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Reduction of emission from deforestation and degradation

Issue date: 
Wed, 02/03/2010

Govt in the dark about source of Copenhagen funds

The government said it remained in the dark over how to apply for climate change funds that were promised by rich nations at the recent Copenhagen summit.

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Jan 25th, 2010

Zimbabwe Forestry Commision considering exploiting Carbon Credit Funds

HARARE, Jan 25 (NNN-NEW ZIANA) — Zimbabwe’s Forestry Commission is weighing the economic benefits of maintaining forests to qualify for investment under the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change, says the commission’s Information and Communication Manager, Abedini

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29 January 2010

Fink's green fund hires for agriculture investment

Earth Capital Partners, the green alternatives fund manager founded by Stanley Fink, has hired three executives to focus on sustainable

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January 29, 2010

International Forestry Issues in Climate Change Bills: Comparison of Provisions of S.1733 and H.R. 2454

Tanzania's involvement to REDD

Among the roles of the National REDD Task Force are to coordinate preparation for CoP 15 meeting in Copenhagen that was held in December 2009. This coordination was specifically geared at showcasing lessons learnt with regard to REDD initiatives in Tanzania.

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Monday, February 01, 2010

Guyana qualifies for initial US$30M payout under Norway forests pact

Guyana hopes to conclude discussions with the World Bank and Norway in February to receive an initial US$30M through the forest preservation agreement with Oslo.

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January 27, 2010

REDDucing the Effects of Climate Change

It’s been a month after COP 15, the UN Climate Change conference that was supposed to give the world a new system for reducing carbon emissions.

A month to reflect, regroup, and respond to this reporter’s questions about what happened, and what didn’t, in Copenhagen.

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Thursday, 28 January 2010

Reforestation vital for Africa & climate: Developer

A forest carbon developer has claimed the first validation of a reforestation project to the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS), using the opportunity to argue for what it sees as the critical role for forest planting in a sector where attention is turning very much to avoided deforestation, or REDD.

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January 25, 2010

Forestry sector needs transparency to reduce risks of REDD

A new project aims to increase transparency in the forestry sector, an area long plagued by corruption and mismanagement.

The Forest Sector Transparency Report Card, launched by Global Witness, an environmental NGO, assesses 70 transparency indicators, evaluating the public availability of land use maps, logging contracts, and other forestry-related information in Cameroon, Ghana, Liberia and Peru. The effort will eventually be expanded to other countries.

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January 25, 2010; January 26, 2010

Janette Bulkan chastised by the government of Guyana

Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud of Guyana needs to make public the actual reasons why he falsely accused Janet Bulkan of reviewing Guyana’s RPP and did not object to Suriname territorial map in Washington.

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by Dr. Radut