09/2012	REDD+: An incentive structure for long-term performance Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) was agreed at the UNFCCC as part ...	Greenpeace, CARE, FERN, ClientEarth, Ateneo school of government, FoE Norway & Rainforest Foundation Norway
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01/09/2012	Designing Effective REDD+ Safeguards Information Systems: Building on existing systems and country experiences A key determinant of REDD+ success will be the continued development and implementation of safeguards. ...	IISD (Deborah Murphy & Jessica Boyle)
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01/09/2012	Rainforest Roulette? Why Creating a Forest Carbon Offset Market is a Risky Bet for REDD This briefing argues that the creation of an international forest carbon market to finance REDD would ...	Rainforest Foundation UK
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01/09/2012	The Context of REDD+ in Indonesia: Drivers, Agents, and Institutions This country profile reviews the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in Indonesia, sets out ...	CIFOR (GB Indrarto, P Murharjanti, J Khatarina, I Pulungan, F Ivalerina, J Rahman, MN Prana, IAP Resosudarmo, & E Muharrom)
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01/09/2012	REDD+ in Vietnam: Integrating National and Subnational Approaches The international REDD+ community is still struggling with the question how a future REDD+ mechanism ...	Forest Trends, Climate Focus, Vietnam Administration of Forestry & Japan International Cooperation Agency (Phuc Xuan To, Robert O'Sullivan, Jacob Olander, Slayde Hawkins, Pham Quoc Hung & Noriyoshi Kitamura)
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01/08/2012	Financing Options to Support REDD+ Activities This report has been prepared for the DG “Climate Action” of the European Commission. The ...	European Commission
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20/07/2012	IGES Briefing Note on REDD+ Negotiations, United Nations Climate Change Conference, Bonn, Germany, 14-25 May 2012 REDD+ outcomes * SBSTA: The closing plenary adopted draft conclusions proposed by the Chair on ...	IGES
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01/07/2012	Sustaining Conservation Values in Selectively Logged Tropical Forests: the Attained and the Attainable Most tropical forests outside protected areas have been or will be selectively logged so it is essential ...	Conservation Letters (Francis E. Putz, Pieter A. Zuidema, Timothy Synnott, Marielos Pena-Claros, Michelle A. Pinard, Douglas Sheil, Jerome K. Vanclay, Plinio Sist, Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury, Bronson Griscom, John Palmer, & Roderick Zagt)
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30/06/2012	2012 Study on Forest Financing The Advisory Group on Finance (AGF) of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) has released a ...	CPF (Collaborative Partnership on Forests)
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28/06/2012	Community-Powered Monitoring of REDD+ Emerging forest policies such as REDD+ depend on the involvement of local communities for their success. ...	Global Canopy Programme
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26/06/2012	Forests & People First: The need for universal REDD+ Safeguards Forests & People First is a consultation document proposing a set of minimum principles/standards ...	Greenpeace
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25/06/2012	Timberland in Institutional Investment Portfolios: Can Significant Investment Reach Emerging Markets? This study examines current investment patterns in forestry. The context for the study is the emerging ...	FAO, Tropenbos International & Natural Resources Canada
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22/06/2012	Analysing REDD+: Challenges and Choices This is the third book in a series of highly recognised REDD+ volumes from CIFOR. It provides an analysis ...	CIFOR (A. Angelsen, M. Brockhaus, W.D. Sunderlin, L.V. Verchot (eds))
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19/06/2012	ETFRN News 53: Moving Forward with Forest Governance It is widely acknowledged that improving forest governance is an important prerequisite for sustainable ...	Tropenbos International
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01/06/2012	Land Rights in Gabon, Facing Up to the Past - and Present This report by land tenure specialist Liz Alden Wily documents the tenure situation in Gabon to inform, ...	FERN
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31/05/2012	Payments for Environmental Services in Costa Rica: from Rio to Rio and Beyond Costa Rica has shown how a small developing country can grab the bull of environmental degradation by ...	IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)
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29/05/2012	Giving REDD+ Life This report recommends that income generated from REDD+ should be given to forest communities to invest ...	The Forests Dialogue (TFD)
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16/05/2012	Building REDD+ Policy Capacity for Developing Country Negotiators and Land Managers Phase III: Lessons learned Two critical determinants of REDD+ success moving forward are: (1) developing and implementing REDD+ ...	IISD
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13/05/2012	Timing of carbon emissions from global forest clearance Land-use change, primarily from conventional agricultural expansion and deforestation, contributes to ...	Nature Climate Change (J. Mason Earles, Sonia Yeh & Kenneth E. Skog)
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13/05/2012	Nothing Neutral Here: Large-Scale Biomass Subsidies in the UK and the Role of the EU ETS Earlier this month Brazilian pulp and paper giant Suzano Papel e Celulose gained approval for the world’s ...	Carbon Trade Watch
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01/05/2012	Assessing Capacities of Non-Annex I Countries for National Forest Monitoring in the Context of REDD+ Abstract Countries participating in REDD+ need to prepare to report on their forest carbon stocks ...	Environmental Science & Policy (Erika Romijn, Martin Herold, Lammert Kooistra, Daniel Murdiyarso, Louis Verchot)
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01/05/2012	Corruption and REDD+: Identifying Risks Amid Complexity Corruption and other factors can influence deforestation in contradictory ways. This paper recommends ...	U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre (André Standing)
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01/05/2012	The Context of REDD+ in Vietnam: Drivers, Agents and Institutions This report discusses the political, economic and social opportunities and constraints that will influence ...	CIFOR (T.T. Pham, M. Moeliono, T.H. Nguyen, H.T. Nguyen, & T.H Vu)
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30/04/2012	Forests and climate change after Durban: An Asia-Pacific Perspective Over the past two years, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and RECOFTC ...	RECOFTC / FAO / Code REDD
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17/04/2012	iREDD Hedges Against Avoided Deforestation's Unholy Trinity of Leakage, Permanence and Additionality Workable financial mechanisms are essential to abate greenhouse gas emissions. Deforestation, which contributes ...	Conservation Letters (Penny van Oosterzee, James Blignaut & Corey J. A. Bradshaw)
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10/04/2012	Does Indonesia's REDD+ Moratorium on New Concessions Spare Imminently Threatened Forests? In May 2010, Indonesia signed a $1-billion partnership with Norway to reduce deforestation and prepare ...	Conservation Letters (Sean Sloan, David P. Edwards & William F. Laurance)
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27/03/2012	A Very Real and Practical Contribution? Lessons from the Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership On 9 September 2007, Australian Ministers and the Indonesian President announced a $100 million Kalimantan ...	Australian National University (Erik Olbrei & Stephen Howes)
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26/03/2012	2011 Year in Review The 2011 “Year in Review” report provides a comprehensive snapshot of the significant progress ...	UN-REDD Programme
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19/03/2012	Biodiversity Monitoring Protocols for REDD+: Can a One-size-fits-all Approach Really Work? Development of a standard monitoring protocol for assessing the impacts of REDD+ (Reduced Emissions from ...	Tropical Conservation Science (Mark E. Harrison, Arjan Boonman, Susan M. Cheyne, Simon J. Husson, Nicholas C. Marchant, Matthew J. Struebig)
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08/03/2012	Rights to Forests and Carbon Under REDD+ Initiatives in Latin America Rights to large areas of forest have been granted to communities and indigenous peoples in Latin America, ...	CIFOR (AM Larson, E Corbera, P Cronkleton, C Van Dam, DB Bray, M Estrada, P May, G Medina, G Navarro, & P Pacheco)
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17/02/2012	Indonesia's Moratorium on New Forest Concessions: Key Findings and Next Steps This Working Paper analyzes Indonesia’s moratorium on new licenses in primary natural forests and ...	World Resources Institute (WRI)
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31/01/2012	Pro-poor Benefit Distribution in REDD+: Who Gets What and Why Does it Matter? REDD Working Paper. Ensuring the poor or the most vulnerable sections of society benefit from REDD+ is key mainly to build ...	IIED
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18/01/2012	Forests and Climate Change Adaptation in Asia The key points in this briefing are: * Climate change is expected to have significant negative impacts ...	FAO, RECOFTC & UNEP
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09/01/2012	Structuring Economic Incentives to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation within Indonesia The authors of this paper estimate and map the impacts that alternative national and subnational economic ...	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), US (Jonah Busch, Ruben N. Lubowski, Fabiano Godoy, Marc Steininger, Arief A. Yusuf, Kemen Austin, Jenny Hewson, Daniel Juhn, Muhammad Farid & Frederick Boltz)
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01/12/2011	Agroforestry in REDD+: Opportunities and Challenges The authors of this policy brief say that agroforestry and other tree-based systems (wood lots, afforestation) ...	ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins
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01/12/2011	Draft Text on REDD+ at COP17 of the UNFCCC Methodological guidance for activities relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation ...	UNFCCC
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01/12/2011	Drivers of Deforestation and REDD+ What do opportunity costs mean in the context of REDD+ and what are the implications for local communities? ...	The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC)
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30/11/2011	Off the Market: Bolivian Forests and Struggles Over Climate Change This report connects the dots between the global debate over forest protection and the complex realities ...	Democracy Center
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28/11/2011	The Reality of REDD+ in Peru: Between Theory and Practice - Indigenous Amazonian Peoples’ Analyses and Alternatives This report compiled by AIDESEP, FENAMAD, CARE (regional and national indigenous organisations) and FPP ...	Roberto Espinoza Llanos (AIDESEP) & Conrad Feather (FPP)
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27/11/2011	WWF Living Forests Report Chapter 3: Forests and Climate WWF envisions a world where humanity lives within the Earth's ecological limits and shares its resources ...	WWF
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25/11/2011	Carbon Markets will not Deliver for Southern Governments, Forests and People Many governments believe that carbon trading will provide substantial funding to protect or sustainably ...	FERN, et al
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24/11/2011	Options for Monitoring and Estimating Historical Carbon Emissions from Forest Degradation in the Context of REDD+ Measuring forest degradation and related forest carbon stock changes is more challenging than measuring ...	Carbon Balance and Management Journal (Martin Herold, Rosa Maria Roman-Cuesta, Danilo Mollicone, Yasumasa Hirata, Patrick Van Laake, Gregory P Asner, Carlos Souza, Margaret Skutsch, Valerio Avitabile and Ken MacDicken)
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24/11/2011	Building Bridges Between REDD+ and Sustainable Agriculture: Addressing Agriculture's Role as a Driver of Deforestation The potential role of forests in reducing of global greenhouse gas emissions is attracting considerable ...	FAO
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16/11/2011	Stakeholders’ Incentives for Land-use Change and REDD: The Case of Indonesia The authors of this working paper have estimated the opportunity costs of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation ...	Silvia Irawan, Luca Tacconi & Irene Ring (for the Asia Pacific Network for Environmental Governance)
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10/11/2011	Climate Change for Forest Policy-Makers: An Approach for Integrating Climate Change into National Forest Programmes in Support of Sustainable Forest Management The critical role of forests in climate change mitigation and adaptation is now widely recognized. Actions ...	FAO
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26/10/2011	UN-REDD Programme Newsletter, October 2011 In this issue: News * UN-REDD Programme Approves US$4 million for REDD+ in Nigeria * UN-REDD ...	UN-REDD Programme
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20/10/2011	EFI EU FLEGT News, September/October 2011 Bimonthly news on common efforts of the EU and its partner countries and institutions to combat illegal ...
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11/10/2011	FPP Series on Rights, Forests and Climate - October 2011: REDD+ in Indonesia For several years the Forest Peoples Programme has worked with the national NGO Pusaka and local partners ...	Forest Peoples Programme
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04/10/2011	Forest Carbon, Cash and Crime: The Risk of Criminal Engagement in REDD+ Corruption in the forest sector has until now been overwhelmingly linked to logging, both illegal and ...	Global Witness
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28/09/2011	UN-REDD Programme Newsletter, September 2011 In this issue: News * Mongolia Begins its REDD+ Roadmap Process * Encouraging Signs for ...	UN-REDD Programme
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21/09/2011	Lessons from International and Regional Instruments: A ClientEarth and World Resources Institute Submission to SBSTA ClientEarth and the World Resources Institute believe that effective implementation of the REDD+ safeguards ...	Client Earth / WRI
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12/09/2011	REDDy-Set-Grow Part II: Private Sector Suggestions for International Climate Change Negotiators In this report, over 200 leading actors of the financial sector united under a partnership with the United ...	UNEP
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01/09/2011	Orangutans and the Economics of Sustainable Forest Management in Sumatra Deforestation is responsible for approximately 17% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and is therefore ...	UNEP
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30/08/2011	UN-REDD Programme Newsletter, August 2011 ...	UN-REDD Programme
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27/07/2011	UN-REDD Programme Newsletter, July 2011 In this issue News * UN-REDD at the Oslo REDD Exchange * REDD+ Participatory Governance ...	UN-REDD Programme
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26/07/2011	EFI EU FLEGT News, July/August 2011 ...	EFI (European Forest Institute)
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20/07/2011	ForestWatch Issue 162 and Bonn Climate Talks Update In this issue: * Beech forests are acknowledged as world heritage * New rule to shed a glimmer of ...	FERN
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12/07/2011	Forest Peoples Programme Newsletter July 2011 The challenge of climate change has injected new energy – and funding – into forest policy-making. ...	Forest Peoples Programme
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05/07/2011	Funding for Forests: UK Government Support for REDD+ PwC and its alliance partners, Climate Focus, Winrock and IUCN, were appointed by the UK Government in ...	PwC, with Climate Focus, Winrock & IUCN.
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01/07/2011	A Review of Three REDD+ Safeguard Initiatives This background paper seeks to contribute to the discussion on practical experiences regarding safeguards ...	FCPF / UN-REDD Programme (Nicholas Moss & Ruth Nussbaum)
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22/06/2011	UN-REDD Programme Newsletter, June 2011 In this issue News * Solomon Islands Now Ready for REDD+ Readiness * Providing Information ...	UN-REDD Programme
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16/06/2011	Caught REDD Handed: How Indonesia's Logging Moratorium was Criminally Compromised on Day One and Norway will Profit EIA and Telapak report that at the same time that the Indonesian president was declaring an area of peat ...	EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency) / Telapak
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13/06/2011	World Bank: Catalysing Catastrophic Climate Change This report is highly critical of what the authors see as the role of the World Bank in continuing to ...	Friends of the Earth International
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01/06/2011	Guidance for the Provision of Information on REDD+ Governance. Draft. This draft Guidance has been produced in response to the rapid developments in relation to REDD+ within ...	Chatham House & UN-REDD
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01/06/2011	Linking Forests and Food Production in the REDD+ Context In order for REDD+ carbon emission mitigation targets to be reached, the primary driver of forest clearing ...	CGIAR (Gabrielle Kissinger)
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01/06/2011	Can "Fragile States" Decide to Reduce their Deforestation? The Inappropriate Use of the Theory of Incentives with Respect to the REDD Mechanism The originality of the REDD proposal is its incentives-based mechanism designed to reward the governments ...	Forest Policy and Economics (Alain Karsenty)
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26/05/2011	Lessons learnt from FLEGT for REDD This report explains why ignoring key lessons from initiatives to control illegal logging (such as the ...	FERN
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23/05/2011	Getting Ready! A Study of National Governance Structuresfor REDD+ This report sets out a comparative study of potential national governance structures for REDD+. The role ...	Noragric, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Arild Vatn & Paul Vedeld)
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20/05/2011	Forest Carbon News May 2011 The Overview: From the formation of an international alliance of domestic legislators to push REDD ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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20/05/2011	UN-REDD Programme Newsletter, May 2011 In this issue: News * UN-REDD Countries from Asia Pacific and Latin America Meet in Unique ...	UN-REDD Programme
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16/05/2011	Tackling Corruption for Governing REDD in the Philippines Forest governance in the Philippines during the post-colonial period has involved protracted efforts ...	U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, Norway
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06/05/2011	REDDy - Set - Grow: Opportunities and Roles of Financial Institutions in Forest-Carbon Markets This report explains how private sector participation in REDD+ and deforestation activities can lead ...	UNEP Finance Initiative
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05/05/2011	Nested Approaches to REDD+: An Overview of Issues and Options Interest in "nested" approaches to REDD+ has grown steadily as policy makers, practitioners ...	Forest Trends / Climate Focus
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01/05/2011	Guidance for the Provision of Information on REDD+ Governance This Guidance was prepared by the UN-REDD Programme and Chatham House. It draws on multi-stakeholder ...	Chatham House / UN-REDD Programme
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30/04/2011	Global Corruption Report: Climate Change The Global Corruption Report is the first comprehensive publication of its kind to explore the corruption ...	Transparency International
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28/04/2011	Forest Carbon News April 2011 The Overview: Guyana continues to find itself at the center of several REDD+ news stories. The small ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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27/04/2011	Options for REDD+ Voluntary Certification to Ensure Net GHG Benefits, Poverty Alleviation, Sustainable Management of Forests and Biodiversity Conservation The researchers' objective was to compare and evaluate the practical applicability to REDD+ of ten ...	MDPI (Eduard Merger, Michael Dutschke & Louis Verchot)
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20/04/2011	UN-REDD Programme Newsletter, March-April 2011 Included in this issue: News * Partnering with UN-REDD * UN-REDD at CBD's REDD+ capacity ...	UN-REDD Programme
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20/04/2011	Diagnosing the Uncertainty and Detectability of Emission Reductions for REDD + Under Current Capabilities: an Example for Panama In preparation for the deployment of a new mechanism that could address as much as one fifth of global ...	Environmental Research Letters (Johanne Pelletier, Navin Ramankutty, & Catherine Potvin)
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11/04/2011	ForestWatch Issue 159 In this issue: * Carbon as commodity: Reducing emissions or filling pockets? * Will biofuels sustainability ...	FERN
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07/04/2011	Bad Influence: How McKinsey Inspired Plans Lead to Rainforest Destruction McKinsey & Company is a giant, well-connected global consultancy firm which has been working to position ...	Greenpeace
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22/03/2011	2010 Year in Review This UN-REDD Programme report highlights progress and achievements of the Programme in its national and ...	UN-REDD Programme
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15/03/2011	Biodiversity and Livelihoods: REDD-plus Benefits The importance of biodiversity and livelihood aspects within the design of REDD-plus has been recognized ...	Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (giz) GmbH
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09/03/2011	Free, Prior, and Informed Consent in REDD+ The principle that indigenous peoples and local communities have a right to give or withhold their Free, ...	The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC)
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01/03/2011	Dutch Trade and Biodiversity. Biodiversity and Socio-economic Impacts of Dutch Trade in Soya, Palm Oil and Timber This report documents the ecological and socio-economic impacts of the Netherlands in producer countries ...	LEI, Wageningen UR (Kamphuis et al.)
