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Huge Indonesia forest project could unlock funding for REDD+
4 Juin 2013
... attract funding for similar projects, according to a UN Environment Programme (UNEP) expert. REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) projects fund the protection of forests by providing a financial incentive to keep them standing.See all stories on this topic »Responding to Climate Change
Mining in Indonesia taking a heavy social, environmental toll
3 Juin 2013
In a patch of rainforest in northern Sumatra, a 28-year-old in a jeans and tall rubber boots snubs out out his cigarette and pulls a headlamp over his short black hair. Standing under a tarp, he flicks the light on and leans over the entrance of a narrow shaft lined with wooden planks that he and other miners cut from trees that once stood here. He gives a sharp tug on a rope that dangles 100 meters, plateauing in sections, and slides down. For hours, the man, Sarial, will use a pick to scrape...
T+J: Pembagian “manfaat” REDD+
3 Juin 2013
Pendapatan tidak langsung dari REDD+ berhubungan dengan bagaimana implementasi REDD+ dapat memberikan kejelasan tentang masalah kepemilikan tanah, peningkatan manajemen dan pengelolaan hutan, dan peningkatan layanan ekosistem misalnya pengadaan air. Mokhammad Edliadi/CIFOR
BOGOR, Indonesia (1 Juni 2013) – Usaha internasional untuk mengurangi penggundulan dan degradasi hutan melalui skema REDD+ yang didukung oleh PBB dimaksudkan sebagai pertimbangan agar negara berkembang yang kaya...
World's largest REDD+ project approved in Indonesia
3 Juin 2013
The world's largest REDD+ project has finally been given the go-ahead by the Indonesian government after spending three years in limbo.
Nepal: 112 community forest users’ groups rewarded
3 Juin 2013
A total of 112 community forest users’ groups (CFUGs) in Chitwan, Dolakha and Gorkha districts have been rewarded a total of US $ 95,000 for mitigating carbon dioxide emissions by employing effective forest conservation and management measures. These CFUGs were awarded similar amount in 2011 and 2012 as well.
During a programme on Thursday, representatives of the Department of Forest s under the Ministry of Forest s and Soil Conservation and the Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture...
Rainforests will survive extreme global warming, argues study
3 Juin 2013
Rainforests in South America have survived three previous extreme global warming events in the past, suggesting that they will survive a projected 2-6 degree rise in temperatures over the coming century, reports a study published in the Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Science. The research, published by Carlos Jaramillo and Andrés Cárdenas of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama, reviewed some 3,800 published estimates of temperature over the past 120 million years...
Voluntary Carbon Offsetting Tops 100 Million Tonnes in 2012
1 Juin 2013
Voluntary demand for carbon offsetting grew 4% in 2012, when buyers committed more than $523 million to offset 101 million metric tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. Private sector buyers flocked to offsets earned by planting trees, saving tropical ...See all stories on this topic »
Tenure security and economic interest add up to REDD+ effectiveness – study
31 Mai 2013
Communities may not effectively implement emission reduction activities in an area because they fear they may lose their rights when parties with stronger legal documents claim it. CIFOR/Yayan Indriatmoko
BOGOR, Indonesia (31 May, 2013) – Local communities must have secure tenure rights if they are to manage forests to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation — but they also need an interest in doing so, a study in Indonesia has found.
“Tenure security is a necessary condition...
Bonn delegates to tackle impasse over REDD+ climate change negotiations
31 Mai 2013
Delegates at the U.N. meeting in Bonn will debate whether a REDD+ governing body tasked with organizing the flow of financial support and establishing the verification processes will help the emissions reduction scheme out of its current impasse.
BOGOR, Indonesia (31 May, 2013) - Negotiators attending a U.N. climate change conference next week are expected to propose setting up a REDD+ governing body, which could help provide a solution to how countries monitor, report and verify successful...