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Microsoft Carbon Fee Funds Cambodian Community Forestry
30 Apr 2013
One project Microsoft is investing in is the Oddar Meanchey forest ... Corridor REDD project that aims to protect 500000 acres of forest under threat in ...
China Uses Market-Like Mechanisms To Promote Reforestation Of ...
30 Apr 2013
This includes direct payments from government to individuals or community suppliers of watershed ecosystem services. It covers compensation to households or ...Ecosystem Marketplace
UN-REDD Newsletter Highlights Workshops on Safeguards, Gender and the Green Economy
30 Apr 2013
The April edition of the newsletter of the UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD) highlights climate finance activities in Bangladesh and the establishment of a national REDD+ taskforce in Cambodia.
UNFCCC Publishes Views on REDD+
30 Apr 2013
The UNFCCC Secretariat has released a compilation of 11 views presented by parties (FCCC/SB/2013/MISC.3) on issues related to activities described in paragraph 70 of decision 1/CP.16 (Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries- REDD+). Three submissions from NGOs were posted on the UNFCCC website.
Aceh performs worst in forestry protection: UNDP
30 Apr 2013
The index measures the performance of each local administration in its spatial planning, forest regulation and protection, and its participation on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). Under the REDD+ scheme, Norway ...See all stories on this topic »
Safeguards in REDD+ financing schemes | Forest Peoples ...
29 Apr 2013
Among the many aspects of REDD+[i] under close scrutiny by indigenous peoples and civil society organisations, the issue of safeguards and their ...www.forestpeoples.org/.../safeguards-redd-financing-schemes
Revised palm oil standards a positive step forward - but companies now need to perform at the highest level
26 Apr 2013
Kuala Lumpur: WWF has welcomed revised standards for sustainable palm oil that were endorsed by the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) at its extra-ordinary General Assembly this morning in Kuala Lumpur. While the revision of the RSPO Principles and Criteria for Sustainable Palm Oil Production (P&Cs) did not result in everything WWF had pushed for, WWF nevertheless believes the revised P&Cs are better than the earlier version at addressing the challenges facing the palm oil...
Carbon Credits Could Finance Improved Cookstoves in Mexico
25 Apr 2013
Environmental organisations in Mexico are hoping to finance the promotion of fuel-efficient wood-fired cookstoves, which reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions, through the sale of carbon credits on the voluntary market.
Two non-governmental organisations are working in the municipality of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, in the southern Mexican state of Quintana Roo, to develop and promote these improved cookstoves, which would also reduce wood consumption as well as the incidence of respiratory...
Indonesia looks to limit size of new palm plantations
25 Apr 2013
Indonesia is working on a regulation to restrict to 100,000 hectares the plantation area of new private palm oil firms, a government official said, as the world's top producer of the edible oil seeks...
Out now: Issue #2 of the SNV REDD+ Corner | SNV World
25 Apr 2013
This time our bi-monthly newsletter features an article to further explore the linkages between REDD+ and Agriculture, an introductory article on our new project ...www.snvworld.org/.../out-now-issue-2-of-the-snv-redd-corner