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24/02/2011	The UN-REDD Programme Strategy The UN-REDD Programme has released its first five-year strategy for 2011-2015, which provides a road ...	UN-REDD Programme
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23/02/2011	Remotely Sensed Forest Cover Loss Shows High Spatial and Temporal Variation across Sumatera and Kalimantan, Indonesia 2000–2008 The Indonesian islands of Sumatera and Kalimantan (the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo) are a ...	Environmental Research Letters (Mark Broich, Matthew Hansen, Fred Stolle, Peter Potapov, Belinda Arunarwati Margono & Bernard Adusei)
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18/02/2011	REDD Integrity: Addressing Governance and Corruption Challenges in Schemes for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) The authors of this U4 Report note that donor-backed programmes for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation ...	Chr. Michelsen Institute (Peter Bofin, Mari-Lise du Preez, André Standing & Aled Williams)
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16/02/2011	UN-REDD Programme Newsletter, February 2011 Included in this issue: News UN-REDD Releases its First 5-year Programme Strategy REDD+ ...	UN-REDD Programme
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07/02/2011	REDD and Rights In Cameroon: A Review of the Treatment of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Policies and Projects. In this report, it is argued that national REDD readiness planning activities in Cameroon, including ...	Forest Peoples Programme
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02/02/2011	State of the World's Forests 2011 This ninth biennial issue of State of the World’s Forests is being launched at the outset of 2011, ...	FAO
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01/02/2011	Managing Forests for Climate Change This report examines the role of forests and sustainable forest management in climate change mitigation ...	FAO
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01/02/2011	Cancun De-Briefing: an Analysis of the Cancun Agreements This report highlights some of these key issues under discussion at the COP16 meeting in Cancun, including ...	Climatico
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01/02/2011	Smoke and Mirrors: A Critical Assessment of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility This report finds that the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) is failing to fulfil its social ...	FERN / Forest Peoples Programme (Kate Dooley, Tom Griffiths, Francesco Martone & Saskia Ozinga)
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01/02/2011	Justification and Recommendations for a New REDD+ Mechanism: Tropical Forest Group submission to UNFCCC on the Cancun Agreements The Cancun Agreements call for submissions by Accredited Organizations in paragraphs #28 (adaptation), ...	Tropical Forest Group
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28/01/2011	Agriculture Greenhouse Emissions in Latin America and the Caribbean The authors of this pilot study claim that farmers in Latin America and Caribbean will see billions in ...	Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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24/01/2011	Embracing Complexity: Meeting the Challenges of International Forest Governance. A Global Assessment Report In November 2009, the Global Forest Expert Panel (GFEP) Steering Committee established an expert panel ...	International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
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21/01/2011	Forest Watch Special Report – UNFCCC Climate talks, Cancun, December 2010 FERN have produced a short special report of the key decisions that affect forests taken at the UNFCCC ...	FERN EU Forest Watch
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11/01/2011	Monitoring, Reporting and Verification for National REDD+ Programmes: Two Proposals Different options have been suggested by Parties to the UNFCCC (United Framework Convention on Climate ...	Environmental Research Letters (Martin Herold & Margaret Skutsch)
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01/01/2011	FLEGT-REDD+ Linkages: What is FLEGT? This briefing is part of a series produced to inform European Union and Member State officials, both ...	Proforest
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01/01/2011	FLEGT-REDD+ Linkages: What is REDD+? This briefing is part of a series produced to inform European Union and Member State officials, both ...	Proforest
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01/01/2011	FLEGT-REDD+ Linkages: Working Together Effectively This briefing is part of a series produced to inform European Union and Member State officials, both ...	Proforest
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01/01/2011	Lessons for REDD+ from Measures to Control Illegal Logging in Indonesia Indonesia has committed to reducing its emissions from land use, land use change and forestry - by 26% ...	CIFOR (C. Luttrell, K. Obidzinski, M. Brockhaus, E. Muharrom, E. Petkova, A. Wardell & J. Halperin)
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20/12/2010	Getting Ready for REDD+ Global efforts are being made to prepare tropical forest countries for REDD+. The work is advancing rapidly ...	Focali (Forest, Climate and Livelihood Research Network, Sweden) (Lisa Westholm)
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15/12/2010	Agriculture and Deforestation: What Role Should REDD+ and Public Support Policies Play? They key highlights of this paper from the Institut du Devéloppement Durable et des Relations ...	IDDRI (Romain Pirard & Sébastien Treyer)
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01/12/2010	Getting to the Roots: Underlying Causes of Deforestation and Forest Degradation, and Drivers of Forest Restoration This is a report summarizing the findings of the Global Forest Coalition’s three year global program ...	Global Forest Coalition
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01/12/2010	Beyond the REDD-hot Debate: Challenges and Options for REDD-plus Implementation The Forests Dialogue (TFD) brought together more than 275 leading forest stakeholders during 2008 in ...	The Forests Dialogue
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28/11/2010	REDD: The Realities in Black and White The authors of this report claim that REDD is too good to be true. They say that although REDD may benefit ...	Friends of the Earth International
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26/11/2010	Report of the REDD+ Partnership’s Workshop on Enhancing Coordinated Delivery of REDD+: Emerging Lessons, Best Practices and Challenges The REDD+ Partnership Workshop was held in support of the core objective of the Partnership, as stated ...	REDD+ Partnership
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25/11/2010	McREDD: How McKinsey 'Cost-curves' are Distorting REDD The authors of this briefing note that the carbon mitigation cost-curve, as used by McKinsey & Company, ...	The Rainforest Foundation
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23/11/2010	Protection Money: Indonesia is at a Crossroads The authors of this report warn that a landmark US$1 billion deal between Indonesia and Norway – ...	Greenpeace
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08/11/2010	Food, Fuel, or Forests? Charting A Responsible U.S. Role in Global Palm Oil Expansion This report warns that the increased demand for palm oil -- which makes its way into the U.S. in a myriad ...	National Wildlife Federation, US
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01/11/2010	Sustainable Forest Management as a Strategy to Combat Climate Change: Lessons from Mexican Communities This study presents the results of recent studies of community forest management in Mexico in the belief ...	Consejo Civil Mexicano para la Silvicultura Sostenible (CCMSS) & Rights and Resources
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01/10/2010	Rough Trade: How Australia's Trade Policies Contribute to Illegal Logging in the Pacific Region The author's research shows that the Australian Government is not doing enough to ensure that Australian ...	The Australia Institute (Caroline Hoisington)
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01/10/2010	Can Money Grow on Trees? Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) in Developing Countries This report provides an overview of proposed forest carbon emission reduction schemes that have been ...	The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID)
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01/10/2010	The Interim REDD+ Partnership: Briefing Note This briefing note explains the Interim REDD+ Partnership, which is an interim platform for Partners ...	FIELD (Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development)
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01/10/2010	Asia Pulp & Paper’s Hidden Emissions: Calculating the Real Carbon Footprint of APP’s Paper In order to develop a more complete carbon footprint estimate for Asia Pulp and Paper’s (APP) paper ...	Rainforest Action Network (RAN) & Japan Tropical Forest Action Network (JATAN)
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06/09/2010	High-Resolution Forest Carbon Stocks and Emissions in the Amazon The researchers on this paper used a combination of satellite imagery, airborne-laser technology, and ...	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, US (Gregory P. Asner et al)
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30/08/2010	Palm Oil and Indigenous Peoples in South East Asia This report sets out to show how rapid expansion of oil palm plantations across Southeast Asia has run ...	Forest People's Programme
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13/07/2010	TEEB – The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity Report for Business - Executive Summary 2010 The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) is a global study, initiated by the G8 and five major ...	The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)
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03/06/2010	Principles for Independent Monitoring of REDD (IM-REDD) The authors of this briefing paper say that governance is key to REDD+. Through internationally agreed ...	Global Witness
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01/06/2010	The Hottest REDD issues: Rights, Equity, Development, Deforestation and Governance by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities This discussion paper is a contribution to the debate about policies and incentives to reduce emissions ...	Global Forest Coalition
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27/05/2010	REDD+ Partnership This document expresses the intent of the governments present at the Oslo Climate and Forest Conference ...	Oclo Climate and Forest Conference, Norway
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05/05/2010	Climate Change, Forests and Federalism: Seeing the Treaty for the Trees Despite numerous attempts over the past two decades – including most recently at the Copenhagen ...	Hudson, Blake (Stetson University, US)
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01/04/2010	Forest Law Enforcement and Governance and Forest Practices in Guyana Guyana and Norway have agreed to work toward the establishment of a REDD mechanism. Within this context, ...	CIFOR & IWOKRAMA
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01/04/2010	Forestry, Risk and Climate Policy This book examines over a decade of forestry and climate policy advice. It starts by focusing the global ...	Dutschke, Michael (Biocarbon Consult)
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17/03/2010	International Involvement in Preservation of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: Context, Constraints and Scope Lack of international recognition of the fundamentals of Brazilian history has been a key factor leading ...	Brett Simpson
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17/03/2010	International Involvement in Preservation of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: Context, Constraints and Scope Lack of international recognition of the fundamentals of Brazilian history has been a key factor leading ...	Brett Simpson, Resources and Environmental Lawyer
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01/03/2010	Implications of the REDD Negotiations for Forest Restoration This briefing looks at the implications of the negotiations on reducing emissions from deforestation ...	UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC)
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01/03/2010	Indigenous Lands, Protected Areas, and Slowing Climate Change The authors of this study state that forest protection offers one of the most effective, practical, and ...	PLoS Biology
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01/03/2010	Forest Governance and Climate-Change Mitigation This brief highlights lessons learned from experiences on the ground and sets out the key elements of ...	ITTO & FAO
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01/03/2010	Investing in REDD+ This report presents the outcome of four dialogues on frameworks for the financing and implementation ...	The Forests Dialogue
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21/01/2010	The End of the Hinterland: Forests, Conflict and Climate Change Forests have long been a hinterland: remote, “backward” areas largely controlled by external, ...	RRI (Rights and Resources Initiative)
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19/01/2010	Can REDD make natural forests competitive with oil palm? The authors of this update claim that payments for forest conservation under the proposed REDD mechanism ...	ITTO (International Tropical Timber Organisation) Tropical Forest Update (Lian Pin Koh & Rhett A. Butler)
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13/01/2010	Financial Governance and Indonesia’s Reforestation Fund During the Soeharto and Post-Soeharto Periods, 1989–2009: a Political Economic Analysis of Lessons for REDD+ This study analyses Indonesia’s experience with its Reforestation Fund, and examines implications ...	Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia.
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18/12/2009	Copenhagen Accord Document agreed by the Copenhagen conference on climate change in December 2009. The topics of deforestation ...	United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009
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18/12/2009	Methodological Guidance for Activities Relating to Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation and the Role of Conservation, Sustainable Management of Forests and Enhancement of Forest Carbon Stocks in Developing Countries This is the decision reached by the 2009 UNFCCC conference of the parties on methodologies for measuring ...	United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009
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15/12/2009	Draft decision on policy approaches and positive incentives on issues relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries; and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of fore Text of a draft decision at the 2009 UNFCCC conference of the parties on a REDD framework. Along with ...	United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009
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13/12/2009	UK-Denmark statement to Forest Day, Copenhagen Climate Change conference Statement on illegal logging and climate change - including the need for transparent and accountable ...	Hilary Benn (UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) and Troels Lund Poulsen (Danish Minister for the Environment)
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11/12/2009	Voices from the Congo Basin: Incorporating the Perspectives of Local Stakeholders for Improved REDD Design The scarcity of information on local and indigenous perspectives on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation ...	WRI
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03/12/2009	The World Bank and the Forest Sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo: REDD Future or Greenwash? This is an open letter send by Greenpeace, Global Witness, and the Rainforest Foundation to Michael Wormser, ...	The Rainforest Foundation, Global Witness & Greenpeace
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02/12/2009	Putting the Brakes on Drivers of Forest Destruction: A Shared Responsibility. The authors of this briefing, published ahead of the Copenhagen climate talks, believe that rising demand ...	Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)
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30/11/2009	Ministry of Finance Green Paper: Economic and Fiscal Policy Strategies for Climate Change Mitigation in Indonesia The Indonesian government published this green paper on climate change prior to the start of the Copenhagen ...	Ministry of Finance, Republic of Indonesia & Australia Indonesia Partnership, Jakarta
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27/11/2009	Noel Kempff Mercado Climate Action Project: Position of Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza (FAN–Bolivia) on Greenpeace's Report In the report entitled "Carbon ...	Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza (FAN–Bolivia)
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27/11/2009	Global Climate Politics in the Congo Basin: Unprecedented Opportunity or High-risk Gamble? This report discusses the challenges and opportunities of forest carbon schemes and management in the ...	Heinrich Boell Foundation (Korinna Horta)
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25/11/2009	What a Scam! Australia’s REDD Offsets for Copenhagen This report by Friends of the Earth Australia and AidWatch examines the Australian and Indonesian Governments’ ...	Friends of the Earth Australia
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01/11/2009	Forests and Climate Change: Adaptation and Mitigation (ETFRN News 50) This issue of ETFRN News contains more than 20 wide-ranging articles on forests and climate change; the ...	European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN)
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27/10/2009	Government's response to Environmental Audit Committee report on 'Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation: No hope without forests' The Environmental Audit Committee of the House of Commons published its report on 'Reducing greenhouse ...	UK government
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27/10/2009	Report of Informal Working Group in Interim Finance for REDD+ Discussion document published by the Informal Working Group in Interim Finance for REDD+ established ...	Informal Working Group in Interim Finance for REDD+
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15/10/2009	Carbon Scam: Noel Kempff Climate Action Project and the Push for Sub-national Forest Offsets In 1997 three energy giants, American Electric Power (AEP), BP-Amoco (BP), and Pacificorp entered into ...	Greenpeace
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07/10/2009	Protecting the Climate Forests: Why Reducing Tropical Deforestation is in America’s Vital National Interest The US Commission on Climate and Tropical Forests – a bipartisan group of leaders from business, ...	The Commission on Climate and Tropical Forests, US
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02/10/2009	Trick or Treat? REDD, Development and Sustainable Forest Management The ability of the negotiators under the UNFCCC to achieve a robust agreement on REDD, one that is not ...	Global Witness
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02/10/2009	REDD+ Social and Environmental Standards This initiative is developing standards that can be used by governments, NGOs, financing agencies and ...	Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) and CARE International (faciltators)
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01/10/2009	Deforestation and Climate Change: Not for Felling Carbon stored in forests will stand centre stage at the Copenhagen climate talks in December. A potential ...	Chatham House (Duncan Brack & Katharina Umpfenbach)
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29/09/2009	The Future of Forests and Orangutans (Pongo abelii) in Sumatra: Predicting Impacts of Oil Palm Plantations, Road Construction, and Mechanisms for Reducing Carbon Emissions from Deforestation Northern Sumatra comprises an area of 65,000 km2 that is both the site of Indonesia's first planned ...	Gaveau, David L A, Wich, Serge, Epting, Justi, Juhn, Daniel, Kanninen, and Leader-Williams, Nigel
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01/08/2009	Incentives to Sustain Forest Ecosystem Services - A Review and Lessons for REDD In 2007, during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP 13, Norway's ...	IIED
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29/06/2009	Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation: No hope without forests The UK and other developed countries must change patterns of consumption to reduce demand for products ...	Environmental Audit Committee of the House of Commons (UK)
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04/06/2009	Vested Interests - Industrial logging and carbon in tropical forests In this report, the authors claim that "Industrial logging is a major source of carbon emissions, ...	Global Witness
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01/06/2009	Fact sheet: Reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries: approaches to stimulate action The four page fact sheet outlines the relationship between forests and climate change, highlighting the ...	UNFCCC
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07/05/2009	An Emergency Package for Tropical Forests Through a process of broad consultation, The Princes Rainforests Project has developed a proposal for ...	The Prince's Rainforests Project
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22/04/2009	Forests: the Green and REDD of Climate Change: UN-DESA Policy Brief 16 This policy brief suggests that financial resources expected to be allocated to forests for climate change ...	UN-DESA
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22/04/2009	Finance for Forests and Climate Change: UN-DESA Policy Brief 15 This policy brief concludes that the global climate change agreement should include actions on deforestation ...	UN-DESA
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12/02/2009	Keeping the Amazon forests standing: a matter of values The authors of this report claim that paying for the ecological services provided by the Amazon rainforest ...	WWF Netherlands
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01/02/2009	Challenges for a business case for high-biodiversity REDD projects and schemes A new report for the CBD Secretariat by EcoSecurities explores the potential for market payments for ...	EcoSecurities Ltd for the Convention on Biodeiversity Secretariat
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01/01/2009	Assessment of Existing Global Financial Initiatives and Monitoring Aspects of Carbon Sinks in Forest Ecosystems – The Issue of REDD The objective of this report is to explore the topic of carbon sinks in forest ecosystems, focusing on ...	Focali (Forest, Climate and Livelihood Research Network, Sweden)
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01/11/2008	From REDD to HEDD: World Rainforest Movement contribution to the Convention on Climate Change Reflects on the mechanism currently being discussed at the Convention on Climate Change (REDD) to address ...	WRM
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17/10/2008	Communication addressing the challenges of deforestation and forest degradation to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss Communication presenting proposals on deforestation to form the basis of the EU position at the upcoming ...	European Commission
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15/10/2008	REDD and forest governance Submission to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee inquiry into 'Forests: the future ...	Chatham House (Thomas Legge, Alison Hoare and Jade Saunders)
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15/10/2008	Tarapoto Declaration: A compromise and an action plan for REDD in Peru The Peruvian REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) Group have published ...	Peruvian REDD Group
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14/10/2008	Climate Change: Financing Global Forests (Eliasch Review) The Eliasch Review is an independent report to the UK government, commissioned by the Prime Minister ...	Office of Climate Change (UK)
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08/10/2008	Beyond REDD: The Role of Forests in Climate Change This statement is the product of a multi-stakeholder process developed and convened by The Forests Dialogue. ...	The Forests Dialogue
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01/10/2008	Connecting community forests in the Democratic Republic of Congo with international markets: Some initial ideas Includes a section looking at where the REDD (Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degredation) ...	Forests Monitor
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15/08/2008	Estimating the cost of building capacity in rainforest nations to allow them to participate in a global REDD mechanism This report provides an estimation of the funds that will be needed to build capacity in 25 rainforest ...	Chatham House and ProForest (Alison Hoare, Thomas Legge, Ruth Nussbaum & Jade Saunders)
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01/08/2008	Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries: Meeting the main challenges ahead A four page briefing by the German Development Institute, discussing and recommending options for REDD ...	DIE
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04/07/2008	Methodology for Estimating Reductions of GHG Emissions from Mosaic Deforestation Looks at methodology for Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) processes. ...	BioCarbon Fund
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29/06/2008	Combating Climate Change: An International Cooperation Framework Beyond 2012 This paper was commissioned at the GLOBE G8+5 legislators meeting in the US Senate, Washington DC, in ...	GLOBE International (Lord Michael Jay)
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01/04/2008	Securing the future: An alternative plan for Solomon Island forests and economy Comparing the value of industrial logging for round wood export and small-scale sawmilling for timber ...	Greenpeace
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31/03/2008	Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation: Lessons from a forest governance perspective Outlines experiences from existing efforts aimed at improving forest governance which should be considered ...	ProForest, Chatham House, EcoSecurities (Ruth Nussbaum, Jade Saunders, Johannes Ebeling)
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01/01/2008	Forest Governance and Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) This is a revised version of the paper ...	Chatham House and ProForest (Jade Saunders and Ruth Nussbaum)
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03/12/2007	Reduced Emissions from Avoided Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) and Forest Governance Briefing paper outlining governance challenges facing the inclusion of REDD in a post Kyoto mechanism ...	Jade Saunders, Chatham House; Ruth Nussbaum, ProForest
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01/12/2007	Protecting the future: carbon, forests, protected areas and local livelihoods Summary document looking at current proposals on reducing emissions from deforestation in developing ...	United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
