Brazil’s plan to save the Amazon rainforest
Brazil has its own designs for REDD Accounting for roughly half of tropical deforestation between 2000 and 2005, Brazil is the most important supply-side player when it comes to developing…
Green groups, corporations call for forest conservation to counter global warming
A group of leading U.S. businesses and environmental groups today formed a coalition calling for the inclusion of forest conservation in domestic cap-and-trade legislation. The pact — signed by American…
Voluntary carbon markets double in 2008
Voluntary carbon markets greatly expanded in both transaction volume and value in 2008, providing critical funds for projects aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report from…
Indigenous people serve as guardians of forest carbon, must be involved in climate solutions
Efforts to create an international climate framework — including a carbon financing mechanism for forest conservation — must involve forest people, said indigenous leaders attending the Indigenous Peoples Global Summit…
Avoided deforestation projects highly desirable for carbon offsets finds survey
91 percent of companies rated avoided deforestation as the most desirable forestry projects for carbon offsets, reports a survey by EcoSecurities, Conservation International, The Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance and…
New chameleon species named after carbon conservation pioneer
A newly discovered species of chameleon from Tanzania has been named after Dorjee Sun, CEO of Carbon Conservation, an outfit which seeks to make rainforest conservation profitable through a carbon…
Rainforest conservation can help U.S. businesses reduce costs
Carbon credits generated through forest conservation could provide a cost-effective way for U.S. companies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, business leaders were told at a meeting in Columbus, Ohio.…
Kenya signs its first REDD deal to conserve forests
Kenya has signed its first carbon deal to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD). Yesterday San Francisco-based Wildlife Works Carbon and Kenya Forest Service (KFS) announced a plan to…
Rainforest conservation gains in U.S. and U.N. climate proposals
A proposed mechanism for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) figures prominently in the draft climate bill released last month by Congressmen Henry Waxman and Ed Markey as well…
Carbon credits from forest conservation would crash carbon market, says Greenpeace
Inclusion of forest conservation in a market-based mechanism for reducing greenhouse gas emissions would crash carbon prices by swamping the market with cheap credits, claims a new report from Greenpeace.…
Can carbon credits from REDD compete with palm oil?
Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) is increasingly seen as a compelling way to conserve tropical forests while simultaneously helping mitigate climate change, preserving biodiversity, and providing sustainable livelihoods…
Mr. President, it is time for a speech on climate change
Indonesia applies for REDD partnership to protect forests
Carbon market surges 84% in 2008
Norway to pay Guyana to save its rainforests
Gore pushes for avoided deforestation to save rainforests during testimony
Guidelines on how to establish an avoided deforestation project
New guide offers insight on establishing projects for the emerging avoided deforestation or REDD market.
Carbon market collapse claims another casualty
Rainforests continue to fall but hope may rest in a market solution
Rainforests continue to fall but hope may rest in a market solution Rainforests continue to fall but hope may rest in a market solution Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 11,…
Deal on forests falls short
Deal on forests falls short Deal on forests falls short Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 11, 2008
Africa calls for “full-range” of bio-carbon as climate solution
Africa proposes its own solution to global warming Africa proposes its own solution to global warming Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 10, 2008 African coalition calls for "full-range" of biocarbon…
Indigenous people win voice in climate negotiations
Indigenous people win voice in climate negotiations Indigenous people win voice in climate negotiations Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 10, 2008
In Poznan, France pushes initiative to save rainforests
In Poznan, France pushes initiative to save rainforests In Poznan, France pushes initiative to save rainforests mongabay.com December 8, 2008
Peru seeks $200 million to save its rainforests
Peru seeks $200 million to cut deforestation to zero in 10 years Peru seeks $200 million to save its rainforests mongabay.com December 8, 2008
New standards ensure forest carbon projects protect indigenous people, biodiversity
New standards ensure REDD projects protect forest people, biodiversity New standards ensure forest carbon projects protect indigenous people, biodiversity mongabay.com December 8, 2008
Little progress on avoided deforestation at climate meeting in Poland
Little progress so far on avoided deforestation at climate meeting in Poland Little progress on avoided deforestation at climate meeting in Poland mongabay.com December 5, 2008
REDD faces challenges but can succeed, says report
REDD faces challenges but can succeed, says report REDD faces challenges but can succeed, says report mongabay.com December 5, 2008
WWF criticizes Brazil’s plan to cut Amazon deforestation
WWF criticizes Brazil's plan to cut Amazon deforestation WWF knocks Brazil's plan to cut Amazon deforestation mongabay.com December 4, 2008
REDD may harm forest people, alleges report
REDD is a threat to forest people, alleges report REDD may harm forest people, alleges report Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 2, 2008
Guide to reducing emissions through forest conservation released
Guide to reducing emissions through forest conservation Guide to reducing emissions through forest conservation released mongabay.com November 26, 2008
Special series
Forest Trackers
- Bolivia’s El Curichi Las Garzas protected area taken over by land-grabbers
- Authorities struggle to protect Bolivian national park from drug-fueled deforestation
- Poverty and plantations: Nigerian reserve struggles against the odds
- Logging, road construction continue to fuel forest loss in Papua New Guinea
Oceans
- Fishing by dodgy fleets hurts economies, jobs in developing countries: Report
- Warming seas push India’s fishers into distant, and more dangerous, waters
- No protection from bottom trawling for seamount chain in northern Pacific
- Annual ocean conference raises $11.3b in pledges for marine conservation
Amazon Conservation
- Deforestation haunts top Peruvian reserve and its Indigenous communities
- Amid record-high fires across the Amazon, Brazil loses primary forests
- A web of front people conceals environmental offenders in the Amazon
- Brazil boosts protection of Amazon mangroves with new reserves in Pará state
Land rights and extractives
- Women weave a culture of resistance and agroecology in Ecuador’s Intag Valley
- Hyundai ends aluminum deal with Adaro Minerals following K-pop protest
- Brazil’s illegal gold trade takes a hammering, but persists underground
- Maluku bone collector unearths troubling consequence of coastal abrasion
Endangered Environmentalists
- Indonesian activists face jail over FB posts flagging damage to marine park
- Vietnamese environmentalist sentenced to 3 years in prison for tax evasion
- Son of slain Quilombola leader will still strive for community’s rights
- Video: Five Tembé Indigenous activists shot in Amazonian ‘palm oil war’
Indonesia's Forest Guardians
- Fenced in by Sulawesi national park, Indigenous women make forestry breakout
- In Borneo, the ‘Power of Mama’ fight Indonesia’s wildfires with all-woman crew
- Pioneer agroforester Ermi, 73, rolls back the years in Indonesia’s Gorontalo
- After 20 years and thousands of trees planted, Kalimantan’s veteran forester persists
Conservation Effectiveness
- The conservation sector must communicate better (commentary)
- Thailand tries nature-based water management to adapt to climate change
- Forest restoration to boost biomass doesn’t have to sacrifice tree diversity
- How scientists and a community are bringing a Bornean river corridor back to life
Southeast Asian infrastructure
- Study: Indonesia’s new capital city threatens stable proboscis monkey population
- Indonesia’s new capital ‘won’t sacrifice the environment’: Q&A with Nusantara’s Myrna Asnawati Safitri
- Small farmers in limbo as Cambodia wavers on Tonle Sap conservation rules
- To build its ‘green’ capital city, Indonesia runs a road through a biodiverse forest
