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14 countries win REDD funding to protect tropical forests

Rainforest conservation could offset 500m tons of CO2 emissions at $2/ton

New plan would pay tropical countries for saving forests, regardless of level of threat

Britain, Norway commit $210 million towards Congo rainforest conservation

REDD could trigger bias in conservation funding towards carbon-rich ecosystems

Forestry will play a critical role in slowing global warming

Unlocking the potential of forests to limit climate change

Madagascar signs big carbon deal to fund rainforest conservation

Guiana Shield forests help preserve biodiversity and climate

Forest carbon credits could guide development in Congo

Greenpeace says carbon fund will save forests and climate

Carbon market could fund rainforest conservation, fight climate change

Prince Charles calls for rainforest protection to fight climate change

U.S. climate policy could help save rainforests

Al Gore’s investment firm bets that rainforest conservation will be profitable

Papua signs REDD carbon deal to generate income from rainforest protection

Investing to save rainforests

Global warming solutions are harming indigenous people, says U.N.

Private equity firm buys rights to ecosystem services of Guyana rainforest

Half the Amazon rainforest will be lost within 20 years

Carbon trading could protect forests, reduce rural poverty

Reducing deforestation rates 10% could generate $13B in carbon trading under REDD

Brazil’s ecosystem payments system offers clues for REDD implementation

Planktos kills iron fertilization project due to environmental opposition

Carbon traders, not conservationists, could save Cameroon rainforest

$1 trillion carbon market in the U.S. by 2020 says study

First rainforest-for-carbon-credits deal becomes a reality

Forests Finally Emerging as Climate Issue

55% of the Amazon may be lost by 2030

The hidden value of Bali: Why saving the world’s rainforests is good for the climate and the US economy

Too early to say if iron seeding will slow global warming – scientists

U.S. contributes $0 to World Bank’s new $300m forest carbon fund

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