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01/12/2007	Reducing Emissions from Deforestation: Global mechanisms, conservation and livelihoods This briefing considers the implications for biodiversity conservation and local people's livelihoods ...	United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
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21/11/2007	The International Regime, Avoided Deforestation and the Evolution of Public and Private Policies towards Forests in Developing Countries Meeting report from a meeting held in PAris just before the 13th Conference of Parties (CoP 13) of the ...	CIRAD, IDDRI, CIFOR and GIP ECOFOR
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20/08/2007	Joint statement by Japan and the Republic of Indonesia on the enhancement of the cooperation on climate change, environment and energy issues The Prime Minister of Japan, H.E. Mr. Shinzo Abe and President of the Republic of Indonesia, H.E. Dr. ...	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
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24/01/2007	Protecting forests to mitigate global climate change A paper prepared for the Chatham House meeting 'Forest governance and trade: exploring options' ...	Climate Focus (Charlotte Streck)
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NEWS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
02/05/2013	Illegal Logging Threatens UN’s Carbon Trading Project The military’s ongoing clearing of community forests in Oddar Meanchey province risks derailing ...	The Cambodia Daily
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30/04/2013	Aceh performs worst in forestry protection: UNDP The latest study from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Indonesia found that the local administration ...	The Jakarta Post
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26/04/2013	Standing Up: Guyana and Norway Partner to Keep Trees Standing Sustainability is all the rage these days. The phrase “Sustainable Development” can be heard ...	Forbes
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19/04/2013	UN-backed partnership helps Kenyans protect forests, improve livelihoods A United Nations-backed project in Kenya is protecting forests and wildlife, as well as providing alternative ...	UN News Centre
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17/04/2013	Conservation policies that boost farm yields may ultimately undermine forest protection, argues study Rising agricultural profitability due to higher prices, improved crop productivity, and forest conservation ...	Mongabay.com
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05/04/2013	Nepal: Eager to join global efforts to fight deforestation, but not getting to the root Though it has shown enthusiastic support for global efforts to slow forest loss and degradation (REDD+), ...	CIFOR
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02/04/2013	Africa: How to Balance Forests and Food? A few weeks ago the Skoll World Forum hosted an online ...	AlertNet
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01/04/2013	Experts: Corruption could threaten global efforts to slow forest loss U.N.-backed efforts to slow forest loss could be derailed by corruption, experts warned as they pointed ...	CIFOR
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01/04/2013	Africans Move Against REDD Initiatives in Continent African participants at the World Social Forum in Tunisia have taken a historic decision to launch a ...	Premium Times (Nigeria)
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08/03/2013	The need to jump-start REDD to save forests At least US$7.3 billion has been pledged for REDD+ over the period from 2008 to 2015, with $4.3 billion ...	Mongabay.com
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04/03/2013	Indonesia: Communities under REDD+ Indonesia possesses some of world’s richest forests in terms of biodiversity, carbon values and ...	The Jakarta Post
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25/02/2013	UN-REDD launches guidelines on FPIC The UN-REDD Programme recently launched the UN-REDD Programme Guidelines on Free, Prior and Informed ...	Forest Carbon Asia
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22/02/2013	Deforestation, wetlands loss in Brazil and Indonesia generated 45b tons of CO2 in 20 years The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched a global ...	Mongabay.com
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22/02/2013	Latin America’s forests – what lies ahead in 2013? Lima, Peru - In the past year, Latin America’s forests saw progress and setbacks that will shape ...	Center for International Forestry Research
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21/02/2013	REDD Plus or REDD “Light”? Biodiversity, communities and forest carbon certification Until there is an agreement at the UNFCCC level on REDD, carbon credits from REDD projects can only be ...	REDD-monitor.org
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20/02/2013	Zimbabwe: Deforestation On the Rise Zimbabwe has lost 4 989 548 hectares of wooded land to various causes inspired by both human and natural ...	The Herald
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07/02/2013	The orangutan’s road: illegal logging and mining in Indonesia Like in a desolate Edward Hopper landscape, the orangutan was clinging to the one last tree that stood ...	Brookings Institution, US
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02/02/2013	RI needs high-tech solution to deforestation Indonesia needs sophisticated remote sensing technology to accurately locate the damaged parts of its ...	The Jakarta Post
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30/01/2013	Whither REDD+ after Doha? New realities for forest advocates Observations from UNFCCC COP 18 Is Doha the final stop for REDD+ negotiations? Where does REDD+ stand now and where does it go from here? ...	Forest Carbon ASIA
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28/01/2013	California’s carbon market: a potential game-changer in slowing the Amazon’s deforestation California moved into the fast lane on the low-carbon development highway when it launched its carbon ...	Environmental Defense Fund blog, US
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16/01/2013	Politicians pledge to embrace REDD+ in fight against deforestation Lawmakers from 33 countries agree to promote REDD+, as Ed Davey calls for countries to redouble their ...	Business Green
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31/12/2012	The year in rainforests 2012 was another year of mixed news for the world's tropical forests. This is a look at some of ...	Mongabay.com
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22/12/2012	Guyana to receive $45M from Norway for preventing deforestation Georgetown, Guyana – The South American country of Guyana says it will receive an additional $45 ...	Fox News
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20/12/2012	Norway seeks to slow deforestation as climate "first aid" Norway, which has led developed nations by investing billions of dollars to slow tropical deforestation, ...	Planet Ark (Reuters)
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18/12/2012	Why foreign aid for REDD+ implementation does not work here We are willing to pay as long as we can be sure that we are paying for actual emission reductions. Donor ...	The Jakarta Post, Indonesia
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16/12/2012	Large Indonesian forest protection project gets underway Indonesia recently approved a rainforest conservation project that has been years in the making. The ...	ICTSD
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11/12/2012	Disappointing outcome for forests in Doha, but REDD+ can still move forward Doha, Qatar - While the U.N. climate talks in Doha saw no decision on verifying carbon emissions from ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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06/12/2012	Indonesia approves landmark forest protection project Indonesia on Wednesday approved a rainforest conservation project that sets aside an area roughly the ...	Planet Ark (Reuters)
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06/12/2012	Norway pays Brazil for deforestation cut amid verification row Norway will contribute $180 million to Brazil’s Amazon Fund after the South American country reduced ...	Bloomberg
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03/12/2012	Forest negotiations get stuck at climate talks Focus on the actions needed to reduce deforestation, not on complicated measurement and verification ...	FERN
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02/12/2012	REDD+ sidelined in dispute over verification The once-promising REDD text has passed from the scientific negotiating track to the long-term action ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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30/11/2012	Indigenous leaders embrace REDD, with or without carbon markets In Doha, more than a dozen indigenous leaders spoke in favor of the “Indigenous REDD” program, ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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30/11/2012	REDD+ agenda in Doha The concept of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) and the role of conservation, ...	The Jakarta Post, Indonesia
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30/11/2012	Brave new world: the global trends changing the future of deforestation Doha, Qatar - Global trends will intensify the underlying causes of deforestation over the coming decades ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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30/11/2012	Government hints at new procurement standards to tackle deforestation DECC outlines new international forestry strategy designed to support private sector efforts to reduce ...	Business Green
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28/11/2012	REDD: Reducing decentralization On Oct. 22, the House of Representatives endorsed formation of the province of North Kalimantan and regencies ...	The Jakarta Post, Indonesia
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27/11/2012	Scientists pinpoint activities driving deforestation and urge countries to take action at Doha Doha, Qatar - For the first time scientists have assessed the main activities driving deforestation and ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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27/11/2012	The World Bank And UN-REDD: big names, narrow focus The World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility and Forest Investment Programme, together with ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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26/11/2012	Climate Conversations - A delay in key decisions at Doha could see REDD+ lose its climate change focus Doha, Qatar - While significant progress is being made at the local level to move ahead with an international ...	Reuters AlertNet
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26/11/2012	Converting agreements to action key to Doha climate talks Doha, Qatar – Gathered in Doha for the UN’s annual climate change summit, thousands of delegates ...	Environment News Service
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22/11/2012	Will REDD+ undermine democracy or transform it? Bogor, Indonesia - A climate mitigation scheme aiming to protect the world’s forests must work ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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18/11/2012	Mexico to fight deforestation with $15 million loan Mexico will receive $15 million in financial and technical assistance to support climate change mitigation ...	Latino Daily News, US
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16/11/2012	Colombia gets world's first VCS validated and verified REDD project on collective lands A conservation project in Colombia has broken new ground in the world of forest carbon credits. The project, ...	Mongabay.com
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16/11/2012	Forest carbon schemes must consider people, biodiversity - scientists London - Efforts to cut carbon emissions by curbing deforestation may fail unless they avoid negative ...	Reuters AlertNet
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12/11/2012	Indigenous rangers track, document illegal logging on protected territory Cacoal, Rondonia, Brazil - Indigenous forest rangers working in support of the world's first indigenous-led ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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10/11/2012	Managing Africa’s forests for economic growth and climate resilience Washington - Forest areas cover 23 percent of Africa’s surface area, an estimated 675 million hectares ...	The World Bank
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01/11/2012	UN-REDD Policy Board approves US$47.6 million in support to national REDD+ actions Brazzaville, Republic of Congo - During its ninth UN-REDD Programme Policy Board meeting 26-27 October ...	UN-REDD Programme
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19/10/2012	Forests protected Butuan City - Top government forest officials from the Visayas and Mindanao regions laid down strategic ...	Manila Bulletin, Philippines
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18/10/2012	Global forest expert panel presents key findings on link between biodiversity and carbon Hyderabad - After a year’s worth of analysis, a global forest expert panel has come to seven key ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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17/10/2012	Indigenous peoples bring concerns to impacts of AB 32 San Francisco – Leaders of indigenous forest peoples warned today that California’s proposed ...	indybay.org, California, US
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10/10/2012	We must embrace technology if thev private sector is to embrace REDD The REDD financing mechanism aims to leverage private-sector funding for the conservation and sustainable ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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09/10/2012	Scaling up sustainability: time for forestry to come out of the forest Linking forestry to food security, human development and the economy can help create solutions to pressing ...	The Guardian, UK
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08/10/2012	Liberia: Farmers attribute climate change to govt concession policies Local farmers across the country are blaming government's policies that allocated large-scale industrial ...	The News, Liberia (posted on allAfrica.com)
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08/10/2012	The hidden destroyer: palm oil demand increases deforestation and carbon dioxide emissions Increasing demand for palm oil is destroying the rainforest and accounts for ‘massive carbon dioxide ...	CosmeticsDesign.com, US
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05/10/2012	Forest scheme needs more time Ha Noi — Viet Nam may need more time to prepare for the implementation of the emission reducing ...	Viet Nam News
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03/10/2012	A decade of ground-breaking EU action on deforestation Unless the EU and its member states renew their enthusiasm for enforcing the Forest Law Enforcement Governance ...	EurActiv
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03/10/2012	Second generation of biofuels could give forests a break Biofuel has been criticised for propelling deforestation, but second-generation biofuels have the potential ...	Responding to Climate Change (RTCC)
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01/10/2012	Pacific Island ministers endorse regional REDD+ policy framework The 3rd Regional Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry, convened by the Secretariat of the ...	Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
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27/09/2012	Organized crime trade worth over US$30 billion responsible for up to 90% of tropical deforestation Rome - Between 50 to 90 per cent of logging in key tropical countries of the Amazon basin, Central Africa ...	UNEP News Centre
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27/09/2012	Agriculture causes 80% of tropical deforestation Agriculture is the direct driver of roughly 80 percent of tropical deforestation, while logging is the ...	Mongabay.com
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25/09/2012	Greenpeace targets forest carbon offsets in California's cap-and-trade California's forest conservation-based carbon offsets in its climate change legislation may not ...	Mongabay.com
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14/09/2012	East Kalimantan to trial new REDD+ safeguards system Bogor, Indonesia - The Indonesian government plans to conduct a trial of a new system that will provide ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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07/09/2012	Environmentalists and indigenous people against carbon offset trading Central American environmentalists and indigenous people are intensifying efforts to prevent governments ...	Eurasia Review
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05/09/2012	Ahead of Doha gathering, concrete progress made at Bangkok climate talks – UN official A week of informal climate talks in Bangkok has allowed Member States to make concrete progress on key ...	UN News Centre
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03/09/2012	Cattle ranching and law enforcement key areas of action to slow Bolivia’s deforestation rate Bogor, Indonesia - Policy makers seeking to slow the pace of deforestation in lowland Bolivia need to ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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30/08/2012	Indigenous groups in Panama wait for UN REDD to meet promises A dispute over the implementation of REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) in ...	Mongabay.com
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29/08/2012	REDD+ initiative for saving forests in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The forests in Pakistan are severely threatened by growing consumption of fuel wood and illegal logging. ...	Dawn.com, Pakistan
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24/08/2012	Oslo urges Brazil, Indonesia to keep forest protection Oslo - Norway's environment minister on Friday urged Brazil and Indonesia to avoid backtracking ...	Orlando Sentinel, US
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14/08/2012	Wildlife vanishing fast in Brazil's forest fragments Oslo - Animals living in patches of rainforest cut off from bigger expanses of jungle by farms, roads ...	Chicago Tribune, US
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13/08/2012	Ghana: Eight million for reducing deforestation in Ghana There are indications that the country could be benefitting from an eight million Cedi (GHC8 million) ...	allAfrica.com
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10/08/2012	REDD+ within reach in rural Brazil Lima, Peru - Agricultural reform settlements in the Brazilian Amazon have often been associated with ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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08/08/2012	Norway and Finland dish out USD5m to curb illegal logging The governments of Norway and Finland have dished out USD5m which would be used in the campaign to improve ...	IPP Media
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01/08/2012	The true picture Malaysian farmers have over the last generation harnessed modern agricultural technology and techniques ...	The Star Online, Malaysia
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01/08/2012	Do REDD trees make forest green? Deforestation, especially of tropical forests, makes up 18 percent of annual global greenhouse gas (GHG) ...	National Geographic
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26/07/2012	Ten Central African countries to take part in UN-backed forest monitoring system Ten Central African countries will take part in a United Nations-backed initiative that will help them ...	UN News Centre
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25/07/2012	Forest carbon monitoring breakthrough in Colombia Using new, highly efficient techniques, Carnegie and Colombian scientists have developed accurate high-resolution ...	Physorg.com
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23/07/2012	Indonesia to investigate palm oil company's alleged breach of deforestation moratorium Indonesia's top official charged with implementing the country's moratorium on new concessions ...	Mongabay.com
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19/07/2012	United Nations project to revive Zambia’s forest Monitoring forestry losses in Zambia and the effects that the loss has on the environment can be a challenge ...	Zambia Daily Mail
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19/07/2012	Experts: sustainable logging in rainforests impossible Industrial logging in primary tropical forests that is both sustainable and profitable is impossible, ...	Mongabay.com
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18/07/2012	Rio+20 opens new opportunities for REDD+ as a catalyst for a green economy At last month's Rio+20 Earth Summit in Brazil, world leaders agreed to support REDD+ and produced ...	UN-REDD Programme
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17/07/2012	Cameroon to protect forests with satellite monitoring Yaounde - Cameroon has joined a Congo Basin initiative that uses satellite imagery to monitor changes ...	Reuters AlertNet
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11/07/2012	Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, Peru get big boost in deforestation tracking, biomass measurement Efforts to rapidly and accurately track deforestation and forest degradation in Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, ...	Mongabay.com
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09/07/2012	Land tenure for whom? Recognising community rights essential for REDD+ legitimacy Rio de Janeiro - If a scheme to pay developing countries to reduce carbon emissions by slowing deforestation ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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01/07/2012	ENRTP Call for proposals published The European Commission's Thematic Programme for Environment and Sustainable Management of Natural ...	European Commission
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29/06/2012	Linking the local to the global: REDD+ as a multi-level puzzle Rio de Janeiro - If a UN-backed scheme to slow the pace of climate change by safeguarding the world’s ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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28/06/2012	Colombia eyes greenhouse gas cuts through forest protection Sao Paulo - Colombia plans to have in place 10 months from now a new system to measure deforestation, ...	Chicago Tribune, US
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28/06/2012	Guyana records slight decline in deforestation - maintains level for agreed Norway payout Guyana’s deforestation rate decreased slightly last year compared to the previous year, according ...	Stabroek News, Guyana
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26/06/2012	Greenpeace calls for global REDD standards to reduce negative impacts of forest carbon projects Greenpeace has launched a consultation process to establish global standards for Reducing Emissions from ...	Mongabay.com
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21/06/2012	Deforestation emissions may be a third of prior estimates The carbon emissions from cutting down tropical forests may be about one third of the level previously ...	Bloomberg
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20/06/2012	Indigenous peoples insist on rights-based approaches and respect for traditional knowledge and practices in Rio+20 outcomes Rio de Janeiro - As government representatives start formal negotiations in Brazil to seek agreements ...	Forest Peoples Programme
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20/06/2012	Code REDD campaign to save world's threatened forests illuminates Rio+20 Rio de Janeiro - Thousands of people from around the globe gathered at Arcos da Lapa last night to support ...	MarketWatch, The Wall Street Journal
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19/06/2012	Uncertain future for international forest scheme To industrial nations scrabbling desperately for ways to reduce their carbon debt, the idea was instantly ...	ABC News, Australia
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18/06/2012	Landsat sets the standard for maps of world's forests NASA's Earth-observing fleet of satellites provides a worldwide and unbiased view with standardized ...	Physorg.com
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17/06/2012	Deforestation-based policy 'no longer tenable' says Indonesian President Indonesia "has reversed course" from a forest policy that drove deforestation in previous decades ...	Mongabay.com
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17/06/2012	Deforestation-based policy 'no longer tenable' says Indonesian President Indonesia "has reversed course" from a forest policy that drove deforestation in previous decades ...	Mongabay.com
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15/06/2012	Amazon Rainforest REDD project receives world’s first Verified Carbon Standard registration The first ever REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) project in the Amazon Rainforest ...	Carbon Positive
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13/06/2012	Marks & Spencer deal: good for the environment and good for voluntary carbon offsetting Marks & Spencer last week became the first major retailer to go carbon neutral, in part by supporting ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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13/06/2012	'Offsetting' campaign to save forests to be announced at Rio+20 Five major corporations will join the emergency campaign to save the world's threatened forests ...	International Business Times
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12/06/2012	Saving the rainforest — and making money off of it One of the greatest weapons against climate change sits on vast tracts of undeveloped Brazilian land. ...	The Washington Post, US
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12/06/2012	New satellites to help save Indonesian forests Jakarta - Virtual mapping has become a vital tool in forest conservation, allowing the public to see ...	Voice of America
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12/06/2012	A desperate effort to save the rainforest of Borneo The once-magnificent tropical forests of Borneo have been decimated by rampant logging and clearing for ...	Yale Environment 360
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09/06/2012	Credits lost in tangle of Aceh's forest An Australian plan embraced by the world to save Indonesian forests and address climate change is failing, ...	The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
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04/06/2012	Zimbabwe: New forest management standard welcome, but . . . The rapid production and consumption of wood as a major renewable energy source in Zimbabwe has stimulated ...	allAfrica.com
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03/06/2012	Indonesia’s REDD reality Indonesia is on the brink of transformation. Committing to a bilateral deal with Norway, it has run ...	The Jakarta Post, Indonesia
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31/05/2012	Indonesian deforestation ban makes slow progress Halfway through moratorium, climate-change goal is still out of reach. Stopping deforestation and ...	Nature
