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Norway offers Guyana up to $250mln to save forests by Reuters, 10-11-2009
Norway agreed on Monday to pay Guyana up to $250 million by 2015 to preserve forests in the South American nation as part of a scheme to slow climate change.
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Environmentalists Criticize Eni's African Oil Sands Project by The Wall Street Journal, 10-11-2009
Criticism is mounting against Italian energy giant Eni SpA's plans to squeeze oil from the tar sands of the Republic of Congo, which campaigners claim could endanger one of the world's largest tropical rain forests.
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Elinor Ostrom and REDD by The Jakarta Post, 10-11-2009
The 2009 Nobel prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to Elinor Ostrom. Sharing with Oliver Williamson, Ostrom was acknowledged for her analysis of economic governance, especially for common-pool resources.
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Using forests to finance conservation and communities in a former war zone: Colombia's Choco by Mongabay, 04-11-2009
The emergence of payments for ecosystem services mechanisms like REDD now offers communities in the Chocó an alternative development model that could allow them to continue using their lands for traditional activities...
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Forest Utility Meter Man by Ecosystem Marketplace, 04-11-2009
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Who will lead and who will be left on the sidelines? by Jakarta Post, 04-11-2009
It remains to be seen if world leaders meet the challenge issued by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the G20 Leaders Summit in Pittsburgh to “give a stronger mandate, a stronger push and clearer directions to our negotiators for the success of Copenhagen”.
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Disney Invests $4 Million to Save Forests by The New York Times, 04-11-2009
The Walt Disney Company announced Tuesday that it has made a $4 million investment in forest conservation projects to decrease carbon dioxide emissions.
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REDD concerns deepen in Indonesia by REDD-Monitor, 07-10-2009
In its most recent newsletter, Down to Earth outlines the increasing concerns about the way REDD is developing in Indonesia, focussing on the role of the World Bank and the Australian government. The World Bank is pushing ahead with its Forest Carbon Partnership Facility in Indonesia in spite of a “storm of criticism from civil society organisations at home and internationally”.
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Volcanoes Wiped Out All Forests 250 Million Years Ago by National Geographic, 07-10-2009
Massive volcanic eruptions wiped out the world's forests about 250 million years ago, leaving the planet teeming with wood-eating fungi, according to a new study.
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Last gasp for the forest by The Economist, 29-09-2009
A new climate treaty could provide a highly effective way to reduce carbon emissions by paying people to not cut down forests.
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