Not surprisingly, a US report released last week which argued that saving forests abroad will help US agricultural producers by reducing international competition has raised hackles in tropical forest counties.…
Wawancara dengan Agus Purnomo dan Yani Saloh, Asisten Khusus Presiden Republik Indonesia untuk Perubahan Iklim. Akhir tahun lalu, Indonesia membuat berita di dunia dengan janji yang berani untuk mengurangi penggundulan…
An interview with Agus Purnomo and Yani Saloh, Special Assistants to the President of the Republic of Indonesia for Climate Change. Late last year Indonesia made global headlines with a…
Pemerintah Indonesia telah menyebutkan empat hutan yang bisa digunakan sebagai proyek pertama untuk kesepakatan pelestarian mereka dengan Norwegia, menurut Jakarta Post. Kesepakatan tersebut, melibatkan milyaran dolar Amerika dari Norwegia, diharapkan…
Dengan empat milyar dolar Amerika Serikat yang dijanjikan minggu lalu untuk memulai Pengurangan Emisi dari Penggundulan Hutan dan Degradasi Hutan (REDD), laporan baru dari Global Witness memperingatkan bahwa dana tersebut…
The government of Indonesia has named four forests which could serve as pilot projects for its conservation deal with Norway, according to the Jakarta Post. The deal, including a billion…
Sebagai pemilik salah satu tingkat tertinggi penggundulan hutan di dunia, emisi ketiga terbesar di dunia sebagian besar karena hilangnya hutan, dan kekayaan keragaman hayati yang berjuang untuk bertahan hidup di…
Last week the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) program received a jump start with a four billion US dollar pledge from a number of industrialized nations. Under…
While rates of forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon have been on the decline since 2004, the incidence of fire is increasing in the region, undermining some of the carbon…
With four billion US dollars pledged last week to kick-start the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD), a new report by Global Witness warns that the funds could…
With one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world, the world's third largest greenhouse gas emissions due mostly to forest loss, and with a rich biodiversity that is…
The fourth in an interview series with participants in the 5th Frugivore and Seed Dispersal International Symposium. Scientists are just beginning to uncover the complex relationship between healthy biodiverse tropical…
An interview with Michael Jenkins, President and CEO of Forest Trends Over the past 30 years billions of dollars has been committed to global conservation efforts, yet forests continue to…
Will Forest Carbon Markets Thrive, or Get Lost in the Woods? For thousands of years, we have been planting and growing trees without difficulty. It's simple, and forest carbon business…
This week the Skoll Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship awarded its annual Awards for Social Entrepreneurship and three of the seven prizes went to individuals and organizations focused on tropical forests…
Next time you’re in the supermarket looking to buy a nice bottle of wine: think cork. Although it’s not widely known, the cork industry is helping to sustain one of…
There is no question that governments around the world are moving slowly and sluggishly to combat climate change, especially when placed against the measures recommended by climate scientists. Only a…
In the midst of a seesaw political battle to save Yasuni National Park from oil developers, scientists have announced that this park in Ecuador houses more species than anywhere else…
REDD, responsible logging could help preserve Congo forests, reduce poverty, says report Payments for ecosystem services and sustainable forest management may be key components in maintaining Central Africa's rainforests as…
New report documents billions of dollars in losses from Indonesia's reforestation fund between 1989 and 2009. The market for carbon credits generated through forest conservation topped $100 million from 2007…
Ecuador will establish a trust fund for receiving payments to leave oil reserves unexploited in Yasuni National Park, one of the world's most biodiverse rainforest reserves, reports the UN Development…
As a part of a deal with Norway to preserve its rainforests, Guyana will step up oversight of its gold mining industry, which has been accused of causing significant environmental…
Tetepare may be one of the last tropical island paradises left on earth. Headhunting and a mysterious illness drove its original inhabitants from the island two hundred years ago, making…
More than half world's science academies have signed a statement supporting a plan to save tropical forests as a means to fight climate change, reports the Global Canopy Program, an…
Organization recommends expanding REDD to cover all land use change emissions. The political definition of 'forest' used in REDD (Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) threatens to undermine the…
Summary: REDD+ could create incentives for forest conservation But policy reform needed Policymakers need to consider broader drivers of deforestation Payments for conservation and sustainable management of forests could turn…
Tropical deforestation claimed roughly 13 million hectares of forest per year during the first half of this decade, about the same rate of loss as the 1990s. But while the…
Despite damage from ongoing illegal logging, Madagascar's remaining forests are poised to benefit from the proposed REDD mechanism, a U.N.-backed scheme that would compensate tropical developing countries for reducing emissions…
Playful giant river otters, massive anacondas, unafraid tapirs, and the world's largest spider recorded in Guyana's lost world. An expedition deep into Guyana's rainforest interior to find the endangered giant…
Study focuses on beef and soybean production at the expense of the Amazon rainforest. Under the Kyoto Protocol the nation that produces carbon emission takes responsibility for them, but what…