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30/05/2012	Studies show land rights reform key to saving forests, fighting climate change Shanghai - Ensuring that forest dwellers have rights over their land is vital for slowing the deforestation ...	The Washington Post, US
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29/05/2012	Equitable benefit sharing and better monitoring needed for REDD+ success in Vietnam Bogor, Indonesia - Vietnam, the only Asian country that has implemented a law on payment for environmental ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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29/05/2012	Rewarding tribal folk for forest conservation Tingguian elder Magno Dumas has committed himself to guard and protect every species of trees, plants, ...	The Inquirer, Philippines
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27/05/2012	Pushing forward to better land use Fitrian Ardiansyah and Thomas Barano May and June are shaping up to show if Indonesia has achieved ...	The Jakarta Post, Indonesia
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24/05/2012	U.N. risks investor stand-off on REDD by delaying work: green groups Countries risk delaying much-needed private sector investment in slowing deforestation by dodging tricky ...	Reuters
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24/05/2012	Indonesia defies critics, says deforestation has declined The Indonesian government reiterated its claim on Thursday that the country’s deforestation rate ...	The Jakarta Globe, Indonesia
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23/05/2012	Indonesia forest moratorium won't meet climate pledge - Norway Indonesia's progress in reforming its forestry sector will not be sufficient to meet its pledge ...	Planet Ark (Reuters)
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23/05/2012	Indigenous group paid $0.65/ha for forest worth $5,000/ha in Indonesia A palm oil company has paid indigenous Moi landowners in Indonesian Papua a paltry $0.65 per hectare ...	Mongabay.com
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21/05/2012	Green activists call on Indonesian president to strengthen deforestation moratorium Jakarta - Coalition of Indonesia's civil society organizations for forest protection today called ...	Shanghai Daily, China
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20/05/2012	Pioneering Amazon tribe asks Brazilian police to help enforce logging moratorium Leaders of the Paiter Surui have asked Brazilian authorities for police support in enforcing a logging ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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17/05/2012	West Papua’s big palm oil plantations rip-off London - An Indonesian oil palm plantation in which Norway has a financial stake paid Papuan tribal landowners ...	EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)
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16/05/2012	Bonn climate talks: Forest-rich nations need progress on MRV and REDD+ financing Bonn, Germany - Discussions on how mitigation and adaptation funds will be raised and used in the second ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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16/05/2012	UN soil carbon survey aims to help Tanzania reduce greenhouse gas emissions The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is helping Tanzania determine how much carbon ...	UN News Centre
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15/05/2012	$30m Sumatra forest deal in doubt after concerns over funding The future of a much-vaunted $30 million Australian project to protect Indonesian forests for their carbon ...	The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
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10/05/2012	Drive on by? Will upcoming meetings in Bonn take the opportunity to make progress on addressing drivers of deforestation? The upcoming REDD+ Partnership meeting and the UNFCCC ...	REDD-Net, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), UK
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08/05/2012	Jordanian company takes over 25% of Congo forest Sanabel International Holding, the first Islamic investment bank in Jordan, announced acquisition of ...	AmmonNews, Jordan
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04/05/2012	Forestry, economic development & climate change in Asia: resolving the tension Reducing poverty in developing countries through economic development is often contrary to addressing ...	The Conversation, Australia
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03/05/2012	Indonesia may have lost 5m hectares of forest cover since moratorium Indonesia may have lost a staggering five million hectares of forest since President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ...	The Jakarta Globe, Indonesia
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30/04/2012	The Story of REDD: a real solution to deforestation? REDD, or reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, is one of the most controversial ...	FERN
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26/04/2012	Mexico sets global benchmark on tackling deforestation By Barry Gardiner and Ignacio Pichardo Below the global radar, a major victory was secured in ...	Daily Times, Pakistan
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25/04/2012	Tanzania: communities to save forests in Zanzibar Zanzibar — Environmentalists in Zanzibar warn that deforestation on the Isles is increasing at ...	allAfrica.com
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23/04/2012	Indonesia, greens move to stop eco disaster The Indonesian government and environmentalists have moved to halt the destruction of a peatland forest ...	Times Live, South Africa
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18/04/2012	Saving forests? Take a leaf from insurance industry's book A group of environmental scientists say a problem-ridden economic model designed to slow deforestation ...	Physorg.com
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18/04/2012	REDD alert in Kalimantan as AusAid initiative stumbles The Australian government is learning firsthand just how fraught environmental conservation in Indonesia ...	The Jakarta Globe, Indonesia
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17/04/2012	Cross border illegal loggers face new obstacle in Tanzania Mozambique forest agreement Maputo, Mozambique - A new forest cooperation agreement to be signed tomorrow between Mozambique and ...	WWF
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17/04/2012	Global community needs to invest in MRV capacity in forest-rich developing countries to make REDD+ work Bogor, Indonesia - The international community needs to help developing countries increase their ability ...	CIFOR
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16/04/2012	The Letter of Intent that prompted a tectonic shift in the dialogue about Indonesia’s forests: An interview with CIFOR’s DG Bogor, Indonesia - The Letter of Intent between Indonesia and Norway has been “the single most ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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12/04/2012	Amazon tribe becomes first to get OK to sell REDD credits for rainforest conservation An Amazon tribe has become the first indigenous group in the world's largest rainforest to win certification ...	Mongabay.com
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12/04/2012	Can we make enough food to eat without cutting down all the trees? To make more farms, we usually need to cut down more forests. In Brazil, they’re trying to find ...	Co.EXIST
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10/04/2012	Rich yet to fulfill their promise on forest cash The government [Tanzania] has called on rich countries to honour their promise made five years ago, to ...	IPP Media
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06/04/2012	Former Aceh chief denies orang-utans died in burn The man who signed the permit allowing 1600 hectares of carbon-rich peat forest and orang-utan habitat ...	The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
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27/03/2012	Researchers warn delays thwart efforts to save Indonesia's environment A $47 million Australian government project to restore Indonesian forests and peatland to protect large ...	Stock and Land, Australia
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26/03/2012	New research can save tropical forests Scientists from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have investigated how much carbon the natural forests ...	Physorg.com
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22/03/2012	Paving the Amazon: Study helps predict potential deforestation rates along major highways Bogor, Indonesia - CIFOR scientists are helping to estimate the extent of deforestation that accompanies ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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19/03/2012	How best to monitor biodiversity in REDD+ projects? If done well, REDD+ projects (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) may not only ...	Mongabay.com
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16/03/2012	Just more red tape? TRADA Technology principal consultant Elizabeth Turner discusses the impact the EU Timber Regulation ...	TTJ, The Timber Industry Magazine, UK
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15/03/2012	Well-managed logging concession areas could boost REDD+ carbon stocks in Congo Basin Douala, Cameroon - A new CIFOR project in the Congo Basin is hoping to bolster scientific evidence that ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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15/03/2012	Reforming Brazil’s forest law: defeat or discernment? Lima, Peru - Just three months before world leaders gather in Rio de Janeiro to celebrate the 20th anniversary ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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13/03/2012	Brazil slowing forest destruction cuts greenhouse gas burden As world political and business leaders ready for the Rio+20 U.N. sustainability conference in June, ...	Bloomberg Businessweek
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08/03/2012	REDD+ can have multiple benefits for indigenous territories, if it respects their rights Lima, Peru - REDD+ policies in Latin America can strengthen indigenous territorial management institutions ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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07/03/2012	EU-funded study underlines importance of Congo Basin for global climate and biodiversity With its 1.7 billion square kilometres, an area equivalent to 5 times the size of Germany, the Congo ...	Science Codex
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05/03/2012	Controversial vote to ease limits on Amazon rainforest deforestation Brazil stands at a crossroads in its efforts to preserve the Amazon rainforest, as the government considers ...	WTVR, Virginia, US
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02/03/2012	Clark Labs releases new video demonstrating REDD deforestation modeling with land change modeler Clark Labs of Clark University is pleased to announce that a new video has been added to the video series ...	Directions Magazine, US
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29/02/2012	Possible embezzlement halts WWF-run REDD project in Tanzania Two conservation and community projects in Tanzania have been halted after the World Wide Fund for Nature ...	Mongabay.com
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29/02/2012	Green activists seeing REDD over program’s effect on forest tribes Balikpapan, East Kalimantan - Environmental activists have objected to plans to use Kayan Mentarang National ...	The Jakarta Globe, Indonesia
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29/02/2012	Indonesia investigates rainforest agreement breaches Authorities in Indonesia are investigating what could be a violation of the forestry agreement held with ...	The Foreigner, Norway
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20/02/2012	REDD task force calls for more indigenous rights Indonesia has its work cut out in efforts to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, ...	The Jakarta Globe, Indonesia
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17/02/2012	New study highlights opportunities and challenges for Indonesia forest moratorium Today WRI releases a working ...	World Resources Institute (WRI)
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14/02/2012	Super high-resolution carbon estimates for endangered Madagascar Washington, D.C. - By combining airborne laser technology, satellite mapping, and ground-based plot surveys, ...	EurekAlert
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13/02/2012	Mapping Fiji's forest cover with the help of satellite imagery SPC [Secretariat of the Pacific Community] is working with the Fiji Department of Forestry to build capacity ...	Solomon Times Online, Solomon Islands
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09/02/2012	Efforts needed to reach emissions target The Indonesian government’s target to cut emissions by 26 percent before 2020 under the Reducing ...	The Jakarta Post, Indonesia
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06/02/2012	Tanzania: Paid for keeping the forest alive Annually, the country loses an estimated 400,000 hectares of forest cover to logging mainly for energy, ...	allAfrica.com
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04/02/2012	Aceh governor goes from hero to zero When the former rebel leader Irwandi Yusuf became governor of Indonesia's Aceh province, he proclaimed ...	The New Zealand Herald
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02/02/2012	Forest conservation policies: what works and what doesn’t Policymakers looking to reduce deforestation in their countries have the right tools to do so today, ...	Eco-Business.com
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01/02/2012	Tanzania: Norwegian envoy upbeat on UN Redd payments in post Kyoto era Payments to communities which conserve their forests to help mitigate effects of global warming will ...	allAfrica.com
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01/02/2012	REDD: Saving the Amazon rainforest This article is the first in a three-part series that explores the issue of deforestation and climate ...	Global Post
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01/02/2012	REDD: When carbon credits work in the Amazon This article is the second in a three-part series that explores the issue of deforestation and climate ...	Global Post
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01/02/2012	REDD: The Amazon's carbon cowboys This article is the last in a three-part series that explores the issue of deforestation and climate ...	Global Post
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27/01/2012	Amazon rainforest mapped in unprecedented detail Scientists record Amazon's structure and biodiversity by bouncing laser beams off forest 400,000 ...	The Guardian, UK
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26/01/2012	REDD+: Opportunities to alter deforestation The recent Durban climate talks had mixed results and different implications for each country, including ...	The Jakarta Post, Indonesia
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25/01/2012	New video reveals global resistanceto forest-carbon project A Darker Shade of Green documents critical perspectives on REDD Global Forest Coalition and ...	Scoop Independent News, New Zealand
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25/01/2012	Logging of primary rainforests not ecologically sustainable, argue scientists Tropical countries may face a risk of 'peak timber' as continued logging of rainforests exceeds ...	Mongabay.com
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24/01/2012	On the front line: Muara Tae’s last stand against big palm oil Muara Tae, East Kalimantan - The fate of a Dayak community deep in the interior of East Kalimantan demonstrates ...	EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)
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24/01/2012	'Peak timber' concerns in tropics Current tropical timber practices are not sustainable and nations should consider the "implications ...	BBC News
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20/01/2012	Indigenous communities make a list of “do’s and don’ts” for forest conservation schemes Bogor, Indonesia - Indigenous and community groups have made a wish-list detailing how schemes that aim ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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17/01/2012	‘The rule of law? – not in the forest sector of Guyana’ By Janette Bulkan In November 2009, the Government of Guyana signed a Memorandum of Understanding ...	Stabroek News, Guyana
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17/01/2012	Hats off to Guyana's outgoing President Jagdeo, a forest champion Russell Mittermeier, President, Conservation International. The Kansas-sized country of Guyana, formerly ...	The Huffington Post
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14/01/2012	UN aid to protect Sri Lankan forest cover The Department of Forests under the Ministry of Environment, with the support of FAO, UNDP and UNEP, ...	Daily News, Sri Lanka
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13/01/2012	Great ape conservation must be integral to REDD+, says leading primate biologist Bogor, Indonesia - Great apes play an important role in the long-term health of forests and climate change ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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12/01/2012	Scientists: Well-structured economic incentives could massively reduce deforestation emissions in Indonesia, yield billions of dollars A national and comprehensive carbon payment incentive system within Indonesia could generate an estimated ...	Environmental Defense Fund, US
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07/01/2012	Mexico can’t see the wood for the trees An indigenous community in Mexico wants to drop protected conservation status for its area because it ...	Le Monde Diplomatique
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04/01/2012	The ABCs of REDD+: on building a new forestry model that works for Indonesia It has been joked that anyone who claims to understand REDD+ must, in fact, be under-informed on the ...	The Jakarta Globe, Indonesia
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19/12/2011	Guyana forest carbon plan struggle to get off paper After decades of depending on bauxite, timber and gold for revenue, Guyana proposed five years ago that ...	Reuters
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17/12/2011	Saving the rest of the rainforests Since the 13th round of climate change talks in Bali in 2007, the issue of reducing greenhouse gas emissions ...	New Straits Times, Malaysia
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15/12/2011	Little headway in Durban on deforestation: experts Brasilia - The UN's Durban conference on climate change failed to make enough headway in efforts ...	AFP
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14/12/2011	Durban talks both good and bad for REDD+, says expert Durban, South Africa - The U.N. climate change talks in Durban resulted in a mixed bag for REDD+: progress ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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14/12/2011	3 ways businesses can pick up where COP17 fell short Last week, in Durban, South Africa, over 190 countries concluded negotiations to frame new international ...	GreenBiz.com
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12/12/2011	REDD+ biggest success in climate change talks, Norway says Durban, South Africa - Norway’s Environment and International Development minister said that REDD+ ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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12/12/2011	Indigenous peoples call for REDD moratorium Durban, South Africa - A new coalition of indigenous peoples and local communities called for a moratorium ...	IPS News
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11/12/2011	Private sector finance eyed for U.N. forest projects Private investors may be allowed to earn carbon credits by paying poor countries to halt the destruction ...	Reuters
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10/12/2011	Finance dispute may collapse REDD talks, Climate conference Bickering over a financial mechanism may undermine a final decision on the operations of REDD projects ...	The Jakarta Post
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10/12/2011	Climate strategists: to cut emissions, focus on forests Some climate strategists are looking beyond the United Nations and the idea of remaking the energy economy ...	NPR
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08/12/2011	RI: Aceh breaches forest clearing moratorium Jakarta - The governor of Indonesia’s Aceh province has breached a ban on clearing forests that ...	Arab News
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07/12/2011	Durban climate talks put forests at risk NGOs from all continents have voiced their concern over draft rules on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation ...	FERN
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07/12/2011	Ban presses for support for UN initiative to combat deforestation Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called today for increased support from Member States for a United Nations ...	UN News Centre
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06/12/2011	Durban 2011: Urgent warning on tropical deforestation Halting tropical deforestation gained a new level of urgency at the Durban climate change summit on Sunday: ...	New Scientist
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06/12/2011	Jump-starting REDD finance: $3 billion Forest Finance Facility needed to halve deforestation within a decade Guest commentary by Donald P. Kanak and Andrew W. Mitchell How to finance a means to reduce deforestation, ...	Mongabay.com
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05/12/2011	Africa's shrinking forests need urgent help, climate change talks hear Forests take up a huge amount of the continent, but are one of Africa's most misunderstood and undervalued ...	allAfrica.com
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05/12/2011	How wars and poverty have saved DR Congo's forests It is an uncomfortable fact that decades of conflict and poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...	BBC News
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04/12/2011	Britain spends £10m to stop deforestation in Brazil Britain is spending £10 million to stop deforestation in Brazil as part of a multi-billion fund ...	The Telegraph, UK
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04/12/2011	Durban deforestation agreement promotes transparency, scientific verification Climate negotiators in South Africa struck a preliminary deal on forestry over the weekend, advancing ...	Nature News Blog
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04/12/2011	Protections for indigenous rights, biodivesity weakened in latest REDD+ text Safeguards to ensure forest carbon projects protect biodiversity and respect the rights of local and ...	Mongabay.com
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04/12/2011	Experts: New wave of deforestation threatens Africa’s climate resilience Durban - A new wave of deforestation is sweeping across Africa decimating wildlife and threatening the ...	FAO
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03/12/2011	REDD+ text for saving forests released in Durban An initial draft text on REDD+ ...	Mongabay.com
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01/12/2011	Norway accused of hypocrisy over Indonesian deforestation funding ...	The Guardian, UK
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30/11/2011	Negotiators should address illegal logging when crafting REDD+ rules, says watchdog Durban, South Africa - An environmental watchdog warned that negotiators need to take extra care when ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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29/11/2011	Forest campaigners denounce forest carbon offsets Forest campaigners denounce REDD as a Grimm Fairy Tale; indigenous communities declare safeguards will ...	Scoop Independent News, New Zealand
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29/11/2011	Wildlife Works launches CODE REDD campaign to save the world's threatened forests Emergency campaign calls for immediate action from the private sector to reduce their carbon footprint ...	Market Watch, Wall Street Journal, US
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27/11/2011	Action now could double forests saved Durban, South Africa – It’s possible to reduce deforestation to near zero by 2020, but delaying ...	WWF
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26/11/2011	Forests and REDD+ in COP17 Durban With all its complex processes and acronyms, it’s easy to forget that the international climate ...	WRI
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25/11/2011	Nigeria, Indonesia top deforestation list, China lowest Singapore - Nigeria, Indonesia and North Korea have the world's highest rates of deforestation while ...	The Sun Daily, Malaysia
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25/11/2011	What's happened to Guyana's rainforest deal with Norway? Back in 2009 it was heralded as a potential model for REDD+ and reducing rates of deforestation but Norway's ...	The Ecologist, UK
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23/11/2011	REDD+ best chance for progress on climate change at Durban, says scientist Bogor, Indonesia - There is a clear consensus around the forest preserving scheme REDD+ and it offers ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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22/11/2011	How to connect REDD+ and markets for a new world with no land crisis Bogor, Indonesia - Connecting the idea of paying developing countries to reduce their greenhouse gas ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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17/11/2011	Deforestation threatens planet, economies and communities, UN chief warns Deforestation not only threatens the planet’s climate and national economic development, but also ...	UN News Centre
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16/11/2011	Can Indonesia grow its economy and keep its forests? President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s commitment to dedicate the last three years his term to delivering ...	Climate Spectator
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15/11/2011	3 sticking points to tackle on REDD+ in Durban, says facilitator Manila, Philippines - Antonio La Viña, who facilitates REDD+ negotiations at the U.N. climate ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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10/11/2011	McKinsey trampled on the rainforests – it can't be trusted The firm consulting on the NHS shake-up has given advice on forest protection that benefits only big ...	The Guardian, UK
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25/10/2011	Plantations, mining and REDD a threat: Dayak Expanding oil palm plantations, mining concessions and even forest conservation projects are threatening ...	The Jakarta Globe
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14/10/2011	A green economy: Is it possible? Next year is Rio+20. In 1992, leaders of the world gathered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to agree on a ...	The Jakarta Post
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11/10/2011	High gold price triggers rainforest devastation in Peru As the price of gold inches upward on international markets, a dead zone is spreading across the southern ...	Mongabay.com
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04/10/2011	Panama REDD: Getting what you pay for A new report by researchers ...	EurekAlert!
