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• Financial Accounting for Forest Carbon Offsets and Assets

  
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  Poised to wreak havoc on the climate of Earth, our only home, is a phenomenon we’ve been observing for 150 years: an increase in Earth’s mean temperature. To mitigate the global climatic disruption that humans put into motion long ago, the actors in the forest carbon offset market encourage landowners to sequester ...
  13 hours ago

• Countries that invest in conservation will see higher financial returns, argues report

  
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  A new report issued by the The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) initiative makes a strong case for valuing the planets ecosystem services. The report calls for investments in "ecological infrastructure" to protect wildlands and the services they provide; market-based valuation of ecosystem services; ...
  3 days ago

• Norway to give Guyana up to $250M for rainforest conservation

  
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  Norway will provide up to $250 million to Guyana as part of the South American countrys effort to avoid emissions from deforestation.
  6 days ago

• Important safeguards to protect rainforests lacking in REDD negotiating text

  
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  Important safeguards to protect natural forests are still lacking in negotiating text on REDD, a proposed mechanism for mitigating climate change by paying developing countries to keep trees standing, reports an alliance of activist groups.
  1 week ago

• Emissions from deforestation overestimated; 12% rather than 17%

  
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  Greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation are lower than previously believed, according to a new study published in Nature Geoscience . The findings mean that developing countries may see less money under Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, a proposed climate change mitigation mechanism.
  1 week ago

• Disney commits $4 million to rainforest conservation in the Amazon, Congo

  
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  The Walt Disney Company will invest $7 million in forest conservation projects in the U.S., the Congo Basin, and the Amazon in an effort to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
  1 week ago

• Using forests to finance conservation and communities in a former war zone: Colombias Choco

  
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  Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD), a climate change mechanism proposed by the U.N., has been widely lauded for its potential to simultaneously deliver a variety of benefits at multiple scales. But serious questions remain, especially in regard to local communities. Will they benefit from ...
  1 week ago

• Without reinstatement of key provision, REDD could subsidize large-scale forest destruction

  
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  The elimination of a key provision from the negotiating text for the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in developing countries (REDD) mechanism could turn the proposed climate change mitigation scheme into a subsidy for large-scale conversion of natural forests to industrial plantations, warned ...
  2 weeks ago

• Brazil to support REDD in Copenhagen

  
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  Brazil will conditionally support a proposed climate change mitigation scheme that will compensate tropical countries for preserving their forests, reports Reuters.
  2 weeks ago

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