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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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REDD can compete financially with palm oil in Indonesia peatlands by Mongabay, 05-06-2009
A new paper by Oscar Venter, a PhD student at the University of Queensland, and colleagues finds that forest conservation via REDD — a proposed mechanism for compensating developing countries for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation — could be economically competitive with oil palm production, a dominant driver of deforestation in Indonesia. The study is published online in the journal Conservation Letters.
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Land clearances turned up the heat on Australian climate by New Scientist, 18-05-2009
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New life in the rainforest by The Times, 11-05-2009
A previously unknown jumping spider species, Tabuina varirata, was found on a conifer tree in a rainforest in Papua-New Guinea during Conservation International’s expedition to the region
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Indonesia to allow underground mining in forests by Reuters, 22-04-2009
Indonesia plans to issue a presidential decree to allow miners to carry out underground mining in its protected forest, a government official said on Tuesday, alarming green groups.
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NGOs want miners to quit protected forests by The Jakarta Post, 08-12-2008
An alliance of pro-environment organizations and residents of Banyuwangi and Jember have pledged to wage an all-out war to oust a gold mining company seeking approval to mine the abundant deposits of gold, copper and platinum in protected forests in the two regencies.
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Climate change putting forests at risk by United Press International - USA, 03-12-2008
An Indonesian forestry research group says large areas of Earth's forests could succumb to climate change, resulting in disaster for forest-dependent people.
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Emissions trading: Ground shifts in late 2008 by Carbon Positive, 26-11-2008
At the end of 2008, the signs are positive in the US and Australia for moves toward carbon regulation, the cornerstone of which will be emissions trading schemes. In Canada and Japan the signs are mixed, but in Europe and New Zealand, however, regulatory processes have hit significant political snags.
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 Australia debates value of old-growth forests by ABC News, 10-11-2008
ForestsNow reader calls attention to the debate in the Australian media on the importance and value of the country’s old-growth forest: “A recent paper from the Australian National University found untouched forests store 60 percent more carbon dioxide than plantation forests.... (ABC News)". Additional report at The Age.
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