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01/10/2011	Developing countries united under UN agency to counter deforestation According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), deforestation causes a fifth of global ...	The International
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01/10/2011	UK welcomes Indonesia's lead in protecting forests Work to tackle illegal logging has taken a step forward with the news that Indonesia has become the fifth ...	Media Newswire
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28/09/2011	Investing in forests a win-win for communities, climate - UNEP Conserving key rainforests in Indonesia could generate revenues three times greater than felling them ...	Voxy.co.nz, New Zealand
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28/09/2011	Indonesia’s finances, water supplies and apes set to benefit from UN green plan Conserving key forests in Indonesia could generate billions of dollars in revenue, up to three times ...	UN News Centre
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26/09/2011	Yudhoyono signs decree to reduce greenhouse gas emissions President Susilo Bambang Yuhdoyono has signed a presidential decree creating a National Action Plan to ...	The Jakarta Globe
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26/09/2011	Climate Conversations - REDD+ in Mozambique: A new opportunity for land grabbers? Land is cheap and is perceived to be abundant in Africa. A scramble for Africa’s land, following ...	Reuters AlertNet
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23/09/2011	World Bank carbon schemes charged with displacing communities in South, allowing pollution in North As the World Bank, the largest source of multilateral financing for forestry projects, prepares for its ...	eGov Monitor
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21/09/2011	In Kalimantan, hard at work reversing the damage to peat forests Sebangau, Central Kalimantan - Deep in the heart of the Sebangau forest lies a 50,000-hectare swath of ...	The Jakarta Globe
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20/09/2011	Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force to meet in Kalimantan Palangkaraya, Indonesia - Representatives from the Governors’ Climate and Forest Task Force (GCF) ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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19/09/2011	Green groups call for bonds to halt deforestation Financial products can mobilise the $30bn needed to fund forestry programmes that cut carbon and protect ...	Business Green
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13/09/2011	Failure to protect forests will lead to huge financial losses – UN-backed report The United Nations and a coalition of financial institutions warned today that huge losses, both financial ...	UN News Centre
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13/09/2011	Indonesia to launch REDD+ agency to tackle deforestation Indonesia will establish a REDD+ agency to support the country's efforts to reduce emissions from ...	Mongabay.com
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09/09/2011	European forest sector calls for genuine common policy It is urgent to act internationally to protect forests, which are guardians of the climate, protect soils ...	Europolitics
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08/09/2011	Global forest restoration plan could protect climate, create jobs Bonn, Germany - Former Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson is poised to lead a new global effort to ...	Environment News Service
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07/09/2011	Think tank warns about flaws in sustainable forestry scheme The UK-based International Institute for Environment and Development has issued a warning that tropical ...	Just Means
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05/09/2011	$40bn a year could halve deforestation worldwide Investing just 0.034 per cent of global GDP could transform the world's forestry sector, halving ...	The Citizen, Tanzania
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17/08/2011	Ministry of Forestry continues to undermine Indonesia's REDD program, finds Reuters Indonesia's Ministry of Forestry is continuing to undermine the country's ambitious forest ...	Mongabay.com
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15/08/2011	Obama administration encounters opposition to international climate agenda President Obama spoke of lofty intentions to help the world reduce greenhouse gases when he addressed ...	The Washington Post, US
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15/08/2011	Forest groups say Indonesia should look to Chinese model Greenpeace says 1.8 million hectares of Indonesian forest is disappearing each year. China and India ...	Deutsche Welle, Germany
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14/08/2011	Indonesia’s forests: Paper trail to destruction Indonesia’s vanishing natural forests and wildlife species are testament to deforestation out of ...	The Scavenger
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03/08/2011	DR Congo entrusts forest management to Canada's ERA Kinshasa — The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has entrusted a Canadian company with managing ...	AFP
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01/08/2011	Jakarta must set up forest bodies to unblock aid - Norway Lombok, Indonesia - The second instalment of a $1 billion aid package promised by Norway to help Indonesia ...	Reuters AlertNet
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18/07/2011	REDD+: A pathway to prosperity In September 2009, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono committed Indonesia to a 26 percent reduction in ...	The Jakarta Post
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14/07/2011	Forests soak up third of fossil fuel emissions: study Paris — Forests play a larger role in Earth's climate system than previously suspected for ...	AFP
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13/07/2011	Indonesia pledges to resolve forest land conflicts Indonesia’s government made some big promises Tuesday: to resolve land tenure conflicts that plague ...	Reuters AlertNet
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08/07/2011	Johann Hari: Would you trust a management consultant with the world's rainforests? Our protests stopped David Cameron handing UK forests over to corporations. Now the rainforests are being ...	The Independent, UK
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28/06/2011	Challenges for better forest governance Carbon-dense peatland. Carbon emission reduction. Low-carbon economy. These are key terms in Indonesia’s ...	The Jakarta Post
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28/06/2011	Forests in danger as study warns UN funding is unlikely Funding relies on public sector and most governments unwilling to spend more on overseas development, ...	Guardian, UK
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28/06/2011	Smarter food production key to curbing forest loss - study Developing countries aiming to curb greenhouse gas emissions need to create strategies that address the ...	Reuters AlertNet
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27/06/2011	Green tigers: new research shows protecting forests will deliver new economic boom for Southeast Asia A raft of new studies show that protecting Southeast Asia's forests could provide an enormous economic ...	Mongabay.com
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26/06/2011	Increased environmental damage caused by mining boom The gold rush over the past years has not been a glittering one for the environment, with many new miners ...	Stabroek News, Guyana
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25/06/2011	Indigenous groups call for halt to REDD pilot project Indigenous communities in Central Kalimantan are calling on the government to stop a pilot project to ...	The Jakarta Post
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24/06/2011	WB donates $3.6m to reduce carbon Jakarta - Indonesia’s Forestry Ministry has received a US$3.6 million grant from the World Bank ...	The Jakarta Post
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23/06/2011	Oslo backs Jakarta's forest plan, despite hurdles Norway backed Indonesia's drive to slow deforestation on Thursday under a $1 billion deal with Oslo ...	Reuters
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21/06/2011	Norway, Germany give $90 mln to slow deforestation Oslo - Norway and Germany announced aid of more than $90 million on Tuesday for World Bank programmes ...	Reuters
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21/06/2011	Firm denies violating Indonesia's logging ban Nearly every week, the logging landscape in Indonesia shifts, with government officials, NGOs and activists ...	Hardwood Floors, US
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17/06/2011	European Forestry Institute team here A team from the European Forestry Institute (EFI) is in Guyana conducting a diagnostic assessment of ...	Stabroek News, Guyana
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17/06/2011	UN forest protection talks fail to move fast enough, Kenya says United Nations talks on protecting forests aren’t moving fast enough even though voluntary projects ...	Bloomberg
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16/06/2011	Leading environmental and development organisations call for halt to forest loss within a decade As the latest United Nations climate change talks reach their final stages, CARE International, Greenpeace ...	WWF
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16/06/2011	Malaysian palm oil company violates Indonesia's logging moratorium An undercover investigation has found evidence that a subsidiary of Malaysian palm oil company has illegally ...	Mongabay.com
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14/06/2011	Reuters Summit-Indonesia aims to overhaul forest mess with moratorium Jakarta - Indonesia's moratorium on clearing rainforests has not lived up to high expectations but ...	Reuters
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08/06/2011	Clamp down on illegal logging spells good news for the timber industry Speaking at the launch of myclicks' new website 'timberinvestments.co', Business Development ...	SFGate, San Francisco, US
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07/06/2011	Togo, Nigeria have highest rates of deforestation, study shows Togo, Nigeria and Ghana have the biggest rates of deforestation out of 65 nations, according to a study ...	Bloomberg
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07/06/2011	Using forests to bridge the carbon gap Berlin - As global greenhouse gas emissions rise instead of decreasing, forests play an even more crucial ...	IPS News
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04/06/2011	Rape of Kalimantan's forests continues Bentian Besar, East Kalimantan - At a mine-site near Sangatta in East Kalimantan, a titanic crater yawns ...	The Jakarta Globe
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02/06/2011	Destruction of world's biggest rainforests down 25 percent: FAO The rate of destruction of the world's three largest forests fell 25 percent this decade compared ...	Reuters, featured on Planet Ark
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02/06/2011	New NASA map reveals patterns of tropical forest carbon storage A NASA-led research team has used a variety of NASA satellite data to create the most precise map ever ...	Geo Community Spatial News
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01/06/2011	Experts meet in Congo in bid to rescue world forests Representatives from 35 countries will seek ways to protect the world's largest rainforests during ...	Reuters, featured on Planet Ark
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31/05/2011	Congo's poor need incentives to save giant forest Simon Kasagana knows his meager livelihood depends on the forest, but like many others eking out a living ...	Reuters
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29/05/2011	Scientists calculate the true cost of saving rainforest and improving food security New research shows that international plans to pay developing countries to reduce tropical forest destruction ...	University of Cambridge, UK
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27/05/2011	Lack of clarity complicates Indonesia's logging moratorium Lack of clarity makes it difficult to assess whether Indonesia's moratorium on new logging concessions ...	Mongabay.com
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25/05/2011	A farce in the forest A presidential decree on the moratorium on new concession permits for primary forests and peatlands in ...	The Jakarta Globe
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23/05/2011	Govt defends decree as first step in saving forests Deforestation has severely ravaged Indonesia’s tropical forests, and a recently introduced moratorium ...	The Jakarta Post
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21/05/2011	Forest moratorium too harsh for some, too weak for others While forest activists were denouncing a government moratorium on new concession in forests as disappointing, ...	The Jakarta Globe
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20/05/2011	Indonesia forest moratorium softens blow for planters Indonesia revealed a long list of exemptions on Friday to a two-year moratorium on new permits to clear ...	Reuters
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19/05/2011	Bankers take centre stage in fight to save rainforests Given their obvious lack of qualifications, not to mention their recent track record, bankers don't ...	BBC News
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19/05/2011	SBY signs decree on 2-year deforestation moratorium President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has finally signed a two-year moratorium on the conversion into logging ...	The Jakarta Globe
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16/05/2011	Will Indonesia lose the next oil palm? Deep in the rainforests of Malaysian Borneo in the late 1980s, researchers made an incredible discovery: ...	The Jakarta Post
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11/05/2011	Developing countries urgently need better REDD data Developing countries urgently need to be given better tools to quantify their emissions from deforestation ...	Environmental Research Web
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10/05/2011	REDD rag to indigenous forest dwellers Mexico City - The implementation of a forestry programme against climate change in the southern Mexican ...	IPS News
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09/05/2011	REDD+ must attract private investment: UN study The enormous potential of forest carbon mechanisms must be harnessed with well-designed policy that will ...	Carbon Positive
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09/05/2011	Monks fight to get Cambodian forests on the carbon market For years, the guardians of Sorng Rukavorn forest have drifted through the muted greens and grays of ...	Time
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05/05/2011	Logging off: protecting Indonesia's forests An agreement signed this week by Indonesia and the European Union offers hope that Indonesia may begin ...	The Economist, UK
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05/05/2011	7 conglomerates control 9M ha of land in Indonesia Efforts to slow deforestation in Indonesia should include curtailing further expansion of forestry holdings ...	Mongabay.com
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04/05/2011	Timber trade transformation in Asia In September 2001, Indonesia welcomed countries from across the region to the Forest Law Enforcement ...	The Jakarta Post
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30/04/2011	Climate change measures must be made corruption proof As governments prepare to spend up to US$100 billion annually by 2020 to limit climate change and prepare ...	Transparency International
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29/04/2011	Indonesian official: REDD+ forest conservation plan need not limit growth of palm oil industry Indonesia's low carbon development strategy will not impede the palm oil industry's growth ...	Mongabay.com
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28/04/2011	Oslo urges more forest aid despite corruption risk Oslo - Norway urged rich nations on Thursday to take risks and pay to slow deforestation in poor countries, ...	Reuters Africa
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27/04/2011	Is Indonesia's program to stop deforestation in meltdown? Back in December, I wrote an article ...	The Investigative Fund
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23/04/2011	Indonesia’s Moratorium: an opportunity for forests and industry A highly anticipated two-year moratorium on new forest conversion permits could bring fundamental improvements ...	Environmental Expert
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22/04/2011	The climate standoff simplified Climate talks resumed earlier this month with the developing countries ratcheting up efforts to sign ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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21/04/2011	Saving Indonesia's forests A scheme to save the world's few remaining rainforests by paying states to reduce carbon emissions ...	Gulf News
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19/04/2011	Indonesia loses forests as politicians bicker Indonesia is losing forest area about four times the size of Jakarta as politicians continue to bicker ...	The Jakarta Globe
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14/04/2011	Election cycle linked to deforestation rate in Indonesia Study confirms links between deforestation and local elections in Indonesia. Politicians in forest districts ...	Mongabay.com
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14/04/2011	Indonesia's deforestation moratorium still on hold A two-year moratorium on the burning of forest lands in Indonesia, that was supposed to start at the ...	VoA News
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11/04/2011	Peruvian presidential election may decide Amazon future The enormous segment of Amazonian rainforest that covers over half of the country has always been an ...	The Cutting Edge News
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10/04/2011	Study calls for REDD+ money to boost yields in West Africa using agrochemicals Small-scale agriculture — including cocoa, cassava, and oil palm farming — has driven large-scale ...	Mongabay.com
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07/04/2011	McKinsey work lets Congo, Guyana get aid, cut trees, Greenpeace says McKinsey & Co. is helping rainforest nations such as Indonesia and Guyana safeguard their logging ...	Bloomberg
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07/04/2011	Real sustainability isn’t a coin-toss We must preserve the rainforest and support economic opportunity for the world’s poor. It’s ...	Environmental Leader
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04/04/2011	German aid agency donates 4 million euros for Lao reforestation Vientiane - The German International Cooperation Agency donated 4 million euros (5.7 million dollars) ...	Monsters and Critics
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30/03/2011	Tanzania: Kigoma intensifies war on illegal charcoal exports Over 100 charcoal bags worth over a half a million shillings were impounded from illegal traders accused ...	allAfrica.com
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26/03/2011	SBY vows to protect palm oil interests While preparing to enforce a moratorium on forest-clearing, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said palm ...	The Jakarta Post
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25/03/2011	Govt to issue long overdue forests decree Amuch delayed presidential decree to enforce a moratorium on new forest concessions will be issued next ...	The Jakarta Globe
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23/03/2011	PUMA goes carbon neutral by protecting lions in Kenya PUMA, the sporting goods brand, and its parent company PPR will offset their 2010 carbon dioxide emissions ...	Mongabay.com
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23/03/2011	World Bank’s forest climate fund slammed World Bank’s forest climate fund slammed for sidelining indigenous peoples’ rights and failing ...	Scoop Independent News, New Zealand
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23/03/2011	What is the current status of REDD+? The Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) mechanism is supposed to be the great ...	Mongabay.com
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10/03/2011	Fighting illegal logging in Indonesia by giving communities a stake in forest management Over the past twenty years Indonesia lost more than 24 million hectares of forest, an area larger than ...	Mongabay.com
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07/03/2011	Guyana sees a three-fold increase in deforestation despite landmark deal to protect its forests Guyana has seen deforestation rates soar over the last year, despite the signing of an agreement with ...	Global Witness
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07/03/2011	Stopping export logging, oil palm expansion in PNG in 2012 would cost $1.8b, says economist Stopping logging for timber export and conversion of forest for oil palm plantations would cost Papua ...	Mongabay.com
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03/03/2011	First map of annual forest-cover loss in Indonesia Researchers from the US have used remote-sensing data to put together the first-ever annual maps showing ...	Environmental Research Web
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28/02/2011	Can palm oil firms really create a sustainable future? The palm oil industry has stepped up efforts to reduce its environmental impact, but as Jessica Shankleman ...	Business Green
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23/02/2011	The battle to save Indonesia's disappearing forests Imagine 400 football fields of trees disappearing during the duration of a soccer match. That was the ...	The Jakarta Globe
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22/02/2011	Denise Hamu: Brazil 'needs to increase' beef and soya productivity Matilda Lee talks exclusively to the head of WWF Brazil about controversial beef and soya production, ...	The Ecologist, UK
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21/02/2011	The Indonesian deforestation moratorium: The devil is in the details Indonesia has promised to become a world leader in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In 2009 the president ...	The Jakarta Post
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18/02/2011	Kenyan project issues world's first REDD forest credits The first officially verified greenhouse gas credits under the pioneering UN-backed Reduced Emissions ...	Business Green
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17/02/2011	Moratorium to preserve only protected forest areas: Draft Deforestation would continue in the country despite the pledged two-year moratorium, since it would only ...	The Jakarta Post
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17/02/2011	Nigerian state sets REDD pace for entire continent The tiny state of Cross River, Nigeria, has managed to preserve large swathes of endangered rainforest ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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17/02/2011	Environmentalists say moratorium on forest conversion an empty promise Green activists said on Wednesday that the government’s much-hyped plan for a moratorium on new ...	The Jakarta Globe
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15/02/2011	Central America has highest rate of forest loss in region Guatemala City - Central America has suffered the highest rate of forest loss in Latin America over the ...	IPS News
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14/02/2011	In Peru, hopes for carbon deal wash away with the soil A newly paved highway has sparked a Klondike-style gold rush in Peru's rich rain forest, threatening ...	The Daily Climate
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14/02/2011	Vanguard (Lagos) Nigeria: why Cross River ban[ned] logging - Imoke Calabar — The Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke has said that the recent ban on all ...	allAfrica.com
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12/02/2011	Indonesia remains committed to implementing REDD Jakarta - Indonesia remains committed to implementing the Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and ...	Bernama, Malaysia
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07/02/2011	SBY still pondering planned forest moratorium President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was still studying the concept of a forest moratorium before signing ...	The Jakarta Post
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07/02/2011	Forests vs. food? The story of the world's forests is usually a depressing one. Tropical rain forests are under pressure ...	Time
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07/02/2011	Mozambique: govt designs strategies to curb deforestation Maputo — The Mozambican government and its partners are looking at the current level of deforestation ...	allAfrica.com
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04/02/2011	Leading article: Beware the collapse of the planet's lungs The year 2005 was an exceptionally dry one for the Amazon rainforest. Thousands of square kilometres ...	The Independent, UK
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04/02/2011	Satellite scan may improve forest watch Remote sensing through a radar satellite may advance monitoring on forest carbon, the focal point of ...	The Jakarta Post
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03/02/2011	Communities not getting a say in how forests are managed Conservation groups and scientists claim government-backed forest industries have led to entrenched poverty ...	Guardian, UK
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03/02/2011	'Major shift' needed to halt deforestation ...	OneWorld.net
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03/02/2011	Will intensified farming save the rainforests? The idea that you can save the natural world by increasing the efficiency of agriculture is very appealing. ...	New Scientist (Fred Pearce)
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02/02/2011	International Year of Forests launched: UN calls on forest sector to take innovative actions New York/Rome - Millions of forest-dependant people play a vital role in managing, conserving, and developing ...	FAO Media Centre
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02/02/2011	Forest Year warning of wrong solutions As UN declares International Year of Forests, groups demand solutions to root causes of deforestation. Insist ...	OneWorld.net
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02/02/2011	As UN declares International Year of Forests, groups demand solutions to root causes of deforestation New York City - At the launch of the High Level segment of the UN Forum on Forests, Mr. Sha Zhukan, UN ...	Global Forest Coalition
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01/02/2011	Planters threaten Selangor peat swamp One of the last tracts of peat swamp forest in Selangor now faces the axe. It is a wasteland. Nothing ...	The Star Online, Malaysia
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31/01/2011	Revenues, employment in Latin American tropical areas to decline due to deforestation ban Farmers in Latin America and Caribbean will see billions in lost revenue over the next two decades if ...	Hispanically Speaking News
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31/01/2011	Asia Pulp and Paper: why activists are wrong over destructive logging allegations The paper giant has been accused by Greenpeace of destructive logging and green-washing. But campaigners ...	The Ecologist, UK
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28/01/2011	Climate change: REDD and REDD+ briefing Johannesburg - Forests help sustain life on earth by absorbing carbon dioxide from the air, and also ...	IRIN Global
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25/01/2011	Some 7.27 million hectares of forests in C Kalimantan damaged Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan - About 7.27 million hectares of forests in Central Kalimantan are ...	Antara News, Indonesia
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25/01/2011	External power ‘sways’ REDD task force Jakarta - Analysts say that a draft presidential instruction (Inpres) on the postponement of new permits ...	The Jakarta Post
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25/01/2011	Indonesia grants slew of last-minute logging concessions on eve of moratorium Indonesia's Minister of Forestry granted nearly 3 million hectares of plantation forestry concessions ...	Mongabay.com
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24/01/2011	New study suggests global pacts like REDD ignore primary causes of destruction of forests New York - A new study issued ...	International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
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24/01/2011	Future of forest deal unclear as Indonesia fails to meet deadline Indonesia has missed a 1 January deadline to implement a two-year ban on deforestation and apply funding ...	ICTSD
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24/01/2011	CBD secretariat requests views on REDD+ safeguards The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has requested submission of views with ...	Biodiversity Policy & Practice, IISD
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23/01/2011	Climate accords and neo-colonialism Ubud, Indonesia ― Third World activists are often animated by an anti-colonial instinct that induces ...	The Korea Times, South Korea
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19/01/2011	Carbon trade yet to benefit Tanzania Dar es Salaam - Tanzania has no proper defined approach in coordinating activities to benefit from the ...	The Citizen, Tanzania
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18/01/2011	No more cutting natural forests, minister orders The forestry minister on Monday warned some logging companies that they needed to stop harvesting trees ...	The Jakarta Globe
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16/01/2011	Cross Rivers well positioned for REDD, says Imoke Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross Rivers State who attended the recently-held United Nations Climate Change ...	Daily Independent, Nigeria
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12/01/2011	Businesses turn towards conservation to improve revenues, reputations Jakarta - Some unlikely businesses have emerged to lead the way on conservation, and the trend appears ...	Eco-business.com
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11/01/2011	Good policies a must for commercial use of forests The United Nation (UN) has declared 2011 as the international year of forests although more than a billion ...	IPP Media
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10/01/2011	Business key to saving Indonesia’s forests, says Al Gore Jakarta - Former US vice president and environmental campaigner Al Gore kicked off the International ...	Eco-business.com
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10/01/2011	Sharing power - the end of 'fortress' conservation? Will conservation organisations finally take practical action to implement agreed commitments that recognise ...	Forest Peoples Programme
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10/01/2011	Yudhoyono talks tough on forest destroyers Jakarta - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday ordered provincial governors to act ...	The Jakarta Globe
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07/01/2011	The year in illegal logging: a look back 2010 was a significant year for global efforts to tackle illegal logging. Here’s a look back on ...	WRI (World Resources Institute)
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06/01/2011	Moratorium won’t save Indonesia's forests: activist With a moratorium on new forestry concessions facing delays, an activist said on Thursday that even when ...	The Jakarta Globe
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05/01/2011	Climate colonialism by stealth Strict emissions control standards can impoverish the world’s poor and their less-developed governments ...	Livemint.com
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05/01/2011	Indonesia delays start of forest development moratorium Indonesia has yet to implement a moratorium on the burning of forests and peat lands that was scheduled ...	Voice of America
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05/01/2011	Mexico, the leader in community forest management Mexico City - Thanks to its experience with community forestry projects, Mexico can provide tips on how ...	IPS News
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03/01/2011	Too many draft decrees delay Indonesia's logging moratorium Indonesia’s much-hyped promise to enact a moratorium on new logging concessions from Jan. 1 has ...	The Jakarta Globe
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03/01/2011	Top five forest stories of 2010 In the context of an overall bleak 2010 for the planet, forests offer a bright point for some celebration ...	Grist
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03/01/2011	Tree-conomics Many trees are private goods. If you own some, you can probably do whatever you want with them. As a ...	The New York Times
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02/01/2011	Converting palm oil companies from forest destroyers into forest protectors In efforts to save the world's remaining rainforests great hopes have been pinned on "degraded ...	Mongabay.com
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27/12/2010	Indonesia’s corruption legacy clouds a forest protection plan Norway and other nations have vowed to invest billions of dollars to help preserve Indonesia’s ...	Yale Environment 360
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21/12/2010	Why Bolivia stood alone in opposing the Cancún climate agreement We were accused of being obstructionist, obstinate and unrealistic. But we feel an enormous obligation ...	Guardian, UK
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17/12/2010	Indigenous peoples’ forest rights and REDD in East Kalimantan Our narrow canoe slices through the dark, turgid waters of the Mahakam River, fed by the silt laden run-off ...	The Jakarta Post
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15/12/2010	Palm oil and reduced global warming At a recent forum organised by the Palm Oil Refiners Association of Malaysia (PORAM), it was revealed ...	New Straits Times, Malaysia
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15/12/2010	Cancun paves way for adaptation funding deal: RI delegation Indonesia hailed the outcome of the Cancun climate change talks on adaptation issues, saying it would ...	The Jakarta Post
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15/12/2010	Questions remain about Cancun forests agreement In the early hours of 11 December 2010, after three years of negotiations, a global deal to protect forests ...	FERN EU Forest Watch
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15/12/2010	Emissions from deforestation slow A dip in forest clearing in Brazil combined with rising levels of industrial emissions have reduced the ...	Mongabay.com
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13/12/2010	Finland to fund sustainable energy from forests in Indonesia Finland is aiming to set up an scheme to produce renewable biomass energy from Indonesian forests next ...	Reuters, featured on Planet Ark
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13/12/2010	Warm praise for Cancun deal to stop logging One of the key agreements from the Cancun climate summit is a deal to pay poor countries to stop chopping ...	ABC News, Australia
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13/12/2010	Google opens world's forests for all to see New Google tool will allow users to explore woodland conditions, monitor degradation. ...	Contra Costa Times
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11/12/2010	Emissions punted to Durban, breakthrough seen on forests Cancun, Mexico - If success is measured by delaying difficult decisions, then the Cancún climate ...	IPS News
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11/12/2010	REDD+ progresses, LULUCF regresses in Cancún agreements UN climate talks wrapped up early Saturday morning with agreement on the need to incentivize REDD+ but ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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10/12/2010	Seeing REDD on climate change As the Cancun summit closes, some environmentalists say the REDD scheme is a boon for financers, not ...	Al Jazeera
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09/12/2010	Australia boosts support for Indonesian forest scheme Nusa Dua - Australia on Thursday doubled its funding for Indonesia's efforts to slash its greenhouse ...	MySinchew.com
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08/12/2010	Big business backs deforestation deal ...	Guardian, UK
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08/12/2010	U.N. nears agreement to curb destruction of world's rain forests Cancun, Mexico - For years, policymakers and scientists alike have spoken of the need to save tropical ...	The Washington Post
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07/12/2010	U.N. talks to delay CO2 market deal for forests: EU The European Union wants to delay a deal to use carbon markets to reward countries which protect their ...	Reuters, featured on Planet Ark
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07/12/2010	Cancun climate conference: Fears over global deal on forests A global deal to save rainforests, backed by the Prince of Wales, is hanging in the balance at the Cancun ...	The Telegraph, UK
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07/12/2010	Ideological foes assail UN forest scheme from two sides Still, REDD maintains broad support from rich and poor nations and could be one of few agreements to ...	Reuters
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07/12/2010	Brazilian state lays foundation for nature-based economy The Brazilian state of Acre recently passed sweeping legislation that promotes sustainable development ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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06/12/2010	Indigenous peoples strive for recognition of their rights as international agencies scramble for REDD+ deal While inter-governmental climate negotiations (UNFCCC) still face major stumbling blocks to achieving ...	Forest Peoples Programme
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05/12/2010	Forest projects inch forward despite climate talks logjam International projects generating voluntary carbon credits by protecting forests are slowly moving forward ...	Reuters
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05/12/2010	Forest Day highlights urgency to act on REDD+ Forest Day 4, held on the sidelines of the Cancun Climate Change Conference, addressed the need to press ...	Biodiversity Policy & Practice, IISD
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04/12/2010	Monks branch out into carbon market to protect forest ...	The Age, Australia
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04/12/2010	REDD at Cancún causes angst in India Cancun, Mexico - Forest rights advocates and indigenous community organisations from India are adding ...	IPS News
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03/12/2010	Special report - Making forests pay in a warming world Sampit, Indonesia - Deep in the flooded jungles of southern Borneo, muddy peat oozes underfoot like jello, ...	The Vancouver Sun, Canada
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02/12/2010	Rainforest protection should focus on boosting resilience to climate change Efforts to protect tropical forests under the proposed reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation ...	Mongabay.com
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01/12/2010	Forest policy fails to address the underlying causes of deforestation and degradation Cancun, Mexico - A report released by the Global Forest Coalition today at the UN Climate Talks in Cancun, ...	Global Forest Coalition
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01/12/2010	What will happen with REDD in Cancun? No one expects a major breakthrough at global climate talks in Cancun, but talks on how to reduce greenhouse ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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01/12/2010	Study: REDD could save species from extinction, if well-funded The burgeoning global program REDD+ (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) could ...	Mongabay.com
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30/11/2010	Limits of green alarmism Boosting Indonesia’s economy and meeting our development objectives while simultaneously tackling ...	The Jakarta Post
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30/11/2010	Novel services for tropical forest monitoring with satellite A consortium led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is developing methods for monitoring tropical ...	CisionWire
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29/11/2010	Climate change conference begins today in Cancun This beach resort, swarming with tourists and sports utility vehicles and having opulent hotels and evident ...	The Hindu, India
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29/11/2010	Greenpeace raps Indonesian deforestation Jakarta - A deal to cut deforestation and reduce carbon emission in Indonesia is in jeopardy because ...	UPI.com
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28/11/2010	Leading model undervalues true cost of reducing deforestation, says report A widely used representation of greenhouse gas emissions abatement costs doesn't reflect the true ...	Mongabay.com
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28/11/2010	Oil companies and banks will profit from UN forest protection scheme Redd scheme designed to prevent deforestation but critics call it 'privatisation' of natural ...	Guardian, UK
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26/11/2010	Papua - the province of logical choice The Indonesian province to be the test-case for Norway’s 1 billion dollar environmental deal will ...	The Jakarta Post
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24/11/2010	Scientists say REDD may pose risks to local biodiversity Jakarta - Scientists have warned that mechanisms for cutting carbon emissions from the forestry sector ...	The Jakarta Globe
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23/11/2010	Indonesia's billion-dollar forest deal in danger Jakarta - Greenpeace on Tuesday warned that a billion-dollar deal between Norway and Indonesia to cut ...	AFP
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23/11/2010	Developing countries often outsource deforestation, study finds In many developing countries, forest restoration at home has led to deforestation abroad, according to ...	EurekAlert!
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23/11/2010	Forests rescue plan riddled with uncertainties Uxbridge, Canada - Deforestation rates have slowed in Brazil and elsewhere in expectation of a windfall ...	IPS News
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18/11/2010	Norway climate deal to drive Indonesia reform A $1 billion dollar deal with Norway to save Indonesia's forests and cut planet-warming carbon emissions ...	Reuters
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18/11/2010	Carbon credits have a social price for Indonesia Climate change has brought forest protection into the forefront of the global agenda. In the past few ...	The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
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18/11/2010	Saving trees in the Congo Basin: is REDD a solution or a quagmire? The Congo Basin is rich in forests and poor in cash, which makes it hard to resist offers of easy money ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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18/11/2010	Tropical forests protection pact hailed for protecting climate Sacramento — A plan released today to reduce deforestation in the Acre state in the Brazilian Amazon ...	Environmental Expert
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17/11/2010	Nigeria losing 400,000 hectares of forest per year Deforestation rate in Nigeria has reached an alarming rate of 3.5 per cent per year, translating to a ...	Daily Independent, Nigeria
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16/11/2010	Indonesia’s forests loom as green gold Bangkok - All eyes are on Indonesia and its forest policy as climate- change negotiations continue in ...	IPS News
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16/11/2010	Q+A-Why are forests central to the climate fight? The world's remaining tropical forests are at the centre of attention like never before. Rich ...	Reuters
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16/11/2010	Forest project threatens Indonesian tribes Indigenous people in Kalimantan on the island of Borneo are worried about an Australian-backed project ...	ABC News, Australia
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01/11/2010	Carbon offsetting scheme open to corruption, report warns A new report has warned the Federal Government should be wary of investing in future carbon offsetting ...	ABC News, Australia
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01/11/2010	Peru: Statement by AIDESEP on the rights and consultation of indigenous peoples In a public statement directed at the Peruvian State, the World Bank, UNDP and UNFCCC, the Inter-ethnic ...	Bank Information Center
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30/10/2010	Nagoya meeting ‘gives hope’ for better result in Cancun Albeit slow progress is being made in formal forums, more than 40 ministers in a meeting in Japan have ...	The Jakarta Post
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27/10/2010	Forestry takes center-stage at U.N. talks on nature Delegates at a global U.N. meeting to preserve natural resources moved closer on Tuesday to agreeing ...	Reuters, featured on Planet Ark
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27/10/2010	Massive corruption undermines forest protection plan The UN's forest protection plan hasn't even started yet but already we are seeing massive fraud, ...	Guardian, UK
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25/10/2010	Greenpeace critical of PNG graft, "carbon cowboys" Sydney - Rainforest-clad Papua New Guinea is not ready for international funding for U.N.-backed forest ...	Reuters
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20/10/2010	Lack of legally defined border status of forests in Indonesia A report by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) revealed that less than 5% of forest areas in the five provinces ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report
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14/10/2010	Liberia seeks trial of UK national over carbon deal Liberia is seeking to prosecute a British citizen for bribery in a proposed carbon deal that would have ...	Reuters, featured on Planet Ark
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14/10/2010	Colombian president promises new commitment to tackling climate change Bogota - Recently elected President Juan Manuel Santos wants Colombia to take on a greater leadership ...	Reuters AlertNet
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13/10/2010	Fears of corruption as REDD forest-protection schemes begin Misunderstandings and scepticism around schemes that pay countries to protect their forests are rife, ...	The Ecologist, UK
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08/10/2010	Deforestation deal offers rare hope in climate change fight Tianjin, China — An ambitious plan to fight climate change by paying states to preserve their forests ...	AFP
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07/10/2010	PNG stalling UN climate talks: Greenpeace ...	The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
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01/10/2010	Norway PM urges quick, cheap fix to save forests Norway favors more international action to slow deforestation in developing nations as the quickest and ...	Reuters
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23/09/2010	Something stirs: But to save the forests, the world needs to find somewhere else to grow its food When Michael Williams, a British geographer, sat down in 1994 to write a chronicle of deforestation, ...	The Economist, UK
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23/09/2010	Better REDD than dead: Tropical forests’ best hope North of East Kalimantan’s scarified waste is an area where the extractive juggernaut has not yet ...	The Economst
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22/09/2010	Forest deals push forward as climate talks lag With progress towards a U.N. climate deal lagging, financial institutions, donors and tropical forest ...	Reuters AlertNet
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06/09/2010	Peru's rainforest highway triggers surge in deforestation, according to new 3D forest mapping Scientists using a combination of satellite imagery, airborne-laser technology, and ground-based plot ...	Mongabay.com
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30/08/2010	Rapid growth of palm oil industry tramples indigenous peoples' rights, says report Rapid expansion of oil palm plantations across Southeast Asia have run roughshod over customary tenure ...	Mongabay.com
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26/08/2010	Don't sell forests, groups urge Nigerian govts A round table strategic meeting in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, on Reducing Emissions from ...	AllVoices
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20/08/2010	Saving forests with carrots as well as sticks - part 2 Part 1 of this blog overviewed ...	The Huffington Post, US
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18/08/2010	Preparing for REDD in the Republic of Congo A new WRI project will quantify forest degradation and associated greenhouse gas emissions in the forests ...	WRI (World Resources Institute)
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16/08/2010	IGES REDD+ online database The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) has launched an online database to make information ...	CarbonPositive
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09/08/2010	Indonesia may let palm oil growers collect CO2 credits Indonesia may propose palm oil plantations be eligible to earn carbon credits under a U.N.-backed scheme ...	Reuters
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06/08/2010	Native people demand autonomy over territory In the view of governments, international bodies and some sectors of civil society participating in negotiations ...	IPS News
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04/08/2010	Getting Papua province REDDy The island of New Guinea, which is shared by Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian province of Papua, supports ...	Reuters AlertNet
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03/08/2010	More foreign money pours in for forests The United Nations has vowed to give US$5.6 million to Indonesia, the world’s third-largest forest ...	The Jakarta Post
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02/08/2010	REDD alert: lessons from Peru’s Camisea Pipeline Project Can forest-rich countries learn from the mistakes of extractive projects and avoid unleashing their own ...	WRI (World Resources Institute)
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26/07/2010	US forest strategy boomerangs in Brazil A recent ad campaign aimed at gaining Midwestern senators support for US climate change legislation has ...	Center for Investigative Reporting, US
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17/07/2010	Africa looks to vast forests for carbon credit Banco, Ivory Coast - They inhabit a polluted part of Ivory Coast’s main city with few jobs and ...	Arab News
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15/07/2010	China, the timber baron The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is an initiative to prevent conflict diamonds from being traded; ...	IRIN News
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13/07/2010	Businesses 'profit from investing in nature' ...	BBC News
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13/07/2010	Liberia urged to choose between logging and future climate revenue Desperate need for income makes pressure on timber resources hard to resist for rising population. ...	Guardian, UK
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07/07/2010	Indigenous leaders taking REDD into their own hands Less than 2% of Brazil’s indigenous tribes have undertaken projects that reduce greenhouse gas ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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04/07/2010	United Nations warned that corruption is undermining grants to stop logging Campaigners say countries intend to abuse system by pocketing billions in subsidies while continuing ...	Guardian, UK
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01/07/2010	No rights, no REDD: communities Indigenous communities have warned the government they will reject the implementation of a planned carbon ...	The Jakarta Post
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01/07/2010	Deforestation moratorium is not panacea? At the Oslo Climate and Forest Conference, the Indonesian and Norway governments had signed a partnership ...	The Jakarta Post
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30/06/2010	Guyana indigenous people charge land abuses Georgetown - Guyana's indigenous people are accusing the government of snatching their traditional ...	Reuters
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24/06/2010	Rainforest scientists urge UN to correct "serious loophole" by changing its definition of 'forest' The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) has released a resolution urging the UN ...	Mongabay.com
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23/06/2010	Understanding what REDD means to sustainable development Launched in September 2008, the United Nations Collaborative initiative on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation ...	Just Means
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19/06/2010	People may not receive cash from REDD scheme Local people involved in efforts to protect forests may not receive money in cash since the government's ...	The Jakarta Post
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10/06/2010	Palm oil and tropical rainforest conservation An international conference on climate change and forests, held recently in Oslo, Norway, has agreed ...	The Jakarta Post
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10/06/2010	UN-REDD hosts event on monitoring, reporting and verification for REDD+ activities The UN-REDD Programme, Chatham House and other forest governance experts met in London, UK, from 24-25 ...	MEA Bulletin
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07/06/2010	REDD alert for forest climate change policy Curitiba, Brazil - Carbon dioxide emissions from an unexpected rise in the number of forest fires in ...	SciDev Net
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06/06/2010	Liberia literally hopes to find money growing on trees Conserve the rainforests and we will pay you ... so goes the gist of an ambitious plan by the West to ...	Gulf Times, Qatar
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06/06/2010	An alternative vision for reducing de-forestation A report released recently has warned that the provisions for protecting forests being discussed this ...	Green Building Press
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06/06/2010	Nigeria: FG seeks global support for forestry development Nigeria has underscored the need for the industrial nations to support the developing nations to fast ...	allAfrica
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05/06/2010	Adding firepower to the fight for our forests The deal between Norway and Indonesia to save Indonesian forests is a game-changer in more ways than ...	Today Online, Singapore
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04/06/2010	Two-year moratorium signed in Oslo not enough, green groups complain Although Indonesia’s recent commitment to a moratorium on forest concessions has been welcomed, ...	The Jakarta Globe
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04/06/2010	Burning need for REDD rethink? The UN REDD (reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation) scheme looks like a promising, and ...	Environmental Research Web
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03/06/2010	Amazon up in smoke, even when deforestation slows Brazilian farmers are setting more fires in parts of the Amazon where deforestation has slowed, according ...	Reuters
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03/06/2010	Palm oil’s promotion as diesel alternative draws fire London — Ubiquitous in products from cookies to cosmetics, and increasingly in European fuel tanks, ...	The New York Times
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03/06/2010	REDD threatens rights of 350 million local people Last week the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) program received a ...	Mongabay.com
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03/06/2010	Independent monitoring vital to address governance and corruption in US$4 billion deal to end deforestation, new report says Money pledged to help developing countries prevent deforestation and reduce carbon emissions is likely ...	Global Witness
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31/05/2010	Indonesia to scrap permits to save forests-official Indonesia will revoke existing forestry licences held by palm oil and timber firms to save natural forests ...	Reuters
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29/05/2010	President to ensure deforestation efforts work President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono himself will directly monitor the implementation of a Norway-Indonesia ...	The Jakarta Post
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29/05/2010	Agreement reached on measures to protect rainforests Representatives of some 50 countries concluded an agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from ...	Environmental Expert
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28/05/2010	India seeks global fund to help Third World expand forest cover New Delhi - India seized the opportunity accorded by the Oslo Conference on Climate and Forests to make ...	The Economic Times, India
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28/05/2010	Saving our forests: India's Plea for twin-track on REDD Plus Oslo - At the recently concluded Oslo Climate and Forests Conference (OCFC) hosted by Norway's prime ...	The Times of India
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27/05/2010	Will the UN's forest protection dream turn into a nightmare? High hopes are pinned on an international plan to protect forests. But doubts remain over whether the ...	Guardian, UK
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26/05/2010	Indonesia announces two-year moratorium on deforestation Oslo — Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Wednesday he would introduce a two-year ...	AFP
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26/05/2010	NGOs call for strong safeguards in efforts to halt deforestation to help address climate change Gland, Switzerland – Leading environmental and humanitarian organizations are calling for efforts ...	WWF
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21/05/2010	Norway, U.S. may pledge up to $6 billion to fight deforestation Norway, the U.S., the U.K. and other donors may raise pledges to help save forests in poorer nations ...	Bloomberg BusinessWeek
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18/05/2010	Rain forests lose out in Senate's new climate bill Much of the handwringing by greens over the new climate and energy bill introduced in the Senate on May ...	Time
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17/05/2010	From Copenhagen to Cancun: forests and REDD Background on REDD Deforestation and forest degradation threaten the global climate system by removing ...	WRI (World Resources Institute)
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16/05/2010	Seeing REDD over illegal logging A report by a coalition including ...	AFP
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13/05/2010	Investors wary of "green" forestry London - Forests have a growing value as a result of climate policies, but the complexity of carbon markets ...	Reuters
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04/05/2010	Seeing REDD over forest peoples By the end of this year, governments may have finalised arrangements for preserving developing countries' ...	BBC News
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03/05/2010	Can markets protect nature? Over the past 30 years billions of dollars has been committed to global conservation efforts, yet forests ...	Mongabay.com
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29/04/2010	Google powers up its 'Earth Engine' with eye on saving the Amazon Google is putting a new spin on its global mapping program, with a goal of not just peering into locations ...	Solve Climate
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20/04/2010	For U.S. forests, REDD begins at home By losing forest, the United States also loses one of its best defenses against climate change. ...	WRI (World Resources Institute)
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20/04/2010	Will REDD+ reduce rights of forest-dwellers? Over the last quarter-century, developing countries have begun to shift the management of their forests ...	Environmental Research Web
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19/04/2010	REDD rush risks failure: Study The development of a global REDD scheme to halt deforestation risks reversing positive reforms in developing ...	Carbon Positive
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13/04/2010	$6B forest conservation plan lacking in transparency, indigenous participation, say activists The process to establish REDD+, a proposed climate change mitigation mechanism that would reduce greenhouse ...	Mongabay.com
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12/04/2010	Liberia to submit REDD readiness plans On Friday, April 3, 2010, several Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and donor partners including the ...	Daily Observer, Liberia
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12/04/2010	Illegality in forestry sector significant -study finds There is a “significant” level of illegality in Guyana’s forestry sector though it ...	Stabroek News, Guyana
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10/04/2010	Illegal logging ‘must end’ before REDD takes effect The government should work out how to stamp out long-standing illegal logging within two years if the ...	The Jakarta Post
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07/04/2010	Forests at a climate crossroads Montpelier, France - Billions of dollars are being mobilised to protect and increase the world's ...	IPS News
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06/04/2010	Forest carbon incentive rules need time, definition London - Talks to define a mechanism for global forest protection should not be rushed if it is to work ...	Reuters
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01/04/2010	Madagascar’s conservationists pin hopes on UN’s REDD scheme Michel Rozanakoto’s farm lies on the edge of the Mantadia National Park. Across the boundary marking ...	Ethopian Review
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26/03/2010	UN REDD: More countries, more funding A further $US15 million has been approved under the UN REDD programme for creating an avoided deforestation ...	Carbon Positive
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24/03/2010	Community networks key to forest reform Communities linked to their own networks and organizations have the best chance of success in community ...	The Jakarta Post
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22/03/2010	Indigenous peoples to the Norwegian Government: listen to us! Indigenous peoples denounce lack of transparency and participation in French-Norwegian partnership on ...	ScandAsia.com
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22/03/2010	Indonesia walks a 'tricky' path toward growth and sustainability Four decades of aggressive development have stripped Indonesia's forests nearly half bare since ...	The New York Times
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22/03/2010	The challenges of managing high expectations for REDD-plus Civil society, government organizations and local communities in many tropical rainforest nations have ...	Reuters AlertNet
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20/03/2010	WWF hopes to find $60 billion growing on trees The carbon credits scheme would make WWF and its partners much richer, but with no lowering of overall ...	Telegraph, UK
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19/03/2010	Indonesia to review forest carbon laws: official Jakarta - Indonesia has launched a review of laws governing a U.N.-backed carbon trading scheme aimed ...	Reuters
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11/03/2010	Deforestation conference to turn plans to action Paris — French President Nicolas Sarkozy will open a daylong conference Thursday of some 40 nations ...	The Associated Press
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11/03/2010	European Commission position on carbon markets undermines UN Climate Convention Coalition of non-governmental organizations and indigenous peoples’ organizations warns that UN ...	Huntington News, US
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11/03/2010	Sarkozy: more funds needed to fight deforestation Paris — Rich nations must contribute more to a climate change fund and help fight deforestation, ...	The Associated Press
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11/03/2010	Noel Kempff project is 'saving the forest' by forcing destruction elsewhere Forest conservation project in Bolivia proves that unless a nation as a whole cuts deforestation, individual ...	Guardian, UK
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11/03/2010	Forest and donor countries stump up to reduce emissions Paris, France - Forest and donor countries have kicked off an important joint process which could speed ...	WWF
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10/03/2010	Indigenous leaders call for hold on LCDS, REDD+ projects Indigenous leaders are calling on government [of Guyana] and international agencies to shelve policies ...	Stabroek News, Guyana
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10/03/2010	Indonesia Friends of the Earth dismisses Australian REDD offer Jakarta - Indonesia Friends of the Earth (Wahana Lingkungan Hidup) have dismissed carbon trade offer ...	Tempo Interactive
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09/03/2010	Forests, climate change and the challenge of REDD To combat global warming, forests must be part of the solution. How can we make good forest stewardship ...	WRI (World Resources Institute)
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05/03/2010	Rainforest pact: Brazil and the U.S. agree to cooperate The United States and Brazil signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to slash greenhouse ...	Los Angeles Times, US
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02/03/2010	Indonesia, Australia announce carbon project in Sumatra Jakarta - Indonesia and Australia announced on Tuesday a multi-million dollar initiative to reduce greenhouse ...	MySinChew.com
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23/02/2010	Reducing forest emissions The U.S. contribution to this effort will be one billion dollars over the next three years. ...	Voice of America
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23/02/2010	Conflicting signals out of Indonesia on whether palm oil plantations will be classified as forests Indonesia will not allow the conversion of natural forest for oil palm plantations, claimed the country's ...	Mongabay.com
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21/02/2010	Saving the Amazon may be the most cost-effective way to cut greenhouse gas emissions If the U.S. adopts a cap-and-trade program, companies facing carbon controls could meet part of their ...	Los Angeles Times, US
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18/02/2010	Almost half of all primates face 'imminent extinction' Of 634 primate species, 48% are on the IUCN's 'red list' of animals under threat as loggers, ...	Guardian, UK
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17/02/2010	New area to be available for oil palm plantations The Agriculture Ministry plans to use 1.8 million hectares of land designated as industrial forests (HTI) ...	The Jakarta Post
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16/02/2010	Palm estate is forest, says ministry The Forestry Ministry is drafting a decree to include oil palm plantations in the forest sector to comply ...	The Jakarta Post
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12/02/2010	Pricing carbon insufficient to save tropical forests from deforestation Putting a price on carbon emissions from deforestation is unlikely to prevent tropical forests being ...	Environmental Expert
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09/02/2010	One billion trees program ‘verifiable’: Govt The government on Monday defended its ambitious plan to plant 1 billion trees this year to check carbon ...	The Jakarta Post
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09/02/2010	Forest carbon scheme gains support, faces hurdles Among the few policy agreements to emerge from December's United Nations climate summit was recognition ...	Environmental Expert
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07/02/2010	Commodity trade and urbanization, rather than rural poverty, drive deforestation Forest conservation via REDD may be ineffective without addressing commodity consumption and trade, argues ...	Mongabay.com
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02/02/2010	NEPAL: Communities take up cudgels for forest conservation Kathmandu - Tired of walking, Shankar Prasad Ghimire, 87, a retired government worker, puts his walking ...	IPS News
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29/01/2010	Indigenous people get ‘20%’ REDD money At least 20 percent of revenue from the forest carbon scheme should be transferred to indigenous people ...	The Jakarta Post
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25/01/2010	Copenhagen Accord could boost forest protection efforts, though details unclear London - Ensuring that forests and the carbon they store are protected, and that the people who live ...	Reuters AlertNet
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22/01/2010	Govt’s illegal logging target ‘irrational’: Activists Green groups criticized the government’s ambitious target to limit illegal logging to 1 hectare ...	The Jakarta Post
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22/01/2010	Increased conflict in tropical forests projected despite Copenhagen Accord Washington - A new report has warned that ...	OneIndia
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22/01/2010	Copenhagen 'fails forest people' A multi-billion dollar deal tabled at the Copenhagen climate summit could lead to conflicts in forest-rich ...	BBC News
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15/01/2010	Indigenous peoples groups say carbon markets violate rights and threaten cultural survival ...	Huntington News, West Virginia, US
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13/01/2010	REDD must address corruption to save rainforests in Indonesia, says report New report documents billions of dollars in losses from Indonesia's reforestation fund between 1989 ...	Mongabay.com
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11/01/2010	Liberia faces choice between deforestation and REDD If alternatives to deforestation like REDD do not arrive soon Liberia's remaining rainforest cover ...	The Ecologist
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06/01/2010	Australia helps REDD projects in Jambi Indonesia and Australia are set to launch the first-ever forest carbon project in Jambi following the ...	The Jakarta Post
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31/12/2009	What does Copenhagen mean for the private sector in REDD-plus? The Copenhagen Accord recognized the need for a mechanism to funnel money into projects that reduce greenhouse ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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30/12/2009	Govt urged to quickly solve forest issues ...	The Jakarta Post
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28/12/2009	MRV could be ‘double-edged sword’ for Indonesia Allowing independent auditors to verify carbon emission cuts in Indonesia could benefit the country, ...	The Jakarta Post
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27/12/2009	Rainforest conservation: a year in review 2009 may prove to be an important turning point for tropical forests. ...	Mongabay.com
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23/12/2009	Norway’s Prime Minister initiates climate group on forests Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has announced that he will initiate a climate group consisting ...	The Norway Post
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21/12/2009	REDD may yet survive Copenhagen failures There is confusion on climate change as to what happens now given the narrow Copenhagen Accord leaves ...	Carbon Positive
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21/12/2009	Africa: Accra Caucus flay Redd deal Accra — The Accra Caucus on Forests and Climate Change says the deal reached on Reduced Emissions ...	allAfrica.com
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20/12/2009	Dead REDD? Not quite, but plan to protect forests suffers set back in Copenhagen Not dead but plan to protect forests by paying developing countries suffers a set back at the conclusion ...	Mongabay.com
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19/12/2009	Forest plan gets ax at UN climate talks Copenhagen — A plan to protect the world's biologically rich tropical forests was shelved ...	The Associated Press
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18/12/2009	Can climate action resuscitate tropical forests? ...	WRI
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17/12/2009	Congo villagers look to Copenhagen to save forest As world leaders haggle over a plan to fight global warming, tribes in Congo's rainforest have armed ...	World Bulletin
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16/12/2009	REDD deal close, but where's the money? REDD negotiators were called back to Copenhagen’s Bella Center at 10:30pm local time (9:30pm GMT) ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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16/12/2009	U.S. pledges $1 billion toward $3.5 billion deforestation fund The U.S. pledged $1 billion toward a $3.5 billion fund that includes the U.K., Australia, France, Japan ...	Bloomberg
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15/12/2009	Forests and indigenous peoples 'left vulnerable in final text' Copenhagen 2009: The final draft of a deal on curbing carbon emissions from deforestation has been stripped ...	Irish Times
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14/12/2009	Plan to revive peat forest tests waters for trading system Central Kalimantan - A boat trip down the wide brown waters of the Kapuas River and the canals that flow ...	The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
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12/12/2009	New REDD text is weak, say activists Activist group have condemned the latest draft text of an agreement that aims to protect rainforests ...	Mongabay.com
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10/12/2009	Firm seeks carbon deal for Brazilian tribes Brazilian tribes should be entitled to billions of carbon credits in return for sustainable management ...	Financial Times, UK
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08/12/2009	REDD in Madagascar Despite damage from ongoing illegal logging, Madagascar's remaining forests are poised to benefit ...	Mongabay.com
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08/12/2009	Guyana offers a model to save rain forest In Guyana, where pristine rain forest still covers 75 percent of the land, and barely 750,000 people ...	The New York Times
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07/12/2009	Copenhagen: Felling the Amazon rainforest could end within a decade Amazonia has become synonymous with the destruction of the world’s rainforests, but the Copenhagen ...	Telegraph, UK
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07/12/2009	Copenhagen glimmer (update) It may come as a surprise but Indonesia - once one of the world’s great environmental vandals - ...	The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
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04/12/2009	Is the Amazon rainforest worth an $18 billion bailout? New research was recently published in the journal Science which estimates that deforestation of Brazil's ...	Tree Hugger
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04/12/2009	Can REDD keep Indonesia’s forests green? It’s the hottest acronym going in the world of climate change. The UN-backed Reducing Emissions ...	The Jakarta Globe
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04/12/2009	Govt likely to accept tribal communal rights The government is likely to recognize communal rights and the crucial role of tribal people in environmental ...	The Jakarta Post
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03/12/2009	The Nature Conservancy and Blue Source launch innovative forest carbon offering for private landowners to advance forest conservation Pennsylvania — The Nature Conservancy today launched Working Woodlands, a model forest conservation ...	The Nature Conservancy
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02/12/2009	In absence of measures to address consumption, REDD may fail to protect forests Rising demand for timber and agricultural products could work against a proposed initiative to reduce ...	Mongabay.com
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02/12/2009	Forests & Copenhagen: Green light for REDD? Hopes for a meaningful agreement in many of the areas required for a comprehensive global climate accord ...	Carbon Positive
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01/12/2009	Indonesian environment groups say REDD project misses point Environmental nongovernmental organizations released a report on Monday accusing Australia of using a ...	The Jakarta Globe
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30/11/2009	Destruction of Indonesia’s forests will be stopped by reform, not money At last there is an equal amount of money on the side of good that can compete with the forces of evil,” ...	The Jakarta Globe
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29/11/2009	Tree harvester offers to save Indonesian forest Teluk Meranti, Indonesia — From the air, the Kampar Peninsula in Indonesia stretches for mile after ...	The New York Times
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28/11/2009	Satellites to monitor countries for climate change under Gordon Brown plan An international satellite monitoring system to check countries comply with new climate change targets ...	Telegraph, UK
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27/11/2009	A fair deal for forest people: working to ensure that REDD forests bear fruit for local communities As world leaders meet to thrash out the next incarnation of the Kyoto climate agreement, the world waits ...	Mongabay.com
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26/11/2009	Africa: Fears forest proposals are 'human rights disaster' Copenhagen — The clean, ultra-modern chrome and glass lines of the Bella Centre, in the Danish ...	allAfrica.com
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24/11/2009	Timber tech specialist plants itself at Copenhagen climate talks Another IT company is pushing the contribution tech can make to climate change - even if it does provide ...	eWeek, Europe
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23/11/2009	Feature - Amazon forest schemes await strong climate pact The $30 monthly stipend is a useful rather than a transformational boost to family incomes in Juma, which ...	Reuters
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22/11/2009	Google – the new eye in the sky for protecting forests? Google looks set to play a part in a called-for "new environmental world order" by satellite-monitoring ...	Mongabay.com
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20/11/2009	Google spyware will help vigilantes save rainforests Environmentalists across the world are to be enlisted as armchair detectives to monitor satellite images ...	Times Online, UK
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19/11/2009	REDD may increase the cost of conservation of non-forest ecosystems Policy-makers designing a climate change mitigation mechanism that will reduce emissions from deforestation ...	Mongabay.com
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18/11/2009	Forest CO2 projects could bring Brazil $16 billion Sao Paulo - Brazil could earn up to $16 billion per year to fund emissions reductions and Amazon rainforest ...	Reuters
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18/11/2009	Brazil pledges ambitious emissions reductions New targets and deforestation numbers put Brazil in the spotlight. ...	World Resources Institute (WRI)
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16/11/2009	Rainforests could be traded on world market Why would America's largest coal utility and Britain's biggest oil company invest in protecting ...	BBC News
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16/11/2009	U.N. forest plan could threaten species-scientists London - A United Nations plan to protect the world's tropical forests to fight climate change could ...	Reuters
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12/11/2009	Asia governors endorse U.N. forest carbon scheme Singapore - Six provincial governors from Indonesia, Laos and the Philippines on Thursday backed an expanded ...	Reuters
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11/11/2009	Stringent conditions to be met before Norway $$ released Transparency and accountability are key issues in the forest preservation deal between Guyana and Norway ...	Stabroek News, Guyana
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10/11/2009	Indonesian forests on frontline of climate debate Teluk Meranti, Indonesia — With the approach of global climate talks in Copenhagen, activists are ...	AFP
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10/11/2009	California's illegal adoption of "Carbon Credits for Clearcuts" forest policy challenged Sacramento, California - The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal letter today with the California ...	Center for Biological Diversity, US
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06/11/2009	Forestry talks end in toothless pact in Barcelona Barcelona - Hopes for a strong global deal that would pay poor nations to stop deforestation hit a new ...	Reuters
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06/11/2009	Important safeguards to protect rainforests lacking in REDD negotiating text Important safeguards to protect natural forests are still lacking in negotiating text on REDD, a proposed ...	Mongabay.com
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02/11/2009	Five nations sign up to UN initiative to tackle deforestation Five countries today joined the United Nations initiative aimed at combating climate change by creating ...	UN News Centre
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30/10/2009	Environmental group disputes effectiveness of REDD project A major private-sector project to reduce carbon emissions through forest management in Bolivia is a ‘scam’, ...	ICTSD
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30/10/2009	Copenhagen climate treaty may subsidise forest destruction Conservation organisations have warned that the Copenhagen climate treaty threatens to subsidise the ...	IndyBay, Australia
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29/10/2009	Africa: African governments and outside powers must be accountable On the eve of the climate change summit in Copenhagen this December, momentum for action still falls ...	allAfrica.com
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26/10/2009	Indonesia warns of REDD carbon cowboys The Indonesian government is warning local authorities to be wary of those purporting to be carbon brokers ...	Carbon Positive
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09/10/2009	British delegate's pro-logging stance prompts EU apology Embarassed official apologises after a British negotiator at the Bangkok climate talks rewrites the EU's ...	Guardian, UK
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08/10/2009	REDD for green Riddled with pitfalls, REDD may nevertheless hold out hope for meeting emissions reduction targets globally, ...	International Relations and Security Network, Zurich
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08/10/2009	Redd comes with risks but there is no other choice than to try By rewarding transparency and accuracy, we can make the UN's forest protection scheme work. ...	Guardian, UK
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08/10/2009	Curtailing tropical deforestation vital to U.S. interests Curtailing tropical deforestation is vital to U.S. national interests as a cost-effective means to slow ...	Mongabay.com
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07/10/2009	Give forests back to local people to save them Give tropical forests back to the people who live in them – and the trees will soak up your carbon ...	New Scientist
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05/10/2009	Redd in Africa: 'how we can earn money from air by harvesting carbon' Kenyan ranch shows how UN scheme could protect forests that absorb CO2 and earn billions of dollars for ...	Guardian, UK
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05/10/2009	UN's forest protection scheme at risk from organised crime, experts warn International police, politicians and conservationists warn that the UN's programme to cut carbon ...	Guardian, UK
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01/10/2009	REDD project unlikely to save forest in Indonesia The IPCC estimates that destruction of forests contributes around 20% of the greenhouse gas emissions ...	Environmental Research Web
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01/10/2009	Leaders From Indonesia, Brazil join 3 U.S. States in deforestation accord Los Angeles - Three U.S. governors and eight regional leaders from Brazil and Indonesia have drafted ...	The New York Times
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27/09/2009	Spell out Indonesia's carbon-cutting plan, SBY told Environmental groups are calling on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to explain precisely how the government ...	The Jakarta Globe
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24/09/2009	Q&A: Redd (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) Redd could be the cornerstone of a Copenhagen deal, putting forests at the frontline of tackling climate ...	Guardian, UK
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24/09/2009	A goal for Copenhagen: keep the focus on enforcement Few seem willing to address the issue openly, but one of the toughest issues to address when delegates ...	GreenandSave.com
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19/09/2009	UN, Norway fund program to reduce deforestation emissions A US$4.38 million-program to help Vietnam reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation ...	Thanh Nien News, Vietnam
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02/09/2009	Vietnam outsources deforestation to neighboring countries In conserving its forests while its growing export-oriented wood products industry, Vietnam outsources ...	Mongabay.com
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06/08/2009	Letter: Leaving forests intact In the Aug. 3 edition of The Jakarta Post, Alan Oxley argued that environmental NGO's are using ...	The Jakarta Post
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03/08/2009	Miliband delivers message to forest tribes deep in the Amazon Halting deforestation is essential to preventing dangerous global warming, the energy and climate change ...	Guardian, UK
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01/08/2009	India to assess climate gain; pump millions in forests New Delhi - India will spend some $200 million to protect its forests and will announce how much carbon ...	Reuters India
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30/07/2009	REDD shouldn't neglect biodiversity say scientists Schemes to mitigate climate change by protecting tropical forests must take into account biodiversity ...	Mongabay.com
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22/07/2009	Wooded bliss If US Reprentative Ed Markey of Massachusetts has his way, poor countries in Africa, Asia, and South ...	The Boston Globe, US
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14/07/2009	Environmental protection must be a presidential priority You could be forgiven for thinking that environmental issues are of no importance to Indonesia, based ...	The Jakarta Post
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14/07/2009	Big REDD Right now, theres more money to be made cutting tropical forests down than leaving them standing. Environmental ...	Washington Monthly
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13/07/2009	Timber export ban to save forests, promote carbon-credit trading Agriculture Ministry says programme will offer sustainable development options that improve people's ...	The Phnom Penh Post
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13/07/2009	Going green with REDD To combat the effects of climate change by reducing carbon emissions, the United Nations Collaborative ...	The East African, Kenya
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10/07/2009	British company barcodes trees to protect forests London - Deep in the world's tropical rainforests, workers are hammering thousands of barcodes into ...	Reuters UK
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10/07/2009	Kenya: adopt African views on forestry In the run-up to this year's global climate negotiations in Copenhagen, the international community ...	allAfrica.com
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09/07/2009	G8 leaders declare support for REDD forest conservation initiative A declaration issued by political leaders meeting at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, included ...	Mongabay.com
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02/07/2009	Carbon markets won't save the rainforest - we must tackle the route causes of deforestation Responding to the launch of the [UK] Environmental Audit Committee's report on how to stop emissions ...	7th Space Interactive
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02/07/2009	REDD readiness plans for Panama, Guyana approved but rejected for Indonesia The World Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) has approved REDD readiness plans (R-Plans) ...	Mongabay.com
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01/07/2009	U.S. to forgive Indonesian debt in exchange for conservation plan Jakarta - The United States will sign an agreement Tuesday to forgive nearly $30 million in Indonesian ...	The Wall Street Journal
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01/07/2009	Amerindian leaders say must not be pressured on low carbon Indigenous leaders say that they support "in principle" proposals that aim to protect standing ...	Stabroek News
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24/06/2009	Cambodia signs REDD agreement Terra Global Capital, a San Francisco-based firm seeking to capitalize on emerging markets for ecosystem ...	Mongabay.com
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23/06/2009	The Amazon rainforest: worth the fight? Brazil is home to one-third of the world's rainforest and half of the Amazon. Between its vast rainforests ...	Scoop Independent News, New Zealand
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22/06/2009	Amazon deforestation in 2009 declines to lowest on record Annual deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell below 10,000 square kilometers for the first time since ...	Mongabay.com
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19/06/2009	Brazil to pay Amazon small farmers to plant trees Brasilia - Brazil will pay small farmers to plant trees in deforested Amazon areas to slow rain forest ...	Reuters
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14/06/2009	Climate pact must halt deforestation and industrial logging of old-growth forests, exclude carbon credits for forest conservation, say activists A global framework on climate change must immediately halt deforestation and industrial logging of the ...	Mongabay.com
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10/06/2009	Need to end industrial primary forest logging After being a lone voice in the wilderness for decades, Dr. Glen Barry and Ecological Internet's ...	Ecological Internet, featured on Scoop Independent News, New Zealand
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05/06/2009	Rainforest is worth more standing The Indonesian rainforest is worth more standing than felled say researchers. ...	BBC News
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04/06/2009	Forest carbon market already shows cracks LONDON/NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - It could save the rainforests of Borneo, slow climate change and ...	Reuters (Gerard Wynn and Sunanda Creagh)
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29/05/2009	Interview - Forest-CO2 scheme will draw organised crime: Interpol Nusa Dua, Indonesia - Organised crime syndicates are eyeing the nascent forest carbon credit industry ...	Reuters
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27/05/2009	Forest experts to discuss illegal logging and REDD Forestry experts from 50 countries are slated to hold conference to discuss long standing illegal logging ...	The Jakarta Post
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27/05/2009	Property rights and the fight against climate change The recent news that deforestation is faster in Africa than anywhere else is hardly surprising. Weak ...	Telegraph, UK
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13/05/2009	Peru gets $120m to protect 212,000 sq mi of Amazon rainforest The Japanese government will loan Peru $120 million to protect 55 million hectares (212,000 square miles) ...	Mongabay.com
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11/05/2009	Indonesia firms up REDD rules Indonesia has finalised some of the rules to govern carbon market payments for forest preservation, the ...	Carbon Positive
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08/05/2009	Indonesia forest CO2 rules need finance clarity: experts Singapore - The world's first rules for generating tradeable carbon credits from protecting forests ...	Reuters
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08/05/2009	Stopping the Burning season: Can carbon trading save Indonesia's forests? Fires scorch the forests in the Aceh province in Northwest Indonesia, fires started by palm oil farmers ...	ScienceLine
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07/05/2009	Celebrating 10 years of saving the Amazon Rainforest Manaus, Brazil - Ten years ago, we set up an office in Manaus, a city inaccessible except by boat or ...	Greenpeace
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07/05/2009	Prince Charles and Greenpeace address tropical forest emergency It might seem unlikely to have Greenpeace and Prince Charles working towards the same goals, but when ...	Greenpeace
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01/05/2009	An oil shock we cannot ignore There is no shortage of ways to measure the cost of palm oil. First there is the catastrophic impact ...	The Independent, UK
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29/04/2009	Analysis - Economic woes may damage moves to slow deforestation Kuala Lumpur / Jakarta - Growing economic pain may increasingly force consumers to turn to palm oil, ...	Reuters AlertNet
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28/04/2009	South-east Asia faces climate change disaster Southeast Asia will be hit particularly hard by climate change, causing the regions agriculture-dependent ...	The Malaysian Insider
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24/04/2009	Can "sustainable" palm oil slow deforestation? Malaysia-based United Plantations marked the beginning of a new era for the controversial palm oil market ...	WorldWatch Institute
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24/04/2009	Pygmy lives neglected in forests of the troubled Congo The provinces of Northern and Southern Kivu are amongst those most affected by deforestation and soil ...	peopleandplanet.net
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22/04/2009	Indigenous people serve as guardians of forest carbon, must be involved in climate solutions Efforts to create an international climate framework - including a carbon financing mechanism for forest ...	Mongabay.com
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22/04/2009	UN DESA Climate Change Working Group prepares policy briefs on forests and climate change The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) Climate Change Working Group has prepared ...	Climate-L.org
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20/04/2009	The Forest Carbon Offsetting Survey 2009 This report, which was created by EcoSecurities, Conservation International, The Climate, Community & ...	EcoSecurities, featured on GreenBiz.com
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20/04/2009	Indonesia says REDD unworkable Indonesias forestry minister says the emerging carbon market system to encourage forest preservation ...	Carbon Positive
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19/04/2009	REDD and the rights of Indigenous Peoples: ensuring equity and participation in World Bank funds One of the most contentious issues under discussion in current climate change debates is how to reduce ...	Bretton Woods Project
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16/04/2009	Kenya signs its first REDD deal to conserve forests ...	Mongabay.com
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16/04/2009	Africa: countries funded to plan forest protection Five developing countries have received US$18 million in funding to plan how to implement a proposed ...	allAfrica.com
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16/04/2009	Carbon deal seen key to Amazon preservation Rio de Janeiro - Deforestation in Brazil's huge Amazonas state could fall to zero by 2020 if a global ...	Reuters
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14/04/2009	Rainforest conservation gains in U.S. and U.N. climate proposals A proposed mechanism for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) figures prominently ...	Mongabay.com, on Climate Ark News Archive
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13/04/2009	Brazilian stakeholders urge feds to go REDD Farmers, indigenous tribes, and environmental NGOs across Brazil say they need direct payments for reducing ...	The Katoomba Group's Ecosystem Marketplace
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10/04/2009	Global palm oil demand fueling deforestation The benefits of the oil palm are difficult for Indonesia to ignore. ...	WorldWatch Institute
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02/04/2009	REDD alert: how Brazil's biggest state is protecting forests with credits Deforestation remains an entrenched and ongoing issue in the Amazon, the world's largest and naturally ...	Guardian, UK
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02/04/2009	G20 summit: leaders agree to look at Prince Charles's multi billion plan to save rainforests UK - G20 leaders have agreed to consider a multi-billion pound "emergency package" to save ...	Telegraph (UK)
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01/04/2009	$18 million approved under UN-REDD Programme Funds will back forestry programmes combating climate change and boosting local livelihoods ...	FAO
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19/03/2009	REDD funds approved for pilot nations UN agencies have released initial funding to five pilot countries to prepare avoided deforestation action ...	Carbon Positive
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17/03/2009	Crisis hits wood industry, forests still vulnerable Rome - The global financial crisis and the collapse of the housing sector are a big blow for wood industries, ...	Reuters, featured on Planet Ark
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05/03/2009	Indonesia applies for World Bank forest CO2 scheme Indonesia has applied to join a World Bank program that supports developing nations' efforts to ...	Reuters, featured on Planet Ark
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12/02/2009	Payments for eco services could save the Amazon Paying for the ecological services provided by the Amazon rainforest could be the key to saving it, reports ...	Mongabay.com
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13/01/2009	How to Save the Amazon Rainforest Everyone agrees the tropical rainforests are worth more alive than dead, but our economic and political ...	Ecosystem Marketplace (USA)
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01/01/2009	Can money grow on trees? There is a new wave of entrepreneurs aiming to get rich by saving the rainforests. Richard Lofthouse ...	CNBC European Business
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09/12/2008	Poznan climate change meeting to see REDD UQ forestry researcher Dr Peter Dart witnessed climate change first hand as he waded through knee deep ...	UQ News (Australia)
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09/12/2008	Climate of no-confidence Forests may help in the fight against climate change but will their inhabitants? ...	Nepalnews.com (Nepal)
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08/12/2008	Peru seeks $200 million to save its rainforests Peru is seeking $200 million in international contributions over the next ten years to cut deforestation ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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04/11/2008	Editorial: Protecting the forests Japan - Forests cover about 30 percent of the world's land. These green tracts bustling with trees ...	asahi.com (Japan)
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29/10/2008	Nations see REDD in rush for carbon credits Singapore - In the far north of Indonesia's Sumatra island lies a vast stretch of forest brimming ...	Reuters (UK)
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20/10/2008	Forest peoples' rights key to reducing emissions from deforestation Unless based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples and forest communities, efforts by rich ...	Science Daily
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14/10/2008	Pay-to-protect forest plan gets cautious welcome Environmentalists warn the global fund would give rich nations a cheaper alternative to cutting their ...	Guardian (UK)
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10/10/2008	Paraguay extends zero deforestation law, aims to cut agricultural emissions Paraguay announced it will implement a policy to cut net carbon emissions from land use change to zero ...	Mongabay.com
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08/10/2008	Indonesia, Papua NG, Vietnam ask UN for assistance to combat deforestation Hanoi - Three of Asias most rapidly deforesting countries - Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Vietnam - ...	Green Assembly Asia Environment
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03/10/2008	New UN scheme to fight climate change by avoiding deforestation UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has officially unveiled a new climate change programme aimed at moving ...	Bridges Trade BioRes
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08/09/2008	UN Plan to Protect Forests Flawed - UK Adviser Plans to pay tropical countries to protect forests under a UN pact to fight climate change are flawed ...	Planet Ark (Australia)
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08/09/2008	Why the West should put money in the trees In 2006, Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo outlined an offer to place almost the entirety of Guyana's ...	BBC (UK)
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30/08/2008	The Week in Green: why forestry protection is doomed to failure One of the great truisms of the fight against climate change is that we cannot hope to avoid a future ...	Business Green (UK)
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28/08/2008	Aussie scheme to halt Indonesian logging An Australian not-for-profit company has joined Indonesia's carbon credits stampede with a project ...	The Australian (Australia)
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22/08/2008	REDD carbon markets: Proposals compared Delegates to a UN climate convention meeting in Ghana today begin hard discussions on establishing a ...	Carbon Positive (Netherlands)
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21/08/2008	Australia pays to reduce Asia's emissions Brisbane, Australia - Australia released an initial US$2 million Tuesday out of a US$13.7 million fund ...	United Press International (USA)
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21/08/2008	Indigenous community in Panama to see carbon payments from forest conservation The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), the Panama-based branch of the Smithsonian Institution, ...	Mongabay.com
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18/08/2008	An interview with Dr. Andrew Mitchell of the Global Canopy Program: Markets could save rainforests Markets may soon value rainforests as living entities rather than for just the commodities produced when ...	Mongabay.com
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14/08/2008	Ghana to sign agreement to protect forest resources Accra, Ghana - Government will next month initial an agreement with the European Union (EU) to ensure ...	GhanaWeb (Ghana)
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31/07/2008	Congo Basin sees progress on REDD preparations As discussed at the UNFCCC workshop on methodologies to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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31/07/2008	Ghana initiates CDM PIN and REDD R-PINs Ghana ratified the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) in 1995 and the Kyoto Protocol in ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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31/07/2008	Indonesia REDD initiatives could generate USD3.75 billion per year Indonesian Environment Minister Rachmat Witoelar said Indonesia could obtain USD3.75 billion per year ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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31/07/2008	Guyana prepares to engage in REDD schemes Guyana has expressed its commitment to take action on climate change through conservation and sustainable ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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31/07/2008	REDD seen as risky approach for EU ETS The EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is the largest multi-national, greenhouse gas emissions trading ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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24/07/2008	14 countries win REDD funding to protect tropical forests Fourteen countries have been selected by the World Bank to receive funds for conserving their tropical ...	Mongabay.com
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24/07/2008	Deforestation reason behind global warming: Gilani Islamabad - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that deforestation is the basic reason for ...	Associated Press of Pakistan
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16/07/2008	Groundbreaking Study Finds the "Hotspots" Most Responsible For Deforestation A new study by WRI and other researchers finds that much of the worlds deforestation is isolated in a ...	World Resources Institute (USA)
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29/06/2008	The Threat From Trees Global warming isn't just a problem of cars and smokestacks but of the chain saw, too. ...	Newsweek (USA)
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28/06/2008	Smoke-screens and the lungs of the world Reducing deforestation, has become a respected policy target for governments. Unfortunately, the term ...	Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
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22/06/2008	Money might just grow on trees Taking a step into the tropical peat swamp of Central Kalimantan can be a dangerous affair. A firm surface ...	Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
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09/06/2008	Deforestation taking Pakistan's temperature up: expert Karachi: Deforestation is the main reason for the expansion of the heat-zone, reduction in the flow of ...	Daily Times, Pakistan
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09/06/2008	Guiana Shield forests help preserve biodiversity and climate The Guiana Shield region of South America could play a significant role in efforts to fight global warming ...	Mongabay.com
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01/06/2008	Costa Rica: the first carbon-neutral country Costa Rica has pledged to become Carbon-Neutral by reducing or offsetting its emissions of greenhouse ...	Ahlan Wasahlan
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19/05/2008	REDD carbon deal struck for Papua The momentum in the push to use carbon markets to help reduce deforestation is growing as a trickle of ...	Carbon Positive (Netherlands)
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15/05/2008	ITTO holds climate change and SFM meeting ITTO held an international meeting on SFM and climate change in Yokohama, Japan from 30 April to 2 May ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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26/04/2008	Illegal logging must end for Australia-PNG Forest Carbon Partnership to be successful Greenpeace today cautiously welcomed the first steps taken towards a Papua New Guinea-Australia Forest ...	Trading Markets (USA)
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22/04/2008	International Deforestation and Climate Change: Statement for the record by US Assistant Administrator for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade (USAID Press Release) How the US government and US Agency for International Development (USAID) work ...	USAID (USA)
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15/03/2008	Forests vanishing fast: WWF official An increasing percentage of greenhouse gas emissions is a result of deforestation and forest degradation, ...	Taipei Times
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24/02/2008	Forest Protection Is Climate Protection, GLOBE Forum Told Brasilia, Brazil - To combat global warming, the rich countries must create a fund to conserve the Amazon ...	Environment News Service (USA)
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15/02/2008	International Experts Convene to Discuss Illegal Logging An international forum has concluded that while some major initiatives are being developed to address ...	ForestNewsWire (Canada)
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09/02/2008	Growing money on trees Tropical forests store enormous amounts of carbon and its release, through deforestation, accounts for ...	Green Left Weekly (Australia)
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07/02/2008	First rainforest-for-carbon-credits deal becomes a reality Villagers in Aceh, the Indonesian province that suffered through three decades of civil war and lost ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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08/01/2008	The Bali road map some practical implications for Guyana Letter - In your news article, 'Market-based reward mechanism for standing forests Guyana will ...	The Guyana Chronicle (Guyana)
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22/12/2007	Tree planting mandatory, cutting prohibited in RI action plan Indonesia - The government has released a report on a plan of action covering the mitigation and adaptation ...	The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
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19/12/2007	So hard to see the wood for the trees If the Bali conference on climate change brought good news to anyone, it must surely be the inhabitants ...	Economist (UK)
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13/12/2007	UN climate conference expected to embrace forest protection as part of climate change plan Bali, Indonesia - Fighting illegal logging has for decades mostly been marked by failure. There was never ...	International Herald Tribune (France)
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12/12/2007	US, China cooperate to stop illegal logging Washington, USA - The United States and China sealed their first deal to stop illegal logging in a bid ...	AFP
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07/12/2007	Greenpeace urges European and African leaders to act against deforestation and climate change (Press Release) Lisbon, Portugal - Greenpeace International today urged political leaders from Europe ...	Organisation de la Presse Africaine (Switzerland)
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05/12/2007	Experts Say Illegal Logging Contributes Significantly to Climate Change Environmental experts at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali say illegal logging is ...	Voice of America (USA)
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03/12/2007	Indonesia: Jakarta to look at new laws to stop illegal logging Bali, Indonesia – Indonesia, currently hosting the United Nations climate change conference, has ...	Adnkronos International Italia (Italy)
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01/12/2007	Stopping the rot in logging industry With world leaders ready to nut out Kyoto's successor, corruption in Indonesian forestry is a huge ...	Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
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25/11/2007	Carbon dioxide oozes from damaged peatlands Indonesia's swamps absorb greenhouse gasses when healthy, but once they dry out they become climate ...	Taipei Times (Taiwan)
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15/11/2007	Timber baron cleared of illegal logging charges An Indonesian industrialist, Mr. Adelin Lis, was recently cleared of illegal logging charges following ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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26/10/2007	Indonesia asks for conservation funds Jakarta, Indonesia - Determined to lead the discussion on climate change among developing nations, the ...	International Herald Tribune (France)
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14/10/2007	New money is last hope in battle to save rainforests: misplaced optimism over climate change initiatives? Industrial clearance of rainforests accounts for 20 per cent of greenhouse gases. Every second of each ...	The Observer (UK)
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10/10/2007	Peatland to palm oil no good for RI Indonesia needs to focus on reigning in the distruction of peatland along with illegal logging if it ...	The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
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22/09/2007	Community logging may address deforestation Indonesia is the third biggest contributor to global warming after the United States and China, adding ...	The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
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21/09/2007	Forest nations want billions for not logging A multibillion-dollar plan to protect forests and reduce global warming is to be backed by an alliance ...	Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
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